Madden NFL 11 Patch 1.03 Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

[EmmittSmithx22x]

The Madden NFL 11 patch is available now for PS3 users.

Will update this post when the 360 patch is available.

UPDATE: The patch is now available for 360 users.

Please post your impressions here.

NFL Football is in full swing, and so is the latest title update for Madden NFL 11. Many of the features and fixes associated with this patch came directly from you, our loyal Madden NFL community. For this update, the team focused primarily on improving gameplay, online, and general game stability & improvements. Read on to find out more about what to expect when the download completes.

Content Updates:

• Tuned play action blocking to be more effective.
• Tuned kick return blocking to be more effective.
• Tuned injuries to occur in more realistic percentages.
• Tuned GameFlow play calling logic, including lesser chances of same / similar plays being called concurrently.
• Tuned general defensive effectiveness, including locomotion improvements for defenders and miscellaneous pass coverage improvements
• Fixed QB spy 'nano-blitz' exploit.
• Fixed an issue in online team play that allowed defensive captains to force offensive captains in to a no-huddle situation
• Fixed crash bug that was introduced that could occur for some PS3 gamers that were using "My Skill" setting.
• Fixed bug that didn't allow gamers to invite friends to ranked games. Now this is 100% allowed.
• Added new alternate uniforms for Colts and Patriots.
• Corrected a feedback issue related to stat tracking when a player quit during the first half of an online game
• Fixed an issue in Madden Moments LIVE related to stat tracking for those who used the "Play Again" option after completing the game.
• Added multiple stability fixes across a variety of game modes.

We hope the updates you see above released with title update 3 will give you everything you need to keep Madden NFL 11 in your disc tray for weeks and months to come. See you on the gridiron!

Source - Madden NFL 11 Blog

[crucifixx]

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finally !!

havent actually tried to download it yet but a few users are being prompted to download it so i might aswell go and try it !!

woooooooo

[EmmittSmithx22x]

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finally !!

havent actually tried to download it yet but a few users are being prompted to download it so i might aswell go and try it !!

woooooooo

I was very suprised to see them sneak it in at 1am. But I guess that's a normal update time since there is low internet and game traffic. Hopefully, these improvements....for lack of a better term. "improve" gameplay lol!

[bcruise]

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Haha...I thought they might, so I decided to stay up.

[bcruise]

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FWIW, I'm on PS3 downloading it now, 88 MB. No idea about the 360 version.

[emac444]

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The Patch does seem to make the game a little more fluid. . Still not better than NCAA though

[bcruise]

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Keep in mind this is coming from someone who's dead last in offense in his online franchise before the patch (that means I really suck):

I can definitely see a difference in the Zone D after just a short time in practice mode, even on default all-pro. They just seem to shade the WR's entering their zone better, more than anything. I found myself taking coverage sacks because I simply could not make a throw I was confident in - that didn't happen very often pre-patch. Better WR's can still beat their coverage though - it got a lot easier when I switched off the Broncos and chose the Colts.

I'm not sure if Man D has been tweaked or not, but I thought it was already pretty good pre-patch. I'll wait for the full patch notes on that one.

I'm letting a CPU game run right now (random matchup - Redskins @ Raiders) - I'll post the stats if anyone's interested. I'm thinking the scores should come way down just from the Zone D boost, independent of the other changes. CPU scores were usually through the roof pre-patch - 40's were not uncommon.

Edit: LOL Wow....around 50 yards of total offense between both teams in the first quarter!

[TheMove7]

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Keep in mind this is coming from someone who's dead last in offense in his online franchise before the patch (that means I really suck):

I can definitely see a difference in the Zone D after just a short time in practice mode, even on default all-pro. They just seem to shade the WR's entering their zone better, more than anything. I found myself taking coverage sacks because I simply could not make a throw I was confident in - that didn't happen very often pre-patch. Better WR's can still beat their coverage though - it got a lot easier when I switched off the Broncos and chose the Colts.

I'm not sure if Man D has been tweaked or not, but I thought it was already pretty good pre-patch. I'll wait for the full patch notes on that one.

I'm letting a CPU game run right now (random matchup - Redskins @ Raiders) - I'll post the stats if anyone's interested. I'm thinking the scores should come way down just from the Zone D boost, independent of the other changes. CPU scores were usually through the roof pre-patch - 40's were not uncommon.

Edit: LOL Wow....around 50 yards of total offense between both teams in the first quarter!

And im getting alittle more excited about the patch. Im hoping Defense gets like NCAA b4 all the patches made NCAA defense weak.

[EmmittSmithx22x]

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Ok, just played my first gamed post patch (PS3) sorry 360 people, should have specified

But here are my impressions:

1)The game feels more fluid
2)You will never miss a FG ever in your life with how slow the kicking meter is.
3)Pass Defense feels more responsive at times, but for the most part, you can still get what you want.
4)Every Kick Return when I took it out of the Endzone i got to the 20yardline plus with Jordy Nelson (87 speed). So they really dumbed down the KR D and beefed up the blocking...Allows for more big plays. Not to thrilled with this
5)Breaking tackles seem to be alittle less frequent. but not much

Overall: The patch helps. But It wasn't game changing really. It will help you make some more stops on D at times Maybe. But... For the most part you can still get what you want. And if you don't believe me that you will never miss a FG ever again. Try kicking one for your self. You can literally start the meter. Type up a half page review and be back just in time to hit the FG.

[bcruise]

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Ok, just played my first gamed post patch (PS3) sorry 360 people, should have specified

But here are my impressions:

1)The game feels more fluid
2)You will never miss a FG ever in your life with how slow the kicking meter is.
3)Pass Defense feels more responsive at times, but for the most part, you can still get what you want.
4)Every Kick Return when I took it out of the Endzone i got to the 20yardline plus with Jordy Nelson (87 speed). So they really dumbed down the KR D and beefed up the blocking...Allows for more big plays. Not to thrilled with this
5)Breaking tackles seem to be alittle less frequent. but not much

Overall: The patch helps. But It wasn't game changing really. It will help you make some more stops on D at times Maybe. But... For the most part you can still get what you want. And if you don't believe me that you will never miss a FG ever again. Try kicking one for your self. You can literally start the meter. Type up a half page review and be back just in time to hit the FG

What level were you playing on? The difficulty affects the speed of the kick meter, and it is very slow on Pro/Rookie.

[EmmittSmithx22x]

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What level were you playing on? The difficulty affects the speed of the kick meter, and it is very slow on Pro/Rookie.

Edit: It seems as though the kicking meter Online on All-Madden and the kicking Meter Offline for All-Madden might be different now? I am not sure, because I only tested it Online on All-Madden and the Meter was Extremely slow. They said that they fixed connectivity issues with the kick meter, maybe that was the way they would address it? make it so slow that even lag couldn't make it any slower? lol

But,
I played my friend on All-Madden Difficulty online. I figured that would be the best way to really put the patch to the test. Thats when I noticed the kick meter was going .0002 miles per hour.

[cheapargentina]

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Edit: The kicking Meter for online might be different from offline because they said they fixed kicking meter lag issues. and boy did they. IT IS SUPER SLOW online. I haven't tried offline, so they might have left it the same.

But,
All-Madden in an online unranked game with a friend. The kicking meter was soooooooooooooooooooooooosllllooooooooooooowwwwwww

wow thats how they fix the lag problem by making it so easy a ****** couldnt mess it up wow EA plz not again they fixe one problem and create another one

if its a slow as u say it is no one is gonna miss fgs online anymore nice and authentic

[EmmittSmithx22x]

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wow thats how they fix the lag problem by making it so easy a ****** couldnt mess it up wow EA plz not again they fixe one problem and create another one

if its a slow as u say it is no one is gonna miss fgs online anymore nice and authentic

EDIT: Just played another All-Madden Game, and yes. The kick meter is Really that slow...I am sorry to report. From now on....You will never miss a FG ever again... :/

[magnusjolnaes]

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Just for interests sake, could anybody have a look and report back whether the tackle stat in franchise has been fixed?

Just wanted to know, I already sold the game as I just couldn't take it anymore...I certainly wish all game developers had the passion for their own games 2k is showing with nba 2k11.

Yeah, they didn't fix it. I can't believe it.

[bcruise]

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Fun game to watch, went right down to the wire. Stats aren't that great (aside from them being MUCH lower), but remember this is with no slider changes. This is a very abbreviated box score - I just filled in the most important parts. Total plays were extremely low at 89 - 11 minutes accelerated wasn't enough. So the stats might have been a bit higher in a full length game, but I don't think the score would be that different:
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><link href="http://pujols4mvp.webs.com/osdyn/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></head><body><center><div id="osdyn"><div id="hdr-grey-sml" style="text-align:center;">NFL Scoreboard - Washington Redskins (0-0) at Oakland Raiders (0-0)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="evenrow"><td valign="top" width="60%"><table align="center" cellpadding="2" class="tblspacer" cellspacing="1"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" width="58%"><span class="type5">September 23, 2010</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type5">1</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type5">2</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type5">3</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type5">4</span></td><td align="center" width="10%"><span class="type5">F</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Washington Redskins</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type2">3</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type2">10</span></td><td align="center" style="background:#CC0000;"><span class="type6">13</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Oakland Raiders</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type2">3</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type2">7</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type2">7</span></td><td align="center" style="background:#CC0000;"><span class="type6">17</span></td></tr></table><div id="hdr-grey-sml" style="text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Top Performers</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left"><span class="type5">Washington Redskins - Stats</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2"></span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2"></span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left"><span class="type5">Oakland Raiders - Stats</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2"></span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2"></span></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" width="40%"><div id="hdr-grey-sml" style="text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Team Stats Comparison</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td width="60%"></td><td align="right" width="20%"><span class="type5">WAS</span></td><td align="right" width="20%"><span class="type5">OAK</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">First Downs</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">11</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">11</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">3rd Down Efficiency</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">5-12</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">3-8</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">4th Down Efficiency</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Total Yards</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">356</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">319</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Passing Yards</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">211</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">131</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Rushing Yards</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">23</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">101</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Penalties-Penalty Yards</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1-5</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1-15</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Turnovers</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Time of Possession</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">25:27</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">18:33</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="2"><div id="hdr-grey-sml" style="text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Scoring Summary</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" colspan="3"><span class="type5">First Quarter</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type5">WAS</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type5">OAK</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">OAK</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">5:06</span></td><td align="left" width="68%"><span class="type2">Janikowsi FG</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">3</span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" colspan="3"><span class="type5">Second Quarter</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type5">WAS</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type5">OAK</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">OAK</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">4:34</span></td><td align="left" width="68%"><span class="type2">M. Bush 4 Yd Run</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">10</span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" colspan="3"><span class="type5">Third Quarter</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type5">WAS</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type5">OAK</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">WAS</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">2:27</span></td><td align="left" width="68%"><span class="type2">Gano FG</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">3</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">10</span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" colspan="3"><span class="type5">Fourth Quarter</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type5">WAS</span></td><td align="center"><span class="type5">OAK</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">WAS</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">8:29</span></td><td align="left" width="68%"><span class="type2">L. Johnson 4 Yd Run</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">10</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">10</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">WAS</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">1:52</span></td><td align="left" width="68%"><span class="type2">Gano FG</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">13</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">10</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">OAK</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">:40</span></td><td align="left" width="68%"><span class="type2">D. McFadden 30 Yd Run</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">13</span></td><td align="center" width="8%"><span class="type2">17</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="2"><div style="float:left; width:292px;"><div id="hdr-custom-sml" style="background-color:#000000; text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Washington Redskins</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" width="44%"><span class="type5">Passing</span></td><td align="right" width="14%"><span class="type5">C/ATT</span></td><td align="right" width="14%"><span class="type5">YDS</span></td><td align="right" width="14%"><span class="type5">TD</span></td><td align="right" width="14%"><span class="type5">INT</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Donovan McNabb</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">22/30</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">225</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1</span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left"><span class="type5">Rushing</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">ATT</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">YDS</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">AVG</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">TD</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Clinton Portis</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">14</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">21</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1.4</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left"><span class="type5">Receiving</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">REC</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">YDS</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">AVG</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">TD</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Chris Cooley</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">5</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">61</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">12.2</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Anthony Armstrong</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">6</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">57</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">9.5</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left"><span class="type5">Defense</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">TKL</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">SACK</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">INT</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">TD</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Tyvon Branch</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">9</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Richard Seymour</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">3</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Nnamdi Asomugha</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">5</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="float:right; width:292px;"><div id="hdr-custom-sml" style="background-color:#000000; text-align:left; text-indent:3px;">Oakland Raiders</div><table align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="tblspacer" style="border-top:0;"><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left" width="44%"><span class="type5">Passing</span></td><td align="right" width="14%"><span class="type5">C/ATT</span></td><td align="right" width="14%"><span class="type5">YDS</span></td><td align="right" width="14%"><span class="type5">TD</span></td><td align="right" width="14%"><span class="type5">INT</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Jason Campbell</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">13/22</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">144</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left"><span class="type5">Rushing</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">ATT</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">YDS</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">AVG</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">TD</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Darren McFadden</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">16</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">83</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">5.1</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Michael Bush</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">4</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">20</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">5</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1</span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left"><span class="type5">Receiving</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">REC</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">YDS</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">AVG</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">TD</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Chaz Schilens</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">3</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">50</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">16.6</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Louis Murphy</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">3</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">20</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">6.6</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="colhead-sml"><td align="left"><span class="type5">Defense</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">TKL</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">SACK</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">INT</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type5">TD</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Andre Carter</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">6</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">London Fletcher</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">6</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="left"><span class="type2">Rocky McIntosh</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">5</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">1</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td><td align="right"><span class="type2">0</span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div align="right"><span class="type2"><a href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com" target="_blank"><b>OperationSports.com</b></a></span></div></div></center></body></html>

One other bit of info - the longest play from scrimmage was a 39 - yard pass by McNabb. The second highest was McFadden's game-winning run. Everything else was below that, which means there were no huge plays in the entire game. I've never seen that at default settings (including 50 speed threshold) before this patch - EVER. That's why I don't think the score would have gotten much crazier in a full-length game. Every scoring drive was built around consistent offense and long drives - not the big play, and that was the best part about this whole game.