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Madden NFL 10 Patch #2 Available, Impressions Here (PS3)

04:19 AM - December 4, 2009 by Xpider

Madden NFL 10 patch #2 is available for the PS3. No timetable has been set for the Xbox 360. Please post your impressions here.

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# 361 babythug23 @ 12/07/09 12:00 AM

Is there still no Replays with broadcast view?

# 362 DonkeyJote @ 12/07/09 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kehlis


	Exposure is all relative. Clearly in Washington you see and hear more about the Seahawks, but for me it is the exact opposite.

I'm not talking about up here. I'm talking about ESPN. And the Green Jerseys got quite a bit of attention on ESPN.

# 363 DonkeyJote @ 12/07/09 03:01 AM

I see you've never played 2k's baseball franchise. They don't fix glitches in franchise that make it freeze and make it impossible to continue your franchise.

# 364 brza37 @ 12/07/09 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by swivel63


	i've seen the sideline catch stuff come up after a guy has dropped the ball. LMAO. am i the only one who's getting no rotation on the ball during replays? when my qb throws the ball, it doesn't spin. am i smoking something?

No, you're right there is no ball spin in replays. They had to do that in order to lengthen the replays.

# 365 brza37 @ 12/07/09 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ForeverYoung


	From EA forums: "So here is the pass I was talking about in another thread. It is clearly caught. Then the receiver runs with the ball for AT LEAST 5 steps before being hit and "fumbling" it. However, in PATCH 2, this is now considered an INCOMPLETE PASS. http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/14081213" Has anyone seen something like this? And some other guys report that sideline chatches are even worse since patch 2 (pass ruled incomplete although receiver had more than 2 steps before he ran out of bounds)?

I had the catch and fumble once so far. They called it a fumble then it was challenged by the CPU and overturned to be an incomplete pass. It was a close call though so I wouldn't complain about it. He only took two steps with the ball.

# 366 brza37 @ 12/07/09 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Hiro1


	lol at this thread good thing I play in an online franchise where all 32 teams are controlled. I loved the game b4 the p3ch and love it even more with the flats being better.

Thats the only way to play now. Offline franchise has been ruined for me.

The stats are awful just like everyone has reiterated here a bunch of times before but thats not the worst part of it.

I simmed through half a season and decided to play a game against the CPU. Eagles vs. Packers. Apparently, the CPU has been on OS reading about the whole http://www.operationsports.com/forum...ter-bunny.html discussion. And the CPU Packers decided if OL ratings don't matter that they could just stick a kicker and WR on the o-line. The first play of the game the formation the packers chose had 3 WRs 1 TE and 2 RBs. I thought great a new bug that is messing up the count but then as the walked up to the line I saw the count was right. They had an extra WR playing LT and the Kicker Mason Crosby playing center. Trent Cole was pretty much stymied by the backup WR all game only getting one sack and Crosby gave up no sacks as well as doing a hell of a job in run blocking.

After the game I went to check the roster to see why this happened and realized they had no choice. Almost all of their OL were on injured reserve! Then I checked the FA market and there were no OL left I checked team after team and about half the teams didn't have 5 healthy o-linemen!! So, if you don't get frustrated by 3 guys running for 2000+ yards, 7+ yards per carry and 3 guys breaking the sack record each year from simmed games then going up against teams with kickers and WRs on the o-line should probably do it for you.

By the way, GatorBait posted way back about having a problem with the salary cap when controlling all 32 teams. I simmed 6 full seasons (3 controlling one team and 3 controlling all 32 teams). I had the same exact problem with the Saints by the end of the first season. I had to cut a veteran player and sign a rookie for 3 weeks straight starting in week 12 in order to keep them under the salary cap and have them with all the min. required players. This was due to the fact that so many linemen were injured for them and the CPU just takes the top guys (usually the most expensive veterans) at the position needed on the FA list. I also had all options for roster, salary cap etc. set to CPU.

Also, in my experience simming with all 32 teams by changing run pass ratio to 40/60 and RB1/RB2 ratio 50/50 for every team I ended up only having 2 2000+ rushers in 3 seasons but that just made the sack stats even worse. I had two seasons with a 30+ sacker. Trent Cole 30 and Jared Allen 32. In those seasons I also had at least 10 guys with more than 20 sacks too. So, I don't really see changing those sliders as the answer.

So in the end, I think the gameplay is improved but that doesn't outweigh the huge problems with stats and injuries that have made offline franchise, at least for me, unplayable. I think being in a 32 man online franchise the game would be great unfortunately for me I'm having a tough time finding a true sim league to join over here in Europe.

Hopefully there will be another patch to address these issues otherwise I'll have to put this game to rest.

# 367 mm boost @ 12/07/09 10:38 AM

I actually love this patch. Downloaded it last night and started a new franchise with new rosters for my Cowboys franchise, game played alot better, alot harder, and alot smoother than previously. It seemed like there was alot more defense and better tackling and better QB pressure. I beat the Bucanneers 22-12, I only scored 1 td the whole game, it was great being stopped like that, no more 70-80 point games it seems like. Defense plays smarter and CPU defense does NOT blitz all out like they used to. The new replays are awesome, put it back to Advanced Playcalling and I saw a ton of replays. Overall, Thank you EA for giving us this patch, it really improved the game and made a good game great in my honest opinion. Looking forward to the rest of my Franchise season and next year's installment of madden!

# 368 countryboy @ 12/07/09 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by stux


	I was playing on SLOW before the patch and it feels a lot faster then before the patch. Now VERY SLOW seems faster then SLOW was before. Anyone else feel this way?

yes. The game seems to have sped up a bit.

# 369 countryboy @ 12/07/09 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LionsFanNJ


	There will be times where the receiver catches the ball near the edge, say right near the yardline number, and momentum takes him to the sideline, but they rule the catch incomplete with the cutscene and all. Doesn't happen often, but its annoying when it does.

oh ok. Haven't seen that yet.

# 370 RGiles36 @ 12/07/09 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by stux


	I was playing on SLOW before the patch and it feels a lot faster then before the patch. Now VERY SLOW seems faster then SLOW was before. Anyone else feel this way?

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	yes. The game seems to have sped up a bit.

Oh, man! No offense, but I hope you guys are wrong. I went back and forth between slow and very slow once I got the game (360), and slow felt like a real sweet spot. It didn't need tweaking.

# 371 BlueNGold @ 12/07/09 03:53 PM

Here's another question: anyone still seeing players break out of 3+ player gang tackles pretty often? It might just be me but it seems like this was still a bit of an issue after the first patch.

# 372 tastybrownies @ 12/07/09 04:13 PM

Wow, patch #2 is freaking pathetic. I can't even create a player now, how does EA even mess something up like that.

Is anyone else experiencing this same problem of creating players, placing them on your team and saving the roster and they're gone anyway?

# 373 Herky @ 12/07/09 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tastybrownies


	Wow, patch #2 is freaking pathetic. I can't even create a player now, how does EA even mess something up like that. Is anyone else experiencing this same problem of creating players, placing them on your team and saving the roster and they're gone anyway?

If you have the latest roster update it's that and not the patch. For some reason the newest roster update won't allow any players to be created.

# 374 NFL2102 @ 12/07/09 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by RayManHCP42


	Don't know if it's been asked, but have they fixed the flaw with the retractable roof in Cowboys Stadium?

What was wrong with it?

# 375 countryboy @ 12/07/09 05:53 PM

one thing that is still bugging me is that the cpu doesn't utilize the coffin corner punt. Just played the Chargers in the franchise that I re-started due to the stats being corrected, and 3 times I had them punt inside my 45 yard line and all three times they punted right down the middle of the field. Twice the ball went into the endzone and once it landed at the 5 yard line and bounced into the endzone.

Very annoying knowing that I'm going to start at the 20 yard line pretty much guaranteed anytime the cpu punts from my end of the field or even mid-field for that matter, if he has enough leg power.

Then again, I play as the Raiders, so I need all the help I can get.

# 376 roadman @ 12/07/09 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	one thing that is still bugging me is that the cpu doesn't utilize the coffin corner punt. Just played the Chargers in the franchise that I re-started due to the stats being corrected, and 3 times I had them punt inside my 45 yard line and all three times they punted right down the middle of the field. Twice the ball went into the endzone and once it landed at the 5 yard line and bounced into the endzone. Very annoying knowing that I'm going to start at the 20 yard line pretty much guaranteed anytime the cpu punts from my end of the field or even mid-field for that matter, if he has enough leg power. Then again, I play as the Raiders, so I need all the help I can get.

CB , here is a question I haven't seen asked or maybe someone else can chime in.

Is the CPU still punting from the 35 yd line and not attempting a fg?

# 377 countryboy @ 12/07/09 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by roadman


	CB , here is a question I haven't seen asked or maybe someone else can chime in. Is the CPU still punting from the 35 yd line and not attempting a fg?

haven't seen it the 4 games post patch that I've played. The Chargers attempted a 53 yard field goal against me that came up woefully short.(kicked into 15+ mph wind) I was very surprised that they didn't punt in that situation...

# 378 rspencer86 @ 12/07/09 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	one thing that is still bugging me is that the cpu doesn't utilize the coffin corner punt. Just played the Chargers in the franchise that I re-started due to the stats being corrected, and 3 times I had them punt inside my 45 yard line and all three times they punted right down the middle of the field. Twice the ball went into the endzone and once it landed at the 5 yard line and bounced into the endzone. Very annoying knowing that I'm going to start at the 20 yard line pretty much guaranteed anytime the cpu punts from my end of the field or even mid-field for that matter, if he has enough leg power. Then again, I play as the Raiders, so I need all the help I can get.

This problem has plagued both of EA's football games for some time now. It's like the punters have no awareness whatsoever, if they are inside the opponents' 50 they punt the exact same way they do if they were at their own 20.

EA needs to put in some serious work in all aspects of special teams. CPU punting logic, kickoff return blocking (why do I have 2-3 front line guys sprinting towards the end zone right after the kick?), the kicking mechanic in general (field goals are nearly automatic), etc.

# 379 rspencer86 @ 12/07/09 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	haven't seen it the 4 games post patch that I've played. The Chargers attempted a 53 yard field goal against me that came up woefully short.(kicked into 15+ mph wind) I was very surprised that they didn't punt in that situation...

Same here, I've played the four preseason games in my Chiefs franchise and haven't seen a punt from that range yet. Longwell of the Vikings nailed a 53-yarder and then missed a 40-yarder wide left later in the game.

# 380 Eski33 @ 12/07/09 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueNGold


	Here's another question: anyone still seeing players break out of 3+ player gang tackles pretty often? It might just be me but it seems like this was still a bit of an issue after the first patch.

You can tweak sliders to fix this...Nothing to do with patches...

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