Do You Care About Dangerous Hits in Madden?

[howboutdat]

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I agree .Its not about bashing, because i think most of us get it, the real reason big hits arent in the game anymore is because the NFL dont want them in there, due to the concusion issues in real life and they dont want someone claiming they in any way , shape, or form are "glorifying" them as some have called it by allowing it in a video game with their name on it.

If we are being real for a minute, who here does not like to see a good hard hit in real life NFL? Not talking about the Burfict type illegal hit on defenseless player( which is just being a sorry human being), but just a dang good hard hit tackle on a guy?( Like Kam did to Megatron this past year) Its one of the reasons we watch football, and if it turns into flag football, no one will watch that crap to see the "chess match" i can bet you on that.

I dont see why we cant have hard hits with the hit stick, Just make them legal hits, but give them some dang force and end this watered down tackling, or worse the warp tackling BS that somehow made its way back into this game this year after some patches.

What makes me mad is , the legal hard hits have been taken away from the game, due to the real life concussion issues.That should not be the case.I do feel bad for those real life players, that doesnt mean i want a watered down game, that basically is causing wonky animations to keep things from looking like people are being hit too hard.There has to be a balance somewhere. Just wish they would find it and bring back big hits to the game. Its always been a part of real football and the day its fully taken away, its not football anymore, its sarcastaball . http://southpark.cc.com/clips/k9a8o3...t-sarcastaball

[bigd51]

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If we are being real for a minute, who here does not like to see a good hard hit in real life NFL?

Like this thing of beauty:
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All the way down to the way he seamlessly glides off Johnson and uses his hands to push himself up. This would be the perfect example I would use in regard to what I was saying about physics and animations being used cohesively.

[howboutdat]

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Like this thing of beauty:
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All the way down to the way he seamlessly glides off Johnson and uses his hands to push himself up. This would be the perfect example I would use in regard to what I was saying about physics and animations being used cohesively.

Agreed , thats football and why we watch.Now someone some me how often that happens in madden.... ill go make dinner real quick and figure out nuclear fission while im at it waiting to see it.

To answer the title of the thread though,Do i care about dangerous hits in a video game thoug?To be honest , no. I care as much about it as i care about senseless acts of violence in a video game such as GTA. To me its nothing real about it, it carries no real world weight to me.I see no reason it cant be in there, but i understand why the NFL dont want to see it either. That said, i really wish the physics engine would be worked on alot , to make things like what was posted above been seen in the game. A legal hard hit.That dont look like ragdolls are involved as well as no real physics at all.

[SportsGameGod]

I don't care about dangerous hits in real life so why i would i care about them in a game. I'm not apart of this sensitive unrealistic culture that is afraid of violence. We're all going to die one day and these players all know what they are signing up for.

If you don't want to get hurt then don't play.

[SolidSquid]

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Like this thing of beauty:
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All the way down to the way he seamlessly glides off Johnson and uses his hands to push himself up. This would be the perfect example I would use in regard to what I was saying about physics and animations being used cohesively.

RB can't build up steam, LB has a running start, form tackle, respectable outcome. What suck is when this scenario happens in madden and the RB straight up bulldozes that LB, that's not a respectable outcome.

[bigd51]

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Lol I just found this looking for an example of that Thomas Davis tackle in Madden, published by EA for Madden '15:

https://www.easports.com/madden-nfl/tips-and-tricks/how-to-tackle

Apparently, the tackling in Madden is poor enough that it even violates Youtube's ToS.

Sorry, I just thought this was unintentionally funny relating to the thread discussion, so I had to share.

[ksteward84]

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Honestly I have no concerns about my digital men getting digital Post Concussion Syndrome, or having digital repercussions due to their digital blows to the head.

As long as there is a realistic number of concussions and percentage of injuries due to big hits, I'm okay with it.

[roadman]

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We also need to understand that Madden is made for a wide splintered audience. This includes wannabe 10 year olds who want to pretend to be the next Rodgers or Luck.

The NFL will not sanction suspensions for a video football game, I just don't see that happening, just like you won't see too many concussions happening on the field. Concussions for the NFL are in the mainstream with movies and constantly football players retiring at younger ages.

So, in conclusion, there are a few factors that enter into the equation regarding hard hits entering Madden. They are playing to a wide audience and they are playing with the license of the shield.

I wouldn't mind hard jarring hits in the game if done right, but I also understand that would put the games ratings at a PG-13 vs a PG rating, putting it in movie terms.

[DeuceDouglas]

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I care about dangerous hits in Madden as much as I care about being an upstanding citizen in GTA. It's a video game. The thing that concerns me more about the GIF in the OP is that it's something that it's blatantly a flag and something you don't normally see but I think on a whole the clean up tackles do more good than bad. I remember pointing out instances before release of guys diving into legs as the whistles blowing and I think living on that edge is perfectly fine but when you get moments like this it looks bad.

My biggest problem with big, "dangerous" hits in Madden is that they have been so unrealistic for years. Watching Marshawn Lynch get decleated horizontally by a 195 lb. corner is comical to watch. Just like watching guys who are deemed big hitters stand flat footed and and explode guys.

But to answer the question, no. I don't care about the health of little digital foot soldiers or the "dangerous" hits they take.

[Gridiron]

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Watching Marshawn Lynch get decleated horizontally by a 195 lb. corner is comical to watch.

Yup.

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It would be one thing if he was going out for a screen and got blown up because he didn't see a guy. But with the ball in his hand with a full head of steam and his full attention out in front? C'mon. They know they're wrong for that.

[dreneel]

I want the helmet popping off like back in the days... It's still a video game... Chill with the realism... Lol

[perksg]

I always revert to the standard that it is a game played from a couch by using fingers and buttons. No matter how realistic the games become, there is always a power or reset button. Games can only mimic reality and never become reality.

[roadman]

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I want the helmet popping off like back in the days... It's still a video game... Chill with the realism... Lol

Start with a petition to the owners and Goodell and the No Fun League.

[blackscorpion11]

Big hits are part of the game, my fear is that they would OVER do it with arcadey animations or POORLY render it so that it breaks the laws of physics in the game.

[2_headedmonster]

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I want more big hits with less of a heat seeking effect. Hit sticks should be easier to avoid.