Madden NFL 11 Blog: Locomotion w/ Videos and L.T. Screenshot

[nuttyrich]

Why do the show these screen shots when the game LOOKS nothing like this "during game play". So EA adds Locomotion.. they do this every year throw one feature in and break another.

How about getting the basics down first... like a FUN game? Then work on the rest. Terrible blocking running and Qb animations have plagued this since it went next gen, fix the current problems first.


This is the same crap every year, some "major new feature" never addressing the CORE play itself!

Madden 2012 Hit stick 3.0 will be the new feature

[nygmen92]

Quote: Originally Posted by backbreaker

Wake me in August when all this stuff is supposed to come together, personally this feels like deja vu or ground hog day. I've seen this movie before, the cast and characters are still the same, will the out come change?

Agree.. But I'm excited on the fact they are listening more to the consumer and giving more of an effort. If it all plays out this year finally like these vids, well we might actually see Madden become a good football game. Visually, I like that they madde the socks go all the way up to the knee cap now, very nice. It makes the models look more proportional, the players seem taller rather then shorter and stubby like before.. Ncca models look great mainly because they dont usaully have socks so the legs like just right on the players. One think i did notice on the visuals, is it just me or does Ncaa still look better right now? Like their lighting and player models look better?? hmm..

Oh one more thing, Keep up with getting the socks right, it makes such a huge difference. "What you see on Sundays you will see in Madden" hint

[MattIntellect]

Quote: Originally Posted by nuttyrich

Why do the show these screen shots when the game LOOKS nothing like this "during game play". So EA adds Locomotion.. they do this every year throw one feature in and break another. How about getting the basics down first... like a FUN game? Then work on the rest. Terrible blocking running and Qb animations have plagued this since it went next gen, fix the current problems first. This is the same crap every year, some "major new feature" never addressing the CORE play itself! Madden 2012 Hit stick 3.0 will be the new feature

Why is it always fix something first? Fix the running animations first. Fix franchise mode first. And the "Terrible blocking running" thing that you mentioned is what the new locomotion improves upon. People complain about the Madden team not releasing enough game play news and when they finally do, it's never enough or it's always something else that they should have done first! Also, I don't see how this doesn't contribute to fixing the core gameplay.

[lolfalconsbeatu]

despite the few people that do not think that this is major enough, I think its a really good fix. This is only the 2nd blog, and this is something that will make the game more realistic. Isn't that what we all want in the end? Sure I wasn't thinking too much about locomotion, instead their are glaring problems such as the Nano Blitzes that are due to the lack of AI the lineman have(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMyOwnkldyE -- a ton of different ways to set it up, but this is just an example),

or the run blocking in general,overall GAMEPLAY, and I've seen many people want fixes with the franchise mode (which is an incredibly hot topic).

But reality is, this is a step in the right direction. Its only in Alpha and we as fans have no clue what they've been working on. What I Do Know is that IDC what anyone says, last year was a DRASTIC improvement IMO...even with the Pro-Tak having its problems.

And seriously, lmao to everyone who claims they need to just improve the fundamental and things they had in place already, instead of adding new stuff....Locomotion IS NOT NEW, so like I said before, its great that they improved Locomotion is a great fix.

Also, I'm not a fanboy, but this is the only NFL 'sim' replica that is out there, so it is what it is -- backbreaker looks to much like 'Blitz' for me

[TombSong]

I like the info I have seen in the blog. Looks like a lot of thought went into what they blogged about.

I have one question:

How does what the user does effect acceleration ?

In the vid he shows 2 players running down the field. Its not known if they are human or cpu controlled.

In a game situation if those 2 players where a WR and a DB. If the faster WR was ahead of the DB, could the user controlled defender use the sprint button to "catch up" to the WR ?

I have seen many times in Madden 10 where my WR has a DB beat, only to see a user controlled DB player either warp or user controlled sprint to catch up to my WR.

Also, will all this acceleration stuff be made moot by the fact that no matter how bad a WR beats the coverage there always seems to be someone near the WR when he catches the ball to hit him.


How has warping been addressed in relations to these acceleration tweaks ? Is there still warping in the game ?

damn, thats 3 questions.....

[Bgamer90]

Quote: Originally Posted by nuttyrich

Why do the show these screen shots when the game LOOKS nothing like this "during game play". So EA adds Locomotion.. they do this every year throw one feature in and break another. How about getting the basics down first... like a FUN game? Then work on the rest. Terrible blocking running and Qb animations have plagued this since it went next gen, fix the current problems first. This is the same crap every year, some "major new feature" never addressing the CORE play itself! Madden 2012 Hit stick 3.0 will be the new feature

Very ironic post. Locomotion is a basic part of the game that does address the core play of it.

Honestly this post just further proved to me that people will complain about Madden any way they can lol.

Anyways, it's looks real good. Maybe it's just me though but there's slightly too much leaning during turns in my opinion but things are still being worked on and this is soooo much better than the robo running animations. Can't wait to see some gameplay vids.

[roadman]

Nice blog, it's certainly a nice step in the right direction.

Maybe folks that had a bit of a panic with the Mark Turmell and other higher up hirings will breathe easier, now.

[granddogg]

i liked the ncaa football blog video.better but this looks good also