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

[CreatineKasey]

I'd ditch the meter. Let the drama build. We wouldn't lose control, we'd just lose the ability to know the result, which is half the fun!

As far as the vibration with pressure... I like it. This should further the development of pocket mechanics. As long as the blitzes and pass rush is merciless and correct along with this mechanic... it should be balanced. Its very important to allow the ability to evade a free defender, especially DB's. Roethlisberger did this every single game and it is a very common thing in football when extending a play.

The pocket presence mechanic will force us to call more balanced blitzes. If the free guy can't get the QB, we'll have to contain him and bottle the QB up. This strategy characterizes EXACTLY what the titans did last season against Roethlisberger. Keep him contained then sack him. It was hard to watch

Good read. Glad we got it early

[marktg30]

Why not make the button to smash random? (and invisible)

Maybe one time it will be 'Y' and the next time it will be 'A'.
You may be smashing on 'B' but it would have little to no effect (not that you would know in the first place).

I think fight for the fumble is a good idea in theory but in practice it could prove to be cumbersome.

Maybe there can be a new system for kicking in coming editions of Madden.

[Ian_Cummings]

Quote: Originally Posted by rgiles36

The drawback to the meter though is like AJ said down in Orlando, all of the suspense is gone b/c you know what the ref's call is going to be. I'm in the minority I bet, but I'd be content with giving up control in these instances if it meant more suspense for the user.

This was key to the early design though...the meter actually drops out but you can keep hitting buttons to gain possession. You don't truly know who wins until the ref gets to the bottom of the pile....the meter disappears a good 2-3 seconds before he "finds out" the winner.

[Bgamer90]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

This was key to the early design though...the meter actually drops out but you can keep hitting buttons to gain possession. You don't truly know who wins until the ref gets to the bottom of the pile....the meter disappears a good 2-3 seconds before he "finds out" the winner.

Oh okay.

Now that you said that... I actually probably wouldn't mind the meter at all lol. I would still like it better if it was removed but I would be fine if it isn't now that you said that.

[thudias]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

This was key to the early design though...the meter actually drops out but you can keep hitting buttons to gain possession. You don't truly know who wins until the ref gets to the bottom of the pile....the meter disappears a good 2-3 seconds before he "finds out" the winner.

Could we just make it longer without the meter? Have the meter pop up for a second or three then disappear for the remaining 7 seconds.

[Badboy49er]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

This was key to the early design though...the meter actually drops out but you can keep hitting buttons to gain possession. You don't truly know who wins until the ref gets to the bottom of the pile....the meter disappears a good 2-3 seconds before he "finds out" the winner.

If it has to stay could it at the least be much smaller and out of the way so we can see the action....i just want to be able to see the fighting going on. Like BeZo said, it looks great so dont cover it up. I actually like that its button mashing, its cool to have some control IMO

[nsilvano21]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

This was key to the early design though...the meter actually drops out but you can keep hitting buttons to gain possession. You don't truly know who wins until the ref gets to the bottom of the pile....the meter disappears a good 2-3 seconds before he "finds out" the winner.

Is there anyway you can eliminate pressing buttons and make it the joysticks? When it goes to the cutscene, u should have to move the joysticks around as if ur moving ur arms around for the ball

[g2thecore]

Quote: Originally Posted by Badboy49er

If it has to stay could it at the least be much smaller and out of the way so we can see the action....i just want to be able to see the fighting going on. Like BeZo said, it looks great so dont cover it up. I actually like that its button mashing, its cool to have some control IMO

Agreed. I would be really happy if they completely removed it, but if it must remain, it should not interfere with the action.