Madden NFL 10 Video: Pro-TAK Animation System

[Fresh Prince]

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This looks so awesome... can't find anything wrong with the video aside from ONE thing; teammates still don't care about their teammate scoring a touchdown. Couple of teammates trailing the play made quick gestures, but let's see a bit more excitement from the entire squad.

Just nitpicking... GREAT video. I am stoked. I can't wait.

[NYyankz225]

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I wasn't thinking that could have been a user. My bad.

It's fine to bring it up...there's a chance you're right .

Just seems like from the video that that was a user controlled player and once Jacobs broke the tackle they wanted to let him in for a highlight clip. But it's good to make Ian aware of it just in case.

[TDogg09]

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I love how when Brandon Jacobs scored a TD the lineman and other players made celebratory reactions (Raising arms, fist pumps). I didnt like how the others players went so quickly back to the sidelines. If we could add more team celebration or reaction, that would be great. It looks awesome though. Good work Crew.

This looks so awesome... can't find anything wrong with the video aside from ONE thing; teammates still don't care about their teammate scoring a touchdown.

I know exactly what you guys mean. It's kind of disappointing when a player scores an awesome touchdown and his teammates just start walking off the field.

I wrote a thread on it. Check it out if you want and let me know what you think: Pro-Tak for Celebrations?

[thmst30]

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If you asked me if this was Madden or real life i'd pick real life 100 out of 100 times.

Now turn off the DOF, put the names on the jerseys back to the broken Madden 09 style where they are too small and squished, take the chain gang out of the background, and reduce the tackle to two defenders. You have a mediocre Madden 09 screen. All the "small things" add up so fast to create an overall massive improvement visually. It's something that we have been screaming at all sports game developers for years, and it's nice to actually see some of them listening. Incredible work Ian and Crew!!!

[cowboyscowboys]

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lol @ the Jacobs touchdown after he broke two Bear tackles.

Its not the fact he broke out of the 2 tackles, its just the fact that there was another Bear literally running side by side with Jacobs, and made no attempt to bring him down....and all of a sudden the camera switches really fast (0:40) lmao...

Great Editing EA...

But on a serious note....great job EA...game looks off the hook

Maybe they put Mike Jenkins on the Falcons?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW7lz8x2I-0

[JerseySuave4]

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thats whats great about Ian, he is really listening to what the fans really want and has been doing a knockout job with this game.

Ian, next year you should go fix up NCAA and make that as great as Madden appears to be.

[Derrville]

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It's fine to bring it up...there's a chance you're right .

Just seems like from the video that that was a user controlled player and once Jacobs broke the tackle they wanted to let him in for a highlight clip. But it's good to make Ian aware of it just in case.

After watching it again i have to lean towards it being a user Created player, cause hes not sprinting, he seems to slow down.

[SouthernBrick]

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It's fine to bring it up...there's a chance you're right .

Just seems like from the video that that was a user controlled player and once Jacobs broke the tackle they wanted to let him in for a highlight clip. But it's good to make Ian aware of it just in case.

Yeah because I checked the video a couple times after the pic was put up. Glad you caught it though of him at least making a attempt weather it was a user or cpu.

Hope we won't see any arm swiping after the ball carrier has been hit, slowed down, and then a split second later busting a defender like he's brandon jacobs.

Hope to see angled physics trucking and not that WWE trucking. In 09 it seems like it doesn't matter what angle you come from your going to trucked the same way as everyone else. No physics at all, hopfully its different when it comes to trucking in M10.

[Furq]

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I know this is all just to show the tech but I have to say I'm hoping that it isn't overdone.

At least when I've watched football I can't say I've really seen 10 man piles or anything, usually it's just a couple of guys making the tackle. Every once in awhile on the goal line you see guys push each other around like that, but typically it only involves a few players. I'm sure it's just to show off the tech, but just pointing that out

[Valbon8]

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NO ATTEMPT!!!!

I loved the video and the game is looking great!!!!

I dont want to be a stickler and im not complaining about it, but does the right leg on #53 for the Bears look like a toothpick? Haha.

[SteelerSpartan]

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This vid screams amazing potential


Gotta keep ironing out the bugs and tuning all we can though

[Derrville]

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I loved the video and the game is looking great!!!!

I dont want to be a stickler and im not complaining about it, but does the right leg on #53 for the Bears look like a toothpick? Haha.

You're right, Maddens thighs and feet have always been off.

[SouthernBrick]

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I loved the video and the game is looking great!!!!

I dont want to be a stickler and im not complaining about it, but does the right leg on #53 for the Bears look like a toothpick? Haha.

Yeah it does...lol. Sure it will be fixed though. I don't believe Ian would leave it looking like that because its extremely noticeable.

[Valbon8]

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You're right, Maddens thighs and feet have always been off.

Looking at it more closely though, you can see the video is cut on the back of Tillman's jersey. Maybe the image of his lower leg is distorted due to the video being cut in that area and making it look like a toothpick???

[g2thecore]

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I must say, I never realized the kind of visual appeal that colored cleats could add to the game. It really brings that extra something as far as realism goes. Great job getting that in Ian!

On another note, I'm really impressed with the lighting and the animations. If the Pro-Tak animations look so good now, imagine when the game is fully tuned.

One thing that has me worried though is the frequency of those tackles. I'm wondering how often we will be seeing these scrums in a real game. I really hope not as often as Phil is making it seem. It would be a major disappointment to see these group hugs every other play, especially when I play with the Eagles and we have no power backs on that squad. I really hope they keep it well balanced so it doesn't turn into a rugby game.