Madden 09 tackling blog and video

by pastapadre
Posted May 14th, 2008 at 8:06 pm

A new Madden 09 producer blog and corresponding video have been posted, this one going over the new tackling engine and animations. You can read the full blog posting here.

With this brand new system (created in a collaborative effort between NCAA Football and Madden NFL), you will see unprecedented fluidity in multi-character interaction, which generates much better results across the board: improved blocking, improved chucks, better handoffs, interactive celebrations with teammates, and even friendly player avoidance and help-ups in post-play. In NCAA you will see pursuit physics specific to wide open gameplay and interactive celebrating with mascots. In Madden you will be manually breaking tackles, adding far better response and control as well as more depth to tackling, which is quite fun. None of this could be possible without this new engine.

Click here to watch the video on the official Madden website.

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Knight

looks good. much better than 08 where you got stuck in the animations.
Knight

looks good. much better than 08 where you got stuck in the animations.
Tristate Killa

Its amazing how realistic this years Madden looks; Aug. 12 couldnt get here any sooner
Tristate Killa

Its amazing how realistic this years Madden looks; Aug. 12 couldnt get here any sooner
kc10785

im liking what i am seeing people can’t say they not putting in effort this year.New brain behind the work and he is showing improvement.They say every madden is nothing but a roster update.Well they can’t say that this year.There trying this year and thats all im asking for.
kc10785

im liking what i am seeing people can’t say they not putting in effort this year.New brain behind the work and he is showing improvement.They say every madden is nothing but a roster update.Well they can’t say that this year.There trying this year and thats all im asking for.
billy

i dont mean to nitpick here. and i have confidence this game will be good but…. i only saw maybe 5 new tackle animations in the video. and saw in the video alone alot of the same tackles repeated many many times. also i didnt notice any gang tackling.. maybe i just missed them. i dont know.. it was an alright video but i think it left more questions then answers as to what they were trying to do.
billy

i dont mean to nitpick here. and i have confidence this game will be good but…. i only saw maybe 5 new tackle animations in the video. and saw in the video alone alot of the same tackles repeated many many times. also i didnt notice any gang tackling.. maybe i just missed them. i dont know.. it was an alright video but i think it left more questions then answers as to what they were trying to do.
Gotham7 (Eric there was two Er

Pasta any idea if you can create a team in head coach?
I’d be really cool to start your own franchise.
Gotham7 (Eric there was two Eric’s)

Pasta any idea if you can create a team in head coach?
I’d be really cool to start your own franchise.
pastapadre

[quote comment="21221"]i dont mean to nitpick here. and i have confidence this game will be good but…. i only saw maybe 5 new tackle animations in the video. and saw in the video alone alot of the same tackles repeated many many times. also i didnt notice any gang tackling.. maybe i just missed them. i dont know.. it was an alright video but i think it left more questions then answers as to what they were trying to do.[/quote]

I know what you’re saying. I saw some of the tackles and thought back to how they were already common in the game. In a way I thought the video was too flashy to really be able to focus on what was being talked about in the blog, unlike last year where the blog videos were just the raw footage. Graphics look great, player interaction much better, and player control as you can see some of those RB moves that felt really good in NCAA 09.
pastapadre

[quote comment="21221"]i dont mean to nitpick here. and i have confidence this game will be good but…. i only saw maybe 5 new tackle animations in the video. and saw in the video alone alot of the same tackles repeated many many times. also i didnt notice any gang tackling.. maybe i just missed them. i dont know.. it was an alright video but i think it left more questions then answers as to what they were trying to do.[/quote]

I know what you’re saying. I saw some of the tackles and thought back to how they were already common in the game. In a way I thought the video was too flashy to really be able to focus on what was being talked about in the blog, unlike last year where the blog videos were just the raw footage. Graphics look great, player interaction much better, and player control as you can see some of those RB moves that felt really good in NCAA 09.
pastapadre

[quote comment="21222"]Pasta any idea if you can create a team in head coach?
I’d be really cool to start your own franchise.[/quote]

Not sure on that at the moment.
pastapadre

[quote comment="21222"]Pasta any idea if you can create a team in head coach?
I’d be really cool to start your own franchise.[/quote]

Not sure on that at the moment.
aceoye4, Jeffrey White

I think their actually stepping up ya now manual tackle breaks not automated cpu choice with the flick of the highlight stick
aceoye4, Jeffrey White

I think their actually stepping up ya now manual tackle breaks not automated cpu choice with the flick of the highlight stick
http://www.thefanboys.com/ NoRefs???

I didn’t see any refs on the field during those video’s. What gives? Why the hell can’t EA figure out that all that really matters is to have REFS ON THE FIELD???!!!
http://www.thefanboys.com NoRefs???

I didn’t see any refs on the field during those video’s. What gives? Why the hell can’t EA figure out that all that really matters is to have REFS ON THE FIELD???!!!
fox

I didn’t see any gang tackling all the tackles was one guy typical ea.
http://pastapadre fox

I didn’t see any gang tackling all the tackles was one guy typical ea.
Groundhog

[quote comment="21220"]im liking what i am seeing people can’t say they not putting in effort this year.New brain behind the work and he is showing improvement.They say every madden is nothing but a roster update.Well they can’t say that this year.There trying this year and thats all im asking for.[/quote]

I agree, they are definately trying to make a real effort this year. It’s just a shame it took so long – I mean, it took what, 3 next-gen releases until they begun to care?

It’s definately a positive sign though, and it looks like it’s come from higher up than just Madden, because even the Live and March Maddness teams were being more vocal to the community and asking for opinions last year.
floridagatorfan

You watch that entire video and all you care about is the fact that there are no refs on the field. I would much rather them get the gameplay right and then go back and add all the little things. Refs won’t bring anything special to madden unlike this new break tackle system which i would much rather they work on to make sure its balanced and works right.
Groundhog

[quote comment="21229"]I didn’t see any refs on the field during those video’s. What gives? Why the hell can’t EA figure out that all that really matters is to have REFS ON THE FIELD???!!![/quote]

Don’t quit your day job.
Groundhog

[quote comment="21220"]im liking what i am seeing people can’t say they not putting in effort this year.New brain behind the work and he is showing improvement.They say every madden is nothing but a roster update.Well they can’t say that this year.There trying this year and thats all im asking for.[/quote]

I agree, they are definately trying to make a real effort this year. It’s just a shame it took so long – I mean, it took what, 3 next-gen releases until they begun to care?

It’s definately a positive sign though, and it looks like it’s come from higher up than just Madden, because even the Live and March Maddness teams were being more vocal to the community and asking for opinions last year.
floridagatorfan

You watch that entire video and all you care about is the fact that there are no refs on the field. I would much rather them get the gameplay right and then go back and add all the little things. Refs won’t bring anything special to madden unlike this new break tackle system which i would much rather they work on to make sure its balanced and works right.
Groundhog

[quote comment="21229"]I didn’t see any refs on the field during those video’s. What gives? Why the hell can’t EA figure out that all that really matters is to have REFS ON THE FIELD???!!![/quote]

Don’t quit your day job.
Groundhog

[quote comment="21232"]You watch that entire video and all you care about is the fact that there are no refs on the field. I would much rather them get the gameplay right and then go back and add all the little things. Refs won’t bring anything special to madden unlike this new break tackle system which i would much rather they work on to make sure its balanced and works right.[/quote]

I think you’ll find that post was an attempt at humour.
Groundhog

[quote comment="21232"]You watch that entire video and all you care about is the fact that there are no refs on the field. I would much rather them get the gameplay right and then go back and add all the little things. Refs won’t bring anything special to madden unlike this new break tackle system which i would much rather they work on to make sure its balanced and works right.[/quote]

I think you’ll find that post was an attempt at humour.
JuanPablo

Kinda ironic that a video about the new and improved tackling in Madden 09 would include so many missed tackles. Maybe I’m the only one, but I don’t like seeing that many missed tackles.
JuanPablo

Kinda ironic that a video about the new and improved tackling in Madden 09 would include so many missed tackles. Maybe I’m the only one, but I don’t like seeing that many missed tackles.
pastapadre

[quote comment="21234"][quote comment="21232"]You watch that entire video and all you care about is the fact that there are no refs on the field. I would much rather them get the gameplay right and then go back and add all the little things. Refs won’t bring anything special to madden unlike this new break tackle system which i would much rather they work on to make sure its balanced and works right.[/quote]

I think you’ll find that post was an attempt at humour.[/quote]

I figured that one was a sarcastic take on the situation of the last few weeks. It amused me as I was wondering how long it would take for someone to bring it up in a totally unrelated topic discussion such as this one.
pastapadre

[quote comment="21234"][quote comment="21232"]You watch that entire video and all you care about is the fact that there are no refs on the field. I would much rather them get the gameplay right and then go back and add all the little things. Refs won’t bring anything special to madden unlike this new break tackle system which i would much rather they work on to make sure its balanced and works right.[/quote]

I think you’ll find that post was an attempt at humour.[/quote]

I figured that one was a sarcastic take on the situation of the last few weeks. It amused me as I was wondering how long it would take for someone to bring it up in a totally unrelated topic discussion such as this one.
larz

madden is looking sweet this year
larz

madden is looking sweet this year
kc10785

[quote comment="21235"]Kinda ironic that a video about the new and improved tackling in Madden 09 would include so many missed tackles. Maybe I’m the only one, but I don’t like seeing that many missed tackles.[/quote]

all i have to say is difficult level and sliders thats not a issue
kc10785

[quote comment="21235"]Kinda ironic that a video about the new and improved tackling in Madden 09 would include so many missed tackles. Maybe I’m the only one, but I don’t like seeing that many missed tackles.[/quote]

all i have to say is difficult level and sliders thats not a issue
Details

The producer seems to have a genuine passion for the game. That’s refreshing. You have to care about the product in order to go the extra mile. It shouldn’t just be a job. More often than not, the passion will show in the results.

The video looks great, but we definitely need to see how it translates to gameplay. I’m sure it will be an obvious improvement, as long as digging for extra yards doesn’t spike the chances for a fumble too much.
Details

The producer seems to have a genuine passion for the game. That’s refreshing. You have to care about the product in order to go the extra mile. It shouldn’t just be a job. More often than not, the passion will show in the results.

The video looks great, but we definitely need to see how it translates to gameplay. I’m sure it will be an obvious improvement, as long as digging for extra yards doesn’t spike the chances for a fumble too much.
qdog

damn man stop with the damn refs already ok. just accept the fact that refs are out this year, i mean everytime ea introduce something to us here comes someone talking about refs, its getting old people move on.THERE WONT BE REFS THIS YEAR OK.
qdog

damn man stop with the damn refs already ok. just accept the fact that refs are out this year, i mean everytime ea introduce something to us here comes someone talking about refs, its getting old people move on.THERE WONT BE REFS THIS YEAR OK.
qdog

by the way glad you can now break tackles manually, thats whats up. i like that
qdog

by the way glad you can now break tackles manually, thats whats up. i like that
Jonathon

[quote comment="21235"]Kinda ironic that a video about the new and improved tackling in Madden 09 would include so many missed tackles. Maybe I’m the only one, but I don’t like seeing that many missed tackles.[/quote]

i think they were demonstrating the ability to move in and out of tackles with ease as the animations just branch together…its not like the “i’m going to use the hit stick now…my player will slow down and stutter step…allowing the other defenders to catch up and make the play” philosophy that they had previously…
Jonathon

[quote comment="21235"]Kinda ironic that a video about the new and improved tackling in Madden 09 would include so many missed tackles. Maybe I’m the only one, but I don’t like seeing that many missed tackles.[/quote]

i think they were demonstrating the ability to move in and out of tackles with ease as the animations just branch together…its not like the “i’m going to use the hit stick now…my player will slow down and stutter step…allowing the other defenders to catch up and make the play” philosophy that they had previously…
qdog

[quote comment="21241"]damn man stop with the damn refs already ok. just accept the fact that refs are out this year, i mean everytime ea introduce something to us here comes someone talking about refs, its getting old people move on.THERE WONT BE REFS THIS YEAR OK.[/quote]

I didnt see REFS either
qdog

[quote comment="21241"]damn man stop with the damn refs already ok. just accept the fact that refs are out this year, i mean everytime ea introduce something to us here comes someone talking about refs, its getting old people move on.THERE WONT BE REFS THIS YEAR OK.[/quote]

I didnt see REFS either
DLaren

[quote comment="21230"]I didn’t see any gang tackling all the tackles was one guy typical ea.[/quote]

You didn’t look hard enough, there were definetely a few gang tackles in that video.
DLaren

[quote comment="21230"]I didn’t see any gang tackling all the tackles was one guy typical ea.[/quote]

You didn’t look hard enough, there were definetely a few gang tackles in that video.
boisedude

They are doing a great job with the upgrades so far. It wont be perfect but they will never please everyone. I agree with what someone said earlier that it looks like they are trying. I think that new producer got a fire under some a@@es and maybe that new CEO that looks like he used to work for M$ made a few threats too. Last year was an embarassment for these guys and I hope they took it personally. Again, maybe I keep this for more than a week. But I will never wait in line at midnight for this game like last year.
boisedude

They are doing a great job with the upgrades so far. It wont be perfect but they will never please everyone. I agree with what someone said earlier that it looks like they are trying. I think that new producer got a fire under some a@@es and maybe that new CEO that looks like he used to work for M$ made a few threats too. Last year was an embarassment for these guys and I hope they took it personally. Again, maybe I keep this for more than a week. But I will never wait in line at midnight for this game like last year.