****New Madden NFL 09 Question and Answer Thread for Ian Cummings.****

[LBzrule]

Two questions
1) I notice sometimes Corners will shade to the outside. Is this user controlled or is it a part of the play? Or is it just random?

2) With the formation audibles on Xbox an PS2 these were fixed and we could not change them. Will we be able to change them?

[ba11innnnn]

I also have a questio, SRY if these were already asked.

Do you remember when there was the feature where you could for example put your best CB (ex. Champ Bailey) on the best WR (Moss) or the 2nd best WR (welker). I remember you could assign DB to certain players. Is that in the game this year?

Also, did u fix the thing where if ur WR caught the ball facing the QB, he would continue to run towards the line of scrimmage (there was pivot animation).

I heard the "David Tyree" catch is in the game. Is that true?


Thanks IAN

[PSMD410]

Hey Ian I wanted to inquire about being able to swap certain players at certain positions without effecting ratings. Just like how in baseball some guys play multiple positions. Well that is also so in football. For example Terrell Suggs plays LB and DE but if I put Suggs at DE his awarness drops to like 15. That is extremly irritating. Same with Bart Scott he plays all 3 LB positions but if I move him from MLB to OLB his ratings drop and thats not fair. I was just wondering if this has been fixed and if not can it be fixed. I know why it was put in there. But it's my opinion that all DE's & LB's should be interchangeable and same with DB's. And if not maybe players should be labelled with a 2nd position or 3rd. Im sure your get what im saying.

And also will there be more challengable calls and also in 08 you couldn't challenge after a timeout. Has this been changed at all? in 08 I had many plays where a RB would fumble get hurt and a TO called and I then couldn't challenge the play. Very frustrating.

Also how are injuries this year? In 08 it felt like i'd lose half my team every game to injury so I had to play with it off.

Also in madden 08 if you customized your controls you lost all the pre play boxes on your screen. Has that been fixed at all or is it still defaulted to only default controls show the pre play menus only?

Thanks a bunch Ian!

[icomb1ne]

In 08, the computer NEVER challenged a play. Has this been fixed?

Mac or PC?

[BrianFifaFan]

Ian,I'm wondering about the new directional pumpfake. How does it work and will it work only in the direction it's executed? Or will it wreck the whole CPU coverage?

[jewelz1132]

Quote: Originally Posted by pjv31

They are from both, and some new answers towards the bottom, also use this thread to ask more questions, and the answers will be posted in the first post when Ian gets to them.

so answers will start where he left off on the old thread ?

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote:

so answers will start where he left off on the old thread

Yup he answered the questions from thread two though.

[jewelz1132]

damn..i cant find the thread..i remember one of the questions that i asked still had to be verified in part 2..but it was about playaction rollouts plays..how the pass rush would just turn around and get stuck on the oline instead of making the tackle, leaving the qb open forever