cem_ea_id.Joborule wrote:

ps3.smokecapone wrote:

ps3.POETICDRINK2U wrote:

xbox.Shopmaster wrote:Don't get me wrong, I have no worries that Madden 11 will become arcadish. I have met and talk with Ian and I know he has the passion as most of us hardocre guys have, he won't let that happened.

My concern is just making the game more accessible to new players. I play with my son (age 7) on Madden 10 now and I think it's very accessible, but then again he's been playing Madden ever since he was able to hold a controller.

Look, we have a long time before we even get a glimpse of gameplay, let's just hold it down for now.

- Shopmaster

I remember when I met and talked to the Fight Night Round 4 producers.... that game wasn't sim at all...you see what I'm getting at?

I get exactly what you saying...

Jobo, we know you a community member and all and everytime I read your post you come off as a butt kisser (no dis respect) but thats how I feel when I read everything you said in your reply posts!

Hey no problem. Think of me the way you want to think of me. Just let it be known though that my thoughts are completely honest and I'm not just saying stuff to be a PR machine and mislead people.

As long as people are constructive with their thoughts and don't make posts to attack the developers and companies, they will listen. It's much easier to pay attention to someone giving you feedback that helps you, rather then reading posts that anger you because of the insults.

I'm a Community Leader(not for this game)...might not be after this, but the producers listen...that's all they do. Do they actually take the community ideas and thoughts in to consideration...sometimes.

I think I'm too out-spoken to be a Moderator or Community Leader. I want a sports game to represent the sport it's supposed to be realistically.

But back on topic...

Blog was dissapointing to say the least, great effort but even some of them in the video werent too thrilled.

I dont see the harm in releasing info on madden now, it aint like they have any competition to worry about thats gonna steal there idea in just 5-6 months.

Its funny how all this goes down when you're te only game in town and yet we cant even get a trailer or an idea of whats to come.

ps3.smokecapone wrote:But back on topic...

Blog was dissapointing to say the least, great effort but even some of them in the video werent too thrilled.

I dont see the harm in releasing info on madden now, it aint like they have any competition to worry about thats gonna steal there idea in just 5-6 months.

Its funny how all this goes down when you're te only game in town and yet we cant even get a trailer or an idea of whats to come.

It's still very, very early in the development cycle. I really wasn't looking to see videos or a trailer, but just to hear more information on the game, especially gameplay.

Ok im not a EA blasher, i just want a REAL football game that i cant play as a ADULT.... And the commutation to us fans and BUYERS is a slap in the face this year... Dont lie to us about updates and patches, that's all we ask, dont say a time frame and then disappear off the face of the earth when we want to know whats going on...Just tell us, say something, sorry guys the "patch" is running late, sorry we didn't get the update out on time..SAY SOMETHING, when you lie and not respond that's what drives us consumers crazy...

*Can we PLEASEEEEE get the oline to play SOME type of offense? I would be PISSED if i played in the NFL and was represented the way EA portrays the blocking, STOP making the oline blocker stand there and SPIN IN CIRCLES until the play is over...And dont say it doesnt happen because i have EVERYTHING uploaded on youtube that im talking about.. ( www.youtube.com/ericdajerk )

* For * sake can we get some REAL PRESENTATION, i KNOW yall have heard it COUNTLESS TIMES. WE WANT A REAL ESPN WEEKLY SPORTS CENTER, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE ON 2K5 WHICH WAS 6 YEARS AGO. This year was a step up from the last maddens, but C'mon Man THIS IS NEXT GEN. How can you be a football fan and NOT watch sports center..THATS WHAT WE WANT, STOP SAYING IF ITS IN THE GAME ITS IN THE GAME, because that weak attempt is not good enuff when your charging me $60+ for a game, especially when a game on PS2 THAT WAS $25 DOLLARS, 6 YEARS AGO COULD GET IT RIGHT.

Im not nit picking im just upset with this franchise turning in to crap and NOT having a option to play another football game, to be honest rivalry is good and without it is why EA is turning into trash..

Here's to hoping that Madden 11 takes a page out of the NCAA Basketball 2010 book and give us different announce teams. NCAA Basketball has an ESPN broadcast presentation and a CBS Presentation. Since Madden holds the rights to the NFL, doesn't that mean they hold the rights to Fox Sports as well? You could have Buck and Troy on Fox and whoever announces for CBS, and then do the traditional MNF announcers as well..NCAA Basketball has multiple announcers, so I think a HUGE step towards authenticity would be incorporating Fox(NFC Broadcasts) CBS (AFC Broadcasts) and ESPN for MNF, and have each different program with their respective announcers.

Congrats !! to the saints fans out there.. I'm not a Saints fan but the there couch is the best and he should be on the madden 11 cover.. couches can change the out come of the game.. The colts couch should look back at his season and see that it's not his team and just let Manning play.. As for the video blogs keep it coming EA..

I hope Mark Trumell's main job is accessibility. What I mean by that is that it's easier to do certain aspects of the game. For example, he might add the in-save feature or maybe customization options, or possibly more user-friendly way to make all the right substitutions in the game. I just hope he doesn't make the game easier to play, where there is less strategy, and less SIM.

The VLOG was a disaster. How is the Marketing team going to ok that they post it yet bleep out certain aspects of the responses?!

The audio director seemed bored just to describe the broadcasting element...

Just really disappointing.

I'm still waiting for that Madden EA promised it's fans with that Super Bowl ad years ago with McNabb...

Ian looks like he's really trying to please fans and get information out there but it's being held back by the people at EA. An interesting note to look at is the Lead Designer at NBA Live leaving the team after one year to rejoin Visual Concepts. Something with the way EA does it's games has to rub people the wrong way.

I'm not going to jump on this hype train EA will put us all on come March.

Madden 2011 looks like it will be the most publicized/accessible Madden to date...just not the best OVERALL game to date.

I didn't hear one word about making the gameplay more realistic during the blog. I don't know about this year's madden.....

Firewalker....

The thing is to me is that it seems EA is listening to the cheaters, the materialistic crowd, and then trying to draw in more people to madden. But did you see whats missing?

You guessed it! THE REAL MADDEN FANS!!!

Like I said, if they wanna go arcade, then by all means keep making Madden Arcade. I'm not gonna buy it, i'll just dedicate more time into something that really involves strategy and have to worry less about cheaters and glitchers.

I feel very cheated from this generation of maddens, I thought we would of had top of the line presentation that other games get that only get played for a small period of time compared to the life 1 single version of madden gets.

I pictured features that only existed on the PC because you can do endless amounts of crap with a PC, so I thought these new consoles would have atleast ushered these features in by now.

What happen to us ELITE members getting all these privledges and crap for that $5-10 dollars we spent this year for a name in bright yellow? I still dont see the benefits of that at all.

Why dont you guys consider a way to deter cheaters? It hurts a whole lot more losing a game you know you should have won than it does losing a game to someone who doesnt take advantage of every exploit in the game.

Why dont we have a FEEDBACK SYSTEM yet? I know the difficulties of this but its been too long! I would like to detail my opponents tactics out in writing along with there stats sheet showing there tendacies .

Its not that hard to sit down and play a game of football, and thats why im at a point of thinking why do you guys try so hard to draw in people who either know if they wanna play madden or not by turning it into an arcade SIM when arcades are dying across the land.

If you're a football fan, then more than likely your gonna play madden or whatever else, i dont know too many gamers that dont know or heard of MADDEN. Especially when you walk in to a gamestop or something and madden is all on the walls and stuff when that marketing blitz hits.

Just give us some GAMING BLISS for a change, im pretty sure 80% or more of the people who buy madden are the real hardcore fans.

I would like to see interactive blogs asking for our opinions on things you guys have done so far with the game as far as the gameplay aspect goes. That would be sweet and we would really know we are helping shape madden.

ANother thing is to watch video footage of the games that go on in these madden tournaments. This should help out in Q&A sessions to get things done as perfectly as you guys can.

I would like to see the clipping and the players flying (literally) thru other players on the field to make tackles that would of resulted in a big gain or something else. Another issue you guys seem to not see or understand is this suction blocking that goes on, theres too much tech under the hoods of these systems for every player on the field to not be there OWN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER!

Please for the love of everything madden...

FIX THE INTERCEPTION ISSUES THATS BEEN PLAGUING MADDEN SINCE FOREVER!!!

EXAMPLE...

If a defender does a 1 handed interception and I make a big hit on him as he is in the air and he still comes down with the ball in that "1" hand. Somethings not right, and this goes for all interceptions. Why dont they every drop the ball when getting hit? Once its picked, its picked, whether in the air or on the ground, its just too one sided and has always been like that.

ps3.firewalker987 wrote:Madden 2011 looks like it will be the most publicized/accessible Madden to date...just not the best OVERALL game to date.

I find that funny since we have NO information on the features of Madden NFL 11. The only we got is who are part of the development team, what their vision is, and a cover voting contest.

On the whiteboard, here's what I can read:

Hail to the Saints(?)
Dolphins?
Auth/Cover?
SHOL(?)
SFX Remaster
Achievements
Madden Moments
Jungle? Crazy? (I'm guessing this is crowd interaction..)

So far that looks pretty good, but I'm sure they'll find ways to mess it up.

What a joke! No wonder next gen has been terrible. Ian needs a wake up call if he thinks the blog was worth while. BB will destroy Madden in gameplay terms, however marketing is the only thing helping Madden sell. Madden 2010 has not caught up with 2k5. They tried to steal everything from 2k5 and still didn't get it right. The animations are horrible. Too many canned animations occur over and over. How many shoe string tackles do we see on Sundays? The fight for a fumble is the worst feature ever. Its stupid!! The game looks worst than ps2 version on replays. What you need to show in your blogs are gameplay adjustments, more teams such as classic teams which can be edited. Better animations, realistic AI that doesn't cheat on the ALL -Madden level. Better co-op such as 8 players online and offline. Wake up and smell the coffee or the * you all layed on us this past year!

ps3.POETICDRINK2U wrote: I watch the Madden blog and I'm really nervous hearing realism and arcade paired together. I think Madden Arcade was good enough... Simulation and arcade just don't mesh together. It's either or... Mark Trunnell has me thinking when you try to grab everybody you still are going to make the die-hard upset... I can see it now the complaining starting.

yeah i aree with this guy - madden needs to be SIM madden arcade can be well... arcade they should be seperate game modes

Madden NFL 11 -- need to improve on Broadcast Cam presentation,,when we watch CPU v.s. CPU make it look like we watching the real game on T.V. ,,,

- fix Auto replays and Highlight
- Player running animation ,,,, in Madden NFL 10 player look funny when they running
- Fix the bench and camera cut,,,more detail on game presentation
- Realistic game play and player reaction...
- All around Camera angle,,,camera movement,,,continuous play the game never stop,,,
- Improve on Franchise mode menu set up,,,,make it like NFL.com and our game highlight on the background