Madden NFL 11 to Redefine Football with Simpler, Quicker and Deeper Experience

[rudyjuly2]

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I hope we have camera slider options. The default camera settings in Madden don't present the game in the best light.

Couldn't agree more. I didn't like any of the camera options in Madden 10 or NCAA 10.

[lgxjames]

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The third bullet is what caught my eye. I hope the stadium specific sounds are in Madden 11. Also I hope Todd Hammond is out and someone else is in (Gus Johnson).

agreed, man i hope they really improved it this year

[kjcheezhead]

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No, those were added in M10.

I hope we have camera slider options. The default camera settings in Madden don't present the game in the best light.

There was new and improved commentary in Madden 10 as well. Chris and Tom spent a lot of time in the studio together recording lines.

Just saying.

I'll wait till I see what they mean before I get excited about anything.

[Gossennator]

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"Simpler, quicker, deeper" - I thought that was Tiger Woods' new motto!

Just kidding. The play calling system seems interesting. I'd like to see how they implement it. For one, it would be nice to have more than 3 plays to call on the screen.

I hope this makes selecting personnel packages easier and less time consuming.

[TracerBullet]

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"Simpler, quicker, deeper" - I thought that was Tiger Woods' new motto!

Just kidding. The play calling system seems interesting. I'd like to see how they implement it. For one, it would be nice to have more than 3 plays to call on the screen.

Good one.

[big_larry]

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I wonder how they are going to implement the Quicker and Simpler features. This could really change the feel of this game.

[Gossennator]

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I dont like the actual picture of Brees seems like they could have done a better job but I do like the dome and fans in the background though

[TheWatcher]

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I hope the play call system is like what was in 2k5.

I just hope it's like 2K5 (and tons of to other games) where the playcall screen doesn't cover up post-play and cut scenes. I'd hate to see another year of work on that negated by such a bad judgement call. I'm looking forward to that first video so I can see if this mistake has been eliminated.

[RaiderKtulu]

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I have a really bad feeling about this.

Playcalling is already pretty fast if you have a clue about what you want to do. Making it any quicker almost has to mean that they're going to do something stupid and eliminate the ability to actually call our plays... like it'll be a forced Ask Madden mode only based loosely on our gameplan. Not cool.

They need to quit worrying about the quick tournament crap and just let the game be what it is. Football is not a "quick" sport. You can play a game with 15 minute quarters in about 90 minutes. That's half the time of a real game. It doesn't need to be any faster. Put in-game saves in for the people who lack free time, and leave it the heck alone.

[rynecandy]

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I really hope when they talk about audio presentation, they aren't just going to put back in custom stadium sounds and call it a day. Making a bullet point of something they already had in previous current generation games...already bad enough they hype of features that was in the PS2 versions.

[OG_McNabb]

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I have a really bad feeling about this.

Playcalling is already pretty fast if you have a clue about what you want to do. Making it any quicker almost has to mean that they're going to do something stupid and eliminate the ability to actually call our plays... like it'll be a forced Ask Madden mode only based loosely on our gameplan. Not cool.

They need to quit worrying about the quick tournament crap and just let the game be what it is. Football is not a "quick" sport. You can play a game with 15 minute quarters in about 90 minutes. That's half the time of a real game. It doesn't need to be any faster. Put in-game saves in for the people who lack free time, and leave it the heck alone.

I wish they would bring in-game saves back.
The new play call system will probably be something similar to scripting your plays.

[roadman]

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I have a really bad feeling about this.

Playcalling is already pretty fast if you have a clue about what you want to do. Making it any quicker almost has to mean that they're going to do something stupid and eliminate the ability to actually call our plays... like it'll be a forced Ask Madden mode only based loosely on our gameplan. Not cool.

They need to quit worrying about the quick tournament crap and just let the game be what it is. Football is not a "quick" sport. You can play a game with 15 minute quarters in about 90 minutes. That's half the time of a real game. It doesn't need to be any faster. Put in-game saves in for the people who lack free time, and leave it the heck alone.

I'm not as worried as you are.

The CD folks said that Madden is aiming for more sim, so, I don't feel they are gunning for the tourney crowd, plus, I haven't seen it displayed, yet.

I'll wait and see before I comment.

[huskerwr38]

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I have a really bad feeling about this.

Playcalling is already pretty fast if you have a clue about what you want to do. Making it any quicker almost has to mean that they're going to do something stupid and eliminate the ability to actually call our plays... like it'll be a forced Ask Madden mode only based loosely on our gameplan. Not cool.

They need to quit worrying about the quick tournament crap and just let the game be what it is. Football is not a "quick" sport. You can play a game with 15 minute quarters in about 90 minutes. That's half the time of a real game. It doesn't need to be any faster. Put in-game saves in for the people who lack free time, and leave it the heck alone.

You know...I think you may be right on this one, I have a feeling that it will be like that. Something like where the computer calls the plays based on your previous play calling style and the situation. There won't even be a huddle or anything, just running play after play like in practice mode.

I mean what else can it be?

[boomhauertjs]

Cutting game time in half would be a big appeal to me. I have a difficult time getting an hour or more to play 1 game.

[BlueNGold]

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Well, it should be really, really interesting to see what the deal is with this simpler, quicker playcalling. HOPEFULLY things don't get dumbed down. Maybe the playcalling is like that old Madden 06 Eagles/Giants trailer?

BTW anyone notice how the ESPN article about Brees being on the cover uses that fake Brees cover that's been posted here?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5125018