Madden NFL 11 Super Bowl Halftime Blog Possible?

[K_GUN]

What IAN thought the shortcomings were in M10 and how they plan to fix those shortcomings for M11.

[ch46647]

Gameplay please!

[CreatineKasey]

I want to see gameplay of course.

[labguy]

I agree with a couple of people who posted above. I'd quickly talk about the "Everything you see on Sunday" goal. What went well last yr....what was left on the plate. And then start hitting how the EA team addressed those issues this year.

Key points (hopefully)

Making ratings count - A 58 rated LT should not dominate Demarcus Ware all game.

Trench work - Don't need to harp on this. It is well known the shortcomings.

Adding some sort of element of strategy to the game - They need to take the run/pass commit idea and take it to a whole new level. If I know that on 2nd and 4 the guy I am playing is going to run a PA pass then pre-snap I should be able to alert my team about it. If I guess right I am rewarded. If I guess wrong then I should give up rushing yards. The key here is to not overdue it.

Online franchise - It was a good start, but without free agency and a cap it is not everything we see on Sundays. So a quick snippet about that would be nice.

CB/WR interaction - Same as O-line. Needs some work.


Those would be my big ones. I know off-line stats for a franchise are important to people, but I get bored playing the CPU. Online franchise matters more to me.

[johnprestonevans]

Presentation. Then gameplay.

[Blitzburgh]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

I think we need to realize that a halftime blog would be a somewhat minor thing, comparable perhaps to last year's Procedural Awareness blog. This early in the cycle, it's tough to drop big news when you're not even sure what'll make the final game. I could see a follow up to last year, showing how PA has been expanded, whether it's become functional rather than simply cosmetic (as was hinted last year). Alright, so, what do I think? If I were in Ian's position, I'd use it as an opportunity to set the tone for 2011 and do a bit of a Madden 10 retrospective, revisiting the theme "Everything you see on Sunday". Look back at 10, identify what you accomplished and where you feel you fell short, and end the whole thing with one small way you're working toward that same theme. This is really about the 'what' rather than the 'how'. Here's what I'm happy with about '10, here's where I am not happy, and here's what we're focusing on. Then use that as a jumping off point for the blogs the rest of the way out.

Yep, what he said...

[CreatineKasey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pantherbeast

agreed. 80% people who buy madden plays offline franchise and not online. They really need to focus more on offline franchise first then online later. But me I would love to see a blog on the improvments they are making on presention this year.

Making up stats?! lol!

I'd be up for some online feature improvements too.

[Rashad19]

Gameplay