Ripten Madden preview

[STLRams]

http://www.ripten.com/2009/05/02/mad...the-franchise/

Nothing huge or new really, I didn't know about the defensive assist/defensive position button though, sounds good.

[Glorious Arc]

The useless weapon system is gone, thats news to me

"Weapons, the new feature from a couple Madden’s ago have been completely scrapped and "

[STLRams]

I know I'm so glad they got rid of weapons. Here's another preview I found, pretty much the same stuff though-http://www.psu.com/Madden-10-Impressions-Preview--a007080-p0.php

[Carolina Panthers]

Good weapons was pointless we should already know the elite players and what they are good at
Oh and i didn't know they added the holding A thing

[Valdarez]

Defensive Assist? Is that a joke? I remember seeing a thread on it but didn't dig into it. Why in the world do they need defensive assist. IMHO if they have to add this to provide defensive coverage then there is something VERY wrong with their gameplay.

Quote:

4. Holding the A button moves your defensive back into position for you to make big plays: I’ve always had trouble playing defense in Madden, especially in the secondary. Thankfully, the Madden 10 team found that many players also had the same trouble, and they’ve created Defensive Assist. Holding down the A button will cause your defender to move into position and play defense, but it will not, however, make big plays like swats and interceptions for you. It only gets you into position so you can make these big game changing plays yourself.

I like the addition of the gang tackling and the fight for the fumble, and I'm glad that Madden is addressing many of the issues in the game, but it's hard to get excited for the other aspects of the game since some of them have been available since ESPN NFL2K5 and others since APF2K8.

[Scott]

Its not like you have to do it.

[Valdarez]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scott

Its not like you have to do it.

From the way that reads it sounds like you have to do it, and that they haven't worked out the controls such that you can play coverage properly. Why else would they need to add it?

[roadman]

Many people on OS were happy when the one of the blogs mentioned that Defense Assist has returned from LG.

I personally don't care if something was in the a 2 yrs ago or 20 yrs ago. A least it's being addressed accordingly.

We can't do anything about the past.