Madden NFL 12 Super Bowl Halftime Blog: Tuner Sets and Surprise Onside Kicks

[shyvoodoo]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTFitsDaveyJ

I did. Also love the new score bug. It looks more legitimate.

Cool, maybe prersentation would be much improved,,,, I'm "intrigued".....

Ben
Voodoo

[Eski33]

Surprise onside kicks? WOW! Something that Ian was questioned about and he was pretty set on not implementing it because of the potential of online abuse...Nice to see...

[JDoze]

Quote: Originally Posted by ryan36

my concern is that Ian posed a poll...would you rather fix play action, or have surprise onside kicks.... If PA stays broken, that sucks.

Seriously?? They know PA is broken, but we have to decide between if it gets fixed or if a new feature gets added. Wow, priorities are messed up.

Also, why are people saying "from a marketing standpoint"? Because the competition might still their ideas? Its still the same terrible engine, if the most they can do is polish up the graphics and add new "features" like a surprise onside.....another bad year for Madden.

[phant030]

lol @ people's reaction to the information and expectations of the information. As each day passes in life, i realize I much more I don't understand people. Especially here, they knowingly set themselves up for disappointment and frustration. Oh well, @ your stupidity.

I will probably rarely use the onside kick, glad to see it's included.

[PVarck31]

No game ever releases large amounts of info/features, 6 months before release.

Its ok to be critical of Madden. It helps make the game better. But to be livid that you didn't get more/better info in a blog that they didn't even have to do, 6 months before release is ridiculous.

[Brandwin]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

I don't get this. Did you guys read the blog? That concern is specifically addressed numerous times.

Yeah. I'll wait and see.

I'm glad tuner sets are in


Sent from my iPhone while on the toilet.

[LaW97]

they actually put up a poll of PA being fixed vs surprise onside kicks???

get outta town

thats crazy
PA Passes are a staple of the game. something that shouldnt have to be debated on wether or not it works properly

[HARTSTOPPER]

Thanks for the information Ian. While it wasn't "ground breaking" it's still cool to see that you guys take our views and opinions into perspective, and cared enough to release information so early. I have my concerns about the surprise onside kick, but I think you guys will iron out all of the potential "cheesy" ways people will exploit this online. If worse comes to worse, I will just line up in an onside kick formation every time and thank my opponent for great field position.

The tuner sets are going to be huge. If I read and understood the blog correctly, the tuner set takes away the need to have a patch approved by Sony and/or Microsoft, and instead it will allow you guys at EA to make gameplay changes on the fly?