Madden NFL 13 Team Focuses on Making Defense Fun Again, What Do You Hope to See?

[Gotmadskillzson]

GameInformer recently sat down with Richard Hilleman, Electronic Arts Chief Creative Officer, as they discuss Madden NFL 13's focus on making defense fun again.

What are you hoping to see on the defensive side of the ball?

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Electronic Arts chief creative officer Richard Hilleman says the new leadership group at EA Tiburon is focused on making defense fun again. Hilleman is no stranger to the Madden franchise, having designed the original game alongside Scott Orr and John Madden back in 1988. When I sat down with him at DICE, one of the big questions on my mind was what fans should expect from Madden NFL 13 given the large turnover at the top of the development team. Hilleman seems optimistic. "They are doing big things this year," he said. "They're making big changes. Those are big changes that are going to break a lot of stuff, and they know that. What we're after is a better defense that's more fun to play." The defensive side of the football has been long overdue for a revamp. The last major change to the defensive controls came in Madden NFL 05 with the introduction of the hit stick. Hopefully this retooling will also address the poor awareness demonstrated by the secondary in last year's game and mark the return of true gang tackling. If the new approach to defense was developed by EA Tiburon's shared technology group, there is a chance these features could extend over to NCAA Football as well.

[roadman]

Sounds good.

[BezO]

Nice to hear but without specifics, it sounds no different than years past... the game in general, not necessarily defense.

[illwill10]

Good to hear. But changes to offense will help defense too.
Wr/DB and OL/DL interaction, tackling, and Player Awareness needs to be fixed to make defense more fun. Players need to have a mind of their own.

[Patscanes]

Does this mean the 3-4 defense will be fixed? I hope so

[kjcheezhead]

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The Madden engine is an acquired taste that requires specific knowledge.

He's EA's chief creative officer. Someone needs to tell this guy Madden doesn't have an "engine".

[LambertandHam]

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"They are doing big things this year," he said. "They're making big changes. Those are big changes that are going to break a lot of stuff, and they know that. What we're after is a better defense that's more fun to play."

Hopefully before the final product ships.

I kid, I kid. Would be nice to see some more CB vs WR interaction and fighting for the ball.

[DJ]

I really hope they add in the NCAA Player-Lock camera for defense this year.