EA, please keep an option to use the old "reverse" camera for OTP defensive play..

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by nowitzki41

I cannot believe the changed the camera any one who has ever played football knows that its more natural to play with the offence coming towards you not the other way around. but ea dev's have never played football. the way it is isnt natural its awful. should had the option to choose, and if you cant adjust thats too bad. (get better) unbelievable

They have at least two college QB's on the Madden team that I'm aware of. One is Larry Reichardt and the other one is the new football director of both teams, Cam Weber.

[m-dogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseB

This option is removed completely this year. Since they have to reverse the controls when the camera changes, they could not find a way to keep both methods in the game.

Thanks for the [bad] news Chase. I certainly don't understand the excuse though, how many online games offer different cameras per user preference that demand different controls schemes? hundreds, thousands? nba2k being one example - you can even choose if you want it to flip or not, so it handles reversed controls and normal, and everything in between. I really hope they can patch this option. such a bummer for someone who loves playing LB and reading blocks etc.

I guess we'll just have to wait for NHL12 instead...

[jyoung]

At the very least, they should have given us the option like NCAA 12 does where you just click in the left stick and it flips the camera behind the player.

Bad move by EA to just take away the option altogether.

Add me to the list of people who prefer playing from the defensive camera.

[nowitzki41]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

They have at least two college QB's on the Madden team that I'm aware of. One is Larry Reichardt and the other one is the new football director of both teams, Cam Weber.

ya QBS offensive side of the ball on defence its the other way around. its common sense it just feels more realistic

[DUDERMAN]

I just posted about this in another thread.

This is horrible that they did this. I know they keep saying that superstar/coop/OTP were not very popular modes but I played them all for one reason, to be able to play as a DB from a different view.

I can't control the DB from the offensive view. It messes with perspective and is really hard to make a play on the ball. This is why I never use my DBs during playnow/franchise/etc.

I am a defensive minded guy, I don't care much for playing on offense. Sure I could still be a LB or DE/DT but that's not what I enjoy doing. I like to line up and play the best man or zone that I can deep against their top wideout.

So they have now disappointed me on two of my most played modes (online franchise and OTP). Don't get me wrong I will still get the game as I do every year because is no true alternative, but what could have been a great Madden, for me personally, is now going to become another "maybe next year..." game.

[MaddenFreestyle]

I must prefer the Madden 11 OTP Camera. It made it like 2 different versions of a football game into 1.

now it's like, just playing the same thing esentially. Oh well

[Danimal]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseB

This option is removed completely this year. Since they have to reverse the controls when the camera changes, they could not find a way to keep both methods in the game.

What??

Was that a serious response from them on this?

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by Danimal

What?? Was that a serious response from them on this?

I think it was serious? I have the full response -- I could transcribe it if there is enough demand.

Like this post if you want the whole response -- not sure how much more there is, but I'm sure it's a bit more in-depth.