Madden NFL 10 Hands-On Preview

[GrandMaster B]

No progressive lighting? Boo. Come on EA.

[Terrell28]

Good looking write up August 14th well 13th for some of us can't get here fast enough!!!!!!!

[blocknose]

can you copy franchise files?

[Skyboxer]

So you are comparing your experience with a demo to Steve's experience with a later build of the full game? A later build that includes sliders? Really?

Yeah no kidding... but then again have we seen much common since in the Madden forums at all lately......

Anyways thanks for the write up Steve! I was already pumped for the new Madden VIDEO GAME. Glad some of my questions I had were answered especially the quick CPU snaping the ball "issue"

Thanks!

[Scottdau]

Why did you have to go an use comment sense. Great review, wow that is a major paper. You should see if you can turn this in as a Thesis paper, so you could get a Masters degree Steve! That is some major writing.

[TreyIM2]

Thanks for the post, Steve-O. Actually, a lot of what was stated about the on field play is what I've experienced in the GS demo. Now, if the demos are actually of an earlier build than what Steve played, I get slightly concerned, yet not very because I know the sliders are there for the final build. I think that the game will be pretty good based on the demo as many things will not be present in the final. Plus, there is always the idea of a patch if they couldn't iron out some things before going gold. Gotta love modern gaming console technology. Lol.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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If you turn fight for the fumble off, do you still get the pileups?

And my other question, is the "normal" game speed like last years or is it the slowed down one? I'm guessing its the slowed down one

[Sherman91587]

One thing that I loved about the demo myself was how the slow down in speed makes the return game actually possible. For me in some of the games in the last years it would seem like you would be totally smothered by ppl every time there was a punt.

Now with the slow down gunners wont close the gaps so fast and what is also nice is that you can combo moves a lot more than in years past. When i was Bradshaw with the Giants in the demo I got one punt and was able to juke out two guys and not have it take a year. I think the jukes look so much better, but one thing I can say Jacobs was able to do them pretty easy too and not saying he is bad but dude def does not have those kinda moves haha.

[martinsingh]

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Nice preview! Getting me more and more excited

[Matt Diesel]

Good preview, thanks.

I disagree with your slider assessment. Setting it to 0 should not make him a 2 year old trying to throw a football. It should make him as bad as the worse QB is in the game in terms of that attribute, or the bottom accuracy rating for a QB. This is likely not 0 itself.

[countryboy]

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Good writeup Steve. Looking forward to the franchise article coming later this week

[rudyjuly2]

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Thanks Steve! I liked pro-tak and the emphasis on broken tackles this year.

[Steve_OS]

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Good preview, thanks.

I disagree with your slider assessment. Setting it to 0 should not make him a 2 year old trying to throw a football. It should make him as bad as the worse QB is in the game in terms of that attribute, or the bottom accuracy rating for a QB. This is likely not 0 itself.

True.

[steelernation28]

It seems like 0 really isn't 0. I'm fine with that. I'm wondering how much tuning I'll have to do with the sliders this year. Last gen maddens took me about 4-6 months before I was happy with everything. I was always a little pissed about much tuning I had to do.. Love - Hate kinda thing.

[BroMontana82]

thanks for the fair assessment...since this is the beta build, hopefully some of the hiccups will be gone on retail. do you know how far back the build is from? same as the demo?