Gamestop Madden Monday: ActionCam
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Another week brings a look at one of the new features or improvements to Madden 09 in the Gamestop Madden Monday blog. This week the focus is on the “ActionCam” which is the new camera angle that adjusts to display all of the players on the field.
Madden NFL 09 will feature a camera system that dynamically adjusts to keep all of your players in view, eliminating the need to blindly pass off of the edge of your screen and hope for the best. When you run a pass play, the ActionCam automatically pans out, zooms in, and adjust angles to keep all of your receivers on the screen.
Once you complete that pass, if the ball carrier happens to break away from his defenders, the ActionCam will rock back and forth, zoom in and follow the ball carrier, giving you that intense feeling that you’re sprinting alongside him. And if a defender happens to really lay into the ball carrier, the Big Hit Camera will rattle the screen with the force of the crunch. It’s like having a tiny producer in your console that constantly assigns the best camera angles.
A camera changed has been needed for a long time. I know personally I’ve tended to shy away from throwing to receivers on the outside, or gone to plays that had them coming into the middle of the field, because I couldn’t see them and it was too risky otherwise. From the videos that have been released and the two new screenshots it doesn’t seem to be a drastic change so it shouldn’t take long to get comfortable with it. The classic camera will remain in as an option however I doubt many will prefer that over this new camera.
May 13, 2008 at 11:09 am
yep i rather have a car with no radio and the manufactuer focus rather on the engine so it runs good
May 13, 2008 at 12:15 pm
[quote comment="21050"][quote comment="21048"]i agree that if they do add refs( which it really doesnt matter to me)the next complaint will be, they are in the way or i lost that game cause the pass hit the ref it’ll go on and on about how the refs interfered with the game.[/quote]
Make the refs try and avoid the ball, but in case the ball goes straight at them, make it pass straight through them. Problem fixed.[/quote]
ok i have no prob with that but people will say thats not realism the ball going through the ref, people are looking for realism. you see the problem never ends
May 13, 2008 at 12:24 pm
[quote comment="21054"][quote comment="21049"]how about fumbles on qb/center exchang thats realism. bad snaps on field goals and punts thats realism. the holder mishandling the snap on field goal attempts (tony romo) thATS REALISM but guess no one cares about that stuff. lol[/quote]
I’ve always been a proponent of not being randomly penalized. Whether that be through bad snaps, penalty calls, bad holds, ect. You should always have some sense of control over what happens.
So holding calls should happen more when the QB doesn’t get rid of the ball quickly, or when the QB runs out of the pocket, or when the QB runs no huddle. It shouldn’t just call a holding penalty because the game randomly decided to do so.
Fumbles should have to do with fatigue, player ratings, weather, and defensive players going for strips. Not just “there should be 1-2 fumbles in every game so we’ll program it that way”.
Thats why those incidents such as bad snaps would be unfair to the user. While those things happen in real life, they happen because the players screwed up. It would be incredibly frustrating to have a game decided by a random bad snap that was of no fault of your own.[/quote]
that was well said but there is a higher percentage of it happenning in bad weather like the nfc championship game in the snow. im sure they can come up with a way of implementing it into the game where you do have control over it. it really doesnt matter to me honestly cause ima play the game regardless just was trying to add some more realism to the game. but i really would love different presentation for playoffs and super bowls.
May 13, 2008 at 12:31 pm
[quote comment="21096"][quote comment="21050"][quote comment="21048"]i agree that if they do add refs( which it really doesnt matter to me)the next complaint will be, they are in the way or i lost that game cause the pass hit the ref it’ll go on and on about how the refs interfered with the game.[/quote]
Make the refs try and avoid the ball, but in case the ball goes straight at them, make it pass straight through them. Problem fixed.[/quote]
ok i have no prob with that but people will say thats not realism the ball going through the ref, people are looking for realism. you see the problem never ends[/quote]
if the ball goes through the ref there is no reason to put them in the game. in my opinion
May 13, 2008 at 1:57 pm
I think this camera feature is very stupid. I don’t want the screen shaking and doing all this nonsense. All I want is to see the whole field without the jazz.
I want refs and chain gangs not a box in the endzone to dance like someone said earlier. I hate when players have stupid celebrations in the endzone anyway. Just walk off the damn field and not make a fool of yourself and your team.
I want to see a football simulation not an arcade piece of trash. EA hasn’t made a good sports title on the next-gen platform yet with exception of NHL 08 and maybe tiger woods 07. I want EA to put the same focus and care that they put into FIFA also into all of their titles. Moore is an ass who sounds like he wants to make every game more and more arcadish. And to the people that say I am a “hater” you are an ignorant fool. I don’t hate them I just am extremely dissapointed and ready for change. It’s time to make some real sports simulations not trash like this. I think we’ll be let down by Madden this year. Maybe Head Coach will be the way to go instead. NCAA has the potential to be great, but EA is too lazy to get over the hump.
Sorry for my rant but EA well deserves this and much more.
May 13, 2008 at 3:41 pm
[quote comment="21040"][quote comment="21026"]You don’t realize how ridiculous you all sound. The head ref is the only one that makes the calls, the others are irrelevant therefore, let Earl do his job and stop trying to imply other employees because they won’t take over. Earl was created as the head referee for EA and that won’t change it. I’ve never seen so many people complain as they do on this site.[/quote]
you’re an idiot…i wanted to tell you this a long time ago…but the official in the madden games is Ed Hochuli…not this imaginary Earl guy who you are always talking about and claim to have a website based upon… though John Madden’s middle name is ‘Earl’ which could be where this name originated for the website…but even that is suspect…[/quote]
Thanks for finally let me know after this “long time” of waiting. No, the ref is Earl. There is no website claimed it’s really there as far as I know? Thanks for telling me John Madden’s name is Earl has nothing to do with this. All EA games refs are Earl but thanks for this info, and once again I’m an idiot.
P.S. – Next time you have a question just ASK EARL!
May 13, 2008 at 3:59 pm
everyone hear complains about the franchise for Madden Next Gen the past 3 years what do you guys think will make it better?
Personally theres only a few things nothing special.
1. Fix Progression system ( Ncaa Football 08 was great)
2. Fix scheduling so we play new people every year
3. make realistic stats for cpu
4. play clock sim so real stats for user games
5. be able to change postions for player ie. move 4-3 end to 3-4 outside linebacker
6. fix the draft so that its not runners recievers quarterbacks and corners dominating the first round look at it this year OL, DL, QB ,RB , DL, DL, DL, DL, LB, LB,
try to get that top 10 in madden 08 even with importing a ncaa draft class
like to see what you guys think, sick of the ref talk
May 13, 2008 at 5:33 pm
[quote comment="21100"]
if the ball goes through the ref there is no reason to put them in the game. in my opinion[/quote]
You should have refs (and kicking nets, and chain gangs) for the same reason that you have a stadium, a crowd, a skyline backdrop, and people on the sidelines (which really needs some improvement too) – atmosphere. If you want it to feel like the genuine NFL experience, then it has to at least LOOK like the genuine NFL experience.
May 13, 2008 at 5:34 pm
[quote comment="21115"]everyone hear complains about the franchise for Madden Next Gen the past 3 years what do you guys think will make it better?
Personally theres only a few things nothing special.
1. Fix Progression system ( Ncaa Football 08 was great)
2. Fix scheduling so we play new people every year
3. make realistic stats for cpu
4. play clock sim so real stats for user games
5. be able to change postions for player ie. move 4-3 end to 3-4 outside linebacker
6. fix the draft so that its not runners recievers quarterbacks and corners dominating the first round look at it this year OL, DL, QB ,RB , DL, DL, DL, DL, LB, LB,
try to get that top 10 in madden 08 even with importing a ncaa draft class
like to see what you guys think, sick of the ref talk[/quote]
All good ideas, but honestly, when it comes to gameplay I’d be happy if they simply drastically cut down on the amount of TDs scored off interceptions, which means changing both the reciever and DB AI. That is Madden’s biggest flaw and has been for far too long.
May 13, 2008 at 6:31 pm
really i dont really see a problem with it i almost think the opposite i mean the quarterbacks tackle way to well but i think the passing game is good improvment for the ai is neccasary u should leave every int from the game and no that it was because u throw a bad pass to the wrong man often the dbs drop those but then they catch they catch the hard throse the ints u never see in real life
May 13, 2008 at 7:29 pm
[quote comment="21126"]really i dont really see a problem with it i almost think the opposite i mean the quarterbacks tackle way to well but i think the passing game is good improvment for the ai is neccasary u should leave every int from the game and no that it was because u throw a bad pass to the wrong man often the dbs drop those but then they catch they catch the hard throse the ints u never see in real life[/quote]
Firstly, you need to work on putting some punctuation in your posts. You know how difficult it was to make sense of that?
Secondly, I never had a problem avoiding picks in Madden 08 – I might throw 1 or 2 a game, no biggie. It’s the AI controlled QBs on the other team that are the biggest culprit, and a large reason for that is that dbs go after the pass aggressively, while WRs just follow their routes. It gets to the point sometimes that I’m running the guy who made the interception out of bounds because I’m sick of scoring off them.
Not to mention the fact that a slider setting of “0″ for interceptions should mean zero chance of interceptions… 0 or 100, it doesn’t seem to make a whole heap of difference.
May 14, 2008 at 6:58 am
Pasta any word on if they fixed the rocket catching from 08? Also i’m loving this new camera angle I just wonder how it will feel when playing against a live opponent.
May 14, 2008 at 10:52 am
LOL at the losers who are concerned about spending 60 bucks, poor mofos like you shouldn’t be on online forums or playing videos games, not having 60 bucks should be a sign that you have bigger probems in life than the madden taCKLe ANIMATIONS
May 14, 2008 at 11:31 am
[quote comment="21174"]…you have bigger probems in life than the madden taCKLe ANIMATIONS[/quote]
Yeah, we do have bigger problems. That’s why we NEED better tackle animations. To help escape the bigger problems.
May 14, 2008 at 10:03 pm
[quote comment="21174"]LOL at the losers who are concerned about spending 60 bucks, poor mofos like you shouldn’t be on online forums or playing videos games, not having 60 bucks should be a sign that you have bigger probems in life than the madden taCKLe ANIMATIONS[/quote]
i feel you on that one dog. i mean its just 60 bucks. lol
May 25, 2008 at 11:53 pm
refs should be in the game and should affect the gameplay. if the ball hits them, well thats part of the game. it adds more realism to the game. those of you who applaud the gimmick features that ea has been feeding you are bunch of sheeps. we shouldn’t even have to ask for the refs. they were in previous maddens. i don’t remember anyone posting a complain about them being on the field so why take them out?