Madden NFL 11 Video: Ian Cummings Talks Game Plan

[Only1LT]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Ian Cummings Talks Game Plan

LT;

I asked Ian on Twitter if we had a chance to change the play the OC called before the play and he said, no, you can only use your audibles if you want to change the play. So, I guess, wisely choose your audibles.

Then I guess I won't be using gameflow more than a few minutes lol.

That's cool though. No loss for me. I will take advantage of gameplan though to select all my plays for every situation so that I am only looking at 15 plays or less at any given time. Putting them together beforehand would be fun for me and having my options streamlined during the game makes it a double win. Again, if this is how it actually works.

I think that EA/Tiburon missed an opportunity here though. As it stands, gameflow, not gameplan, but GAMEFLOW, before I take unnecessary flak, is really more for beginners then because you pretty much have to go with what the AI calls. Even if you used gameplan beforehand, like I said before, you may not want to use that 5 star play AT THAT MOMENT, but your only choice is to audible or go into the full playbook. If you had a veto system where the AI called the next gameplanned play, I think that it could have been something that both beginner and advanced could have gotten some use out of.

C'est la vie.

[Boregard]

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I wonder though if the audibles you are given are specific to the formation your original OC called play is. Which in my estimation would make it a bit more realistic than coming out in a 3WR set and then audibling down to a 2RB set.

I would think, don't know, but think that formation audibles are still in.

[radatdude2]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Ian Cummings Talks Game Plan

so pretty much this is ask madden 2.0 which is tailored to each team. So in effect each team will will have its own ask madden feature hence madden 2.0. (Example ask madden/ new your jets). This will essentially calls plays based on down and distance using the jets playbook unless you change the set of selectable plays. It's a good feature but in reality its just a better working ask madden. Now its ask your head coach.

[lolfalconsbeatu]

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I just hope with the Game Plan, you can actually combine different playbooks.

For example, if I ply with my Falcons playbook, I hope while I'm doing my 'Game-Planning' I can go into other team play books and take some stuff I like from them.

[Only1LT]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Ian Cummings Talks Game Plan

I wonder though if the audibles you are given are specific to the formation your original OC called play is. Which in my estimation would make it a bit more realistic than coming out in a 3WR set and then audibling down to a 2RB set.

I would think, don't know, but think that formation audibles are still in.

That would make it better, but I would still prefer a veto/ accept system.

[Only1LT]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Ian Cummings Talks Game Plan

I just hope with the Game Plan, you can actually combine different playbacks.

For example, if I ply with my Falcons playbook, I hope while I'm doing my 'Game-Planning' I can go into other team play books and take some stuff I like from them.

Doubt it

[Valdarez]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Ian Cummings Talks Game Plan

I think we're talking about different things. The cpu is not calling plays for you unless you use GAMEFLOW. By using GAMEPLAN, you will be calling the plays that you selected for certain situations. I don't see it cutting game time in half by playing this way either but, i was O.K. with that anyway.

You might have selected the plays, but it's the coach (AI) calling them. You're not calling the plays in the game, only suggesting which ones should be used.

[Palo20]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Ian Cummings Talks Game Plan

You might have selected the plays, but it's the coach (AI) calling them. You're not calling the plays in the game, only suggesting which ones should be used.

Confirmed in the blog that you can basically replace "Ask Madden" with your Gameplan. So you can put all your favorite plays in the same spot. Isn't that what you want?

[Only1LT]

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You might have selected the plays, but it's the coach (AI) calling them. You're not calling the plays in the game, only suggesting which ones should be used.

What bootzilla is saying is that if you use gameplan without gameflow, you would have a playbook to pick plays from yourself, just like always. The difference is that the playbook will only contain the 15 plays for that particular situation that you setup pregame.

For instance, it's 1st and 10. You open your playbook and it only has the 15 plays that you selected for 1st and 10. Run the play, then it's 2nd and 6. You open the playbook and only the 15 plays for 2nd and 6 are available, and so on.

In this way the game isn't picking your plays. Gameflow is where the AI picks plays for you. But if you use gameplan WITHOUT gameflow, it doesn't. That is what he meant.

[Valdarez]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Ian Cummings Talks Game Plan

What bootzilla is saying is that if you use gameplan without gameflow, you would have a playbook to pick plays from yourself, just like always. The difference is that the playbook will only contain the 15 plays for that particular situation that you setup pregame.

Not a playbook, a gameplan. A play book is organized based on packages and formations.

[Joeyland]

The more this guy talks the less he says---
How dare he even mention the "hard core "player, he's been screwed every step of the way, the one thing that this game never favors is the hard core "sim" player.

[Methlab]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Video: Ian Cummings Talks Game Plan

wow have you even read anything that has been released about the game in the past month? This is about the most worthless post on these boards. If you can think of better things just post your ideas.

Just because you are a kool-aid drinker doesn't mean you have to insult the guy's opinion. He makes valid points also.