Madden NFL 10 Blog: The Importance of an Early Community Day (New Screenshot Included

[g2thecore]

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Just to add my two cents to the topic of animations:

I think many people will be impressed in this area this year. For years, 2K has won this battle hands down in football games. But with Madden 10, I'd say that the quality of animations are at the very least in the same neighborhood as 2K. To even be in the same conversation with 2K in terms of animations is a huge step forward IMO.

Don't bother asking me to elaborate any further than that .

Man you read my mind! Damn it!

Well to even be able to mention Madden and 2K in the same sentence as far as animations goes, is a GIANT leap forward. I'm so excited to see the game in motion.

[Vikes1]

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My overall impression of Madden in its alpha form is positive - the biggest things that stood out to me was the vastly improved offensive blocking and cpu run game. blocking

Music to my ears Dave.

Seems video football games have been plagued since forever, with one fairly common problem...the cpu's awesome passing game, and it's pitiful run game. And Madden '09' was certainly no exception.

Great news that this has been addressed with M10.

[KyGamerLT]

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I hope the D pb are different.

[Vikes1]

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Just to add my two cents to the topic of animations:

I think many people will be impressed in this area this year.

Great to hear that Rgiles.

When the first video of M10 is released, as we all know, it will be analyzed frame by frame.

And a 150 post thread will follow.

[bcruise]

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Great to hear that Rgiles.

When the first video of M10 is released, as we all know, it will be analyzed frame by frame.

And a 150 post thread will follow.

I think I'm gonna take the over on that.

[PGaither84]

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I have a question I would love to hear from each of the 8 that went to CD.

Does your unique experience make waiting until August 14 more difficult than it was before?

After reading the reports and the blogs I can hardly wait until Madden comes out. I would think knowing a lot of what the game will be like may make the wait even more unbearable. Just turning 09 on and knowing all of the things that are already fixed for 10 makes 09 less and less fun to play. It would tear me apart having actually played M10.

[dave374]

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Like I wrote, I'm only seeing this for the first time today/tonight.
My eyes hurt reading most of the posts.

Answer to two points raised in this thread:

1. You guys are only being positive because you got an early look at the game.
There isn't one guy who went to that event who didn't appreciate the opportunity. To say otherwise would be an outright lie. That said, if the game sucked or was Madden 09 service pack 2 ... you'd know it by now in this thread.
And I am insulted that you think some of the guys at the event are such fanboys that they can't be objective. I have never kissed Ian's behind on these boards and don't intend to start now. If something about the game ticks me off, Ian will be the first guy to know (and did ... at this event).

2. I know my Xs and Os better than guys at the event. I coached the Ogsdenburg Ducks junior varsity football team!
Are there guys at OS who know more about the Xs and Os of football better than the nerds who attended this event? Absolutely, no doubt. Speaking for myself, I have never been confused for Bill Belichick. All I could offer was my background playing Madden. I have never covered Terrell Owens in junior college or outcoached Steve Spurrier in a bowl game.

[dave374]

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I have a question I would love to hear from each of the 8 that went to CD.

Does your unique experience make waiting until August 14 more difficult than it was before?
Not really. I can wait. Football season is over. (I know that's not the answer you're looking for ... but I am a Madden guy in season. During the off-season, I move on to other games.)

After reading the reports and the blogs I can hardly wait until Madden comes out. I would think knowing a lot of what the game will be like may make the wait even more unbearable. Just turning 09 on and knowing all of the things that are already fixed for 10 makes 09 less and less fun to play. It would tear me apart having actually played M10.
That part is true. I really couldn't play Madden 09 now. Oh, wait, I couldn't play it regardless of this event. Anyway...

See above^^^^^

[NYGmen56]

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It already has. This is one of the areas that was fairly well tuned, except for a few AI lapses and 2 glitches we found (one of which appears to only occur in franchise mode, the other seems to be fairly fixable).

The one problem I found in the passing game is that slower game speed means passing windows stay open longer. However, so long as the pass rush is balanced, this shouldn't be a problem as you'll only have 3-4 seconds to get rid of the ball anyways.

The matchups are outstandingly well balanced. You don't throw right against the Raiders unless you've got a Larry Fitzgerald over there. Asomugha is just scary over there.

I'd like to see 'em tune it so there's a bit more jostling between defenders and receivers, but they're on the right track on this, definitely.

adembroski, would you say that Madden has improved the WR/CB interaction animations to the point that they are just as good as 2K's?? And giving your honest opinion, which one as far as WR/CB animations are better?? 2K's or Madden's?

[sj3981]

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To the Elite 8 (lol i love that's how we're coining it ), thank you so much for giving this amazing feedback to EA to improve the game after your time with it. This is BY FAR the single most interesting thread of read on these boards, and that is a testament to your graciousness in answering all of our questions. To see how impressed you all are walking away from the game has me salivating to get my hands on it. Thanks again.
Couple questions for you Adem (or any of you guys):

1) Were all 32 teams played with a few times?

2) How was the feel from team to team? (I know you probably can't go into too much detail, but this is always very important to me. Teams playing like their real-life counterparts. A general thumbs up or down would be awesome ).

And a thank you to EA. Ian and Co. your hard work is more apparent by the day. I commend all of your efforts. Great idea to take the Elite 8 in and polish/change the game based of their advice.

[dave374]

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To the Elite 8 (lol i love that's how we're coining it )

We are not "the Elite 8"
Anyone who believes that is on crack.
We were the 8 chosen.
There's no doubt in my mind that many OS guys deserved the spot ahead of me.

[TheWatcher]

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Josh Looman actually worked on the player proportions...the guy is an animal!

I could see some guys he'd been tuning guys since that first blog, and it was cool to see Tom Brady look like, well, Tom Brady.

[djordan]

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I still can't believe Dave went before me...YOU MFER...lol

Deejay8595...

[TheWatcher]

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You know, the more I think about it, the more I understand it. It's not hate, it's utter confusion.

I think everyone expects Madden 10 to be several strides ahead of Madden 09, but I don't think anybody is expecting to see what we saw.

Let me put it this way... we've spent 18 hours with the game. We watched a power point presentation in which damn near every jaw in the room hit the floor. We've seen it, it's a hell of a lot easier for us to believe it's actually come that far. We've all tempered our views, we've all pointed out the flaws, but we've always said "hey, this might get fixed, this is so close" etc.. And to have you, LBzrule, and BezO come back praising it like you have... I can imagine it smells fishy to some... how does Madden, who was hard pressed to figure out how to get defensive hot routes back into the game 3 frickin' years later, ever make this much progress in one year?

Hell, I was asking them that when I was there.

Great post.

And you're right. But at least two guys are definitely hating, lol. The one guy who just won't give it a rest in this thread attacking our IQ's, and then the guy who made the dartboard thread naming us specifically because he was mad for not being chosen. That was hate personified. I love the hate though.

But for the rest of the guys, you're right about the disbelief. I'm not gonna lie, I'm still surprised by some of the things I saw, so I can understand why people would be skeptical of some of our praises.

But I don't think they realize how often we were critical while at the office, lol. A few times I thought one of us were going to piss them off, lol. But they stayed cool... although I'm surprised they didn't hit Kane once or twice :wink:

[KANE699]

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Great post.

And you're right. But at least two guys are definitely hating, lol. The one guy who just won't give it a rest in this thread attacking our IQ's, and then the guy who made the dartboard thread naming us specifically because he was mad for not being chosen. That was hate personified. I love the hate though.

But for the rest of the guys, you're right about the disbelief. I'm not gonna lie, I'm still surprised by some of the things I saw, so I can understand why people would be skeptical of some of our praises.

But I don't think they realize how often we were critical while at the office, lol. A few times I thought one of us were going to piss them off, lol. But they stayed cool... although I'm surprised they didn't hit Kane once or twice :wink:

I try to keep my critisizm fun and jokingly enough to avoid the hitting, its worked so far over the years.