Gamestop Madden Monday: ActionCam

by pastapadre
Posted May 12th, 2008 at 8:41 am

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.

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gudda101

[quote comment="20954"][quote comment="20938"]Instead f ‘shaky cam’ why not just put refs on the field. Its bs features like this that make me shake my head. EA focuses on the most trivial Bs stuff to add instead of adding the stuff that shold be there isn teh 1st place to begin with.

I can see it next year. EA introduces the new ‘hotdog cam’. This cam zooms in on the hotdog as concessions adds mustard, relish, and other toppings in full cam splender, that almost makes you think you could eat the hotdog.[/quote]

I am not sold on the shaky cam either but to substitute it with referees is even more of a waste. I have no idea why so many people are hung up on referees. Do people have a zebra fetish or something?

To me, refs are pointless. Whenever they are in a game I never noticed them. I guess to each their own….[/quote]

Having refs and chaingangs is something small but it adds to the realism of actually playing an NFL game…and like i said once before my biggest gripe is EA not bringing any life to the game…the crowd and sidelines should really be involved…it also adds emotion to the game.
Zack

Sounds Great.
Zack

Looks Great 2.
gudda101

[quote comment="20954"][quote comment="20938"]Instead f ‘shaky cam’ why not just put refs on the field. Its bs features like this that make me shake my head. EA focuses on the most trivial Bs stuff to add instead of adding the stuff that shold be there isn teh 1st place to begin with.

I can see it next year. EA introduces the new ‘hotdog cam’. This cam zooms in on the hotdog as concessions adds mustard, relish, and other toppings in full cam splender, that almost makes you think you could eat the hotdog.[/quote]

I am not sold on the shaky cam either but to substitute it with referees is even more of a waste. I have no idea why so many people are hung up on referees. Do people have a zebra fetish or something?

To me, refs are pointless. Whenever they are in a game I never noticed them. I guess to each their own….[/quote]

Having refs and chaingangs is something small but it adds to the realism of actually playing an NFL game…and like i said once before my biggest gripe is EA not bringing any life to the game…the crowd and sidelines should really be involved…it also adds emotion to the game.
Zack

Sounds Great.
Zack

Looks Great 2.
Details

[quote comment="20954"]I have no idea why so many people are hung up on referees. Do people have a zebra fetish or something?

To me, refs are pointless.[/quote]

Pointless?

Then why not take out the crowd watching the game? Why not remove the sideline players? While you’re at it, why not remove the entire stadium?

REFS EXIST. They’re on the field. With the players.

How can you not grasp that? EA is simulating a football game. It’s not “to each his own.” Players running around the field with no refs doesn’t look right. EA can improve the snow all it wants. Without refs, the game is incomplete.

Watch a football game sometime. See how the refs are there? Crazy concept, isn’t it? Taking them out shouldn’t be an option.
Details

[quote comment="20954"]I have no idea why so many people are hung up on referees. Do people have a zebra fetish or something?

To me, refs are pointless.[/quote]

Pointless?

Then why not take out the crowd watching the game? Why not remove the sideline players? While you’re at it, why not remove the entire stadium?

REFS EXIST. They’re on the field. With the players.

How can you not grasp that? EA is simulating a football game. It’s not “to each his own.” Players running around the field with no refs doesn’t look right. EA can improve the snow all it wants. Without refs, the game is incomplete.

Watch a football game sometime. See how the refs are there? Crazy concept, isn’t it? Taking them out shouldn’t be an option.
seahawk18

I think this adjustment should have been made a long time ago.
seahawk18

I think this adjustment should have been made a long time ago.
r00tabaga

speaking of refs, Details needs to get flagged for being a dumbass!
r00tabaga

speaking of refs, Details needs to get flagged for being a dumbass!
gudda101

[quote comment="20970"]speaking of refs, Details needs to get flagged for being a dumbass![/quote]

How in the world is Details a dumbass if anything he’s right…all yall do is talk about how refs aren’t important and it has nothing to do with gameplay…imo madden gameplay been lacking as well as everything if not worst…they can’t even make a pocket.

Like I said having refs just brings the game alive and makes it feel like a real football…sometimes i think most of you don’t even watch football.
gudda101

[quote comment="20970"]speaking of refs, Details needs to get flagged for being a dumbass![/quote]

How in the world is Details a dumbass if anything he’s right…all yall do is talk about how refs aren’t important and it has nothing to do with gameplay…imo madden gameplay been lacking as well as everything if not worst…they can’t even make a pocket.

Like I said having refs just brings the game alive and makes it feel like a real football…sometimes i think most of you don’t even watch football.
r00tabaga

then they add refs and you fawgs complain that there aren’t f15′s doing fly-bys before games…and that there aren’t any helmets flying off for every play. Waahhhh!
r00tabaga

then they add refs and you fawgs complain that there aren’t f15′s doing fly-bys before games…and that there aren’t any helmets flying off for every play. Waahhhh!
Darkheath

Gudda… you make a good point… but they don’t have anything to do with gameplay.

yes… i’d much rather them work on important things like O-Line AI.

If refs are there, eh… whatever. But if the game can simulate football itself… that’s where they’ll sell me.
r00tabaga

Pasta said that EA has takin into consideration things like FG nets and chain gangs and yes, REFEREES, for next year’s iteration of Madden. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it…wait til next year.
Darkheath

Gudda… you make a good point… but they don’t have anything to do with gameplay.

yes… i’d much rather them work on important things like O-Line AI.

If refs are there, eh… whatever. But if the game can simulate football itself… that’s where they’ll sell me.
r00tabaga

Pasta said that EA has takin into consideration things like FG nets and chain gangs and yes, REFEREES, for next year’s iteration of Madden. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it…wait til next year.
BustyBuffet

i guess better late than never. i can’t believe it took this long to make sure you could actually see all your receivers.
BustyBuffet

i guess better late than never. i can’t believe it took this long to make sure you could actually see all your receivers.
CAE

Finally you will be able to know if you can throw the fade to a WR who has a good 5 inches on the the CB.
CAE

Finally you will be able to know if you can throw the fade to a WR who has a good 5 inches on the the CB.
http://www.pastapadre.com/ pastapadre

[quote comment="20928"]Hey pasta do you know if we are gonna see more gameplay videos soon with the announcing in place just curious thanks bro.[/quote]

No indications as of yet.

[quote comment="20941"]is EA working on new tackling animations and just overall animations or do we have to wait next year to see realistic animations[/quote]

I’m sure they have, there will likely be a bunch of new animations. That being said I wouldn’t expect a revolutionary change. It’ll probably be similar to the incremental improvements in the area that have been seen year over year.

[quote comment="20946"]Pasta, Do you know if this Action Cam will be adjustable it self? For example would there be a slider, that would let me choose what angle is shows? or is it just fixed in so that each it fits every reciever exactly, if you can understand what I’m asking.[/quote]

Not sure but I’ll try and find out some more specifics on how it works.
gudda101

lol r00tabaga its just funny that EA has such faithful fans as yourself lol…you really love madden and you really find nothing wrong with the things they pull lol i just think thats hilarious.
http://www.pastapadre.com pastapadre

[quote comment="20928"]Hey pasta do you know if we are gonna see more gameplay videos soon with the announcing in place just curious thanks bro.[/quote]

No indications as of yet.

[quote comment="20941"]is EA working on new tackling animations and just overall animations or do we have to wait next year to see realistic animations[/quote]

I’m sure they have, there will likely be a bunch of new animations. That being said I wouldn’t expect a revolutionary change. It’ll probably be similar to the incremental improvements in the area that have been seen year over year.

[quote comment="20946"]Pasta, Do you know if this Action Cam will be adjustable it self? For example would there be a slider, that would let me choose what angle is shows? or is it just fixed in so that each it fits every reciever exactly, if you can understand what I’m asking.[/quote]

Not sure but I’ll try and find out some more specifics on how it works.
gudda101

lol r00tabaga its just funny that EA has such faithful fans as yourself lol…you really love madden and you really find nothing wrong with the things they pull lol i just think thats hilarious.
askEARL360 sucks

[quote comment="20973"]Gudda… you make a good point… but they don’t have anything to do with gameplay.

yes… i’d much rather them work on important things like O-Line AI.

If refs are there, eh… whatever. But if the game can simulate football itself… that’s where they’ll sell me.[/quote]

Im all for improving Madden, cuz Madden has been sheit the last few years. But things such as bad O-Line AI is still there in these picts:

Look at #’s 77 and 65, they still haven’t changed the OL/DL interaction/blocking.

Fix this stuff then add all teh camera angles and whats not..
askEARL360 sucks

[quote comment="20973"]Gudda… you make a good point… but they don’t have anything to do with gameplay.

yes… i’d much rather them work on important things like O-Line AI.

If refs are there, eh… whatever. But if the game can simulate football itself… that’s where they’ll sell me.[/quote]

Im all for improving Madden, cuz Madden has been sheit the last few years. But things such as bad O-Line AI is still there in these picts:

Look at #’s 77 and 65, they still haven’t changed the OL/DL interaction/blocking.

Fix this stuff then add all teh camera angles and whats not..
JI13orrero

We are not haters, we are FOOTBALL FANS who happen to own a gaming console. We saw APF 2K5 and were blown away and were so excited for the “next gen” consoles but EA just keeps giving us mediocre, over-hyped arcade game, NOT A FOOTBALL GAME SIMULATOR and we have no alternative because they own all the licenses and have no competition…so sad…
$5 foot long

[quote comment="20940"]always fun to see the haters come out to deflect attention away from a good feature. happens every time. this has been pleaded for over the years and they get it in, and of course that means time to complain about something else. i wish those people would just take things for what they are and here we got a good change for 09.[/quote]

you call it hating..I call it telling the truth..EA puts in all this extra stuff. but yet there happens to be no refs on the field whatsoever..however when mlb 2k8 came out people like you jumped directly out and just bombarded the ship..hypocrites o hypocrites.
JI13orrero

We are not haters, we are FOOTBALL FANS who happen to own a gaming console. We saw APF 2K5 and were blown away and were so excited for the “next gen” consoles but EA just keeps giving us mediocre, over-hyped arcade game, NOT A FOOTBALL GAME SIMULATOR and we have no alternative because they own all the licenses and have no competition…so sad…
$5 foot long

[quote comment="20940"]always fun to see the haters come out to deflect attention away from a good feature. happens every time. this has been pleaded for over the years and they get it in, and of course that means time to complain about something else. i wish those people would just take things for what they are and here we got a good change for 09.[/quote]

you call it hating..I call it telling the truth..EA puts in all this extra stuff. but yet there happens to be no refs on the field whatsoever..however when mlb 2k8 came out people like you jumped directly out and just bombarded the ship..hypocrites o hypocrites.
EA Fan boy Too

Yeah! Now everybody who has a next gen console who paid big money for a 360 or ps3 can see the whole field on there sdtv!

Great news pasta!
EA Fan boy Too

Yeah! Now everybody who has a next gen console who paid big money for a 360 or ps3 can see the whole field on there sdtv!

Great news pasta!
Darkheath

Actually on those picts, with only a 3 and 4 man rush… I think that’s what they should be doing. Making sure an LB doesn’t decide a late blitz. It actually looks like the QB has a pocket that he’s standing in. I’d be interested to see how they react with more players rushing, though.

What I think is funny is WR “X” in pict #2. He’s just standing there.
Darkheath

Actually on those picts, with only a 3 and 4 man rush… I think that’s what they should be doing. Making sure an LB doesn’t decide a late blitz. It actually looks like the QB has a pocket that he’s standing in. I’d be interested to see how they react with more players rushing, though.

What I think is funny is WR “X” in pict #2. He’s just standing there.
Darkheath

“they” in the previous post was refering to Tackles # 77 & 65.
Darkheath

“they” in the previous post was refering to Tackles # 77 & 65.
qdog

man the hell with refs they need to work on presentation and making each game differnt from the other i dont want the same presentation i get for regular season in the playoffs or super bowl. the presentation should be much different in rival games, playoffs, and especially super bowl. anyone with me on that.
qdog

man the hell with refs they need to work on presentation and making each game differnt from the other i dont want the same presentation i get for regular season in the playoffs or super bowl. the presentation should be much different in rival games, playoffs, and especially super bowl. anyone with me on that.
qdog

lets get some pre-game hype, halftime analysis, and post game show or something. when someone gets hurt seriously lets see the stretcher come out the team doctor or trainer i mean someone to help carry the player off the field. how about different qb releases, tony romo, phillip river with his awkward release,byron leftwich (slow release). peyton manning (fast release). i would to see all this in the game
qdog

lets get some pre-game hype, halftime analysis, and post game show or something. when someone gets hurt seriously lets see the stretcher come out the team doctor or trainer i mean someone to help carry the player off the field. how about different qb releases, tony romo, phillip river with his awkward release,byron leftwich (slow release). peyton manning (fast release). i would to see all this in the game
urlm3

[quote comment="20982"][quote comment="20940"]always fun to see the haters come out to deflect attention away from a good feature. happens every time. this has been pleaded for over the years and they get it in, and of course that means time to complain about something else. i wish those people would just take things for what they are and here we got a good change for 09.[/quote]

you call it hating..I call it telling the truth..EA puts in all this extra stuff. but yet there happens to be no refs on the field whatsoever..however when mlb 2k8 came out people like you jumped directly out and just bombarded the ship..hypocrites o hypocrites.[/quote]

terrible framerate is not the same as missing refs, as much as some people seem to want them. not having the refs doesn’t affect gameplay. it affects immersiveness though which i understand. acting as though people hated mlb 2k8 because of something as minor as what is being picked on here is laughable

id also like to know how a better camera angle is termed “extra stuff” instead of an actual improvement to the game.
urlm3

[quote comment="20982"][quote comment="20940"]always fun to see the haters come out to deflect attention away from a good feature. happens every time. this has been pleaded for over the years and they get it in, and of course that means time to complain about something else. i wish those people would just take things for what they are and here we got a good change for 09.[/quote]

you call it hating..I call it telling the truth..EA puts in all this extra stuff. but yet there happens to be no refs on the field whatsoever..however when mlb 2k8 came out people like you jumped directly out and just bombarded the ship..hypocrites o hypocrites.[/quote]

terrible framerate is not the same as missing refs, as much as some people seem to want them. not having the refs doesn’t affect gameplay. it affects immersiveness though which i understand. acting as though people hated mlb 2k8 because of something as minor as what is being picked on here is laughable

id also like to know how a better camera angle is termed “extra stuff” instead of an actual improvement to the game.
Russ

I too think refs should be there. But, like others have said, if I didn’t come to the internet and read about them not being there, I wouldn’t have even noticed.
Russ

I too think refs should be there. But, like others have said, if I didn’t come to the internet and read about them not being there, I wouldn’t have even noticed.
qdog

lets also get different styles of running for the backs. the upright style of adrian peterson and chris brown. lets get back to uniforms getting filthy in bad weather games. snow and rain flying in the air when tackled. how about fumbles with the center and qb exchange i mean dont that happen in football games. dont bad snaps happen in football games on field goal att. and punts. i guess holder dont fumble snaps either in football games.(tony Romo). lets get this in the game and then we can talk refs and chain gangs.
qdog

lets also get different styles of running for the backs. the upright style of adrian peterson and chris brown. lets get back to uniforms getting filthy in bad weather games. snow and rain flying in the air when tackled. how about fumbles with the center and qb exchange i mean dont that happen in football games. dont bad snaps happen in football games on field goal att. and punts. i guess holder dont fumble snaps either in football games.(tony Romo). lets get this in the game and then we can talk refs and chain gangs.