i just want to make sure what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
this adaptive ai goes for defensive to so if someone is calling nickel 3- cover man most of the game the ai will tweak that to.

It sounds good! I hope it works. Just got through playing someone on Madden 09 that was using "glitch plays". Very frustrating when you can't stop someone.

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It all looks like very good stuff. All I can ask is that some way you guys should make it work efficiently vs the rocket catch. In theory it sounds as if it will work based on how they will do coverage but it should actually work beyond the theory at doing the goal for which you have set. Rocket catching is something consistent and there are coverages for it but because of the animation and AI flaws it is unstoppable. If this addresses that then that would really improve the game. Other than that I don't know if this is the place to post it but a problem with Madden 09 is that it is 100% impossible to catch an interception near the field boundaries. Please look into fixing that as well because it is completely senseless and allows people to throw terrible passes near the sideline simply because it cannot be picked if too close to the boundary.

The issue I had with Madden 09 was the fact that when you dot you Madden IQ up into the 750 + range, especially in rushing, it was almost impossible to break a run longer than 5 yards. I have no problem with it being being difficult to gain yards on a good defense, or even an average defense. But if the game is going to become more realistic this needs to be tweaked a bit. The other big AI flaw that I have was on defense. On almost any setting other than rookie my Db's (Ravens) would pretty frequently get their hands on the ball yet 95% off the time it would clank off their hands harmlessly to the ground. If a DB has an open shot at a ball, with nobody around him, I don't care who he is he will not drop the ball 95% of the time. Another issue I hope is being resolved is the situational stuff when the ball is in the air. I know the ball tracking etc has been reworked and I am thankful of that, but I was frequently torched by WR's when my DB go for the pick BEHIND the WR giving him an open field to take it to the house. Again I understand that this does happen in the NFL with crossing routes, outs, slants, etc. Vs. zone coverage mostly but it is an issue that with the new system I hope is fixed.

Hope this does not fall on deaf ears. Thanks for a continually evolving game and taking into account what the gamers want fixed from year to year. Keep up the good work.

PS - I hope some of the superstar stuff is being reworked as well, I think it is my favorite addition in recent years and I hope it continues to grow and evolve, not just as a fun perk to the game, but as a dynamic and high replaying game mode.

thats awesome that i might actually lose against the comp now. beating the comp on all madden got pretty old. i cant remember if you guys have already have but i would like to be able to have a post route available to hot route.

oh yeah and also there should be home field advantage so qwest field is the loudest stadium and it should draw more false start penalties.

also there should be an online dynasty like ncaa so you can play the complete scedule against not just user teams. and allow a fantasy draft, not just a draft like in madden 09 but fantasy draft so you actually get to choose who you get on the spot and not just say you want a qb for first priority in the first round.

i liked that field goal idea because it is way too easy to kick field goals as long as you have good kick power. kick accuracy doesnt do anything.

you guys better make matt hasselbeck good in the game because he is great in real life. he was just injured this last year and had crappy recievers to throw to that made him look bad. trust me matt ryan and kerry collins are not better than hasselbeck.

i've been liking what i've been reading so far though so keep up the good work.

so if you are playing the computer instead of a human opponent, the computer players that our on your team will help you out by making adjustments to how they play in order to stop your computer opponent?
or did i misunderstand that part?

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http://insideblog.easports.com/archive/2009/04/10/adaptive-ai-in-madden-nfl-10.aspx

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first off the ratings r based on a season 2 season basis. so yea matt ryan and kerry collins r better than hasselback(this year). but anyway the new feature sounds nice but its kinda ify. if im playin online and im runnin da ball up da middle wit michel turner and the "noob" im playin agains cant stop it then y help him? im not talkin about a fb dive or notin crazy, im talkin about a plain ol hb dive from da "I" formation. it seems like this new feature will give people who cant stop any play a chance at actually playin good "d". lets say u know a friend of yours likes 2 play cover 3 almost 100% of the time so u have the perfect play to counter it. he shouldnt rely on adaptive ai to have his back just because he only runs one play and i have a nice play 2 counter it. this also brings up another question....wat happend to custom hot routes?

"I guess I never really saw that much of a problem passing the ball in Madden 09. I liked the fact that it forced you to run the ball to set up the pass.

My main problem with 09 was the fact that any CPU controlled QB in the league would play like Joe Montana"


This is bull crap! The game forces you to pass the ball damn near. You cant set the computer up with the run for nothing. Countless times have I run the ball picking up a constant 3 or 4yds and when i come out I Form PA FB FLAT, The safeties are backing up in coverage. We're saying the game is adaptive, great, but hope that means that doesnt mean the computer is knowing the play before I run it. It would be dumb for them to come out in a defense to stop a play they shouldnt know I'm running. The computer should pick plays based off what I have done in the game until then. Example, if on every drive I've run the ball on 1st and 10, the team should blitz on 1st and 10, and in franchise mode other teams should pick that up.

If the AI is on some I run HB Slam and bounce between TE and RT every time so they blitz there just because I'm in the eye formation and thats the actual play I call would be some bull crap on EA's part. AI should call plays on probability and not on psychic ability. The game is fun when u can break a few big plays, do some of the impossible sometimes. Let's be serious.........As GAMERS we want it to be realistic, but we want some fantasy action, some of the impossible being possible within the game. OVERALL the problem is that EA is taking some of the fantasy and gaming out of the GAME and its making the gameplay suffer. We're all gonna buy the game regardless but....its the truth whether you admit it or not.

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO STOP THE STUPID OUTSIDE RUN!?!??!?!?!?!?! AND WHY CANT I THROW THE BALL NEAR THE SIDELINE WITHOUT MY WR STEPPING OUT OF BOUNDS?!?!?! OH AND WHAT HAPPENED TO RUN/PASS COMMIT?!!?!?! IM SICK OF BEING BURNED CUZ MY TEAM BITES ON FIVE PLAY ACTIONS IN A ROW!!!!!!!
AND WHY DOESNT THE CLOCK STOP SUMTIMES WHEN I RUN OUT OF BOUNDS OR THROW THE BALL AWAY!/?!?!?!?!
I MEAN DO U GUYS EVEN PLAY THIS GAME BEFORE U PUT IT OUT ON THE SHELVES & CHARGE 60 FRICKIN DOLLARS?!?! THIS MIGHT BE THE END OF MY MADDEN DAYS.. I HAVENT PLAYED 09 SINCE LAST NOVEMBER. I WAITED FOR THIS ONE AND, EVEN THO IT IS BETTER THAN 09, U GUYS STILL KEEP ADDING MORE GOOD THINGS BUT THEN TAKE OUT THE GREAT THINGS. U GUYS R SO WORRIED ABOUT SEEING THE PLAYERS SMILE & FROWN ON THE SCREEN THAT U DONT REALIZE HOW BAD THE GAME PLAY IS. U GUYS NEED TO HIRE ME OR SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS SUMTHING ABOUT THE GAME OF FOOTBALL. AND WHATS UP WITH THAT TACKLE ANIMATION WHERE THE CB OR SAFETY DIVES AT THE WR FROM BEHIND & THE WR DOES A BACK FLIP?!?!?!? WHEN HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED IN REAL LIFE CUZ IVE NEVER SEEN IT. OH ONE MORE THING... WHY CANT WE GET SUM DEFENSIVE ZONE BLITZ PLAYS WITH COVER 2 BEHIND IT!!! ESPECIALLY IN THE 3-4

I just want to know why the EA Madden series does such a poor job with the Hall of Fame players that are on the game. First of all, the players do not have the helmets, facemasks or other equipment that matches what they actually wore when they played. I know that EA made an extra effort on Madden 2010 to make the contemporary players look more realistic because of so many complaints from gamers. It is time to give the HOF players their due respect.

What is the use in having the great NFL HOF players on the game if they do not look anything like or have the actual equipment that they wore when they played? They should be created on the game to have all of the old school facemasks, helmets and all other equipment that these players wore in real life. Also, some of the HOF players do not look anything like themselves. You gave Larry Little of the Dolphins dreadlocks! I don't think he had dreads in the 60's and 70's. I did notice that you did give Walter Payton his jheri curl, so that is a move in the right direction.

You have all of these great HOF players on your game and you don't even attempt to market this aspect of the game. You have Barry Sanders, Harry Carson, Larry Czonka, Michael Irvin, Thurman Thomas, Earl Campbell and etcetera who are outright superstars. These players are arguably more marketable than the contemporary players. It is a waste that you don't even make an effort for them to look realistic. This is really pitiful. I think All-Pro Football 2K8 did a whole lot better job than Madden with their old school players, facemasks, and equipment.

EA Sports was allegedly sued for using Jim Brown's likeness and you did not even have him on the game. The HOF players that you DO have licensed are simply going to waste because you do not attempt to make them an important aspect of the game.

Also, you should be able to put Andre Tippett, Mike Singletary and etcetera on their former teams without having the teams go over the salary cap. For example, we want to see Rod Woodson making tackles for the Steelers.

People enjoy playing with these great HOF players and if Madden is truly the best football video game, then EA should have the Hall of Famers represented correctly and pay them their due respect. This should be the number one priority on Madden 2011's wish list.