Madden 2011 Questions (E3 Related)

[ChaseB]

I will be at E3 next week with a couple other OS cohorts, so if you have some questions about Madden, then post them here. Presumably, I will have a chance to talk with some developers while there etc. so keep that in mind as well.

I can't promise every question will get answered, but we shall try to get you guys the info you thirst for.

I wouldn't mind a sticky either.

[RedZoneD25]

Franchise Related-

-Is IR fixed?
-Can you trade future draft picks?
-Is there a training camp again?
-Can you edit potential?
-CPU/CPU trades in game?
-Will CPU come to me with trade offer?
-Are player roles back?
-Will player morale return?
-Is there still a 10 pick limit?
-Will Restricted Free Agency return?

[o Mass Murda o]

my questions:

what attention is offline franchise getting this year?
what attention is online franchise getting this year?

[ch46647]

Can you ask them what exactly they did with the crowd audio this year? Is it louder, does it react to the appropriate situations on the field, etc etc.

I know they said audio was a big focus and they talked about Gus Johnson, and team-specific chants. I would like to know if they made improvements to the crowd as a whole though. For example, I think MLB the Show and NBA Live has done a great job with the crowd audio. Hopefully it will atleast be as good as that.

Thanks!

[at23steelers]

What changes have they made to challenges and penalties?

[roadman]

1. Discuss changes in offline franchise. Has the RB stat's been corrected?
2. Has there been any changes how the 3-4 defense been addressed? IE- LB's getting more sacks than LDE?
3. Has their been an effort on passing situations that the DE's are moving more in a arc vs straight ahead entanglement with RT?
4. Has the flats from last year been tuned?
5. Is there better CB/WR interraction? ie, no more CB running WR routes.
6. Has the penalty sliders been tuned better? ie, cranking up PI and not having PI called.
7. Did WR shade make it back in?
8. Was the animation fixed where a WR catches the ball with 3 or 4 feet inbounds and it cuts to a ref conference and after further review, the catch is overtuned?

Thanks Chase.

Ok, enough from me.

[ABR173rd]

Will we be able to change team's like a hire/fire during offline franchise this year? I really hate not being able to take a new team during my franchise and rebuilding them up once Ive created a dynasty with my initial team?

Creating players during franchise or to supplement the draft?

[RGiles36]

Not really a question, but can you give some details on what you're seeing from a presentation standpoint?

-Frequency of auto replays
-Pre-play sequence (are you seeing other players approach the line besides the QB in every scene)
-Frequency of stat banners
-Cutscenes (are they triggering properly and any less buggy than they were the year before)
-Is the blackout in between cutscenes any more distracting than it was last year

Gameflow
-How is GF managing the game in the 4th quarter or when up/down a lot of points

Thanks Chase