Madden 18 Video - Falcons vs Cowboys Broadcast Camera (SimFBallCritic)

[OhMrHanky]

Quote: Originally Posted by El_Poopador

Lack of movement and awareness in the pocket is the most noticeable thing throughout the video. Animations were very herky-jerky as well, especially the dropbacks. The QBs also didn't really move in the pocket at all or scan the field; they just kinda stood there flat-footed. Little things like that would go a very long way to improving the aesthetics of the game. Also, the playcalling was questionable when comparing both teams to their real life counterparts. The Falcons were fairly run-heavy, while the Cowboys didn't seem to run at all until the fourth quarter. Obviously the footage was cut up, but it was still weird that Dallas didn't really use Zeke at all on that first drive. Lighting and textures look fantastic, but the animations and AI are way behind the times.

QBs aren't moving, huh? Maybe they ARE using target passing.

I know the devs said they don't, but it is funny to see old robo QB back. Or, should we call him Statue back or something. Lol. Oy. Madden, madden, madden. I've played u for roughly 20 years, and u still amaze (in a mostly neg way). Lol


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[4thQtrStre5S]

Quote: Originally Posted by OhMrHanky

U know, it might be. I know I've heard others discuss this for 17. I don't think anyone ever had an absolute solution? Unless, maybe it was to set ALL QBs to sense pressure always. I didn't play with sliders or traits much last 2 years, because most of the play was good enough. 16 had much better CPU QB play, for some reason. But, I'm trying to recall maybe as far back as 25 when I played with the sliders HEAVY all year long. And, I do think I noticed something that gave better pocket awareness was actually lowering human tackle. It's almost as if this corresponds to increasing a 'possible tackle threat zone' around any player with the ball. So, the lower the tackle slider, the more 'elusive' or the more 'aware' the QB was to threats, and from what I recall (long time ago, I know, but seriously, I was bound and determined to make amazing sliders for 25 ), really amped QB play in general. QBs took off faster out of pocket and/or upfield. And, they even simply stepped in the pocket to minimize the pressure. So, that might be something to try. Obviously, it will also affect other tackling aspects, lol. But, that's what sliders are for, giving people the old slideritis! I think, also, one of the other major trends I noticed that year was pass blocking as well. If u upped CPU pass blocking, it didn't always make them block for 10 seconds or something. But, it almost seemed to me that it sort of said, 'pass blocking is better, so no sack happens'. Because of that, again, the QB would get rid of the ball faster, I believe I noticed. Believe me when I say that I would hate to screw with sliders again, because it became such a nightmare. And, then a patch would break them a little or a lot, lol. But, those were 2 things that I recall might've helped. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I stopped testing sliders after M16; it was just too frustrating. As you pointed out, adjusting one slider would affect another area that was unintended, or unexpected.

Hopefully this issue can be adjusted in a simple Tuning update.

[l8knight1]

The Dak one was ugly. He's especially mobile in real life. I recall in 16 if you made the QB 'trigger happy', it helped solve this. Lab time until they come out with a fix.

[khaliib]

Just like Practice Mode, gameplay in Play Now plays so much different than in CFM, even though there's Tuning that affect all Modes.

There's just other mechanis inside CFM that help drive AI variables that are not applicable outside the mode.

Are there any videos of gameplay inside CFM since that's what I play?

[SageInfinite]

Also gotta fix the way the QB's look in the pocket. Just goofy as hell.....

[Cowboy008]

I really hope they can fix the QB AI issue.

[Dakness]

Jesus Christ are Dak and Ryan waiting for a bus =.=

[Jershy88]

The Cowboys helmets don't look very good with the lighting