Madden NFL 10 Preview: Five Things to Know (ESPN)

[MelMan1486]

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And can you imagine if every team plays like their real life counterparts...

IE. Vikings will shove the ball down your throat ALL game long!

LOL I hope they don't play like their exact counterparts because I don't need my underperforming Bills to underperform online.

[Smoke316]

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By reading the article I got a feeling that the dog piles on the ball after a fumble wont be buttons smashing, it will probably be button timing based, like The Bourne Identity game and others. God this game has me so excited to play it, I haven't felt this way about a madden game in years. Honestly with all of the info and features so far, there's not one that I don't like or have a negative view of. I notice here and there Ian, and EA having been dropping hints about the presentation in Madden10, if the presentation is atleast up to NFL2K5/NBA2K9 standards, Madden will take up a good part of my off days at work like it did when I was younger. Great article, its really hard for me to hate on Madden and there devs team at this point.

couldnt have said it any better

[green94]

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LOL I hope they don't play like their exact counterparts because I don't need my underperforming Bills to underperform online.

I meant more in terms of play calling... run vs. pass / man vs. zone.

But I hear ya

[BezO]

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By reading the article I got a feeling that the dog piles on the ball after a fumble wont be buttons smashing, it will probably be button timing based...

It's mash all the way. But there was concern for turbo controller users, so the button you have to mash changes several times.

I personally don't mind the mashing. It seems appropriate for pile ups. But the meter is VERY distracting. I couldn't enjoy the pile up since I had to watch for the button changes & meter.

[Smoke316]

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LOL I hope they don't play like their exact counterparts because I don't need my underperforming Bills to underperform online.

lol yea i think its more run vs pass type stuff.. bills will be intersting this yr..especially in a franchise with owens and evans.. if u canget them the ball with osme consistency whoever u start at qb should get a nice bump in his overall

[callmetaternuts]

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Pro-Tak sounds pretty dang cool

The QB Avoidance sounds cool and useful, but dont know until we try it out. I dont want it to be over successful and this quote has me a bit worried

When they hit that stick during pressure, they will typically have success the first time

Not sure how i feel about that.

Wildcat is going to be great.

The disparity in ratings, i think, will be one of the best features added. Finally our top guys will feel like studs and it will make drafting that 80+ rookie or finding a free agent bargain with a good rating wortwhile.

[CapnKill]

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It's mash all the way. But there was concern for turbo controller users, so the button you have to mash changes several times.

I personally don't mind the mashing. It seems appropriate for pile ups. But the meter is VERY distracting. I couldn't enjoy the pile up since I had to watch for the button changes & meter.

Did you guys vocalize this to them? Seems strange that they would ignore you and put the meter up anyway...

The meter seems to not only be distracting from what you guys have said but it also kills any excitement when you know what the ref is going to signal... at least that is what it sounds like to me.

I still don't understand why they can't let ratings take care of it... seems much better.

[Badboy49er]

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Not sure why this is live since its supposed to be embargoed until tomorrow. But then again I guess ESPN can do what it wants lol.

Look for OS's impressions early tomorrow morning.

Great to hear..

[adembroski]

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Did you guys vocalize this to them? Seems strange that they would ignore you and put the meter up anyway...

The meter seems to not only be distracting from what you guys have said but it also kills any excitement when you know what the ref is going to signal... at least that is what it sounds like to me.

I still don't understand why they can't let ratings take care of it... seems much better.

My precise feedback was "ditch the meter, milk the drama, let the ref tell us who won". I'm not sure why they decided to go with the initial design.

There were two issues with the fumbles... the meter and the camera angle (it was this birds eye view that has been used far too much in Madden games over the years and I think should be ditched completely).

[LBzrule]

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The disparity in ratings, i think, will be one of the best features added. Finally our top guys will feel like studs and it will make drafting that 80+ rookie or finding a free agent bargain with a good rating wortwhile.

After CD, this was one thing I really applauded them on. The stretched ratings are huge. In all of the games I played with the Ravens, most of my plays were made by Reed and Lewis. When I controlled Lewis I made game changing plays, forced fumbles on big hits, hurt Peterson (bruised ribs) and Reed was all over Tavares Jackson's passes. One play looked almost identical to the interception Reed pulled off against the Dolphins. Not the return, but the one where he flew like a rocket in the middle of the field and picked off the pass. I had a play like that with Reed in the game. I paused it and called some of the devs over and said "that my friends is pretty." Only thing, damn Jackson stopped me from running it all the way back. But the INT itself was a thing of beauty. Reed picks off alot of passes

[CzecHitYou]

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There were two issues with the fumbles... the meter and the camera angle (it was this birds eye view that has been used far too much in Madden games over the years and I think should be ditched completely).

Could you give an example of birds eye view?
Do you mean like directly over the pile/classic Madden LONG view/sideline view?...

I think the pileup is awesome, but with the way you said it looked, I hope that the button mash scheme works. I hope it is not too..cheap..

[green94]

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My precise feedback was "ditch the meter, milk the drama, let the ref tell us who won". I'm not sure why they decided to go with the initial design.

Exactly - I would love to see the pileup and then have some sort of rating determine the outcome. Button mashing seems to take away from everything that Ian and his team have been striding towards as far as the Sim aspect is concerned. Maybe they were throwing the arcade people a bone?

[thudias]

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My precise feedback was "ditch the meter, milk the drama, let the ref tell us who won". I'm not sure why they decided to go with the initial design.

There were two issues with the fumbles... the meter and the camera angle (it was this birds eye view that has been used far too much in Madden games over the years and I think should be ditched completely).

+1 for ditch the meter....

[dave374]

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My biggest gripe with the fumble feature is that not all fumbles are fights for the ball.
Many times, a fumble happens and another guy simply picks it up.
In the alpha version of the game (and I stress alpha, because the guys at EA know this criticism I mentioned), there were way too many fights for the fumbles, which I think is stupid.
9 times out of 10, the only time you see a fight for the ball is in crowds ... not open space.
Hopefully, this is something that is rectified by game release.

[Rdavido]

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+2 Ditch the Meter.

Everything else is drool-worthy