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

[NoTiCe_O]

Quote: Originally Posted by cdon2k

Item that most missed from the blog, Tiburion has consolidated their football games resources somewhat.Tech will be shared between games

When he mentioned the producer from Fight Night i thought he was gonna say they were using Fight Nights physics Tech for the Tackles .. Oh well lol

[Hova57]

I think people didn't read the part where they said they were able to get the franchise mode where it needs to be. that they were able to add what they needed to versus the the podcast where they said everything may not be there. Good first blog. Guys no need in getting banned in Feb at least wait till June to get banned lol

[Senator Palmer]

Quote: Originally Posted by cdon2k

Item that most missed from the blog, Tiburion has consolidated their football games resources somewhat.Tech will be shared between games

I agree with you there. There are nuances and subtle innovations in both NCAA and Madden that don't cross over. This could be a very good thing

[LiquorLogic]

Quote: Originally Posted by 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

That is kinda odd. That's like asking "do you want us to fix the breaks on your car, or install a GPS?"

[cdon2k]

Quote: Originally Posted by Senator Palmer

I agree with you there. There are nuances and subtle innovations in both NCAA and Madden that don't cross over. This could be a very good thing

My theory is that they had two separate teams on PS2/Xbox1 era to make each game have a separate feel (to keep people buying both games). This may have backfired in this current generation due to the high costs of HD content. I remember Ian remarking on the high costs of creating one new menu screen. Hopefully they will get better at sharing the technologies between the two games.

[4solo]

Overall i think it was a decent blog. Wasn't expecting much. I think the tuner sets will be a nice addition. The suprise onside kick, i feel would have been better served as one of those in game suprises. Where I would go to select a kickoff play and see "suprise onside" and be amazed that they added it. But the early vid was nice. In my opinion something that wouldn't have been too revealing but just makes a solid statement of going in the right direction would have been talking about improving penalties. And not to be negative but for everyone who says its still early, in years past we've said the same thing only to not see things added that we thought should be in the game. But its still early.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by LiquorLogic

That is kinda odd. That's like asking "do you want us to fix the breaks on your car, or install a GPS?"

That's because Ian was dead set against putting in surprise onside kicks and put up a obviously biased poll to swing the poll in his favor. If you didn't know Ian was dead set against it initially, and didn't see the poll, hard to make the above comment.

Since that time, Ian had a change of heart and a change of mind, so, the poll that was posted at that time is irrelevant at this time.

Too early to comment about PA being fixed.

[ryan36]

Quote: Originally Posted by 31

Where did it say that Ian did a poll on whether they should add surprise onside kicks or fix PA? Did I miss this?

Ian took a poll here on OS awhile back... a month or so ? (I don't quite remember)

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

That's because Ian was dead set against putting in surprise onside kicks and put up a obviously biased poll to swing the poll in his favor. If you didn't know Ian was dead set against it initially, and didn't see the poll, hard to make the above comment. Since that time, Ian had a change of heart and a change of mind, so, the poll that was posted at that time is irrelevant at this time. Too early to comment about PA being fixed.

I don't know that Ian put up a biased poll... I think he was just asking- either way if I had to guess I'd say PA is fixed.