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madden 04 with vick was the LAST BEST madden
OFFICIAL MADDEN 2010 THREAD VOL. JUST GOT MY COPY! *Scene Heads* Will be online tonight!!!!
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Every year some dope pictures come out, but the game play doesn't improve much. Ill believe it when i see it
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Bull. Everyone knew that Vick was a hack that year. Dude was just unstoppable. Even with a DE contain on both sides somehow he manages to roll outeverytime.
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pretty much.
every year its the same ole thing, everyone hypes it up, saying this year, its gonna be different. always ends up the same ole game. we will just have to waitand see. im not getting my hopes up.
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Amazing. Definitely copping this.
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This just makes me wonder what video games will be like in 20 years.
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I'm sold.
Any game that takes real cinematography into account is one step closer to greatness.
Any game that takes real cinematography into account is one step closer to greatness.
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Originally Posted by young dunny
madden 05>>>>>>04
I miss being able to send send people to block when I run
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Yup
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What you did, there....I seen it.
I was sold on the new team (not the game) when they started sharing information about game play changes a couple days after Christmas. Many months before wetypically hear any new $!*% about Madden.
And yall need to adjust your tampons, 09 wasn't THAT bad. It @*** all over 08 and as far as I'm concerned, it was a pretty enjoyablegame.
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they always release pics to get everybody hyped
take last years for example n the year before that
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I"m pretty sure we can all agree that Madden 09' is one of the worst football games ever.
But At least EA knows it and they are trying to make changes. This Ian Cummings dude seems alright. And I like the adjustments there making.
I'm still gonna wait to play it before I buy it. But I think it might be OK this year.
But At least EA knows it and they are trying to make changes. This Ian Cummings dude seems alright. And I like the adjustments there making.
I'm still gonna wait to play it before I buy it. But I think it might be OK this year.
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Originally Posted by youngcheezy
they always release pics to get everybody hyped
take last years for example n the year before that
Jesus dude READ before you post... Those are MADDEN 09 screens... COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TEAMS...
GO READ MY FIRST POST.
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Eh, I'll wait and see. 09 was a let down for me.
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[h1]Madden NFL 10: Franchise Mode improvements[/h1]
Posted On: Apr. 6, 2009 1:59 PM EST By: EA_JoshLooman 337 Comments
This week I wanted to give you an update on what we're addressing in franchise mode this year. We're probably going to have a few blogs about franchise mode from now until August, so I'm just going to touch on a couple of things we've been working on since I joined the team.
One thing we learned on NFL Head Coach '09 was that in order to have a great franchise mode, you need a solid base. You wouldn't put a 2nd or 3rd addition on your house if the foundation is crumbling, right?
Since our 'foundation' is the logic behind every decision made in franchise mode, we knew we really wanted to address that foundation before anything else major was applied. I know some folks may be expecting the entire NFL Head Coach '09 game to be dropped into Madden this year, but that's not going to happen. We have a lot of work to do and it's going to take us some time to start with the core of franchise mode and take it where we all want it to be.
I'll break down some of the problems we've encountered so far and talk about how we're addressing them below.
Offseason Player Signing Logic
We dug through some of the logic and found out that CPU teams were just being too rigid when it came to upgrading positions on their team. They all felt like their #1 priority was to field the best team possible, but when it came to clearing cap room they could possibly just cut the player who would save them the most. Thankfully, this has been addressed. Teams are much more mindful of the amount of cap room they have in free agency now…if they have no room, they'll pass on that new punter.
Another thing we addressed was contract amounts. We've scaled player ratings differently this year, so we needed to make sure a starter in the league was paid like a starter. It'll be tougher to cherry pick in free agency now, as an 80 overall defensive end is going to ask for the money he'd be paid in real life. We also increased signing bonuses and salaries for elite players. We found that the max a player could get paid was about 60 million over 7 years in previous versions of the game. We fixed that so you'll see elite players like Asomugha and Haynesworth sign those $100 million dollar deals.
We're also focusing on the re-sign player stage, making sure that teams intelligently decide whether to keep or release their upcoming free agents. If a team cannot afford to re-sign a player, he'll become a free agent. It's that simple.
The Draft
The other big thing we've looked at so far is everything surrounding the Draft. After joining the team, I ran through a season and started doing some in-season scouting. Three issues presented themselves immediately:
• When I scouted a player, it was a pretty cumbersome experience. I had to click on a player, enter a sub-screen and then click on him again just to start the first level of scouting.
• After I scouted a player for a few weeks, the comments never seemed to change. Beyond that, they were pretty vague and really told me very little about the player.
• The screen for in-season scouting was actually quite buried as well. Placing it within the "owner mode" sub-menu meant that very few people would necessarily know to go use it.
To fix these issues, we first made the interface a lot easier to use (which we'll show screenshots of quite soon). Second, we re-vamped the scouting system so that you unlock more comments as you scout the player longer. The comments can go from being broad (We think his awareness is no higher than 80) to telling you exactly what his key ratings are if you scout him the entire time. It won't tell you his overall rating, but it will give you his potential, which is what you should make your decision off of.
One nice addition that we were able to take from Head Coach was how we handle the rookies in the Draft. We now create every rookie by hand, just like you saw in NFL Head Coach '09. You might even see a few famous rookies make a re-appearance from those drafts.
In addition, we also have the ability to determine where a player SHOULD be drafted and what his potential is. So we can create busts and sleepers just using those systems. Drafting a player in the top 10 will no longer guarantee that he is a great player in Madden NFL 10. Unless you do some scouting (like the real teams do), you might just pick up this year's Vernon Gholston. On the flip side, you might also find the next Tom Brady or Marques Colston in later rounds. One piece of advice…don't be enamored with workout warriors. Running a 4.2 forty or benching a small concrete block does not automatically make you a good football player.
The big thing we're working on as we speak is the Draft logic. I promise you…you will not see the Colts take a QB in the first round and then in the 3rd, 5th, etc. These type of logic tweaks are happening across the board and the draft is no different.
NCAA Import Draft Class tuning
We have been doing quite a bit of tuning on the NCAA Import Draft classes, as we saw a lot of feedback on the forums regarding this area in general. Here are a few of the changes:
• Added the 5 new QB ratings (Throw on Run, Play Action, Short Accuracy, Mid Accuracy, Deep Accuracy). Since NCAA Football does not have the new ratings in their game to use as a base, we will be using Throw Accuracy for the 3 Madden Accuracy ratings. For Throw on Run, we take a combo of their Speed + Throw Power. For Play Action, we use a combo of Awareness + Throw Accuracy.
• Tuned the import draft class feature to be more superstar based. The community feedback matched our own in the feeling that were too many superstars coming in from NCAA. There was not much of a difference from the 1st Round Picks to the 5th round picks. Nearly all the players were 75+ OVR rated and we felt like that was too high for your average draft picks. We have tuned this quite a bit to ensure that the elite guys will still be elite, but you should expect the middle and lower round guys to be rated much lower in Madden 10 (with a few gems buried in there as well).
Progression
Finally we get to progression, easily one of the most often-discussed areas of Franchise mode in the community for Madden NFL 09. Donny Moore did a lot of good work with progression prior to my joining the team and I've been able to keep tweaking it since. Here are the major changes we've made so far:
• Older players will digress much faster. In fact, when a running back hits 30, he's going downhill at warp speed.
• Younger players will progress quickly if they play well. We're talking up 10 points in overall if he has a great year.
• Veteran players will still progress, but not substantially. They can also digress if they play poorly.
• We added more stat categories to determine a player's success/failure for a season. For example, if you lead the league in rush TD's but don't do all that well in total rushing yards, you'll still be able to progress accordingly. And it's not just yards, and TD's, it's other stats like rushing attempts and rush yards per carry. This was done across the board for all positions.
• Removed age from ranking players. Some people may not know this but our previous progression systems would ranked each player statistically against players around the same age. Meaning that older players would only be ranked against other older players when determining how well they performed. This often created the situation where those older players never dropped even with sub-par years because other players in their 'age group' weren't performing well either. Now, all players are ranked against all other players at that position, regardless of career phase.
The "potential" rating is another sort of 'hidden' addition that we are changing up this year to impact progression (and Franchise mode overall). Every player in the game has a potential rating that he cannot exceed (a la NFL Head Coach 09). This year, we're actually exposing that rating so you'll have an idea why your player is not progressing - typically a situation where his potential is maxed out. Exposing this rating also help quite a bit in making personnel decisions when contracts are up. One key detail here is that you'll only see potential for players on your own team. CPU player potentials will be hidden.
Ok, guys…I've probably gone on long enough. Next time I'll talk about trade logic, hall of fame logic, regular season free agency, salary cap tuning, coach boosts and tons of other franchise stuff.
- Josh Looman
Senior Designer, Madden NFL 10
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ill wait till actual gameplay shows up.
True. Madden fooled last year with graphics and stuff. Gameplay was terrible. I dont give a damn about hand-warmers and the chain-gang. Just dont make slantroutes so easy
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if they dont fix the ability of a LB, to jump in the air like Lebron James to Block/Intercept passes, ill return the game that very moment.
that disgust me to no end.... im going for a pass 20 yards, and a LB 5 yards away jumps up like the MJ blk/wht XI comercial... and picks me off....
that disgust me to no end.... im going for a pass 20 yards, and a LB 5 yards away jumps up like the MJ blk/wht XI comercial... and picks me off....
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Right, cuz hand warmers and towels are what really matters
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Originally Posted by DearWinter219
Right, cuz hand warmers and towels are what really matters
AYE!
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To this day, I will still argue to the death that: NFL2K series >>>>>>>>> Madden