Sprinting, your opinion please

[R9NALD9]

Personally I really don't like the way sprinting is done in madden games. I prefer to tap a button continiously to sprint (2K style) rather than to press and hold a button to see a fast player dissapear into the distance.

It's much more rewarding to tap a button and outsprint someone than to hold a button with no effort whatsoever. I wish EA can incorporate this into Madden. If they change it, it will cause power players to be more relevant as well. The last couple of Madden games I just drafted the fastest players, gave them the ball and outsprinted everyone. boringgggg

What is your opinion?
i) tap a button to sprint
ii) press and hold a button to sprint

[Exonerated]

Sprint button should be kept forever. The left analog stick needs to be pressure sensitive again thats all allowing a transition from still, to walk, to jog, to sprint.

[KANE699]

I'd like to see the sprint button used ala racing games on the 360 where its pressure sensative like the gas on a car. This way you can gradually increase your speed and choose where you want to sprint and where you want to just run/jog.

[Bgamer90]

Quote: Originally Posted by KANE699

I'd like to see the sprint button used ala racing games on the 360 where its pressure sensative like the gas on a car. This way you can gradually increase your speed and choose where you want to sprint and where you want to just run/jog.

That would be sweet.

[Valdarez]

Quote: Originally Posted by R9NALD9

Personally I really don't like the way sprinting is done in madden games. I prefer to tap a button continiously to sprint (2K style) rather than to press and hold a button to see a fast player dissapear into the distance.

Tapping to run faster would be ok, as long as it's not used to break tackles. That has to be the most unrealistic, non-sim aspect to 2K's games.

Quote: Originally Posted by R9NALD9

What is your opinion? i) tap a button to sprint ii) press and hold a button to sprint

iii) Kane's suggestion

[boxcarracer2552]

The one thing I don't really like about 2k5...

[TheCreep]

I'm going with the button setup most definitely. Not tapping, but as an earlier post stated, pressure sensitive trigger press. Pressure sensitive analog sticks (for football games) in my opinion wouldn't work for the simple fact that most if not everyone will automatically put full pressure causing immediate sprinting. Trust me, when you get excited, you aint gonna be able to slightly move that stick, its going balls to the wall off top.

In the heat of a game, your thumb is going to automatically mash the stick, so you're not going to see the transitions as often as you might think. My outlook on this comes from playing defense. Try to strafe your defensive player with the analog stick WITHOUT using the strafe trigger in the heat of a play and watch the outcome. When the ball is snapped you cant keep your thumb at a decent half way point without getting excited and just moving fully to the left or right.

That also has alot to do with game speed. The game is moving so fast, pressure sensitive analog is not feasible at all.

[Triathlete_201]

I prefer tapping to the holding down a button in EA football games, but I'm open to a newer system like the pressure sensitive analog stick mentioned above.