Madden NFL 11 News Post

Madden NFL 11 Screenshots and First Details (IGN)

02:28 PM - March 23, 2010 by wildthing2022000

IGN has posted the first Madden NFL 11 screenshots, as well as the first details on the game.

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	"Not only will players recognize the boundaries of the field, but Cummings also said that they'd be fully aware of the location of first down markers. "We have specifically tuned and added support to make it so receivers wait for the ball on a curl and have awareness for the first down. Also, receivers will now be working to catch the ball in stride on crossing routes so they don't end up slowing down or losing yardage," said Cummings. He later conceded that receivers will occasionally lose yardage if it means coming back to the ball and avoiding an interception. I, for one, can live with that. But what about defense? It seems with all this newfound firepower for the offense, the defensive guys might have fallen by the wayside. Cummings assured us that wasn't the case, saying, "We never want to make it so the offense is too powerful, so we have really focused on giving the defenders the ability to go up and also knock the ball out in mid-air. We've added all new animations for mid-air collisions so defenders have an even better ability to get up with a receiver and fight for the ball. With recent changes, players will definitely play the ball more aggressively, but the elite guys are the ones who are going to be able to hang on to it." So while you'll see wide receivers like Larry Fitzgerald going up in traffic and coming down with an astounding grab, there's certainly the opportunity for defenders like Ed Reed to make you sorry you ever tried working the ball into the middle of the field."

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# 61 adub88 @ 03/23/10 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by wheelman990


	Still looks like the same Madden to me. Those arent great annimations, and the players and grass,etc all look the same. Chances of me buying 2011 are about .0009%

Ditto, I don't care if they're just screens or not. That looks like same ugly animation that is in Madden '10. I'm not even buying the game until I see some fluid animations and not robotic looking animations. 2k5 still has better animations, why can't we do better in 2010? I just don't understand.

# 62 Niners_Fan_15 @ 03/23/10 04:59 PM

They still got awhile to polish the animations and tweak with the graphics but am i the only one not impressed with the graphics? They....well...unimpressive.

# 63 lolfalconsbeatu @ 03/23/10 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Only1LT


	In real life the offense has the advantage, so why should a sim be any different. They know the route, they know the timing, and they know the adjustments to make based off of any coverage they are shown, because they practice them to death. Let's not forget that WRs, by and large, are more skilled than DBs. Many DBS are failed WRs. I don't care what defense you are talking about. 85' Bears. 2000 Ravens. 2002 Bucs. Steel Curtain. Whoever. You will not play man all game and have any chance to win unless you are getting a great rush on the QB. Zero. There is a reason why they say that any QB with time will pick you apart, because it's true. Aside from a handful of people in the history of the NFL, a DB can not lock his man down for more than a couple seconds. Now I went off on a tangent I know, and my original point wasn't that I felt that the DBs had a huge advantage on 10, just that the propensity of dropped balls off of a ridiculously moronic animation that is not even physically possible, is totally unrealistic, and I don't like the sound of them saying that they are focusing on making even more animations to knock the ball out. If it is done in a realistic fashion then fine, but I have little confidence in that based on last year, that's all. I will tell you what is realistic. If you play man and you don't get to the QB, you will get carved up like it's Thanksgiving and Christmas morphed into one holiday. Not saying that there are no issues with man to man on 10, but I think that most people have an unrealistic expectation of DBs being able to lock down the man in front of them. If it has to be broken one way, I'd rather it be that man hardly works then that it is overly effective. Not realistic. In real life, even when they blitz, teams still use a lot of zone. Jets had the best D statistically last year, and their D got undressed by Peyton Manning in the playoffs. Why? No pressure.

ok me and you are on the same page for the most part than.

You are correct about the offense naturally having the advantage over a defense in real life. But what about the the dude online who runes drags the ENTIRE game and my DB just doesn't get it? Oh and than all of a sudden runs a slant? Or that 5 yard out route that cant be stopped because the user can turn it into a RC(rocket catch)?

I guess what I'm really getting at, is where is that "Adaptive Awareness" that was suppose to not allow you to run the same plays Over and Over without even stretching the field? I know you mention before the backflip animation that the WR does when going deep is ridiculous (and it really is)...but im pretty sure you have adjusted your game to run 5-10 yard routes to get you by because you know the "Adaptive AI" that the DBs were suppose to have are a joke, and you cant go deep..so it is what it is...

All I'm saying is that the DBs do need to get better and knock more passes down ESPECIALLY if the same plays are being ran. If dude keeps running drags, slants, and hitches, my DBs should cheat and shut down everything underneath if my opponent refuses to go deep.

Sorry for going on a rant, after promising I wouldn't -- but in a nutshell, the DBs need to be smarter, period.

# 64 kjcheezhead @ 03/23/10 05:04 PM

I like that they chose this for their first info because gameplay is easily one the worst parts of this game to me and I'd rather have this than a screen shot showing animated shoe strings and hand warmers.

I also gotta say I'm not that excited about it tho because I heard all this stuff before....many,many,many....many times. August will be the test of whether I buy the game or not but this did nothing to improve the odds that I will.

# 65 lolfalconsbeatu @ 03/23/10 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by splff3000


	Whoa!! You're not playing on All Pro and you're complaining about the defense? I don't normally say things like this, but you need to bump it up to All Pro or All Madden, then complain. While, I don't think it's as hard as Pantherbeast said it was to complete a pass, it is definitely more difficult than Pro or rookie.

lol I am playing on all-pro. I don't play anything but online ranked matches, so my bad if I wasn't clear in my post...but the DBs do not scare me on All-pro or all madden. I've got some money players (not cheating plays), but normal slants, drags, and hitches, and that "adaptive ai" didn't seem to really kick in this yeah, imo...

# 66 Bgamer90 @ 03/23/10 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseySuave4


	No i didnt expect something crazy for 1st release of info but i also didnt expect something that they said was in the game 2 years ago. I expected them to maybe mention something about the playbooks or something along those lines but this is something that should have been in a long time ago.

I don't see this as just "we are fixing problems with sideline catching". This sounds much more like it's for multiple situations. You can always make something better than how it was previously so the "I heard it all before" mindset isn't the same as mines.

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	And people complain about stuff not being in because a lot of it is stuff that was either in or should be in by now that was either removed or still hasn't been added. When they tell us about something like this years ago, and finally now actually get it in the game, we have a right to be pissed. I shouldn't sit back and say well at least they finally got it in. Thats just a piss poor job and laziness by them for saying it was in before but only now getting it right.

I guess I was just raised differently then lol. I will get mad if something isn't added and if it is taking a long time for it to be added but when it is finally added, while I may think "it's about time", I'm not going to get mad. I mean really... what's the point? If you are going to act the same way as you did before then they might as well not even put it in the game.

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	I had the same attitude you do for the past few years. I sat back, waited for the good stuff, bought into the little things they were saying to us and thinking that was a sign that they were really moving in the right direction but 5 years later we still have a mediocre football game.

That's all subjective. While M10 does have problems I don't find it to be mediocre. It took a lot of leaps and was the first Madden this gen that I played franchise mode for more than one season.

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	MLB the Show has baseball done right, NBA 2k10 has basketball done right, Fifa has soccer done right, yet the most popular game in the U.S. and we're still stuck with a mediocre representation from what is supposed to be one of the top developers for one of the biggest franchises around. There is no excuse for EA to continue putting out such a mediocre football game, none.

All those games still have problems... NBA 2k10 definitely (I have that game). I guess what I don't get is how people find issues with Madden 10 but yet at the same time are so hard pressed to find issues with other games or games in the past that are viewed as "some of the greatest sports games of all time".

# 67 Legend Killer @ 03/23/10 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by adub88


	Ditto, I don't care if they're just screens or not. That looks like same ugly animation that is in Madden '10. I'm not even buying the game until I see some fluid animations and not robotic looking animations. 2k5 still has better animations, why can't we do better in 2010? I just don't understand.

Am I one of the few people here that is not judging madden 11 already on the first bit of info we just got today. Why do I get the feeling that Ian and Phil be finshed with posting here this year around before they get started. I'm sure Ian is already scanning OS post and deciding wheather to post here this year are avoid OS altogether and just post on twitter instead. I wouldn't blame him one bit. People need to layoff and relax and allow Ian to come on here and interact with us without been mobbed by people who are unhappy about madden and the info we are getting. Please people chill out and don't judge on the first bit of info you see please.

# 68 Bgamer90 @ 03/23/10 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by swiftychampleone


	Not to encourage negativity, but I feel where he's coming from. The last good Madden was 05 and I haven't bought one since then. It's like waiting on a person that's running late and when they show up it's like, "About time!" You know how it is, man.

Nostalgia!

While 05 was good, I don't get how ones could say "I'm sick of suction issues, sick of super DB's, etc." when 05 had these issues much worse than 10 does.

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Originally Posted by green94


	Graphics look like they took a hit to me, hopefully that means the sidelines and crowds got some much needed attention this year. Any info in March is good for me.

Really? Graphics actually look the same to me. No real improvement but we'll see how things really are once more pics start to pop up.

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Originally Posted by adub88


	Ditto, I don't care if they're just screens or not. That looks like same ugly animation that is in Madden '10.

Were those pics .gifs?

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Originally Posted by Pringles


	if that is what madden 11 is going to look like i am not impressed first the field still looks washed out ? were are the dark colors ? or the different types of fields and there own unique look. both madden and ncaa suffer from cartoonish look with washed out colors and too dark. pop in all pro that is what the uniforms and dynamic lighting should look like. the ball still looks off too big and plastic looking the bodies look the same and by the animation they showed us my guess is the running mechanics will not be improved. .00001 chance i buy it.

lol ::facepalm::

::walks away from computer::

# 69 CardsFan52 @ 03/23/10 05:14 PM

Really don't get why people are jumping ship and bad mouthing, its the firs bit of real info folks so chill. Looking forward to the blog tomorrow.

# 70 splff3000 @ 03/23/10 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pantherbeast


	Why do I get the feeling that Ian and Phil be finshed with posting here this year around before they get started. (

Umm, maybe because they haven't posted here since October or something like that.

# 71 lolfalconsbeatu @ 03/23/10 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pantherbeast


	Am I one of the few people here that is not judging madden 11 already on the first bit of info we just got today. Why do I get the feeling that Ian and Phil be finshed with posting here this year around before they get started. I'm sure Ian is already scanning OS post and deciding wheather to post here this year are avoid OS altogether and just post on twitter instead. I wouldn't blame him one bit. People need to layoff and relax and allow Ian to come on here and interact with us without been mobbed by people who are unhappy about madden and the info we are getting. Please people chill out and don't judge on the first bit of info you see please.

I'm with you panther. I definitely see the direction madden is going in and Im excited. So far they have already started to address a couple things I've wanted them to check out already just with this little bit of info we've got.

# 72 splff3000 @ 03/23/10 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lolfalconsbeatu


	I'm with you panther. I definitely see the direction madden is going in and Im excited. So far they have already started to address a couple things I've wanted them to check out already just with this little bit of info we've got.

WTF? lol, I'm not trying to pick on you, man. I promise I'm not, but C'mon lol. They said almost the exact same thing last year. Oh and for the record, there's a 91.354% chance that I'm going to buy the game.

# 73 lolfalconsbeatu @ 03/23/10 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by splff3000


	WTF? lol, I'm not trying to pick on you, man. I promise I'm not, but C'mon lol. They said almost the exact same thing last year. Oh and for the record, there's a 91.354% chance that I'm going to buy the game.

lol honestly, with there no other real football games with actual real player names on their back, and the positive direction I definitely see that they are heading toward..Its 100% I'll be getting the game. But Nah, I know your not picking on me lol, i just wanted to make sure I was clear in my post lol.

Heres to a great madden '11

# 74 Legend Killer @ 03/23/10 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by splff3000


	Umm, maybe because they haven't posted here since October or something like that.

Really!!! I could swear in the past 2 weeks I saw a few posts on here by Ian lol. But yea bro I understand what you are saying. They have not post on any madden news since madden 10 came out last august. But the thing is Ian said on his twitter sometime back about wheather he would come bout to OS after some these people on here getting to personal with him. I think there is a fine line between complaining about things in the game that need to get fixed and all. And then people on here going beyond that and attacking Ian on a personal level and all. It seems from some of these post I have seen so far. It would seem some of these people could get to personal on Ian and Phil if they was to post on here and all. That is my guess and opinion. But I am sure Ian this year is going to be more careful to when he will and interact with us to avoid people who want to go to far with their comments and all about his work. I wouldn't blame him one bit if he decided not to post here at all. Who knows.

# 75 jdr4693 @ 03/23/10 05:30 PM

meh... I just don't seem to care as much about this franchise anymore

# 76 roadman @ 03/23/10 05:32 PM

1) This was a total surprise that information was released. I was waiting for a blog, now, surprise me again with the contents of the blog.

2) I'm not going to comment one way or another on a few pics released in March.

3) I don't blame some people for being skeptical at all. If they felt they were intentionally lied to over the years, then they have a right to feel that way. For me, some things didn't make it into Madden last year, but I don't feel I was intentionally lied to. For those that are skeptical, they'll need to rent it or read reviews before purchasing.

4) I need more information on physics and locomotion.

Let the fun times begin.

# 77 Joborule @ 03/23/10 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by splff3000


	Huh? How did you get that, from this

I implied that they would be more aggressive at going for the ball when I saw this:

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	He later conceded that receivers will occasionally lose yardage if it means coming back to the ball and avoiding an interception. I, for one, can live with that.

I take it they would be more aggressive in getting back to get the ball instead of the defender, so they'll be more aggressive in general. Plus how is that a bad thing like the article implies?

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	Also, I don't think I like the idea of the receivers running their route to the first down marker on their own. Each play has a certain design and should be followed. If the play calls for a 5yd curl, then I want the receiver to run a 5 yd curl. If I want him to run it to the first down marker, I will play maker him to run his route to the first down marker. The only time I wouldn't mind this is on option routes. I can assume that route based passing isn't in this years version either since receivers routes are gonna be varied, that means you're gonna have to wait until they make their break before you can throw the ball.

If I were to guess, it would be based on situation and they'll be more aggressive to get the first down on 3rd downs. Like you said most plays are designed for players to run the route in a specific way and they should be run that way.

# 78 Legend Killer @ 03/23/10 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by foolish813


	If everyone was posting about how awesome this info was there would be no problem. That's just not the case though. We learned from the past and we feel we know where this is headed. We have all been loyal fans who invest our hard earned cash every year. We have the RIGHT to call it as we see it. We have wowed EA and the gaming industry for years with our dedication. We deserve the same in return. That's all we want. We feel we are the unappreciated wives, that have ironed EA's clothes and put food in their mouths only to be shunned, called fat, told to loose weight, cheated on, and told that we could never find anyone else to love us.

Yes and I understand that and all. I have been a madden fan for 20+ years now. I want to the same thing as every other fan wants. But going to personal with and Ian and crew is not going to help any. But overall I'm just saying that we people on OS need to treat Ian and Phil and the rest of the madden crew with more respect on here then other people did last year. But sorry for going off topic here.

But the first little bit of info and photos look good. Can't wait until tommorrow for Ian blog.

# 79 davjaffe @ 03/23/10 05:49 PM

The new info sounds cool, but I must say I'm a bit disappointed with the screenshots. I was hoping for some added graphical polish, particularly when it comes to the player models. I will admit, though, some of the faces do look great (I noticed, in particular, that Boldin looks very true-to-life). Something about that first NCAA 11 screenshot had me hyped for improved graphics, and I guess now I'm just underwhelmed here. Well, I can still hope for improved running animations and locomotion - it's still early in development season.

# 80 swiftychampleone @ 03/23/10 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Bgamer90


	Nostalgia! While 05 was good, I don't get how ones could say "I'm sick of suction issues, sick of super DB's, etc." when 05 had these issues much worse than 10 does.

Man, don't get me started on suction issues from last-gen. Those were huge killers in the 01-06 games. The only thing that helps that is better physics, which this current-gen can provide if EA dedicates themselves to it. I think that after 5 years, suction issues and super DBs shouldn't be present anymore.

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