Pass Blocking Improvements in Madden 10
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This week’s Inside EA Blog posting for Madden 10 is out and focuses on the improvements made to pass blocking and how Pro-Tak ties into that area of the game. There is a replay video from Madden 10 showing this off as well as comparison videos to put it all into context. To read the full blog and watch the videos click here.
At the top of nearly every community wish list for the past 3+ years has been OL/DL interaction…so this year we’re proud to say we’ve spent a really good amount of time improving this area, and we’ve also built a strong foundation that we can continue to add on to in the future.
The offensive line blocking and defensive line moves look much more natural this year as seen by the video. The presence of an actual pocket will also provide a boost in realism. How it will hold up from play to play though is the next thing to wait and see on. Just a couple examples in replay form isn’t enough yet to feel completely confident about OL/DL interaction for this year.
May 11, 2009 at 10:04 pm
first, they actually made reference to APF 2K8
May 12, 2009 at 1:21 pm
anyone who says first deserves to be shot for being such a drain on society. fucking loooooosers!
May 11, 2009 at 10:04 pm
o yea im first!
May 11, 2009 at 10:12 pm
close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades!
May 12, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Oh, yea, yer not and you're a dork!
May 12, 2009 at 11:51 pm
fuck….u
May 11, 2009 at 10:05 pm
this year the trench warfare should be way more fun and important
May 11, 2009 at 10:13 pm
it was nice seing romo get crushed too…..
May 11, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Pasta do you know when they are going to release the top 25 for NCAA Football '10? Or toughest places to play? thanks
May 11, 2009 at 10:38 pm
baltimore !!!!!!!
May 11, 2009 at 11:25 pm
SUCKS!!!!!!!!
May 12, 2009 at 1:20 am
suck a dick bitch, we obviously don't suck haha fool
May 12, 2009 at 1:31 am
LOL. Let's just say we all have our own opinions on that, but there's no denying Michael Oher is a stud.
May 11, 2009 at 10:51 pm
It is great to see them working significantly on blocking when it has always been a problem in the past.
Cant wait to hear about the run blocking. If they can get it somewhat up to the level of All Pro Football's run blocking I will be pleased.
May 12, 2009 at 1:18 am
fas carl here and mark my word..
MADDEN qb play is going to be the same as AP2K8 thats why they slowed it down 10% and im glad cause the 2k football game are the best
now if they can just work on franchise and superstar mode…bcuz they are the two soul feature c'mon ea c'mon lan
and the gamplay is goin to play just like AP2K8 to blockin pass rush pass protect ..i cant wait..they have over 3 more months too matter of fact i can wait you guys needa take you time for the perfect game
May 12, 2009 at 3:59 am
Personally, I played APF2K8 for a few hours and returned it to blockbuster.
May 12, 2009 at 5:56 pm
i bought it and had it for 2 days…..
May 12, 2009 at 1:20 am
ok all this madden talk and its like 3 months or so to come out and there postin all this good infor ..where is ncaa football 10 infor at ..
May 12, 2009 at 9:12 pm
The NCAA info comes out every Thursday/Friday…. They already have some info….. http://insideblog.easports.com/Default.aspx?game=...
Check it out
May 12, 2009 at 1:26 am
one more thing..and here me out..feedback would help
in the past it seemed that madden would come out with one big feature every year and that would be the slogan or whatever they might need to take a look at mlb the show 08 and 09 …that has to be the most complete game ever ..madden needs to just come with a complete game and not worry about next year like we cant put everthing in there cause then next year what will will have ..thats bad..cause 05 06 07 08 madden did that and they where all trash games..only reason wit the gamers complain is cause there giving us half ass games ..like dont use the slogan if its in the game its in the game ..if you really dont mean it
May 12, 2009 at 1:33 am
Very good point. That's why it's so nice to see they've been reversing that trend in the last two years.
May 12, 2009 at 2:50 am
MO DIDDLEY ASKED FOR IT AND MO DIDDLEY GOT IT! LOOKING GOOD EA, KEEP IT UP!
Mo Diddley's "Buy Meter" is at 6.5 out of 10 when it hits 9.5 or above EA's has my business
May 12, 2009 at 2:51 am
current state of Mo Diddley's "But Meter"
6.5 out of 10
May 12, 2009 at 5:58 pm
lol but meter…….
May 12, 2009 at 2:52 am
current state of Mo Diddley's "Buy Meter"
6.5 out of 10
May 12, 2009 at 6:14 am
it felt like for years that when you 1st got ncaa football you knew madden was going to pretty much play the same (far ass gameplay)but this year idk ..ncaa is kinda not sayin jack besides season showdown and teambulider i mean honestly i will be bored with that withen hours they need to focus on ..campus legend mode and dysanty
May 12, 2009 at 2:44 pm
that's kinda cool…I have my own personal hater. man, I feel really important
May 12, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Thats a pretty good shot of the best OT in the draft Big Mike Oher.
May 12, 2009 at 5:57 pm
when a used game costs $9 and some change….. you know it's bad…..
May 12, 2009 at 5:59 pm
wow it's going to be awile to gettin used to the pocket, but i'm glad they finally put it in there, good work EA.
May 13, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Hey Pasta,
This is nice… however there are still some details I would love to see: Missed snaps during Field Goals, punts, shot gun formations and QB under the center… The ability to bloack a FG and Punt…. Long Snappers… Practice Squad players…. The ability to have a real off season roster of 80 players and trimm it down to 53 during preseason… The ability to use as many IR places as needed… A true TV-Showw broadcast… Different set of announcers (at least 2 or 3)… Diffferent bradcast presentation (at least 2 or 3) thinking of monday and sunday night games…harder technique for FGs…. To have all the different uniforms for each team (historic, specials)… I would also like to be able during the offseason to manipulate the CPU controlled depth charts because they some times make some strange decissions… I would like to set these on my own without the need to control all the aspects of each team except mine. The ability to change the user/CPU controlled teams at any point during the season.
Do you think any of these will bve included in the game??!
May 13, 2009 at 6:08 pm
What will be also nice would be a home advantage… which must feel bigger during post-season… Alsio I would like to really feel I am playing the playoffs… the ambient, comments, camera shots, replays, halftime must be different. I liked a lot the cut scenes in "K5 showing the landmarks of each city.
May 13, 2009 at 7:12 pm
these little things WILL really help the game this year…….
May 14, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Also would be nice to have a bigger Free Agent Pool, a wider variety of penalties, it would be also nice to have some injuries happen during off season or in between season weeks, more trades to happen in the game during off season, draft and before Week 6. I would like also to have online 2 vs 2 matchups… and offline better co-op play, maybe rotating the use of the QB.
May 14, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Also better editing of the player model, face, hair, skin, tatoos, I miss also the players getting their helmets off due a big hit….. by the way Big hits that are correctly timed should punish the hitted player he should not stand up so quickly (maybe out a couple of plays) also defenders hitting hard should also some times have this effect… Interaction with teammates or opposing team when the players gets to the sidelines, ocassional fights that could even represent the ejection of the game of players…. Maybe online 11 vs 11?!?!?
May 16, 2009 at 5:40 pm
First free agency window and second free agency window (including rookie Fas)