Madden NFL 10 Blog: Playbooks and CPU Playcalling Improvements

[salbowski]

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That's awesome.

What the hell is Chilly gonna do now that the whole world knows that he runs on 1st down.

Lets just pray nobody realises that he throws a screen pass to Chester on 3rd downs... Oooops

Well there's always 2nd down i guess.

[Sven Draconian]

Re: New Madden 10 Blog

Very excited about this. AI play has plagued EA football for years and part of the reason the game feels so stale. We've seen the same AI offense and defense for years.We know how to beat them, we know what they are going to do.

[AboveTheRim]

Re: New Madden 10 Blog

wow seems like they finally decided to go an extra yard.

[stmark]

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i hope those percentages he mentioned are not set in stone because then u can basically set you defense to stop the plays if you know what is coming based on percentages down and distance. i hope there will be alo variety

[thesteamontheboat]

Re: New Madden 10 Blog

Man this dev team is scary its like they think of everything and they really push it to the max. I cant wait to see the new features for madden 11 I know that is thinking way ahead but these guys have me real excited I cannot wait till August 14th shoot i cant wait till the demo.

I can seriously look over the tron jogging cause I truly believe with this dev team it will definately be fixed for madden 11 and will be better than we can imagine.

Thanks Redeem team (Madden Dev Team).

[Finsfan46]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Blog: Playbooks and CPU Playcalling Improvements

That was a nice read, unexpected, and full of info ..Thanx !

[PGaither84]

Re: New Blog

That's awesome.

What the hell is Chilly gonna do now that the whole world knows that he runs on 1st down.

Lets just pray nobody realises that he throws a screen pass to Chester on 3rd downs... Oooops

Well there's always 2nd down i guess.

I tend to run on first downs a lot myself. I prefer to run on second down as well to try and set up a 3rd and short. Then on 3rd and short I will find myself running the ball because I don't have to go very far and the run apparently seems to be working. On 3rd and long it's nice to trick the other guy by comming out in a 3 or 4 wide and calling a counter or a draw. Then again sometimes I like to call passes too.

I guess it is easy to game play agaisnt me. I either run or call a pass. It's pretty easy to call D when you know they are only going to do one of two things. []

[Warren_Peace]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Blog: Playbooks and CPU Playcalling Improvements

Damn!!! Now that was a Hail Mary!.....On 1st. down!! Lol! Now we have something else to talk about...instead of Tron Jogging!!! Lol!

[Bgamer90]

Re: New Blog

This is really sweet. Shows you how much detail has been put into the game in various areas.

[Perfect Zero]

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Glad to see that VIP has been put in, abit in a smaller form.

[doctorhay53]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Blog: Playbooks and CPU Playcalling Improvements

First off, really cool blog. Improved AI to me meant alot more than just situational playcalling....it means some semblance of gameplanning, which in this case is achieved by better utilizing the team stars.

I do have a question though.....how does this work for a first-time head coach that has no 'real' data? Are they assigned some sort of generic statistics package for playcalling? It would be a shame if this update to the AI was only effective and noticeable for the first year of franchise.

I'm also worried that at some point in a franchise, NE will hire for instance Brad Childress, and Brad will bring his Vikings playbook to NE and it just won't make any sense. I'm pretty sure Madden coach hiring will only work on overall coach rating and not style of play? So how does this system make sure that playcalling always makes sense after coaching changes and such?

[Finsfan46]

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What do you guys think? (I'm not sure what I think which is why I am asking)

Well, initially it sounds like they kinda went off what they knew from last year in the NFL...for each team....not really the coaches. So some may be off with what is going to happen in the upcoming NFL season, yes.....
But the cool thing is about future seasons in franchise, how the AI is gonna kinda feed to the players on your teams strengths, and develope gameplans towards the CPU teams strengths..thats awesome !

[Bgamer90]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Blog: Playbooks and CPU Playcalling Improvements

I do have a question though.....how does this work for a first-time head coach that has no 'real' data? Are they assigned some sort of generic statistics package for playcalling? It would be a shame if this update to the AI was only effective and noticeable for the first year of franchise.

Good question...

[AC IS ART]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Blog: Playbooks and CPU Playcalling Improvements

Now that was a good blog. *Waits for a blog on the improvements to the 3-4*

[kehlis]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Blog: Playbooks and CPU Playcalling Improvements

Good question...

I thought so! I know you weren't responding to me but I thought I would bump my question for those that missed it

Great Info!

I will ask the masses a question:

How do you think playbooks and tendencies will be handles with teams with new coaches such as McDaniels in Denver?

Will it be an assumption based on what the team has? Or will it be tendencies based on his previous gig?

I am glad they mentioned the Patriots who tend to pass quite a bit.

Logic would say that since McDaniels was their coordinator last year, his offense and tendencies would carry over to the Broncos. However, with the drafting of Moreno, it is highly speculated the Broncos will try and pass off of the run.

What do you guys think? (I'm not sure what I think which is why I am asking)