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Madden announced a new rating system that would look even better in NCAA IMO....

I just hope they get it right so we can really see differences between player types!

[number305]

Quote: Originally Posted by youALREADYknow

Wrong. It drastically changes gameplay.

Are you sure? I thought it was already said that the players are going to do the exact same thing as in last years game, except their heads will be turned to be looking at the ball.

I don't think this procedural awareness changes AI. I think it just changes where they are looking. Which does not sound right... but that is what I have got from this thread so far. Please correct me if I'm wrong. ( I would love to be wrong on this )

[youALREADYknow]

Quote: Originally Posted by number305

Are you sure? I thought it was already said that the players are going to do the exact same thing as in last years game, except their heads will be turned to be looking at the ball. I don't think this procedural awareness changes AI. I think it just changes where they are looking. Which does not sound right... but that is what I have got from this thread so far. Please correct me if I'm wrong. ( I would love to be wrong on this )

Yes, you are wrong. Players will no longer be able to react to events that are not in their line of sight. The impact on WR/DB interaction should be huge and defensive awareness should be greatly reduced in situations where the player is not looking at the ball. For example, we shouldn't see players making 180 degree spins in the air to catch an INT.

Obviously the devs will need to change/remove/add animations to make this work properly and I have my doubts about how well this will be done. Still, this was a much needed change to gameplay that many of us asked for in the past.

[thelasthurtknee]

Quote: Originally Posted by youALREADYknow

Yes, you are wrong. Players will no longer be able to react to events that are not in their line of sight. The impact on WR/DB interaction should be huge and defensive awareness should be greatly reduced in situations where the player is not looking at the ball. For example, we shouldn't see players making 180 degree spins in the air to catch an INT. Obviously the devs will need to change/remove/add animations to make this work properly and I have my doubts about how well this will be done. Still, this was a much needed change to gameplay that many of us asked for in the past.

i thought he said the what your saying is not the case. that even though there head is turned away they see them already. they are just making the heads turn so it looks realistic.

i see how this could affect ai but i dont see how with what we know. there was no mention of timing routes which would give the advantage to the wr on a break. maybe on every single break of every route is when the wr will look back but we dont know.

from what i got this is just something to make it look more realiistic not play more realistic. but if some game play features are added that this could co exist with then yea maybe and hopefully. but from what the dev said its just fluff at this poitn.

[ChicagoSparty]

Quote: Originally Posted by youALREADYknow

Wrong. It drastically changes gameplay.

I'm not so sure about this. If it radically changed gameplay, I would think the posts about it would be stronger. There has to be a reason they haven't clearly defined what the feature does. Were it some major game changer I promise you there would not be this kind of ambiguity around it.

My prediction is that people will be disappointed a bit with the feature, but we will see.

[thelasthurtknee]

yea i agree. he basically said they already see the ball when they are not looking. so all this really does is make it nicer to look at. if they try to tie this into the ai it could cause huge probs.

[youALREADYknow]

The following are all quotes from Ian Cummings, lead developer of Madden 10:

"Well now we can make a DB track the ball realistically and we’ll make sure that he has a true line of sight before he can make a play on the ball."

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2039140588

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2039144325

And finally...

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2039144480

[thelasthurtknee]

Quote: Originally Posted by youALREADYknow

The following are all quotes from Ian Cummings, lead developer of Madden 10: "Well now we can make a DB track the ball realistically and we’ll make sure that he has a true line of sight before he can make a play on the ball." http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2039140588 http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2039144325 And finally... http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2039144480

a true line of sight visually. that just means he will actually be looking at the ball, not playing the ball any different than they do. nothing about the ai will change with this, hes just saying it will look realistic. if every player has to be looking at the ball to know where it is it would be a complete cluster fxxk.