Madden NFL 11 Blog: Game Flow & Game Planning

[rsoxguy12]

Check out the latest Madden NFL 11 blog, featuring game flow and game planning.

"Fixing play call was not an easy thing to do. It's easily one of the most used screens in the game and everyone wants something different from it. Changing such a major part of the game is a scary thing to do. Every football game since football games have been around has done pretty much the same thing. The play call screen pops up, you flip through the plays, pick a play, and then you run the play you picked. Calling plays like this is the standard. I was extremely nervous to mess with the formula, but the fact is, the way you have been calling plays in Madden NFL for 20+ years is actually not authentic to the way coaches do it."

[BezO]

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Fixing play call was not an easy thing to do.

LOL!!!

[FootballDetails]

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Dolphins are featured in the video.

[djordan]

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Anyone else tired of these "GameFlow" & "Gameplanning" blogs and previews?

[Bgamer90]

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While this topic may not be anything new and/or getting kind of annoying, this did answer some of the questions people were having.

You CAN use gameplanning and not have gameflow.

[Tengo Juego]

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Anyone else tired of these "GameFlow" & "Gameplanning" blogs and previews?

I think it's good. It seems like almost everyone is misunderstanding what gameflow is, or needs to be reassured that the game isn't 'choosing the plays for you' if you don't want it to.

In fact, this is the only official blog released on the feature. We've just heard so much about it through the media week.

[NYyankz225]

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Another key note about gameplans is that you can use them with or without GameFlow. Let's say you want to play with the old style play-calling screen. If you do, the "Ask Madden" option is actually totally replaced with "My Gameplan", which then gives you all your pre-planned plays right there for you in each game situation

I like this. This is probably how I'll use it. Will be AWESOME against your friends where you really know what plays they typically run so you can make a game plan before playing them with plays that you know work. Great idea.

[lolfalconsbeatu]

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Thanks for the post..nothing really new like you said, but I just wonder if we can take Plays from existing playbooks and incorporate them to our game plan.

For example, if I play with my Falcons and use the Falcons playbook, but I find a play I like in Cleveland Browns playbook, I wonder if I could put that into my game plan?

[jkra0512]

This feature sounds like something I will definitely use. I get so bored of calling my own plays, because I start only going with what works and never really trying anything else. It'll be nice having an OC and DC per se.

[lgxjames]

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"Another key note about gameplans is that you can use them with or without GameFlow. Let's say you want to play with the old style play-calling screen. If you do, the "Ask Madden" option is actually totally replaced with "My Gameplan", which then gives you all your pre-planned plays right there for you in each game situation."

All I needed..Success

[dmick4324]

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Gotta laugh at how Gameflow was directly mentioned with "quicker" and the only mention of the game being quicker was in the last paragraph. This blog is really trying to show that Gameflow is authentic and for the hardcore. I don't care who Gameflow is for, arcade players, casual players, hardcore players, etc., I want to try it no matter what.

[apps80]

"Another key note about gameplans is that you can use them with or without GameFlow. Let's say you want to play with the old style play-calling screen. If you do, the "Ask Madden" option is actually totally replaced with "My Gameplan", which then gives you all your pre-planned plays right there for you in each game situation."

This is why it won't fix people only using a handful of plays. It will speed of gameplay, but won't do much calling different plays.

[RGiles36]

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I anticipated a stale blog b/c this stuff has been talked about all week...but it was actually pretty informative and organized. I like all of the customization options (tweaking CPU gameplans to account for real life tendencies ).

I'm curious to see how these features are translated to franchise mode. IGN confirmed that gameplans are affected by hiring/firing coordinators and while I can believe that, I'd like to hear it from the horse's mouth.

[sportyguyfl31]

just an idle note...for the love of god..can the defensive playbooks be updated? We've been looking at the same zone blitz plays for over a decade.

[swill43507]

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I'm saying "NO" to "GAME FLOW". I rather call my own plays. And I don't care if calling my own plays make the game the longer, that's not an issue to me. I just want to enjoy the gaming experience.