Whew. Well, now that that's over...

[roadman]

I think the key phrase by Ian is that this was mostly put together by the marketing department, and not the Ian dept.

[dougdeuce]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ian_Cummings_EA

Yes! I can't wait when I get back to show the Wildcat.

that's perfect. Could you show some teams other than the dolphins using it? Maybe we would get an idea of how well the ratings system is shaping up with multiple examples

[Chutney]

Ian I thought qb dropback was changed. Looked similar to 09 for me. Also qb's don't bend their knees when they throw. Is this being addressed?

[droopizzle34]

hey Ian,

I hoping you can restore the glory buddy.....just hoping you can restore the glory.

[crenk]

Quote: Originally Posted by dannydufflebags

I think that we have a lesson learned. The trailer OVERALL did not give a huge sensation that this game is much improved, or different then 09. There are probably a TON of new things in there, but when the game is in motion, it means nothing. That's why I never understood the obsession with colored cleats, hand towels etc etc. The impact on the game is so minute it is ridiculous. Cool to have em', make absolutely no difference to me. My question is this. If all the dev time put into those small cosmetic things, was put into animations such as "running", could that trailer have looked ten times better at this point in the dev cycle?

Agreed. Who gives a s**t about hand towels, cleat colors, glove colors, revolution helmets. All are nice, Key word here, "little" touches that can enhance a game when the mechanics and game play are spot on. If the game is CRAP, (and im not saying madden 10 will be) then are freakin hand towels or colored cleats gonna keep you coming back for more? We the community need to stop asking for the minutia and ask only for core gameplay changes. Ian, im not even sure how much stock you put into these tiny little tweak visual requests but I hope not much.

[dougdeuce]

Quote: Originally Posted by crenk

Agreed. Who gives a s**t about hand towels, cleat colors, glove colors, revolution helmets. All are nice, Key word here, "little" touches that can enhance a game when the mechanics and game play are spot on. If the game is CRAP, (and im not saying madden 10 will be) then are freakin hand towels or colored cleats gonna keep you coming back for more? We the community need to stop asking for the minutia and ask only for core gameplay changes. Ian, im not even sure how much stock you put into these tiny little tweak visual requests but I hope not much.

I don't think requesting cleat colors is going to make them not improve the gameplay... they have art/animation people there that don't work on ai or gameplay, so those "cleat" people aren't hindering anything. live and let live brother

[bonannogiovanni]

Ian, as a big minus I would add Ben's pump fake, are you still working on tweaking qb throw?

Thanks

[thaima1shu]

Only huge issue I had with it was just the running animation. I thought everything else looked solid and is a very good start. But that stiff running animation is terrible. I'm still skeptical overall, but am still happy that Ian and co. are doing their best to incorporate what OS is suggesting.