Madden NFL 10 Preview: Five Things to Know (ESPN)

[masterkembo]

Quote: Originally Posted by green94

Ok, so the button mashing thing is about the only let down in this entire article. I'm not sure how I really feel about it, but definitely not good. Kickers on the sideline warming up - awesome Pro-tak - unbelievable QB Avoidance - awesome (I think Ian was asking about this a year or two ago, about how to implement it - controller shaking sounds great)

I agree - I'm not really much of a button masher. Oh well, most things sound great.

[green94]

Quote: Originally Posted by Candyman5

Hmmm, pro players will really stand out huh? *Drools at the Vikings Def of Line and Adrian*. Adrian should be the highest rated running back in the game.

And can you imagine if every team plays like their real life counterparts...

IE. Vikings will shove the ball down your throat ALL game long!

[BezO]

So they kept the meter for the fumble pile ups? That's too bad. I don't understand why they have these great looking pile ups that you can't look at because you're concentrating on which button to mash & which way the meter is pointing.

For the rest of it, if they work out the kinks, what a game.

[dave374]

The only new feature I wasn't thrilled with at the community event was the fumble thing.
It's a good idea in principle, but I never thought it worked as well as I would like.
Of course they have a few months to tune it.

Of course deejay8595 is gonna love this feature, because he's gonna win pretty much every fight for a fumble online.

[jeetaa6]

Quote: Originally Posted by Netherscourge

How soon does the controller start to shake when a defender approaches the QB? Is it based on your awareness rating? Elusive QB's should get the "warning" shakes sooner then the statue QB's, IMO.

I'm actually inclined to think that the QB's with the higher Awareness rating would feel the rumble first and the QB's with the highter Elusiveness rating would have a better chance of actually physically escaping a sack. A combo of the two perhaps.

Either way, this is some great stuff EA!!

[Maelstrom-XIII]

I remain cautiously optimistic about the pileups. I hope they work out well...with respect to the refs who seem to always be in the way, but don't hinder progress...I'd actually rather have them not hinder my progress if they can't stay out of my way...it beats having the ref tackle me for the defense (like that QB in college...)

[STLRams]

By reading the article I got a feeling that the dog piles on the ball after a fumble wont be buttons smashing, it will probably be button timing based, like The Bourne Identity game and others. God this game has me so excited to play it, I haven't felt this way about a madden game in years. Honestly with all of the info and features so far, there's not one that I don't like or have a negative view of. I notice here and there Ian, and EA having been dropping hints about the presentation in Madden10, if the presentation is atleast up to NFL2K5/NBA2K9 standards, Madden will take up a good part of my off days at work like it did when I was younger. Great article, its really hard for me to hate on Madden and there devs team at this point.

[Badboy49er]

Quote: Originally Posted by LBzrule

I'll say it this way: With Pro-tak, they have a piece of tech that can leave 2k5 and 2k8 in the dust. The key word is "can." It's going to depend on how much polish they can give to it. Hopefully, they will have all the time they need.

Fair enough, so basically with some time and polish to mature the tech it should be great.
The question now is IF they can do that THIS year.

I really hope so