Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

[TheCreep]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

Im actually happy the graphics didnt change much that just means they spent more time on gameplay and other features (hopefully) maybe a 65/35 split I hope for. But yea once i get my hands on the demo of backbreaker and madden 11 ill make my decision... I really need a football game this year

You took the words right out of my mouth. One thing that the pics definitely show is that nothing else can be done with the graphics. Looks just like 10.....and thats GREAT.

Maybe now they'll focus on transition animations, getting the engine to cycle through ALL animations (not just 4 or 5 lol) and just some general things under the hood ya know. A.I, player interaction, etc.

Maybe they can do a 80/20 thing in favor of everything but the graphics. Graphics are nowhere near the problem. I can have the slickest paint job on my car, but if the engine is jacked up it means not a thing.

[DaveDQ]

Re: IGN: First Madden 11 details & screenshots

Its off to a promising start. Better than last years first details about situational awareness that kinda didn't exist. Just make sure to add smooth transitional animations. Damn I'm excited already. No matter how hard I don't get my hopes up I always do when the first news hits. August is such a long way off once again.

Just like anyone else, I like the blogs and bits of information, but the above comments frustrate me. No offense at all, but if you are saying they said something would exist in last year's game and then didn't, why would you be excited about another promise in this year's game?

I'm sure it will look nice, but what needs to be addressed is how the AI pays no attention to the possibility of yards after a catch. Most of the time the AI catches the ball close to the sidelines and then is pulled out of bounds. Hopefully this is fixed.

[PhillsPhan26]

They are still running that same receiver/DB fight for the ball as last year? They need to get some new running animations in this game cause it is really getting old.

[RGiles36]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

To me the new Ncaa 11 screenshots look 100x better.

Umm I wouldn't say that my friend. Both games are still in production right now. I wouldn't judge madden11 off photos. People are judging way to soon. I think people really need to take a step back and just chill out some. First info a few photos and people are suddenly jumping the gun.

Panther -- ALL of your posts reek of glass-half-fullness LOL. How about some balance? Womalee is correct; the NCAA screenshots do look better. I don't think that'll be indicative of what we see in July & August, but as far as screenshots, he's right.

[Hova57]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

so after sleeping on it the information was interesting. what i hope is when the recievers goes after the ball he doesn't run back five yards. also will this enable us to direct the ball more so you can throw the ball to the ground and reciever will scoop it. or on fade your ball will have an arc for the player to go up and get it. also maybe this debug tool will count awareness in it also so not all recievers will be able to make the sideline catch.

[RGiles36]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

so after sleeping on it the information was interesting. what i hope is when the recievers goes after the ball he doesn't run back five yards.

I had to do the same actually ...in order for me to appreciate them placing some focus on this area. Throwing to the sidelines has been almost been non-existent b/c the AI is too dumb. Hopefully this shores this up, and will impact the 2 minute drill.

[turftickler]

Re: IGN: First Madden 11 details & screenshots

Screens don't look like crap, they just look identical to Madden 10

And Madden 10's screens looked really really good last year.

I liked what Ian had to say. I just hope they come through on their promises this year. In Madden 10, there still is no noticeable variation in player run take-offs. They just seem to go from 0 to full speed in a nanosecond.

I wish I could be as excited for Madden 11 as others are here, but I've been burned for the past five years. This year, I will not be buying Madden 11 off the shelf. I will wait for a used copy. They usually start rolling in about 2 or 3 days later.

[djordan]

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Yooo.. I was hype as hell to log onto OS to see "Madden 11 Screenshots and first details"..... Until I viewed the pics and said "UGHH WTF"!

First off I will buy the game Day 1 so there is no arguing with that.

Second...Why show the same wack animation that was in Madden 08-10 "Rocket tackle". Don't give me that "Ugh the defender is playing the ball more aggressively this year". THAT SAME ANIMATION WAS IN MADDEN 08-10!!!! If you re-worked a certain aspect of the game then PLEASE don't show us the same ugly animation from previous years!!!

Im not a graphics nut but after seeing Backbreaker I would've thought EA would atleast make the grass look a bit more realistic. We are on the 6th iteration of Madden on Next Gen consoles and not much has changed regarding graphics. Hopefully the physics and animations are top notch this year. Only thing I've wanted from Next Gen consoles but EA has not delivered on that as of yet.

Im just tired of the same s*** each year....Last year we were promised sideline catches,specific stadium sounds, etc... and when the game came out they were nowhere to be found.... REMEMBER THIS???

http://insideblog.easports.com/archive/2009/02/01/madden-nfl-10-first-look.aspx

S***!...The CPU can throw a bullet pass and I can click on the defender and press L2 and strafte in 1 second to pick the ball off without ever seeing the ball. The CPU does that aswell....I never saw that technology work in Madden 10!

2nd!!..WR/DB JOSTLING!!

"Adding these animations also allowed us the ability to call more realistic pass interference penalties. We've added a lot of variety that ranges from minor hand-fighting to severe push-offs and holds, so now we can make sure that pass interference gets called in a much more accurate manner. We're using the man coverage rating of the defender to determine how well he keeps the WR in check and how often he gets penalized. "

ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!... Your lucky to see 1 Pass Interference call in 30 games...

Like I've said before I will buy this game day 1 because I am a biiiggg madden fan but I am TIRED TIRED TIRED!!!!. I still think having David Ortiz lead Next Gen consoles was the biggest factor in why we are still lacking specific features in the madden series. The framework was broke from the gate so it takes ALOT of work to get it back up to speed.

[Mr_Riddick]

I agree 100% and I think we speak for 90% of the madden community.

[Bgamer90]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

I'm quite surprised with how news about a feature that will more than likely help the game can bring such animosity.

[DJS3300]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

After seeing the Boldin picture I think it is safe to say Madden will be another huge disappointment. There is nothing real about Melvin Bullet being 5 feet up in the air barely grabbing onto Boldin. Another year of Space like animations GREATTTTTTTTT!!!!!

[Bgamer90]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

After seeing the Boldin picture I think it is safe to say Madden will be another huge disappointment. There is nothing real about Melvin Bullet being 5 feet up in the air barely grabbing onto Boldin. Another year of Space like animations GREATTTTTTTTT!!!!!

Yeah... I mean it isn't like the game is still greatly being worked on or anything like that

[djordan]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

Yeah... I mean it isn't like the game is still greatly being worked on or anything like that

LOL... funny that the same pic/animation is in 2008...I guess you said the same line back then aswell.

[splff3000]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

Am I the only one that felt that pro-tak wasn't a gimmick?

Tackles felt much different compared to how they did previously in Madden games to me.

Am I just different lol?

No you're not. I actually liked pro tak too. It could be better, but it was ok for a first generation technology

[SageInfinite]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

Nice to have some new info. With that said I agree with both sides of the posts here. It's early so I think we should still wait and see what else they have in store, but I also agree that we've heard "hey we've fix abc.." before and when we played the game we couldn't tell.

As far as the graphics are concerned these screens are probably basically Madden 10. They probably haven't started to add the polish and some of the animations so old things will still be visible. I think they will get better.

Even if they don't I'd settle for these graphics with much improved animations and presentation. You know actual close-ups that we see on sundays, and replays as well.