Made a small change this week...

[marktg30]

Re: Made a small change this week...

I've never been a fan of the icons ... but wished the weapon mismatch feature actually worked.
I want the cpu to abuse me if I put a slow linebacker on a fast WR.

It (the CPU) should do that without a gimmicky 'weapon'.

[viceguy]

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I set weapon icons and any/all other graphical options all to off by default (like the weapons, icon hints, big pre-play controls menu, etc). So now when you play Madden 'out of the box', it looks ultra clean and pristine. To everyone I showed, they sort of breathed a sigh of relief when looking at it...just "pure football" again. The only thing you see is the score bug (which has been redesigned from 09 btw and I think pretty much everyone will dig it).

But before we ship it like that...what do you guys think? Do you prefer it that way? Do you use the pre-play menu? For our mass amount of buyers, do you think they need the helpers like the icons, weapons, pre-play menu, etc?

Ian

When in doubt, keep it simple and put the final decision into the hands of the USER...Ive said this with uniform selections and Ill say it now for all these other gimmicky features...some people love them ..others do not.....let us decide

PUT THE DECISION IN THE HANDS OF THE USER (CUSTOMER$$$)

[green94]

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Bottom. I guess I can answer that right?

Nice.

[Bootzilla]

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Icons can go. A simple button press to bring up options such as audibles and adjustments would suffice.

I feel a more in depth scouting report(and teams playing like their real life counterparts) would make more sense than icons. For example: The Steelers are really aggressive in their 3-4 scheme. Edge rushers Harrison and Woodley are stars in the front seven. Run screens and draws to slow down their pass rush.

Also, I'd like to see unit rankings. Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts. i.e. the Broncos for years didn't necessarily have dominant individuals on their offensive line but, as a unit they were very cohesive and always had a really good running game.

[Jistic]

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Turn all that junk off and replace it with an obscene amount of stat overlays.

[wookie48]

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See this is beautiful...All of us want the kind of presentation that makes us feel like we are there at the game and all the weapon icons would just clutter the crap out fo the game anyway. Honestly I would rather the weapons be more of a signiture attribute than a play determining factor

[LAKE4742]

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How about some descriptions of the Score bug Ian

Is it on the top of the screen or bottom? haha

Bottom. I guess I can answer that right?

Woo-hooooo!!!!!!

[BezO]

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Off, thank you.

Any chance the FG/kick off meter method is being nixed?

[falconfanATL#3]

for pre play, we need another button to go backwards when cycling through players.

[DickDalewood]

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for pre play, we need another button to go backwards when cycling through players.

You do realize that all you need to do is hold down O (B on 360) and then just move the left analog stick left/right/up/down to cycle to whichever player you want, right?

[JAYMO76]

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Personally I LIKE THE WEAPONS FEATURE. But here is the compromise... five the user the ability to turn the weapons on or off. If you want the weapons default to "OFF" so be it, but give the gamer the opportunity to turn them on.

[oChaos_Nine]

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See this is beautiful...All of us want the kind of presentation that makes us feel like we are there at the game and all the weapon icons would just clutter the crap out fo the game anyway. Honestly I would rather the weapons be more of a signiture attribute than a play determining factor

Agree. Or completely get rid of the weapon system and make ratings matter? If the icon was there just to let you know what they were good at I would be ok with it, but they give players certain skills that they should already be able to do (if ratings mattered), besides the lightbulb weapon which I think is BS.

I think of weapons like certain perks in CoD. Pointless IMO and takes away from realism.

[The Sim God]

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turn the weapons OFF. it clutters the screen

also fix the button display, i dont need a huge rectangle on my screen every play before the snap

move the scoreboard to the bottom and get it out of the way of game action

if all this goes then a LARGER instruction book would be appreciated. 4 pages = by the time i settle in on the john the book is finished

[BezO]

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if all this goes then a LARGER instruction book would be appreciated. 4 pages = by the time i settle in on the john the book is finished

Please put all the controls in the book. No reason folks should have to come on line to learn the controls.

[callmetaternuts]

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Im way late on this one, but leave them off. We want football, presentation and gameplay. The icons just arcade it up (even though it doesnt affect how anyone plays)