Madden NFL 10 Blog - Improvements to QB Position

[Guillotine 1]

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Ding ding ding! We have a winner folks!

Well done tyler289, Big Ben in fact has the highest throw on the run rating for Madden 10.

Like I said, some QB's are just better at this than others...

This was my only concern, and you nailed it...I'm pre-ordering...cause I already know my animated hand towels made the cut...lol

[g2thecore]

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Awesome news Ian! Wow, I'm really impressed with the new system.

[cdj]

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This was posted at the Inside EA Sports Blog, but I am not sure if you guys respond there:

If someone does a smart route on a slant and it moves from short/medium to a deep route (3rd & long), which accuracy rating takes precedence? Is the rating dependent on distance or route?


This looks really great and I look forward to seeing it in NCAA 10 as well. Keep up the good work.

[rickywal]

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Ding ding ding! We have a winner folks!

Well done tyler289, Big Ben in fact has the highest throw on the run rating for Madden 10.

I hope you put Garcia right up there with him Donny. While we don't know what team he'll be playing for, and he isn't as good a player as Big Ben he made some great scrambling plays for the Bucs and not all short yardage throws.

You guys are doing an awesome job by the way. Hanging for Madden 10!!!

[Cusefan]

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# Have any ideas of other places we could possibly use layered blending that we may not have thought of?

The only thing that comes to mind Ian is when a Receiver catches a ball near a sideline and he begins the animation inbounds but is clearly out of bounds but the call is still a completion. Or if a Receiver is Inbounds but is called out.

Even if you reviewed those plays the calls would always stand. I wish i had a video but I never kept one.

[streamline]

Re: New Madden NFL 10 blog post - QB improvements

This was posted at the Inside EA Sports Blog, but I am not sure if you guys respond there:

If someone does a smart route on a slant and it moves from short/medium to a deep route (3rd & long), which accuracy rating takes precedence? Is the rating dependent on distance or route?


This looks really great and I hope it is in NCAA 10 as well. Keep up the good work.

I'm pretty sure that it will dependent on the distance of the route.

[IanCummingsFriend]

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For the first time in many years, I'm really anticipating madden 10. Glad you are the guys working on this game. Thanks!

[krc1130]

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Ding ding ding! We have a winner folks!

Well done tyler289, Big Ben in fact has the highest throw on the run rating for Madden 10.

Donny, I have a question: Now that we have this new throw on the run rating (I love it but it's not good for my boy Eli ) how will the animations work? If someone is scrambling outside the tackles and their throwing hand is facing forward (the end zone they are trying to score in). Now I see "O" receiver open and throw it to him. Will the QB just throw the ball like so or will he stop and throw?

[K_GUN]

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The only thing that comes to mind Ian is when a Receiver catches a ball near a sideline and he begins the animation inbounds but is clearly out of bounds but the call is still a completion. Or if a Receiver is Inbounds but is called out.

Even if you reviewed those plays the calls would always stand. I wish i had a video but I never kept one.

same here


just happened to me last week

[djordan]

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good stuff mang......

[hollerback04]

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i was watching the combine while the qbs were throwing and the commentators were talking about how quick a quarterback can get in and out of his drop affecting his effectivness. for example in mark sanchez's case they said he was a long strider with a long over the top motion. ( not saying thats a bad thing but back to the point) is it possible to implement signature drop styles for the qbs and bring back that gather step at the end of the drop i really miss that?

[Cusefan]

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same here


just happened to me last week

I had a real bad one against a top ranked madden player online. There was like 2 seconds left and I had a amazing pass in the corner of the Endzone to win but was called out and not reviewed. It was horrible because it was such a nice pass and could have been one of those special moments in Madden for me. Instead it left a really bad taste in my mouth.

[NBASLAM2001]

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Very impressive Ian. Looks tons more realistic. I've been impressed with EA lately. I'm gonna purchase Live 09 and NHL 08(LOL i'm getting used to hockey) this week. This looks like a purchase. And I did not purchase (enjoy) Madden this year for the first time.

[jfsolo]

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Good Stuff. The tuning of the ball release based on the level of contact by the defender, along with the implementation of procedural awareness will change the Madden football dynamic considerably.

Ironically, players will eventually have to make the decision themselves to eat the ball(instead of being forced by the animations) and take more sacks, instead of tossing up a bunch of wounded geese, and getting picked over and over.

Hopefully layered blending will be used on defense as well, adding more reaching, and grasping actions, thus replacing all the suction elements.

[BSherrod]

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You just got $120 out of me. What gets me excited is that this is a Feburary feature, what are we going to hear about in April or May. *cough* Online Franchise *cough*.