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Madden NFL 11 Hands-On Impressions (OS)

10:54 AM - April 26, 2010 by Steve_OS

We have just posted our Madden NFL 11 hands-on impressions. Find out what Christian McLeod has to say about his time with the game.

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	"At EA�s recent community event, I was able to sit down with Madden developer Ian Cummings and get a very early hands on with Madden 11. With the tagline "Simpler," "Deeper" and "Quicker" being emphasized, I was able to take a look at some of this year's gameplay improvements that the Madden team feels will elevate Madden 11 to the next level."

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# 81 ManiacMatt1782 @ 04/27/10 11:59 AM

i just hope they take it out of online completely, without the option to turn it back on there

# 82 chrome_305 @ 04/27/10 01:14 PM

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	Since players now have to plant before moving, suction blocking and lackluster AI seem to have at least been minimized when it comes to the offensive and defensive lines. During my limited amount of time playing the game, I was able to get solid pressure on the QB when it made sense. In addition, the CPU also pressured me if I attempted to hold the ball for too long in the pocket.

This part of the hands on scares me!Minimal improvements for suction blocking and A.I on O-line and D-line (the A.I will still warp when out of position).Did I read this correctly? With suction blocking still in the game it leads me to think that the gameplay is not improved at all.

If a player has to plant his feet now before moving then how is it that suction blocking is still present?During a "suction block" the player would warp/360 turn/fly/teleport to the position thus negating the foot plant. Lets just hope in madden 11 your O-line or D-line doesnt pull a madden 10 and magically let the defender by-pass them so they can tackle you.

Also,If you hold the ball to long of course the CPU will pressure thats been happening since madden 1.Thats the logic of the A.I since to follow the ball so, of course there would be pressure when holding the ball long.

# 83 roadman @ 04/27/10 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by chrome_305


	This part of the hands on scares me!Minimal improvements for suction blocking and A.I on O-line and D-line (the A.I will still warp when out of position).Did I read this correctly? With suction blocking still in the game it leads me to think that the gameplay is not improved at all. If a player has to plant his feet now before moving then how is it that suction blocking is still present?During a "suction block" the player would warp/360 turn/fly/teleport to the position thus negating the foot plant. Lets just hope in madden 11 your O-line or D-line doesnt pull a madden 10 and magically let the defender by-pass them so they can tackle you. Also,If you hold the ball to long of course the CPU will pressure thats been happening since madden 1.Thats the logic of the A.I since to follow the ball so, of course there would be pressure when holding the ball long.

Minimized in what you quoted means they don't show up as much as it did previously. They've greatly reduced it.

It doesn't mean minimal improvements.

# 84 Only1LT @ 04/27/10 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by roadman


	Minimized in what you quoted means they don't show up as much as it did previously. They've greatly reduced it. It doesn't mean minimal improvements.

By any interpretation, I think he, and everyone else as well, was hoping that it was eliminated. Not minimized. I think that is what his frustration is.

# 85 carnalnirvana @ 04/27/10 02:57 PM

the game flow sounds good but if its only for the user thats disappointing. we should have been able to customize the cpu playbook as well.

madden is catering for the head to head crowd

# 86 roadman @ 04/27/10 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Only1LT


	By any interpretation, I think he, and everyone else as well, was hoping that it was eliminated. Not minimized. I think that is what his frustration is.

Ok, hard to determine on a message board.

# 87 roadman @ 04/27/10 03:12 PM

^^ We all have our own interpretations, don't we?

# 88 CreatineKasey @ 04/27/10 03:17 PM

EASports has continued to listen to my wants almost directly, I swear. I can't complain one bit with the direction of this game. I still remember playing the garbage years (06-09) and know how far it came in 1 year. New locomotion and blocking fixes? G f'n G!

I'm pumped already!

# 89 Reaman @ 04/27/10 05:00 PM

Great job on the preview!

# 90 jaygrey722 @ 04/28/10 07:19 PM

the game looks ok it still needs more work, but they need to change up the graphics and the equipiment..... ncaa put in new nike gloves and cleats. they need to put that in the game.Im tired of seeing the same ****ty equpiment.

# 91 rheerun @ 04/29/10 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by carnalnirvava


	the game flow sounds good but if its only for the user thats disappointing. we should have been able to customize the cpu playbook as well. madden is catering for the head to head crowd

In one of the recent blogs the devs say you can in fact customize a CPU gameplan to make it more tailored to how you think the opposing team plays.

# 92 Shadak @ 04/29/10 04:05 AM

Hmm this year kinda reminds of the last one tbh... "we are going to have warm ups before the game start, yay, that has never been seen in Madden before" , yeah **** gameplay lets put some real **** it. Oh well, I'll try demo and go back to 2k5 or wait for 'breaker

# 93 lgxjames @ 04/30/10 02:27 AM

The irony of people praising backbreaker when they ADMIT to being a arcadish sim

# 94 rudyjuly2 @ 04/30/10 10:41 AM

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	The irony of people praising backbreaker when they ADMIT to being a arcadish sim

I agree. I see quite a few posts from people criticizing Madden heavily over not having everything correct and yet the same people saying "Can't wait for Backbreaker or Tecmo Bowl!". I think some of it is still hatred towards EA over the exclusive deal and they just can't let go despite the fact it's been over five years.

Some of it is simply expectations. People have much higher expectations for Madden than those other games. Madden isn't perfect and has had some flaws hang around forever so when the game doesn't improve much it gets flamed. If you took a newbie to football gaming and had them play Madden and Backbreaker for the first time I'm guessing 90% or more would say Madden is far superior. I'm guilty of this as well but sometimes we just have to step back from the disappointment over a few issues and look at the big picture. Is the game fun?

The other thing is labels. Some people say Tecmo and Backbreaker are arcade so they have no problem accepting certain flaws. Why not just accept Madden for what it is? A football video game. Whether it's pure sim or part sim and arcade, it shouldn't matter how you judge it imo. Just call Madden an arcade football game then and be happy. We should judge games based on how fun they are and not how they perform in a particular genre.

# 95 ODogg @ 04/30/10 10:53 AM

Yeah it's BS rudy how people change their standards. They nitpick Madden about not having the right cleats but then give a pass to Backbreaker for not having any injuries, LOL. Such hypocrisy.

# 96 Bgamer90 @ 04/30/10 11:18 AM

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	Yeah it's BS rudy how people change their standards. They nitpick Madden about not having the right cleats but then give a pass to Backbreaker for not having any injuries, LOL. Such hypocrisy.

lol, very true.

# 97 lgxjames @ 04/30/10 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rudyjuly2


	I agree. I see quite a few posts from people criticizing Madden heavily over not having everything correct and yet the same people saying "Can't wait for Backbreaker or Tecmo Bowl!". I think some of it is still hatred towards EA over the exclusive deal and they just can't let go despite the fact it's been over five years. Some of it is simply expectations. People have much higher expectations for Madden than those other games. Madden isn't perfect and has had some flaws hang around forever so when the game doesn't improve much it gets flamed. If you took a newbie to football gaming and had them play Madden and Backbreaker for the first time I'm guessing 90% or more would say Madden is far superior. I'm guilty of this as well but sometimes we just have to step back from the disappointment over a few issues and look at the big picture. Is the game fun? The other thing is labels. Some people say Tecmo and Backbreaker are arcade so they have no problem accepting certain flaws. Why not just accept Madden for what it is? A football video game. Whether it's pure sim or part sim and arcade, it shouldn't matter how you judge it imo. Just call Madden an arcade football game then and be happy. We should judge games based on how fun they are and not how they perform in a particular genre.

Exactly what I'm saying, I want Madden to be as sim as possible, almost to the point where I probably will be happy if I never win the superbowl because it's that realistic...So I get peeved when certain things aren't to my liking but to see people calling for ea's head because they "lied about why short socks are in this year but not last"

This place sometimes is more comical than informational (in a good way)

# 98 23 @ 04/30/10 02:06 PM

I can interject here and say this goes far beyond Madden because its the exact same effect in basketball as well.

Backbreaker isnt even out yet and its the first iteration. There really is only so much comparing you can do.

Now give the devs at NM about 6-7 years with the game and they still leave fundamentals in the game in array and you'll see the same kind of despisings, especially when the fanbase has been asking for particulars for years on end.

I do understand what you fellas are saying but the truth is, you ask for one thing and continually get another and the basic things of the game stay damaged then yes there are going to be some issues people take with that.

# 99 cdpig @ 04/30/10 08:29 PM

Gameflow sounds badass!!!

# 100 Bgamer90 @ 05/01/10 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	I can interject here and say this goes far beyond Madden because its the exact same effect in basketball as well. Backbreaker isnt even out yet and its the first iteration. There really is only so much comparing you can do. Now give the devs at NM about 6-7 years with the game and they still leave fundamentals in the game in array and you'll see the same kind of despisings, especially when the fanbase has been asking for particulars for years on end. I do understand what you fellas are saying but the truth is, you ask for one thing and continually get another and the basic things of the game stay damaged then yes there are going to be some issues people take with that.

I understand that, but still... I remember ones saying "I'm never going to buy a football game that doesn't have proper fatigue, lacking features, etc." in terms of Madden earlier this gen (a good number of them being 2k fanboys) and now they are all over backbreaker and call it "super sim" even though it doesn't have fatigue, injuries, hot routes, etc.

I'm pretty sure that if Madden put in euphoria but took out fatigue, injuries, etc., it would get a lot of bad feedback from the same ones looking forward to backbreaker. Heck, chances are if backbreaker didn't even exist and what I said in my previous sentence was true, ones would call euphoria a "gimmick" (lol).

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