Madden 10 Play Calling Improvements
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This week’s Inside EA Blog for Madden 10 covers improvements that have been made to play calling and the playbooks. A lot has been done to give each teams their own identities based on how they play in real life as well as how they could change in the game due to player movement. You can check it out the article in full here.
Another example we’ll showcase is the Colts. Again, researching their playcalling percentages on first down, they are more of a passing team with Peyton Manning (56% pass on first downs during the regular season) we set their Overall Pass percentage to exactly 56% for First Downs. When we dig a little bit deeper into this same group (1st and 10), it should also be known that they have 8 different run plays that they’ll choose between. Of these 8, 6 of them are stretch plays. Having this ability to choose the play type per situation really is what sets the teams apart from each other.
While a system like the DNA in NBA Live works extremely well for individual tendencies, football is more predominantly about the team tendencies. Hopefully there is more differentiation between styles of play and play calling from the CPU this year as the blog suggests.
July 7, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Im really looking forward to this as a huge offline franchise player
July 8, 2009 at 11:22 am
same i've always loved the franchise mode. btw thank you for not saying "first!"
July 7, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Cant wait for this!!!
July 7, 2009 at 7:17 pm
This means Peyton is gonna audible like a freak, more than before! Lol
July 7, 2009 at 7:26 pm
whens the demo coming out
July 7, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Late this month. Probably the last week of July.
July 7, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Pasta will the computwe stop picking receive and choose tails sometimes because it feels the same everytime getting ball at half up 10 20 30 etc
July 7, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Welcome to 2009 Madden, finally.
July 7, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I am so excited about this sounds like they are really looking to make the game realistic I love it!!! It should be a real challenge
July 7, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I really hope this doesn't turn out like NCAA. I was VERY disappointed with the demo.
July 7, 2009 at 7:53 pm
i like the sound of this, it means that EA is actually doing their homework on the teams and stuff like that so the little things are going to be important this year and theyre going into detail
July 7, 2009 at 8:19 pm
"Hopefully there is more differentiation between styles of play and play calling from the CPU this year as the blog suggests."………….pasta, i couldn't agree with you more. I'd been waiting and hoping that Madden can somehow mimic the play styles of each team for years……I hadn't notice this in previous editions, hope that 10 would be the one.
July 7, 2009 at 8:26 pm
If you aren't sure that Madden 10 will be the best football game ever made, I'm not sure how to help you. Fire up Tecmo Bowl, I guess. This will be unreal.
July 7, 2009 at 8:41 pm
all they need now is fair play rules and all madden ranked games and im a ver y happy camper!
July 8, 2009 at 1:01 am
its awesome how excited yall r …….yay…franchise with logic…..even ps2 had better logic…n now..in 2010 …next gen has logic in their franchise…give me a break…next year…new feature will b owner mode..lmaooo n yall will be so excited…im dnext gen had just been 1 big disappointment 2 me
July 8, 2009 at 2:18 am
so you're saying we should all go buy the ps2 version? you go have fun with that…and even if its on par with said game, I'd rather have the one with better graphics…"yall"
July 8, 2009 at 11:25 am
wat
July 8, 2009 at 5:49 am
this sounds like crap. ANOTHER YEAR OF 2k5 FOR ME ALL THE WAY (even though its fucking 2009)
July 8, 2009 at 6:14 am
Maybe in 5 more years Madden will finally catch up to the quality it was on Ps2.
July 8, 2009 at 9:09 am
Ugh, now it's going to be even harder for me to pass for 5,000 yards with Brian Griese because of Adaptive AI.
July 8, 2009 at 3:19 am
I just hope this is true. I'm so sick of teams like giants, and vikings only running it like 5 times a game on me. No one ever runs the ball on me makes me so mad. Also don't know if this is 100% true or not but
http://epidm.edgesuite.net/CMS/ElectronicArts/EAS...
Says demo coming on the 23rd.
July 8, 2009 at 3:14 pm
People are still whining!?!? I dislike EA too but you have to admit they seem to be trying this year to make it a realistic NFL game. In the past few years they focused way too much on the online gameplay, and tried to please the online gamers only, which is what made the next-gen Maddens go in the wrong direction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxyTUaqm2GU
Remember this? The 'target video' for next-gen Madden that was released before the 360 came out way back when? The graphics/animations are a million times better than any Madden that has been released so far. This year, it seems they are finally starting to get a LITTLE closer to this 'target video'.
I just hope the 'feel' of the gameplay is right. If they can capture the real speed and flow of an NFL game, then it will be a success. All people really want is a realistic NFL experience, and they are making improvements to focus on this. The 'blurring' of the stadium and crowd is reminiscent of GTA4 and is a great idea to keep the entire stadium detailed and 'alive'. To me, Madden 10 looks like it is going to feel alot more like a real NFL Sunday.
EA's only competition is itself. So keep your fingers crossed that they really are going to make a PLAYABLE, REALISTIC, ACCURATE NFL game. I also like the idea of updating the game after release and integrating the Web to your Online Franchise. They should be able to make all aspects of the Madden franchise available on your computer(which I could see happening for Madden 12-13).
EA is headed to the era of selling a Madden Disc every 2-3 years, and downloading an updating of the game season-to-season for a fee every August. I think its a great idea, and they may even skip Madden 11 if the '10 version is stable enough to be their 'platform' for a few years. If not, the idea is definitely in the future of Madden. They will probably make a Madden '11 so they can add salaries to the Online Franchise, and then use Madden 11 as an updatable game for multiple NFL seasons…
July 8, 2009 at 8:37 pm
"EA is headed to the era of selling a Madden Disc every 2-3 years, and downloading an updating of the game season-to-season for a fee every August. I think its a great idea, and they may even skip Madden 11 if the '10 version is stable enough to be their 'platform' for a few years. If not, the idea is definitely in the future of Madden. They will probably make a Madden '11 so they can add salaries to the Online Franchise, and then use Madden 11 as an updatable game for multiple NFL seasons… "
Where are you getting this from? That's something I've been hoping they'd do for years. Have you seen anything about it or are you only speculating?
July 12, 2009 at 5:34 am
EA does NOT want to sell a disc every 2-3 years. Yeah, they are trying to make better sports games, but they do want to have you buy a disc every year.