Madden 11

[HailtotheYo]

The buttons over their heads are for passing plays. That indicates who can catch a pass, and the coinciding button for that guy.

[Timmoru Suzuki]

I know what they are for, just not why I don't always have the option to pass. Does something in the rules of the game dictate that I HAVE to run with the ball rather than pass on certain plays? Or is the virtual coach in Madden 11 making that choice for me? Is it a choice I can make?

[HailtotheYo]

if you choose the "gameflow" option, then the play is called for you. If you do the full playbook, you choose whether it is a run or pass.

[Timmoru Suzuki]

Ah, I see. Thanks dude!

[rocksta]

Sprint is the same as it is in NCAA it is automatically set to Auto-Sprint but you can go into options and change it.

[Cactus Drags]

Stratpad is the new vision cone.

[Mysterio2000X]

Geez, the whole gameflow system sucks ass.

[Toe]

Those are passing plays. The buttons are the receivers.

[TCO]

I love how basically all of the additions this year are being shat on by fans.

The gameflow feature is stupid, it's essentially forcing beginner mode on people. I was the Jets and it was 3rd and 11 and Gameflow told me to run a draw, when it was the most clear cut passing situation ever. The new kicking, is overly simplified and looks like we've suddenly lost the use of analogue sticks. I mean it's not as big a deal as Tiger Woods' analogue swing control, but it worked, power meters suck.

Stratergy pad is the worst addition to Madden in a long time. Who the hell thought making the adjustments process longer is idiotic.

[rocksta]

To be fair a draw in a clear cut passing situation is exactly what the draw is designed for >_>

But yah I truly hate stratpad.

Edited August 1, 2010 by rocksta

[TCO]

I got smached after 4 yards in case you were wondering. Draws never work in Madden becasue the MLB is always there to stop you, even if you break through the D-line.

[Cactus Drags]

I got smached after 4 yards in case you were wondering. Draws never work in Madden becasue the MLB is always there to stop you, even if you break through the D-line.

I've so far found the blocking to be a lot better, and have had success with a couple of draw plays on the demo.

Also, I think a lot of you are shitting on gameflow when it's not really designed for you. I've enjoyed it so far, although the coach is going to get very annoying very quickly if they haven't recorded many lines for him. Hopefully, using the gameplan system effectively will improve the coach's calls.

While I don't agree with it, Ian Cummings has explained the decision to bring in the stratpad, and has confirmed that the original controls will be patched in, probably by week 1 of the season.

[Timmoru Suzuki]

I got smached after 4 yards in case you were wondering. Draws never work in Madden becasue the MLB is always there to stop you, even if you break through the D-line.

I've so far found the blocking to be a lot better, and have had success with a couple of draw plays on the demo.

Also, I think a lot of you are shitting on gameflow when it's not really designed for you. I've enjoyed it so far, although the coach is going to get very annoying very quickly if they haven't recorded many lines for him. Hopefully, using the gameplan system effectively will improve the coach's calls.

While I don't agree with it, Ian Cummings has explained the decision to bring in the stratpad, and has confirmed that the original controls will be patched in, probably by week 1 of the season.

Exactly. Its designed for American Football and/or MADDEN nOObs like me. And it's helped me a lot. Helped me to the point where I occasionally ignore it and do something entirely different. And since I fully intend to buy the game, from their point of view: WIN

I've not gone near the Stratpad. How important can it be? >_>

[TCO]

It makes adjustments longer to implement, leaving no time to do anything on defence and makes it difficult on offence too, especially with accelerated playclock.

[Cactus Drags]

I really don't see how it's going to ease newcomers into making adjustments either. I've barely had time to see what the different directions do. I think once I managed to shift my defensive line to the side. It's not quite so much of an issue on offence.

[TCO]

I don't mind the new method of calling audibles, because I like that it gives you more choice of plays. Hot routes and O-Line shifts are annoying though beacuse the button presses are imprinted in my head and I just can't get them fast enough.

[HailtotheYo]

^ That has been the biggest annoyance for me thus far.

I love how NCAA has it. They should copy that/go back to that/whatever, THAT.

[HeartlineTwist]

I don't mind the new method of calling audibles, because I like that it gives you more choice of plays. Hot routes and O-Line shifts are annoying though beacuse the button presses are imprinted in my head and I just can't get them fast enough.

As counter-intuitive as it may be, I think this MAY be something that plays out slightly different in the actual retail version. I think they're more about giving you a taste of something new to see what the response to it is.

[DYSI]

Played the demo over the past couple of days and I got to say I like the new blocking system they put in where you could actually RUN the ball. The gameflow could be good if you really sat down and set it up right, but for right now its basically like going to Madden mode but actually getting the played called instead of picking one of the 3 plays. Hopefully the old controls are out when the game is cuz the new D-Pad setup takes waaaay too long for you to do anything.

[Timmoru Suzuki]

Well I suck on the Pro difficulty setting. Defending is still fine, just when attacking the CPU seems to intercept every single pass. Still, I'll keep buggering on.