Madden NFL 10 Blog: Breaking Down The First Screenshot

[TheWatcher]

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Quote from the blog:

Better Nameplates
Since Madden NFL 06, the letters on the back of the jerseys have all been somewhat squished to account for longer names like Houshmanzadeh. This has been fixed with a new dynamic sizing algorithm, so all names now look correct.

I'm very happy about this. The one other VERY important part of this fix though, is also getting the actual names correct. For example, you wanna make sure Champ Bailey's tag says "Bailey" and not "C.Bailey". That kind of thing. What I would do if this hasn't been done already, is take the most recognizable players in the NFL (Top players at their positions and work my down) and make sure those guys have their nameplate names right. Then after the most recognizable players are complete, I'd start working my way down to the grunt players.

If the 3rd string Linebacker for the Bengals has the nameplate name wrong I won't care and probably wouldn't even be paying attention, or may not even know what it's supposed to look like. But if Ray Lewis's is wrong, I'm going to notice that immediately.

So top players first, then trickle down.

[FadeEmAll]

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Yeah that blog is pretty technical but long story short they improved the graphics and lens focusing on players, which is nice. The best pat of his blog and most important TO ME, is the fact he improved the Big Ben player model in one day. That's a nice level of commitment to fan requests and player detail.

But you all know that's as far as I'm taking it , LOL

[Obelysk]

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WTF? I still can't see the picks, may be because they are still linked back to the original page that is blocked, sigh.

[drae2]

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Things are looking very good. I'd like to know if the crowd noise has been vamped up, and will it affect the game. A nice LOUD chant of DE-FENSE at the proper time would be lovely.

[green94]

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Things are looking very good. I'd like to know if the crowd noise has been vamped up, and will it affect the game. A nice LOUD chant of DE-FENSE at the proper time would be lovely.

I really hope they get into some presentation details - i'd really like to know the answer to your question as well. The crowd needs to play a bigger role in this years game.

[g2thecore]

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All I'm gonna say is, that is one beautiful looking game. My God! And to hear that the refs are going to have their own A.I. is sweet.

And to those saying that refs used to be in 2k5 and that it's sooo last gen, did they have 7 refs? I think not.....

[polamalu82]

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All I'm gonna say is, that is one beautiful looking game. My God! And to hear that the refs are going to have their own A.I. is sweet.

And to those saying that refs used to be in 2k5 and that it's sooo last gen, did they have 7 refs? I think not.....

Hopefully down the road they will show a video of the ref's AI. I'm hoping to see a ball thrown at them to see if they duck and dodge.

[canes21]

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I hope it is like APF and when you hit them it actually makes your player stumble and the ref just doesn't stumble by himself.

[Rocky]

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Looks good to me.

[canes21]

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Anyone else notice it looks like a pocket is forming?

[KANE699]

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"As you can see we are very serious about getting to those little details. Our feeling is that every single player is probably someone's favorite, so if we get that character wrong in any way, the Madden experience is less than what it could be for that fan."

They still messed up on Big Ben's helmet he wears a regular riddell one (the first choosable helmet in the player editor) instead of a schutt one like in the screens.

[TheCreep]

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Man, this whole thing with 7 refs and collision detection is scaring me. If they can pull it of thats great, but I'm seeing that actually pulling resources from other spots. I dont want my game crashing or freezing up randomly. I would have taken 1 or 2 refs on the field with the rest of those resources directed to the players on the sideline.

[drventure]

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nice, it has been a while since i have really wanted to buy a madden game

[Segagendude]

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Man, this whole thing with 7 refs and collision detection is scaring me. If they can pull it of thats great, but I'm seeing that actually pulling resources from other spots. I dont want my game crashing or freezing up randomly. I would have taken 1 or 2 refs on the field with the rest of those resources directed to the players on the sideline.

Or poor framerates.

[Atomic Martian]

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