Will Madden 11 finally get the QB back pedal and roll out animation correct??

[ODogg]

One thing I always loved about NFL2K5 was how the QB couldn't just turn and run backwards real fast, if you did it was very slow and ackward and almost always resulted in a sack. But Madden is so arcade like in how as soon as you snap the ball your QB will turn backwards and run really fast. The roll outs are done much better in Madden but still not perfect (I still believe the animation plays so slow sometimes that you are sacked on play action passes before you can even do the play action hand-off).

It should be like 2K5 where you are encouraged to go back slowly into the pocket in a controlled manner. And rollouts should be a bit more smoothly animated. Honestly there's nothing that breaks the illusion of realism more in Madden IMO than the fact that every play begins with the QB turning around and running like a buffoon backwards, which simply never happens in the real NFL.

Does anyone know if this will be fixed (finally) in Madden 11??

[floridagatorfan]

It's not the biggest complaint I have, but I wish they had the system from APF. The QB movement in that game just looks so good.

[SA1NT401]

doubt it has been addressed...But i agree with you...TOTALLY.

[mrprice33]

didn't they lock us in a dropback animation last year?

[djordan]

there is a drop back animation in Madden 10.

[craxus]

You can override the drop back. Just hold the sprint button in while holding back on the stick. Completely ruined all the work on pocket formation, but was completely necessary, because of blitzing.

[BezO]

And 2K put the # of drop steps in the play. I never know how far the QB is going to drop in Madden, and the # of steps rarely matches the timing of the routes.

Major work needed!

[Only1LT]

Movement in 2K was very well done. You had to really make sure you were under control before attempting a pass if you wanted it to be accurate. Momentum and foot planting was very well represented. In Madden 10, the QB movement is abysmal. Not just from an aesthetic standpoint but from a practical one too. They tried to add a feeling of momentum to the QB's movements but it just came across like there was a lag between what my fingers were doing and what the QB did onscreen. It felt unresponsive, not more realistic. Ditto for the QB evade stick.