Breaking Down The First Madden 10 Screenshot
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On Monday the first screenshot for Madden 10 was revealed by Peter Moore. Today Art Director Michael Young goes though the numerous improvements or additions that are on display in that screen. The refs, chain gang, and hand towels were the most obvious but there are others such as depth of field, Super Bowl patches and fields, secondary color equipment, and better name layout on jerseys. You can read up on everything on the Inside EA Blog here.
In today’s blog, I’m going to go to really dive into some detail on one of our new features that you likely will have noticed right off the bat: Depth of Field. In addition, I will talk about the 9 other Madden NFL 10 enhancements shown in the shot unveiled on Peter’s blog.
All of that alone would be great but they’ve gone even further by considering the feedback over the last two days regarding the size of Ben Roethlisberger. Some people felt he looked a little thin so now they’ve beefed him up a bit. The screenshot above shows the updated Big Ben. Feel free to leave your thoughts on that new screen in the comments.
March 26, 2009 at 4:38 pm
In reality, we ARE the vast minority. *Millions* of people buy this game and most are just kids. If you think they buy the game for Franchise so they can go through 30 seasons of micromanagement, then it's time to get a brain scan.
Franchise has been a broken piece of crap in Madden all generation, yet it continues to sell millions. If franchise mattered that much the game would be a complete failure, but the reality is that it doesn't matter much to the userbase as again the high sales keep on rolling in.
I play franchise, I'm just not delusional about how many people actually care about it.
March 26, 2009 at 4:58 pm
i have to disagree on the "all generations" comment. Madden '05 had the best franchise mode.It had the setting of prices(tickets,concessions,etc..)it had the team newspapers,the radio show with player and coach guests,it had the player morale that actually meant something,you could change teams after the season,it was the best franchise i ever played….and it has sucked every since.
March 26, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Ummmmm… Madden 05 was LAST GEN. This generation began with 06 on 360. My point stands, franchise has been a broken mess all generation.
March 26, 2009 at 5:06 pm
i have bought every madden since 2001, but i will probably not be buying madden 10… because it has gotten that trash and boring… and NHL 10 will be that much better!!!
March 26, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Oh yeah! I'm gonna play NHL 10 to get my football fix!
March 28, 2009 at 12:04 am
I still see issues with this game. The way Big Ben is holding the ball is all wrong
1st his left elbow should be tucked in more and the ball shouild be more towards his right torso at a sklant angle. The way he's holding it now looks stiff like Vin Diesel's acting.
2nd his grip is incorrect. The laces should be in his palm not looking at the defenders LOL. His grip also looks prteey weak almost as if we have another year of footballs that do 360 turns i players hand again LOL (yall know what I'm talking about).
Last #63 looks like he's whiffing on a block. He seems more concerned with standing in space than getting his hnds on a defender. EA yall still have some more work ahead of you so get busy.
March 28, 2009 at 1:28 am
I still see issues with this game. The way Big Ben is holding the ball is all wrong
1st his left elbow should be tucked in more and the ball shouild be more towards his right torso at a sklant angle. The way he's holding it now looks stiff like Vin Diesel's acting.
2nd his grip is incorrect. The laces should be in his palm not looking at the defenders LOL. His grip also looks prteey weak almost as if we have another year of footballs that do 360 turns i players hand again LOL (yall know what I'm talking about).
Last #63 looks like he's whiffing on a block. He seems more concerned with standing in space than getting his hnds on a defender. EA yall still have some more work ahead of you so get busy!
March 29, 2009 at 8:55 am
Can the next one be Ed Reed returning an INT vs Dolphins wearing a dark visor.
April 25, 2009 at 2:31 am
YES!!!!!! EA got my letters, I asked weres the little things like the Super Bowl Jersey patches and feilds. Also the towls and handwarmers too. Im pumped about the new Madden and love the cover too, GO STEELERS
July 3, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Steelers suck.