Madden NFL 10 Blog: Player Momentum

[Ian_Cummings]

Check out the latest Madden NFL 10 blog. This one covers player momentum.

"Hey Madden fans, it's that time again...time for another weekly blog update! Last week, I shared some of the details around the successes and challenges we've had in trying to create simulation gameplay for Madden NFL 10. To be clear, 'simulation' gameplay isn't new - IMO it's what put EA SPORTS (and Madden) on the map in the early 90's after all.

Well this week we wanted to touch on one of the biggest aspects in creating an NFL sim, and as you might expect, this is also usually most difficult to get to an area where it still 'feels right'. That aspect is Player Momentum. Creating momentum in a football game is typically handled in many different ways, so today I'm going to just touch on one key area (and leave other topics for future weeks)."

[shotgun styles]

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Oh they'll be happy to see this.

Thanks Ian.

[Glorious Arc]

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Great stuff but the Comparison to Defensive turn rates was no longer there when I went to watch the video.

[ghostlight85]

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This is a short but quite welcomed blog as far as I'm concerned. Glad to hear the game will feel more weighted. One thing though, I hope this applies to animation transitions too. Last year one thing that would crop up is players in one animation would occasionally transition to another animation that sends them in the complete opposite direction. It looked very unnatural, and gave the game a sort of pinball feel when it occurred. It was usually one tackle animation transitioning to another. This was especially troubling when a ball carrier would end up running the wrong direction in a tackle break animation, losing yards.

[Stroehms]

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Haven't read yet, but I would like to say that I enjoy these Monday Madden updates. Keep 'em comin

[FootballDetails]

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Good read. Thanks for the blog!

[Derrville]

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pretty tasty

[Glorious Arc]

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I clicked the HQ buttion and it loaded...idk weird

Did anyone else notice when the player stopped/from a dead stop in the turn rate video it took him nearly 5-10 steps to pick up speed?

[Stroehms]

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The whole running animation looks different....NOICE!!

Looks a ton smoother.

[Golden28]

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Getting rid of the 'twitchy' running both human controlled and CPU is a massive step in the right direction.

I will always remember how Madden 08 was marketed as a huge improvement in the Madden series but when the first gameplay video hit on Gamespot (a kick off and run back) all hope of immersion was ruined immedietely. This was because the kick returner (CPU) did this crazy twitchy running with no hint of weight or momentum all the way up the field until he was tackled.

This is a welcome blog indeed.

[shotgun styles]

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An interesting read.

Question:

Now that the momentum has been implemented, will the CPU be allowed to cheat it with animation compressions?

Or will the CPU simply accept getting beat when it's out of position?

[c dizzy m baby]

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Nice Ian, you came through in the clutch with the Blog

[da ThRONe]

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If turn rate is effected by speed will player be more agile when there not sprinting?

[Cryolemon]

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For the future vision of Madden, we want a football coach that's never played Madden before to be able to take down a Madden Challenge competitor...and these are some of the steps to get us to that goal.

=0.

[Obelysk]

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Excellent work Ian, now I have a question. How will the route running ability rating affect or be affected by momentum on a player?