Madden NFL 10 Video: Pro-TAK Animation System

[NYyankz225]

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HD version on the Madden site fellas...sorry if this has already been posted as i didnt see it yet.

http://maddennfl.easports.com/media.action

Good find!

[wallofhate]

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Don't know if Ian is still watching but first let me thank him and the ea crew for the interaction and getting me extremly excited about his years madden for real! On the note of the back of the jersey's Goodell said there are no need for the letter before the last name because the number should identify the player so they're doing away with it.

[Badboy49er]

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I gotta say in the HD version you can really see the graphics pop off the screen IMO. I think Its the lighting and camera angles, i cant put my finger on it

[Flightwhite24]

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I'be been staying away from the NCAA & MADDEN vids due to false hype in the past but I could not hold out any longer. I am hyped again as usual. This video is aweome. I admit I'm caving in and making the drive to my spot. Peace!!!!!

[Valdarez]

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As I said a few weeks ago, 2k's solution was longer animations which means you lose control of the game. You seem blissfully unaware of this fact.

Actually I have called it out twice now. But hey, why use facts.

Obviously if EA wanted to they could animate an entire play in one set and it could be the smoothest thing you've ever seen. But then you'd essentially be watching the game unfold without having any control over it.

I have yet to see EA show that they can provide animations / rendering as good as 2K, whether they be short, or long.

This was 2k's approach (to an extent). I'm not sure how, after your hours upon hours of play, you have not noticed this fact until it was brought up (even though you still denied it when I mentioned it). You seem to have this belief that 2k allowed both better control over the player as well as better animations, when from a technical standpoint based on their implementation that's an impossibility.

Before you go attacking someone you should read all of their posts in the thread/on the subject. You obviously haven't. You're way off base here fella.

Tiburon's approach IS the best of both worlds. I'll sacrifice some smoothness for absolute (realistic/momentum based) control any day. As you mentioned Ian is working on improving the momentum. The turn rates have already been improved. Insta-turns are still an issue. But this is what Ian is striving for and I'm confident they will deliver.

I have yet to see ANY momentum in a Madden game not only that, but they have never even been remotely close to real world movement. Not even close, that's why Madden '09 is so broken. So far, the only thing we have seen for M10 with regards to fixing the turn rates is the animation clips. No game play evidence, and as you pointed out instant turns are still there.

[lesco543]

don't forget EA that lowest man wins, and these guys know this, so the defensive guy getting the first head on initial hit, is probably low like the runner. I dont think brandon jacobs wouldn't put his head down in that situation. It'd be pretty cool that if you didn't get in position and tuck the ball with like the a button or w.e that your runner will totally get lit up by the defender. But this looks amazing! so many improvements. i especially like the background and the focus area improvement, makes the game look totally realistic if you squint, which means that on the HD 360, thats how it should look lol with eyes wide open. O one other thing, can you make the sound affects for the head to head contact and pad to pad and stuff more realistic. I sorta Hate the CRUNCH sound in the previous games, from personal experience, its just a quick pop which a tiny tiny tiny tiny crack in it. too much commotion in the precious games. And can you make quick head jerks when being hit a little more prevalent, it happens pretty much every-time someone gets hit.

[lesco543]

great job here BTW, i disagree with Vandarex

[thmst30]

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Ian we really need an HD version of this vid! So many great shots to get from it, but they are degraded due to the lower video quality. Yet it still looks great!

AND we got one!

[green94]

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AND we got one!

HFS

[Vikes1]

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I'm really liking what I see of how this Pro-Tak will change Maddens game play.

As impressive as it looks in the videos, it'll really make it's impression on 8/14.

[dougdeuce]

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One Small concern I have about momentum. In this progression it appears that Jacobs is lowering the shoulder to pound right through Rogers. But as the big hit should be happening Rogers somehow slides over to the side and is able to hold up Jacobs.

I know I'm getting nit picky, but it's just something I noticed that didn't look sim...

[egkb2753]

The first thing I want to say is that the amount of effort and immersion that you guys at EA are putting into this game is amazing. I have never seen so much interaction with the community like i have seen this year. Pro-Tak looks great, and judging by this video, I'm confident by the time the game is released in August it will be close to perfected judging by the progress that has been made. I have a strong feeling that madden will make a triumphant and emphatic return to the top of the sports video game world just based on how different and vastly improved the game is going to be.

[backbreaker]

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kudos, Mofos, that actually Looked exponentially better

[maddenps2]

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The lighting is so much better than previous maddens. It makes the game look alot better.

[Graffititech]

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I spy with my little eye two different kinds of colored cleats, but enough about the cleats, that was a great video. I'm still in awe at how great the game looks. Cant wait untill august to get my hands on it.