Madden NFL 17 Video - Pocket Disengage and Ball Physics

[roadman]

Nice QB animation by Brady too.

[msdm27]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

There is something funky about the sack on Eli, the contact by Lawrence seemed weird, felt more like a friendly hug than a sack, no aggressiveness to it. EDIT: No aggressiveness when making contact/starting the animation; the throw down looked better.

Otherwise it looked quite good; hoping to see improved pressure from RE/ROLB with these adjustments

[mestevo]

I kinda wish QBs did that 'brace/protect the ball' right before they're hit, especially from a defender w/in their field of vision. Would be a little thing that would go a long way toward making those sacks look better.

That could even extend to rattled quarterbacks, flinching over pressure that's not quite there, etc.

Good stuff. Was happy w/ 16 on All Pro, 17 looks tough.

[x LuvMESumME x]

I really like what I see so far. E3 will tell all tho. Madden 17 has great potential as long as they tweak everything before it gets too op.

[bucky60]

I'm no expert in analyzing these short clips, but one thing that concerns me is:

Why is Eli drifting to his right, pretty much causing the sack to happen? Are we still looking at the "one side of the defense gets most of the sacks" which is a killer in a stats/goal based progression system.

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by bucky60

I'm no expert in analyzing these short clips, but one thing that concerns me is: Why is Eli drifting to his right, pretty much causing the sack to happen? Are we still looking at the "one side of the defense gets most of the sacks" which is a killer in a stats/goal based progression system.

He was user controlled so I'm sure they were doing that to try and create a sack clip.

[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

He was user controlled so I'm sure they were doing that to try and create a sack clip.

Like I said, I'm no expert at analyzing these short clips. I can't tell what is user controlled and what is not, unless you are just assuming both sides are user controlled.

Your response does make sense. Hope you are right. Sounds reasonable.

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

He was user controlled so I'm sure they were doing that to try and create a sack clip.

Yep, that's the thing about these clips. They are trying their best to manufacture very specific scenarios, so a lot of what we see will look bad in the context of analyzing them from the perspective of making good football decisions.