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NCAA Football 10 Blog: Player Pursuit Angles

04:13 PM - March 26, 2009 by Solidice

EA has posted another NCAA Football 10 blog. This one features player pursuit angles.

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	"As you can see given the same situation as our previous example the defenders are not thrown off their angle by the direction changes. Long story short� the defenders do not fall for every direction change, but instead will move to intercept the ball carrier at a more logical location. This will really cut down on the effectiveness of �twitch� runs. Also the new Player Pursuit will recognize a ball carrier pulling away from a slower defender and make them attempt a diving tackle. This creates more tackles and more realistic chase situations� more often than not a player will attempt a dive as a last ditched effort when they know they are falling behind, not just continue to follow the ball carrier. That isn�t all; this new system has allowed us to have defenders sometimes take a bad angle using the Pursuit Rating (PUR) of the player. Bad pursuit is a part of football, not every player will play the perfect angle every play. So playing against lower rated players (or younger players with lower PUR) you will see them over run a play allowing the ball carrier to cut back against the gain and pick up some more yards."

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# 61 rollinphat @ 03/26/09 07:12 PM

Does this mean that they have possibly fixed the problem where someone can be running to the outside and the corner back will be looking at the running back with the ball yet continue to backpedal away from the ball carrier.

# 62 countryboy @ 03/26/09 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by knucklez


	Falling into the same trap. I'm not saying they won't fix the gameplay issues, but until you actually see it in action you have no idea. There has been plenty of times, including previous NCAA and Madden games , where the developers said one thing and delivered another...or nothing at all. Don't believe the hype.

I thought you said you don't play NCAA? So why are you in here bustin' people's balls for getting excited that things they've asked to be fixed are getting the attention they need?

# 63 TrevJo @ 03/26/09 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by knucklez


	All I'm saying is that I think it's silly to base your judgements of the game so far on screenshots and what devs. say in blogs. The best way to judge is actually seeing the game in action, and from what I've seen so far it doesn't look all that much improved. Don't tell me that they've improved so and so (OL/DL, WR/DB...) until you've actually seen it in action. The pursuit angles are great, but I'll reserve my judgments on other issues until I actually see videos of them.

That's the thing, you aren't reserving your judgements on other issues.

knucklez: "EA is really shooting themselves in the foot with these NCAA screenshots and videos. It looks like barely anything has been fixed from last year."

# 64 TrevJo @ 03/26/09 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	I thought you said you don't play NCAA? So why are you in here bustin' people's balls for getting excited that things they've asked to be fixed are getting the attention they need?

Maybe he works for a competitor.

# 65 deadlyCane @ 03/26/09 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by stoncold32


	I dont see your problem. I'm a number one complainer about NCAA 2009, but they are fixing the stuff we want fixed....so what do YOU want?

I admit they are working towards this. The point I'm making is that other issues still persist. The running back cutting and accelerating like they did in the videos are still a problem. No human can do that. It is anatomically impossible, not to mention defies the laws of physics. This is all part of gameplay. Fixing that helps to fix gameply. The 2k games had this right. What EA showed in those videos just shows they still haven't gotten it yet. Perhaps they are working on that part but I can only judge on what I've seen so far. until they show me they have fixed that I'm not going to get too excited.

# 66 knucklez @ 03/26/09 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	I thought you said you don't play NCAA? So why are you in here bustin' people's balls for getting excited that things they've asked to be fixed are getting the attention they need?

Well, I'm not sure why I said I don't play NCAA, because I do. Not as much as madden though. I'm not trying to bust balls, but I just don't want people to get too excited. It wouldn't shock me if some of the things talked about in blogs still didn't work right or are not completely fixed. I'm just telling people to curb their enthusiasm until you actually see gameplay videos of improved OL/DL interaction and things like that. And I don't want people to get confused; I hope to god that these things are fixed but until I see it I'm not going to get excited about the game.

# 67 countryboy @ 03/26/09 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by knucklez


	Well, I'm not sure why I said I don't play NCAA, because I do. Not as much as madden though. I'm not trying to bust balls, but I just don't want people to get too excited. It wouldn't shock me if some of the things talked about in blogs still didn't work right or are not completely fixed. I'm just telling people to curb their enthusiasm until you actually see gameplay videos of improved OL/DL interaction and things like that. And I don't want people to get confused; I hope to god that these things are fixed but until I see it I'm not going to get excited about the game.

So you're trying to save people from themselves and the evil villan that is EA? How noble of you.

Look, you've made your opinion be known, how about letting people let their opinions be known and not have to defend or explain those opinions, because you disagree.

# 68 countryboy @ 03/26/09 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by deadlyCane


	I admit they are working towards this. The point I'm making is that other issues still persist. The running back cutting and accelerating like they did in the videos are still a problem. No human can do that. It is anatomically impossible, not to mention defies the laws of physics. This is all part of gameplay. Fixing that helps to fix gameply. The 2k games had this right. What EA showed in those videos just shows they still haven't gotten it yet. Perhaps they are working on that part but I can only judge on what I've seen so far. until they show me they have fixed that I'm not going to get too excited.

Question...

How polished are these vids? Are they from the final build? Are they exactly what we'll be playing?

# 69 deadlyCane @ 03/26/09 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	Question... How polished are these vids? Are they from the final build? Are they exactly what we'll be playing?

That's beside the point. I can only judge on what I see now. EA has disappointed before. While I like the direction I won't get overly excited just yet.

# 70 knucklez @ 03/26/09 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	So you're trying to save people from themselves and the evil villan that is EA? How noble of you. Look, you've made your opinion be known, how about letting people let their opinions be known and not have to defend or explain those opinions, because you disagree.

Well, this argument was started because my opinion was questioned so don't point your finger at just me.

# 71 knucklez @ 03/26/09 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by deadlyCane


	That's beside the point. I can only judge on what I see now. EA has disappointed before. While I like the direction I won't get overly excited just yet.

This is all I'm trying to say. Wait till you see actual videos until you get pumped up for the game.

# 72 countryboy @ 03/26/09 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by deadlyCane


	That's beside the point. I can only judge on what I see now. EA has disappointed before. While I like the direction I won't get overly excited just yet.

How's it beside the point? The vids are showing off a certain aspect of the game, nothing more. This vid was about pursuit angles, not the running mechanics, the OL/DL interaction, or anything else.

I'm not overly excited either, but I like what I see in terms of what they are showing me here. I'll reserve judgment on other facets of the game when they actually show them off.

# 73 countryboy @ 03/26/09 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by knucklez


	This is all I'm trying to say. Wait till you see actual videos until you get pumped up for the game.

so because you feel this way, everyone should feel this way?

# 74 countryboy @ 03/26/09 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by knucklez


	Well, this argument was started because my opinion was questioned so don't point your finger at just me.

so constantly telling people to not get excited or that they are "easily satisfied" or they are "falling into the same trap" is all because someone questioned your opinion?

# 75 BrianFifaFan @ 03/26/09 07:51 PM

Here's my only thing. Most of the NCAA hardcore were actually enjoying 09 post-patches. Sure there are issues that remained, but it's already evident that they've added a lot of new tech to make the game even better. Why are there still guys who are just cranky about the NCAA and the Madden teams? It's a no-brainer that these games will progress the series. Why the hate and same old tired accusations? The whole NCAA/Madden exclusive stuff is waaay past played out. Sorry, my .02....

# 76 icomb1ne @ 03/26/09 07:59 PM

Is it possible that is is NCAA 09 with just this on fix? It looks A LOT like 09 I think.

# 77 bonannogiovanni @ 03/26/09 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by icomb1ne


	Is it possible that is is NCAA 09 with just this on fix? It looks A LOT like 09 I think.

If it wasn't written on the video itself everyone would have said those were 09 videos. AI logic is fixed but running animations are still poor like last year, very unrealistc IMO. Hope I'm wrong.....

Edit: I read this on the blog itself

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	MAXIMUS205 said March 26, 2009 Both vids are 09 player models people and looks to be engine also. He implemented the algorithyms or whatnot into 09 to demo.

if that is true, I'm relieved

# 78 tyler289 @ 03/26/09 09:29 PM

I hope it's just 09 with some pursuit angles fixed. Otherwise it looks exactly the same. But still, post-patches 09 was still ok to play. So anything is improvement over 09, which is great by me.

# 79 Happyvally74 @ 03/26/09 09:39 PM

The 09 video doesn't show bad pursuit angles, Royster is just a beast!!

# 80 ch46647 @ 03/26/09 10:03 PM

OMT could you please clarify if this is NCAA 10 or NCAA 09 with updated pursuit angles? The pursuit angles are much better but everything else looks strikingly similar to NCAA 09

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