Madden NFL 25 Hands On Impressions, Three Articles From UTC

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

He means blocking logic and animations. I had a conversation with one of the Game Changers today and EA has some blocking info under embargo still. Specifically regarding offensive line animations/interactions and pass blocking.

Not sure why the embargo, though.

That area falls under game play.

[ch46647]

They probably touched it up a little, but I can assure you there was no overhaul to OL/DL animations. Believe me, if they overhauled line play that would be their #1 selling point.

EA needs to do three main things as far as OL/DL play goes:

1. Add animations- TONS OF ANIMATIONS. Literally 250 +
2. Get rid of the static "patty cake" blocking they have now, and add a sense of struggle and IMPACT to blocks.
3. Get rid of the coin flip "Win or Lose animation that plays out every time". Replace it with the ability to drive blocks forward, back, left or right.

Also, completely re-write the Defensive End programming. Pass rushing is such a HUGE part of football and it is an absolute disaster in Madden.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by ch46647

They probably touched it up a little, but I can assure you there was no overhaul to OL/DL animations. Believe me, if they overhauled line play that would be their #1 selling point. EA needs to do three main things as far as OL/DL play goes: 1. Add animations- TONS OF ANIMATIONS. Literally 250 + 2. Get rid of the static "patty cake" blocking they have now, and add a sense of struggle and IMPACT to blocks. 3. Get rid of the coin flip "Win or Lose animation that plays out every time". Replace it with the ability to drive blocks forward, back, left or right. Also, completely re-write the Defensive End programming. Pass rushing is such a HUGE part of football and it is an absolute disaster in Madden.

They could be saving it for E3? OR a future announcement, they didn't hire Clint Oldenburg and overhaul the blocking game for nothing guys.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by ch46647

They probably touched it up a little, but I can assure you there was no overhaul to OL/DL animations. Believe me, if they overhauled line play that would be their #1 selling point. EA needs to do three main things as far as OL/DL play goes: 1. Add animations- TONS OF ANIMATIONS. Literally 250 + 2. Get rid of the static "patty cake" blocking they have now, and add a sense of struggle and IMPACT to blocks. 3. Get rid of the coin flip "Win or Lose animation that plays out every time". Replace it with the ability to drive blocks forward, back, left or right. Also, completely re-write the Defensive End programming. Pass rushing is such a HUGE part of football and it is an absolute disaster in Madden.

YES. Also I don't understand why they programed the tackles to "attack" the DE's on pass plays when they should be dropping back to form the pocket around the QB.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

They could be saving it for E3? OR a future announcement, they didn't hire Clint Oldenburg and overhaul the blocking game for nothing guys.

JP you've been here long enough to know you can't give Tiburon the benefit of the doubt, lol.

[ch46647]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

They could be saving it for E3? OR a future announcement, they didn't hire Clint Oldenburg and overhaul the blocking game for nothing guys.

They told us what Clint has done so far, he has re-written the blocking AI so lineman block who they are supposed to. (EA has claimed to do this in the past)

However, that is only half the problem, the other half is lack of animations for OL/DL. EA will probably be overhauling that for the next-generation.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

JP you've been here long enough to know you can't give Tiburon the benefit of the doubt, lol.

True, but when I asked this person about pass blocking, he said he could only speak on run blocking right now and there was a reason for it which he could talk about later.

[ch46647]

It just amazes me looking at PS2 gameplay how much smoother it is then 8 years of Next-Gen. It is truly amazing how much higher quality the PS2 Madden was then this generation.

Here is a decent video. (Put on mute to ignore this kid though LOL)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScyI_cDumrc