Madden NFL 11 Blog: GameFlow and The Strategy Pad

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by KensaiKatai

Thank you for listening to us phil and ian. I will buy the game once the change is implemented,

So now you are okay with change and options?

Do you not see how feedback can benefit everyone?

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Maybe for you it was, but not based on their stats they provided it wasn't a "stupid idea." For every decision made, good or bad, there is a decision process and they had the stats to back that up. Man, be grateful they put it back in. That didn't need to put it back in, but they did.

The stats only support the old way had flaws...a point that very few people deny. They don't support that the new way is actually better. The issue isn't that it was changed, as much as the change was actually (in some ways) less intuitive than the older way.

It's all moot now though. I'm very happy they are putting the option back in. I have no issues with anyone preferring the newer way, so it seems like a win-win here.

[KensaiKatai]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

So now you are okay with change and options? Do you not see how feedback can benefit everyone?

now i'm ok? i don't quite understand what you mean...i've always been ok with change and options, we just didn't have the latter as far as the strat pad is concerned. Maybe this is what you were trying to say? forgive my confusion.

but as far as feedback, couldn't agree more, that's why i said what i did!

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by KensaiKatai

now i'm ok? i don't quite understand what you mean...i've always been ok with change and options,

No you haven't. According to you it ruins the vision of a game...Remember, according to you, developers make the game they want to make and consumer feedback is irrelevant. You have mentioned that on several occasions...

Quote:

but as far as feedback, couldn't agree more, that's why i said what i did!

I agree with everything you have said about Madden...

[TreyIM2]

I said I wouldn't be surprised if they patched in the option to switch back to the old way, days ago, and now here we have confirmation. Woot! I do have to admit that have gotten fairly use to the Strategy Pad by making it intuitive in my own head after only 4 games of the demo.

What I hate with the Pad is how on offense, if u want to send a man in motion then bring him back to his original position, u can't audible back to the play like before to reset the player, since EA BEEN removed the ability to just send your guy back, manually, YEARS AGO (hint, hint, EA) without the audible reset move.

[TreyIM2]

Oh, and thank you, Mr. Frazier, for helping decide to patch the old pre-snap adjustments back in. Many of us know the issues with the old way but were used to canceling out of the screens we accidentally went into, with a quickness.

[AlphaTrojan]

Through intense telemetry and data collection I conclude that accidentally pressing "A" caused gamers to lose .03 seconds before each play. To fix this game crippling problem that approximately 42 people complained about, the Strategy Pad was born. Really EA? Anyone can throw out useless stats and make a point. The Strategy Pad wasn't a killer for me but reading this lame excuse for it was. Good thing the old way will be patched in.

[qboy1021]

Will the audible system be changed to the old version as well?

I play alot of offline 1 vs 1

Hate the fact when I see a 3-3-5 defense, I audible to a run but have to move to the word "run"; seeing that, my opponent then changes the defense to counter the run