Madden NFL 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

[the drewster]

Re: PastaPadre Madden 10 Impressions

woah woah woah, no contracts in online franchise? how is this going to work? as a commish, i'm at a loss. i can deal with no cap and no trade logic, but no contracts? wtf...seriously, this ruins the entire experience.

i agree, they should have focused on creating online franchise with no drawbacks rather than making it very accessable. im interested in how all these problems will effect the whole experience and will the franchise even work. My question is will online franchise even be fun? What were they thinking

[Steve_OS]

This is the quote I like.

"The CPU AI is immensely improved from what I saw on All-Pro difficulty. The CPU was throwing the deep ball, breaking off big runs, and mixing up the play calling. Going up against that for the first time caught me off guard and I ended up paying the price. Surely there will be weaknesses found but I was impressed with the way the CPU attacked in some situations but played it safe in others such as a draw on 3rd and long."

[Danimal]

Re: PastaPadre Madden 10 Impressions

If you're having this problem PM me the browser you're using and version of it. Seems like its just a handful of people having this happen and they all are using IE. Trying to narrow it down to figure it out.

I can probably help you figure it out, Tweet me, we had to do a lot of new work on a lot of old websites thanks to IE8. MS loves mucking things up with each release. Don't know why anyone uses IE anyway.

[the drewster]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

This is the quote I like.

"The CPU AI is immensely improved from what I saw on All-Pro difficulty. The CPU was throwing the deep ball, breaking off big runs, and mixing up the play calling. Going up against that for the first time caught me off guard and I ended up paying the price. Surely there will be weaknesses found but I was impressed with the way the CPU attacked in some situations but played it safe in others such as a draw on 3rd and long."

this was also something that i was pleased to hear. I think offline franchise will be much better just because playing the computer will be more fun.

[droopizzle34]

Re: PastaPadre Madden 10 Impressions

From what it looks like, Madden 10 will be a HUGE improvement from the previous Madden games of next gen.Alot of things have been added,tweaked,and fixed......yet there will still be moments that make you want to curse EA and be a troll.
I guess the biggest thing I have learned from E3 and Pasta's review is that Rome wasn't built in a day;we're gonna have to be patient as Ian and co. make the game evolve. We are hype about online franchise,but must deal with the shortcomings of no cap,contracts.etc....
I feel happy,and a tad frustrated about some of the things I feel EA should have already gotten right 5 years into this current lifecycle of consoles,but I do see a dedicated team who seems to care about what we want and hopefully we'll see the glory of Madden restored soon.....(or the exclusive license done away wiith....sorry guys,had to throw a shot in there....)

so just have some patience guys, BELIEVE me I feel ya,but Madden 10 seems to be the REAL START of the rise of Madden to greatness again.

[SageInfinite]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

Thanx for the impressions.

[bigwill33]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

Thanks for the write up Pasta, hoping this game is all it can be.

[pastapadre]

Re: PastaPadre Madden 10 Impressions

When Ian spoke to you about implementing contracts and cap into O.F., how optimistic did he sound?

Just the sense I got is that it won't be done for this year. I suppose it remains a possibility but I'm not expecting that until 11.

[Smoke316]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

This is the quote I like.

"The CPU AI is immensely improved from what I saw on All-Pro difficulty. The CPU was throwing the deep ball, breaking off big runs, and mixing up the play calling. Going up against that for the first time caught me off guard and I ended up paying the price. Surely there will be weaknesses found but I was impressed with the way the CPU attacked in some situations but played it safe in others such as a draw on 3rd and long."

thats great.. i remember seeing the tougher teams on my schedule and getting worried..only to beat them anyway. It seems now that ill be worried again to see the Pats week 3 of the 2009 season..cant wait

[splff3000]

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Not if you make it a private franchise...OMG!

there are always two option, Public and Private, pick Private and you personally invite your friends.

You're right. I don't know why I would think that they wouldn't have a private setting. Oh I know why.....because there's no salary cap, no contract, and no trade logic. Still though, you're probably right. I was just jumping to conclusions.

But if you can play a franchise by yourself, online, I am sure you can password protect your franchise or do Invite only, AS WELL as open for anyone...

Just an assumption

You would also ASSUME that they have salary caps, trade.....oh you know the rest. What I'm saying is you can't really assume anything right now.

EDIT: After re-reading my post, it may come off as me being a smartazz to you guys. That's not the case. Actually I was agreeing with you, but it kinda looks like I'm being a jerk or something. That's not the case though.

[PantherBeast_OS]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

This is the quote I like.

"The CPU AI is immensely improved from what I saw on All-Pro difficulty. The CPU was throwing the deep ball, breaking off big runs, and mixing up the play calling. Going up against that for the first time caught me off guard and I ended up paying the price. Surely there will be weaknesses found but I was impressed with the way the CPU attacked in some situations but played it safe in others such as a draw on 3rd and long."

Well with the AI doing this. Is this a good thing are a bad thing lol. To me it sounds like a good thing. Because now you can be challenge by the AI without you blowing out the AI every game.

[Hooe]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

Here's hoping that EA Tiburon attempts to put some extra hutspah into online franchise to get player contracts and free agency in; that area is fairly critical to the franchise experience. Given that it's a webapp, I'm thinking this is possible.

With that said, everything else sounds great. Great read, Pastapadre.

[salbowski]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

No mention of adaptive AI by pasta or any of the reviews i've read?!?!?

[Deegeezy]

Re: Madden NFL 10 Impressions (Pasta Padre)

Of course there were some oddities that would generally would come along with a build still in development. In a minor error I noticed instances when the home team and score was listed above the road team and score. For whatever reason that stood out and irked me each time I saw it.

Glad to see I am not the only one.

[CardiacCats3428]

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I haven't been able to get on pastapadre's site for the last few days, I figure it's because of so many people going there during E3 but I don't know what to do.