Madden NFL 11 Hints From EA (IGN)

[cdon2k]

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Edited my last post, here's some stuff from the edit in case you missed it Kasey.

Alot can happen in an hour. You can get disconnected and have to play the computer (who drags out the game by throwing the ball the entire 4th quarter). You can have a blowout, which leads to a boring game. In addition, having the game be so long can results in more chance of a disconnect due to network conditions. Longer games means having to have your connection hold up for a longer period of time. Law of averages are that sometime in the 60 minute game, you are going to experience lag at best or a drop at worst.

[CreatineKasey]

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Edited my last post, here's some stuff from the edit in case you missed it Kasey.

Alot can happen in an hour. You can get disconnected and have to play the computer (who drags out the game by throwing the ball the entire 4th quarter). You can have a blowout, which leads to a boring game. In addition, having the game be so long can results in more chance of a disconnect due to network conditions. Longer games means having to have your connection hold up for a longer period of time. Law of averages are that sometime in the 60 minute game, you are going to experience lag at best or a drop at worst.

I completely agree with all of this. On top of those points, the fact that we HAVE to set aside an entire hour to play limits how much we play. I go multiple days without playing because I just don't want to burn an hour doing it when other stuff has to be done. I'm sure many other Madden players can relate.

Remember how quick Tecmo was? I thought that game struck a great balance between the amount of plays and the actual time playing. That turned out to be about 15-20 minute games. If Madden had 30 minute games become the standard while maintaining the amount of plays called as current 7 minute ranked matches, I'd be much more inclined to play more games.

What do you guys think?

[MrDhWhat]

Interesting. I always try going through the playbook...so we'll see how this comes to be...

[Joeyland]

This will not end well

[Ian_Cummings]

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Folks playing online, putting in that many hours, already enjoy the game. Survey & check the stats of those who put in LESS game time. Those are the folks turned off.

This is the type of analysis I'm afraid of. Excessive picks don't necessarily happen because the passing game is too hard. Most of my picks probably came from the lack of realistic footwork requirments for defenders and other problems that make it impossible to read defenses like I would IRL.

You're not giving us enough credit boss. First off, there's no such stat to point to an unrealistic amount of interceptions, so that's a moot point. Secondly, we don't just blindly make decisions based on this data. We just use it to help make our decisions. The guy that played once and never played again (as you mention)? Well, we know what happened in that game and can make assumptions on what turned him off and try to make the experience better for him. The goal is to make an authentic game of football. Not cater only to the guy that plays one time, or cater to the guy that plays 6 online games a night. It's to cater to the NFL fan and make a realistic and authentic game. Period. Every time I say that it somehow gets lost, and people still assume I'm over here making an NFL Blitz clone.

Later.

[DLaren]

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This will not end well

[DocHolliday]

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You're not giving us enough credit boss. First off, there's no such stat to point to an unrealistic amount of interceptions, so that's a moot point. Secondly, we don't just blindly make decisions based on this data. We just use it to help make our decisions. The guy that played once and never played again (as you mention)? Well, we know what happened in that game and can make assumptions on what turned him off and try to make the experience better for him. The goal is to make an authentic game of football. Not cater only to the guy that plays one time, or cater to the guy that plays 6 online games a night. It's to cater to the NFL fan and make a realistic and authentic game. Period. Every time I say that it somehow gets lost, and people still assume I'm over here making an NFL Blitz clone.

Later.

Ian my man, don't let it get to ya. I haven't played a Madden for this many months...well, ever. Its a great game that I am betting you guys take to the next level.

I look forward to seeing your guys hardwork.

Good looking out, I'm pumped for 11

[lofeazy]

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I wonder what was the 13 plays people where picking.

[RedZoneD25]

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I swear, some of these people WANT a horrible Madden game. They're begging for it by ripping the dude who is in charge of it. Show respect or STFU. Seriously, it's not that hard. You (anyone) might be the head of electronics of Wal Mart, but that doesn't mean that their opinion on what Madden needs means a damn thing. AH. It just makes me really mad when Ian comes on here, tries to be decent, and you all spit on him.

[Jump]

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Did I miss a bunch of posts that were hating on Ian? Cus I didn't see any.

Anyways, it is reassuring to know that Tiburon isn't solely using stats to tune the game. Still don't like the sounds coming from these press releases. Guess we'll see what's what in August.

[hatisback]

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I swear, some of these people WANT a horrible Madden game. They're begging for it by ripping the dude who is in charge of it. Show respect or STFU. Seriously, it's not that hard. You (anyone) might be the head of electronics of Wal Mart, but that doesn't mean that their opinion on what Madden needs means a damn thing. AH. It just makes me really mad when Ian comes on here, tries to be decent, and you all spit on him.

What on earth are you talking about? Nobody was on here ripping Ian, not even me....who is very critical of this game and upset at how it is right now. Locomotion, OL/DL interaction, DB/WR interaction and ball trajectory are and I repeat ARE needed to be fixed in this game. PERIOD.

[cubsball899]

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I swear, some of these people WANT a horrible Madden game. They're begging for it by ripping the dude who is in charge of it. Show respect or STFU. Seriously, it's not that hard. You (anyone) might be the head of electronics of Wal Mart, but that doesn't mean that their opinion on what Madden needs means a damn thing. AH. It just makes me really mad when Ian comes on here, tries to be decent, and you all spit on him.

lol i have a paper due tomorrow, so naturally i just read through this whole thread... nobody was ripping on ian lol there was respectful interaction between ian and those with criticisms... all of the criticism was presented in a constructive manner...

the way you say it its almost like its illegal to have an opinion lol

[Rocky]

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[CardsFan52]

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Ian your work is very appreciated, all these "Hints" are getting negative feedback because the people explaining them are doing a horrible job of elaborating on the innovations and making it sound like you guys are killing the game. When we hear the updates from you, it should go a lot smother.

[randers]

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Ian.

Don't get butthurt just don't make blitz. You and your team made a great leap from 09 to this year's game. Don't 'get it twisted'. But, since I will be devoting another 4144424234 hrs to Madden 11 and my 60+ bucks I would like it to be even better than 10. k?

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