Madden 09 producer blog on ball carrier animations

by pastapadre
Posted May 22nd, 2008 at 3:52 pm

Another producer blog for Madden 09 has been posted, this one again from the new animation director Simon Sherr. There are two parts to the blog which goes over the running game in great detail. Part one can be found here while part two is here.

Our number one goal was to make the running game realistic while giving you absolute control. A common complaint in Madden NFL 08 was in the lack of gathering or planting animations needed to simulate a real NFL player, so we definitely wanted to bring those back into the game. The problem with canned special move animations though is that feeling of waiting for animations to finish – we don’t want that at all. The great solution we came up with in our new system was the power to allow you to procedurally steer any animation, and interrupt them with plants and push offs.

The running game and player control represented some of the most significant improvements in NCAA Football 09 so I’d expect that to be the same with Madden. A very encouraging development in terms of gameplay and fun factor.

I’ve linked to the videos that apply to the blog entries below. Be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments.

Ball carrier video
LT vs Bengals video
Foot plant video
Locomotion video

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the n9n3rs

This is funny. I remembered they did the same thing last year showing little clips once a month to get people excited. Then all the sudden the game falls flat on its face. I’ll be buying this game used after all you pumped up fans that line up at midnight to get it only to return it the very next chance you get.
the n9n3rs

This is funny. I remembered they did the same thing last year showing little clips once a month to get people excited. Then all the sudden the game falls flat on its face. I’ll be buying this game used after all you pumped up fans that line up at midnight to get it only to return it the very next chance you get.
47

[quote comment="21912"][quote comment="21902"][quote comment="21899"][quote comment="21890"][quote comment="21877"]this is the Madden release that all have been waiting for on next-gen that will kick all football titles square in the BUTT!! So far looks very good EA! Congrats![/quote]

50 bux says youve been saying that for the past 3 years.[/quote]

wrong! I like most people hated the first 2-3 games on the new systems, but this looks friggin awesome, whether you want to admit it or not – now what the final product will be we won’t know until Aug., but for right now, you know you are excited about it.[/quote]

Hah, man the EA hype machine has grabbed you by the balls and isnt letting go. I havent been “excited” for Madden football in 3 years and rightfully so, the last few versions of this game have been, at absolute best, poor, so there is no reason to be getting excited.

With all that said, i am liking some of the new improvements to the game(new play-by-play, better visuals and animations), HOWEVER, there is still MUCH more to be seen that can sway this game to either end of the spectrum. Im not ready to toss EA 60 bux based off of a few “blogger diaries”.[/quote]

And what don’t you understand about what I have been saying? The first 2-3 games were a disappointment I stated that earlier, this game SO FAR looks damn good (as stated earlier) and we won’t know what the final product will be but with what is shown so far (you said so yourself) is looking pretty sweet. Now if by me stating this means that the “EA Hype” has me by the balls, then I guess they got quite a few of us including yourself because you are on here commenting about a game that dissappointed you 3 years running and you are still debating buying it, just like the rest of us.[/quote]

Going by your first post, it seems as if youve already made your mind up, which is fine, i just wouldnt jump to conclusions yet. EA does this every yr, they talk about all the new features and how theyll revolutionize the game, after the past 3 failures, im not buying it. I do like some of the things iv been shown so far, but then again i liked a few of the things last yr and the yr before that and the yr before that only to play a full version that was absolute trash. So yea, im still debating on whether or not ill purchase this game, but im not at all about to proclaim “this is the Madden release that all have been waiting for on next-gen that will kick all football titles square in the BUTT!!”
47

[quote comment="21912"][quote comment="21902"][quote comment="21899"][quote comment="21890"][quote comment="21877"]this is the Madden release that all have been waiting for on next-gen that will kick all football titles square in the BUTT!! So far looks very good EA! Congrats![/quote]

50 bux says youve been saying that for the past 3 years.[/quote]

wrong! I like most people hated the first 2-3 games on the new systems, but this looks friggin awesome, whether you want to admit it or not – now what the final product will be we won’t know until Aug., but for right now, you know you are excited about it.[/quote]

Hah, man the EA hype machine has grabbed you by the balls and isnt letting go. I havent been “excited” for Madden football in 3 years and rightfully so, the last few versions of this game have been, at absolute best, poor, so there is no reason to be getting excited.

With all that said, i am liking some of the new improvements to the game(new play-by-play, better visuals and animations), HOWEVER, there is still MUCH more to be seen that can sway this game to either end of the spectrum. Im not ready to toss EA 60 bux based off of a few “blogger diaries”.[/quote]

And what don’t you understand about what I have been saying? The first 2-3 games were a disappointment I stated that earlier, this game SO FAR looks damn good (as stated earlier) and we won’t know what the final product will be but with what is shown so far (you said so yourself) is looking pretty sweet. Now if by me stating this means that the “EA Hype” has me by the balls, then I guess they got quite a few of us including yourself because you are on here commenting about a game that dissappointed you 3 years running and you are still debating buying it, just like the rest of us.[/quote]

Going by your first post, it seems as if youve already made your mind up, which is fine, i just wouldnt jump to conclusions yet. EA does this every yr, they talk about all the new features and how theyll revolutionize the game, after the past 3 failures, im not buying it. I do like some of the things iv been shown so far, but then again i liked a few of the things last yr and the yr before that and the yr before that only to play a full version that was absolute trash. So yea, im still debating on whether or not ill purchase this game, but im not at all about to proclaim “this is the Madden release that all have been waiting for on next-gen that will kick all football titles square in the BUTT!!”