I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

[StonesRunIt]

Seriously, whats the point if you cant trigger it when applicable?
There have been a number of tackle animations that i could not join, which resulted in my defender being dragged with me left to watch my other defenders fail to add on as the person on offense gets another 3-5 yards.

There is the possibility of it being fixed in the final version, so i dont want to condemn Madden for not having this just yet, but it is a serious question. What is the point of Pro-Tak if it only applies to a few tackles?

p.s the mid-air tackle swats are an eye-sore

[BadApple]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

EA Sports added more people to gang tackling and marketed it as a groundbreaking amazing video game technology under the name 'PRO-TAK'.

[uncle ruckus1]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

it sells game...it gets lil kids attention...other then that what else do u have to look forward too.

[maddenps2]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

If you can't understand the point of trying to advance the madden tackle engine then you probably can't figure many things out. It's not a marketing gimmick or anything like that, it's not for childern.

Your accusations will get you no where. Ian implemented Pro-tak in an attempt to make the lackluster madden tackling dynamics better. Is it good enough, is it polished, who knows, just stop with the childish attacks on the developers.

[stiffarmleft]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

This is the one thing that bothers me most from the 1 minute demo, not being able to level a ball carrier that's in the grasp of a teamate. It's like there are pro-tak tackles and then there are the same tackles the have been around the last few years where defenders bounce off engaged players or simply fail to make contact. I thought pro-tak would be a part of every player interaction, but it appears that it is only triggered when certain criteria are met. It's like there is no logic to lay the wood to an engaged player with pro-tak, it's strictly for the "scrum" aspect. The demo is still fun.

[EliteXJaseeXEmA]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

pro tak its a better engine more gang tackles pile ups stop from guys hiking the ball and runing to the sideline since if u try u shoudl get a sack it makes a real pocket most the time there problems with pro tak but its first year with pro tak and will get better next year

[uncle ruckus1]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

If you can't understand the point of trying to advance the madden tackle engine then you probably can't figure many things out. It's not a marketing gimmick or anything like that, it's not for childern.

Your accusations will get you no where. Ian implemented Pro-tak in an attempt to make the lackluster madden tackling dynamics better. Is it good enough, is it polished, who knows, just stop with the childish attacks on the developers.

no one is attacking the developers we just calling it as it is...and with this whole Ian said this and Ian said that thing ppl seem to forget that at the end of the day Ian is a pitch man as well he say what he have to say to sell the game.

[Eagles931]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

PRO TAK looks ok imo.

[StonesRunIt]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

If you can't understand the point of trying to advance the madden tackle engine then you probably can't figure many things out. It's not a marketing gimmick or anything like that, it's not for childern.

Your accusations will get you no where. Ian implemented Pro-tak in an attempt to make the lackluster madden tackling dynamics better. Is it good enough, is it polished, who knows, just stop with the childish attacks on the developers.

WTF are you talking about. I never even said a developers name. If you are talking to someone else, specify.

And as of the demo all pro-tak seems to be is technology to have more tacklers on the previous canned gangtackles instead of procedural tackling. As of the demo its not dynamic in the least bit.

Its pointless if i can not help a teammate take down a power back unless its a predetermined Pro-Tak tackle.

[laydizzy]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

pro-tak is a big step forward so I don't think it should be knocked as pointless. Obviously it would be great if it applied to all tackles, but that doesn't mean its pointless.

Adding signature qb throws isn't pointless because all qbs don't have one. Adding one new facemask isn't pointless because all facemasks aren't included. Adding new tackle animations aren't pointless just because some of the animations still look weird.

Pro-tak might be disappointing (to you), but it isn't pointless.

[GiantKingNy]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

WTF are you talking about. I never even said a developers name. If you are talking to someone else, specify.

And as of the demo all pro-tak seems to be is technology to have more tacklers on the previous canned gangtackles instead of procedural tackling. As of the demo its not dynamic in the least bit.

Its pointless if i can not help a teammate take down a power back unless its a predetermined Pro-Tak tackle.

If we keep this civil I think this could be a good thread, because I am a little curious to what I should be looking for in regards to Pro-Tak in this demo. I understand the implementation, but from a gamers stand point what actual interactions trigger this new technology? Anyone?

[achain]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

Gotta love how criticism of any sort now is considered "attacking the devs".

Stupid.

[StonesRunIt]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

If we keep this civil I think this could be a good thread, because I am a little curious to what I should be looking for in regards to Pro-Tak in this demo. I understand the implementation, but from a gamers stand point what actual interactions trigger this new technology? Anyone?

no clue, because a TE was dragging one of my defenders and i couldn't help him...first down...it was sickening.

[Rylenol]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

I see pro-tak as an evolution of the hit stick feature. By that I mean the bigger backs/wrs/tes will obviously have the upper hand in triggering the protak animation. I'll be the first one to criticize Madden 10 next gen as I think 09 for ps2 was the last great release, but protak is definitely a step in the right direction in terms of gameplay as it's with the gameplay that I have most of my qualms.

[Netherscourge]

Re: I know its a demo, but whats the point of Pro-Tak

I haven't even seen a gang-tackle in the demo yet.

I'm wondering if it's in there or not.