Madden NFL 10 FAQ

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• Anton B said September 09, 2009

  great vid and improvements, one thing that I think is a big one and that is when your playing online rank match and you challenge a play the game Freezes, and the only way to unfreeze it is to go back to the dashboard or if your opponent quits and then when he does and you continue the game freezes again, is this being looked at? overall great topics

• xxEastwick08 said September 09, 2009

  thnx for all the answers...cnt wait for the 2nd title update....

  i cnt beleive ur not gnna change dat u cnt audible out of the wildcat or even scramble...that cuts down the realism...

  how about HB pass...can u change that play so we can scramble out of it?? beacuse madden for the ps2/xbox...we had dat freedom to run first and then PASS or just to keep running or to run then dropback to the pass then see nuttin open then run...

  come on IAN i kno u can at lease do the HB pass...

  oh and i wanna see SEC.COLOR SLEEVES

• scoot1918 said September 09, 2009

  thanks for the vids they explain alot but could you fix the fumbling issue cause with jones drew and adrian peterson i fumble about 3 to 4 times a game and did you add brett favres career stats in the game yet?

• WcM StorM said September 09, 2009

  thx 4 vids

• Steve_o_3000 said September 09, 2009

  please turn up the field degradation.

• oldsauce40 said September 09, 2009

  Need to fix player models add sweat to them for a more realistic look and add the first down marker!

• QuietStorm-757 said September 09, 2009

  Will you guys add friends online statues on the PS3? Like being able to see if your friends are in a game and what quarter the friend is in. This feature is available to the 360 owners and is nice to decide if you want to wait for a game. This will make life alot easier if this was available to the PS3 community.

• SilverG6 said September 09, 2009

  Hey Ian have you had complaints about if there is a penalty on a play where there is a turnover, the penalty disappear? For instance, I was playing online and the other teams guy was offsides so i threw a deep pass that was intercepted and he was able to keep possession even though there was an offsides penalty. Has anyone else had something similiar happen?

• SilverG6 said September 09, 2009

  Also i must say that in every online game I play, Joseph Addai gets hurt atleast once. I know he's injury prone but every game? Anyone else notice a lot of injuries?

• SilverG6 said September 09, 2009

  Sorry i keep forgetting, i also see on the sidelines that the first down markers are at mid field and i'm on my own 20.

• Puma Kane said September 09, 2009

  Why would you work on the effectiveness of the flats, when the CPU plays man so well??? We need something to bail us or else you will bring this game to a complete halt.

• yungtru21 said September 09, 2009

  are u gonna add player specific equipment? lil jamarcus russell's half sleeves? or the baseball diamond in oakland coliseum? and is there any way to fix field goal kicking? its almost impossible to kick anything farther than a 25yd field goal

• SilverG6 said September 09, 2009

  Can there be a patch where it stops people from glitching online and making the clock go away when you are trying to run the clock down to make the game winnig field goal? Has anyone else had this done to them on PS3?

• T Boogs said September 09, 2009

  I know you guys have gotten several complaints about freezing and to the best of my knowledge there has been no acknowledgement of the issue to date.  If there aren't any plans to fix this issue any time soon you may lose several loyal fans and Madden enthusiasts. I would have hoped for a fix in the upcoming patch to resolve some of these issues yet I see no mention of it anywhere.  I have posted on the forums and have seen many people have similar issues on both next gen consoles.  Any response or acknowledgement would be great.

• Theeastmademe said September 09, 2009

  Field degrade need to see that not seeing any at all players getting dirty things like that and too much dropped passes for good players with high catch rating thanks Ian can't wait for the next update.

• JKKanji said September 09, 2009

  Ian, one thing I've heard some people mention but no one really talk about in the patches or anything is the depth chart. Right now, if you're running the widlcat it will automatically take your starting RB to take the snap. What if I want to run it with Vick on the Eagles or White on the Dolphins? I have to go to my depth chart each time and make them my starting running back, then go back and put the starting RB in for other formations. There should be a slot for WC or something.

  Similar scenario for teams that run a 3-4 and 4-3. Some teams use an the 2nd string DT as the NT and one of the DEs as an OLB. Jaguars are a good example... Knighton as the NT and Groves stands up to be an OLB.

  While I'm on the subject of the Jaguars... the game has overdone the helmets. If you look at them during any of their preseason games there's not that strong of a teal tint on them at all, their helmets are still black.

• Devastator_504 said September 09, 2009

  why in an online game if u challange u get booted and recive a loss i feel if you are wining and madden oline boots u you shold not recive a loss or a win and this mess your dnf up

• brundog said September 09, 2009

  11) Are you working to adding more features to online franchise such as salary cap, contracts, etc?

  Absolutely but it won't be soon due to the complexity of the matter.

  So realistically can we expect these missing elements to be available this year? If not just say sorry they will not be in this year. Check back with Madden 11. The vague answers get old.

• prettyrik said September 09, 2009

  Good video feeling that some things that have been annoying the hell out of me are going to be addressed in patches. To go off the last question why isn't there an intentional grounding call if the ball doesn't make it anywhere near the intended reciever instead travels a yard or two from where the qb threw the ball. I look at it as a bail out for mobile QB's who get an incomplete pass instead of a 15 yd penalty when they just press any button to get rid of the ball the last millisecond.

  It really annoys me with all the dropped int's in the gm on ducks/floating passes (a defender doesn't have to have great hands to catch a ball that is floating in the air forever and a defender is in position waiting for it for a couple of seconds. not sure if its just my team the 49ers, but its really frustating.

• prettyrik said September 09, 2009

  to jjkanji- yo dude thats why they have substitutions in the playcall screen for. Press RB/R1 at the playcall screen and sub whoever you want in whateva position on whateva formation you want in a realistic manner, but can't have players playing out of position.

• biodieselxxl said September 09, 2009

  Please look into the over the shoulder catch animation. It happens way too often at the most inappropriate times. Also, backs pass block too well. In NCAA I've seen RB's get blown up by a bull rushing DE. In Madden they all get stonewalled.

• xxGrudgePunkr said September 09, 2009

  im sure there is a way u could add more penalties to the game like defensive holding, too many players on the field.. basically more penalties bein called besides offensive holding, false start and clipping! also we should be able to choose what we challenge plz this is a MUST! thanks ian hope you answer this question.

• MAINNIE G said September 09, 2009

  Hey Ian, I have been a madden fan for a long time now.  It pretty cool for us has fans to talk to you about our exprience with the game and possibly playing a role in helping to improving the game.

  But here is my feedback on the game i love to play, just wanted to touch on somethings  to help me get a better game experience if possible.

  The Madden experience has been good so far it just 1 or 2 things that i don't like about the game experience like how hard it is to get to the CPU QB.

  I don't understand how my defense can have 15 Interception on any level of the game and then how no sacks in the entire game. I thing there definitely something wrong with that and i would rather see more sacks than interception form defensive pressure.

  There is no better thing to see in a Real football game than seeing a QB being pressure and being sacks it really frustrating putting pressure on the QB and having him in your arm and he is still able to get rid of the ball every-time it seems.

  If seems has though rating doen't matter when your the one putting pressure on the QB than when it the CPU putting pressure on the QB i thing it should matter if your DLman  is better than there OLman  that he should atlease get pressure by pushing the OLman back and get some kind of pressure on the QB.

  If anything i would rather have coverage sacks than 20 Interception where the CPU QB is  making smart decisions with the ball.

  And one other small thing i'am one of those guy that love to look at what round they were drafted from and i notice that missing from the game for the first time.

  You have to understand that some of us learn alot about these player by Playing Madden so keep that in mind.

  Thank!

• GTMizUndaStood said September 09, 2009

  Sorry Ian I am not trying to be a ***, trust me.  I understand that these patches are easier said than done.  But my BIGGEST concern overall was in offline franchise the tackles are not recorded correctly.  EX:I have Patrick Willis with 84 solos 19 asst but the top LB's are well over 200 tackles.  Also assists count towards total tackle numbers. Will this be addressed?

• JGshocker22 said September 09, 2009

  the main thing i want to have fixed is for you guys to make it possible to play a online franchise game against someone on the same console

• Dominator__23__ said September 09, 2009

  Great stuff, just one more thing, you should be able to put anybody anywhere on the depth charts like in head coach, even if they suck, it'll just add to the realism

• ronnymund said September 09, 2009

  Donny, I must first give credit to Peter, Ian, Phil, and he other distinguished members of the Madden 10 dev team for finally following through on EA's promise to produce the most realistic & authentic football video game ever.  It seems as though the members of the Madden 2010 dev took the gamer seriously this year and actually used the vast array of ideas that the EA gamers expressed on the EA Sports fan forum as a resource when making Madden 10.  The pro-tak animations (although they may need a bit of tweaking before Madden 2011 www.youtube.com/watch) as well as the attention that Ian and company paid to the creation of new player models trully seems to have enhanced the gameplay of Madden 10 by epic proportions.  By introducing simplistic uniform options such as hand towels, hand warmers, cleat updates, and better ankle tape jobs (I do however wish you would go back to the tape jobs seen in Madden 01-07 for the PS2) Ian and company were able to dynamically alter the overall look of Madden 10 and give the game a more realistic touch compared to the stagnant player models that were seen in Madden 07-09.  Another aspect that adds to the realistic look of Madden 10 is the variety of QB throwing motions that allows the gamer to differentiate a Qb like Tony Romo, who slings the football with a side arm motion from a Qb like Peyton Manning, who throws the football with a more conventional over the top motion.  With all this being,  I believe that in order to keep the world's most popular football game progressing instead of regressing like prior editions of Madden (needless to say Madden 07-09) all the afore mentioned elements not only need to be applauded but must also be expanded upon in Madden 2011.  In Madden 2011 I hope to see the idea of player specific throwing motions expanded upon to include the signature ways in which running backs in the NFL actually run with the football.  For instance, some players like Brandon Jacobs run violently through the line (www.youtube.com/watch ) while others like Adrian Peterson hit the hole with power and run with grace as they break away from the pack ( www.youtube.com/watch ) and other running backs, in the mold of Reggie Bush, run like track stars through the line and continue this motion as they break into the open ( www.youtube.com/watch ).  Secondly, I hope that the muscle definition of the Madden 10 player models are upgraded to rival the muscle definition of the players seen in NBA Live 10( insideblog.easports.com/.../matt_5F00_imageWM.jpg ).  Please do not get me wrong, the player models in Madden 10 are realistic looking and very detailed in nature but I just hope to see the player models in Madden 2011 upgraded a bit.  In the NBA Live 10 picture I provided above you can actually see the calluses on the players arms as well as their signature tattoos.  Another aspect I hope to see added to Madden 2011 is players carrying the football with both hands on the pigskin after making a reception or an interception.  Players like Deion Sanders made carrying the football with two hands on the ball a staple characteristic that ( www.youtube.com/watch, www.youtube.com/watch,  www.youtube.com/watch, www.youtube.com/watch) many of today's wide receivers and defensive backs ( www.jamd.com/.../chad+johnson, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport,  www.talkingnfl.com/.../samuelint.jpg ) continue to display when they carry the football with two hands on the ball prior to palming the ball with one hand ala Deangelo Hall in this picture (blog.nj.com/.../large_dhalltrade ).  On a side note, carrying the football with two hands on the ball is an animation that can be seen in NCAA 10 when option Qb's run with the football prior to pitching the pigskin to an awaiting running back ( www.youtube.com/watch ). Apart from palming the football with two hands, I would also hope that by 2011 equipment upgrades like new cleat brands, namley Nike, Adidas, Under Armour (www.eastbay.com/.../Nike%20Vapor%20Jet%204.2%20D%20-%20Men%27s, www.eastbay.com/.../Nike%207V7%20TD%20%20-%20Men%27s, www.eastbay.com/.../Under%20Armour%20Soflo%20Low%20D%20-%20Men%27s, www.eastbay.com/.../Nike%20Air%20LT%202.1%20D%20-%20Men%27s, www.eastbay.com/.../Jordan%20Jaq%27d%20-%20Men%27s) and unbuckled chin straps (www.jamd.com/.../charles+woodson, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport, www.jamd.com/.../charles+woodson ) can be implemented into the game as well.  Finally, I hope that an upgrade can be administered to pre-game/practice attire that is worn by many of today's NFL players during their respective training camps and during pre-game warm-ups.  One equipment look I would love to see added to Madden 11 is when players pull the bottom of their jerseys up to the front of their armpits and rest their jerseys on top of the straps that protrude from their shoulder pads .  Here are some pictures that display this cool look (www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport, ndn.newsweek.com/.../071128_SeanTaylor_vl-vertical.jpg, gallery.photo.net/.../7622376-md.jpg, I must first give credit to Peter, Ian, Phil, and he other distinguished members of the Madden 10 dev team for finally following through on EA's promise to produce the most realistic & authentic football video game ever.  It seems as though the members of the Madden 2010 dev took the gamer seriously this year and actually used the vast array of ideas that the EA gamers expressed on the EA Sports fan forum as a resource when making Madden 10.  The pro-tak animations (although they may need a bit of tweaking before Madden 2011 www.youtube.com/watch) as well as the attention that Ian and company paid to the creation of new player models trully seems to have enhanced the gameplay of Madden 10 by epic proportions.  By introducing simplistic uniform options such as hand towels, hand warmers, cleat updates, and better ankle tape jobs (I do however wish you would go back to the tape jobs seen in Madden 01-07 for the PS2) Ian and company were able to dynamically alter the overall look of Madden 10 and give the game a more realistic touch compared to the stagnant player models that were seen in Madden 07-09.  Another aspect that adds to the realistic look of Madden 10 is the variety of QB throwing motions that allows the gamer to differentiate a Qb like Tony Romo, who slings the football with a side arm motion from a Qb like Peyton Manning, who throws the football with a more conventional over the top motion.  With all this being,  I believe that in order to keep the world's most popular football game progressing instead of regressing like prior editions of Madden (needless to say Madden 07-09) all the afore mentioned elements not only need to be applauded but must also be expanded upon in Madden 2011.  In Madden 2011 I hope to see the idea of player specific throwing motions expanded upon to include the signature ways in which running backs in the NFL actually run with the football.  For instance, some players like Brandon Jacobs run violently through the line (www.youtube.com/watch ) while others like Adrian Peterson hit the hole with power and run with grace as they break away from the pack ( www.youtube.com/watch ) and other running backs, in the mold of Reggie Bush, run like track stars through the line and continue this motion as they break into the open ( www.youtube.com/watch ).  Secondly, I hope that the muscle definition of the Madden 10 player models are upgraded to rival the muscle definition of the players seen in NBA Live 10( insideblog.easports.com/.../matt_5F00_imageWM.jpg ).  Please do not get me wrong, the player models in Madden 10 are realistic looking and very detailed in nature but I just hope to see the player models in Madden 2011 upgraded a bit.  In the NBA Li ve 10 picture I provided above you can actually see the calluses on the players arms as well as their signature tattoos.  Another aspect I hope to see added to Madden 2011 is players carrying the football with both hands on the pigskin after making a reception or an interception.  Players like Deion Sanders made carrying the football with two hands on the ball a staple characteristic that ( www.youtube.com/watch, www.youtube.com/watch,  www.youtube.com/watch, www.youtube.com/watch) many of today's wide receivers and defensive backs ( www.jamd.com/.../chad+johnson, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport,  www.talkingnfl.com/.../samuelint.jpg ) continue to display when they carry the football with two hands on the ball prior to palming the ball with one hand ala Deangelo Hall in this picture (blog.nj.com/.../large_dhalltrade ).  On a side note, carrying the football with two hands on the ball is an animation that can be seen in NCAA 10 when option Qb's run with the football prior to pitching the pigskin to an awaiting running back ( www.youtube.com/watch ). Apart from palming the football with two hands, I would also hope that by 2011 equipment upgrades like new cleat brands, namley Nike, Adidas, Under Armour (www.eastbay.com/.../Nike%20Vapor%20Jet%204.2%20D%20-%20Men%27s, www.eastbay.com/.../Nike%207V7%20TD%20%20-%20Men%27s, www.eastbay.com/.../Under%20Armour%20Soflo%20Low%20D%20-%20Men%27s, www.eastbay.com/.../Nike%20Air%20LT%202.1%20D%20-%20Men%27s, www.eastbay.com/.../Jordan%20Jaq%27d%20-%20Men%27s) and unbuckled chin straps (www.jamd.com/.../charles+woodson, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport, www.jamd.com/.../charles+woodson ) can be implemented into the game as well.  I also hope that along with towels next year the dev team of both Madden 11 and NCAA 11 can have uniform belts hanging to the opposite side of the towels and wrap some white tape around the belt to give the belt a candy-cane look (www.jamd.com/.../graig+cooper, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport. Finally, I hope that an upgrade can be administered to pre-game/practice attire that is worn by many of today's NFL players during their respective training camps and during pre-game warm-ups.  One equipment look I would love to see added to Madden 11 is when players pull the bottom of their jerseys up to the front of their armpits and rest their jerseys on top of the straps that protrude from their shoulder pads .  Here are some pictures that display this cool look (www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport, ndn.newsweek.com/.../071128_SeanTaylor_vl-vertical.jpg, gallery.photo.net/.../7622376-md.jpg, www.gettyimages.com/.../Getty-Images-Sport,  www.youtube.com/watch)

• patfinest545 said September 09, 2009

  i wonder what happend to mini camps in franchise mode,why didnt u guys put a practice mode in franchise to make ur team better

• TitansAllTheWay3 said September 09, 2009

  More sacks against CPU

  Limit the dropped INTS especially when its landing in their lap

  QB's throw the ball when getting taken down way too much to avoid sacks

  some QB's take way too long to release football

  Add more sliders for us against CPU like FUMBLES and blocking>CPU has one against us.

  IMPORTANT> whats the deal with QB accuracy on Madden level 15 or greater??? QBs cant hit a 5 yard pattern against CPU, WR drop 5 yard passes... Madden level is supposed to replicate the authencity of the NFL the most... that doesnt look right to me.

  Great game, far better than before, again.... we only really list the negatives when you guys should be applauded for doing things right... just a short list.

• REVOLTnow said September 09, 2009

  your game sucks.  period.  how many years in a row are you going to make a game where the man to man pass coverage sucks?  the backs are wide open in the flats all game long.  nobody can manually cover both flats and the slot cross at the same time.  

  also, my game freezes all the time when i am playing online.

  fix your junk or eventually you guys will go broke.  and if madden continues to endorse this garbage we will take it out on john madden and the NFL.

• TreyIM2 said September 09, 2009

  REVOLTnow - LMAO!! U are a real funny dude. Mr.BigMouthAngerManagementNeedingGuy should be your screen name. Settle down, it's really not that serious with your "fix your junk or eventually you guys will go broke.  and if madden continues to endorse this garbage we will take it out on john madden and the NFL." line. You should took it back if you hate it so much.

• j2k9 said September 09, 2009

  Any plans on toning down the over the shoulder catch?  It happens way too often. Also, I love playing in the Zoom camera view but it's tough to see the flats when passing.  Is it at all possible to make the camera when in the Zoom view scan the field when passing like the standard view does?  If you guys would just bring back Custom Camera that would solve these issues.

• j2k9 said September 09, 2009

  Will we be able to skip through the 1st down measurements?  I like the addition but we should always have an option to skip presentation elements.  

• schemes-Belichic said September 09, 2009

  Good job.Now wat about some wrs animations,going for the ball at the highest point like in real life.

• j2k9 said September 09, 2009

  Any way to tone down the excessive morphing through players, refs, sideline players, etc..?  Also can you please add FLAK JACKETS, RUNNING BACK PLATES, & DIFFERENT STYLE NECK PADS?  NCAA 10 has them so why doesn't Madden?  Everything we see on Sunday remember?

• NeverDieEasy said September 10, 2009

  I'm glad that the guys at EA sports are working hard on the little stuff that's so important to madden. Like when the running back breaks out into the open and you can't change into the safety right away because you're stuck on the closest player to him who is chasing him from behind.....

• RAN513 said September 10, 2009

  will we ever see practice squads, maybe some players from camps that get cut, waivers, undrafted free agents( before the offseason is over),training camp, practice,formation subs (pre game),more equipment options, an I.R. list(not players you have to release,or simply not on the team) and rehab? Its just that these are elements of the game that are never included. Still the best Madden to date though, how about a key injury replay?

• PaRkErLHDC42294 said September 10, 2009

  This sounds good,my concern is the game play and presentation glitchez. keep working on the game play most because every one wants the game play fixed so work on it.Fix the player creation with the visors because the visors look unreal,add new helmet and face mask.Just fix the player creation with every thing.One big issue was the referee fix them and the grass.When a player gets talked, there helmet will go through the grass, and the morphing happends too much please just fix madden and it will be a great game.     GAMEPLAY GAMEPLAY GAMEPLAY

• SLAVEMASTER14 said September 10, 2009

  Sup EA, Nice update but there are a few things I have a problem with(some of which were addressed FAQ).

  1) The Comp QB is too hard to sack, He's like the freakin president back there and has enough time to do his taxes. If you somehow make it to the QB he just throws up a lame duck(that your players can't catch for some reason) and takes an incomplete pass. Please let me hit the QB.

  2) The Comp gets to your QB like he's served up on a tray, I can't get a clean pocket to throw for more than 2 seconds. Please give me some protection.

  3) WTF happened to training camp? I really liked that feature and now its gone, WHY? I know that you can't put it on this years game but please put it back on madden 11.

  3) The progress system sucks. Drew Brees threw for 4,500 yards and 35 TDs for 3 straight years and he never got any better. I know he's a little old but come on and then when he retired my back ups arm strength never went up. Marques Colston had 1,200 yards and 9 TDs for 4 years in a row and never went up once, what the hell. Please let my good players become great.

  4) The draft is all F&$*@# up. Why can't I see where a player is projected to be picked until the draft starts? That messes me up because I scout a player the whole season and trade up to like 7th but find out he's a top 5 and gets picked 1st. And your so called "Gems" are bogus, when I do pick a player that I like in the 7th round and the go all Michael Crabtree on me and when I go to sign him he wants a 70 million contract because he's rated an 80. It defeats the purpose of finding a 7th round gem if he gets paid like a #1 pick his first year. And what happened to how scouting worked? In previous maddens you could work out a player and get a feel for him but now you just have to rely on what the comp tells you, please add this to madden 11.And Please make player get paid what they are drafted.

  5) Can a brotha get some catches? When I play madden I get at least 7-12 drops a game, and this would be ok if it were my 3rd string WRs and TEs but my starters got a case of stone hands. I like to throw the ball deep and most of the time I don't get off a good pass but when I do and its a perfect pass and I throw to my best WR whose catch is a 90 he drops the ball. That's ok it happens but then I do it again and again and now I freakin mad because the Comp is just knocking the ball out of my WRs hands. And on then other end the comp catches every thing in site, they hardly ever drop a pass. Please let my players catch the ball and bring the comp down to earth a bit.

  Well thanks EA the game is really good other than the few things that upset me but overall I think everyone on this site can say that this is with out a doubt madden 10 is the best football game we've ever played.

  P.S. can you make it possible to skip the halftime show all together, its kinda frustrating sitting there trying to skip it part by part.

• cartman041388 said September 10, 2009

  I love the stuff on the new update.  Just remember to change the criteria on the achievements to 7 min instead of 5.  

  Also look into the glitch where if you let a kickoff bounce out of the endzone it gives it to the receiving team on their opponent's 30 instead of their own 20.

• cartman041388 said September 10, 2009

  I love the stuff on the new update.  Just remember to change the criteria on the achievements to 7 min instead of 5.  

  Also look into the glitch where if you let a kickoff bounce out of the endzone it gives it to the receiving team on their opponent's 30 instead of their own 20.

• BlacHaze84 said September 10, 2009

  Why are there more features on the Pro level than there are in the All-Madden level??? For example, that new feature where the WR and the CB interact with each other happens on the Pro level at a pretty realistic rate. But on All-Madden it's non-existent. Another example is if you lob one up to Fitzgerald and Asomugha is covering him, you can use L2 to strafe with the WR to at least give you a realistic chance to get the jump-ball over Asomugha. But on All-Madden, if you lob one up to Fitzgerald with Asomugha on him, Fitzgerald has no chance cuz he will not turn around and look for the ball but Asomugha is still allowed to turn around and strafe in order to get in position for the pick. That is not fair.

• CoolDoc said September 10, 2009

  please fix, improve receiver catch animation, sideline catches and going out of bounds. remember the winning catch in the superbowl santonio holmes. receivers need to be more aware of the sideline and back of the endzone, infact all player need fixing in that area. also player awareness when the ball is in the air sometimes rec. and DB's dont react at all.

• pdtodd12 said September 11, 2009

  Can footballs stop going through players??? THis is so annoying!!! Also, difficulty levels need to be tuned. when i play all-madden and im on defense there is absolutely no pass rush and makes it unenjoybale because you cant stop the because the QB can stand in the pocket as long as he wants. also with procuderal awarenss, shouldn't a QB who is looking away not be able to see someone coming from his blindside and get sacked. its impossible to sack because even the worst QB's can throw the ball away before they get sacked, they throw perfect passes under pressure to WR's who didn't see the ball until a split second before it arrived. The release speed needs to be tuned better.these are things that need to be fixed o make the gme more realistic and more enjoyable. Also there should be a "TUP" (throw under pressure) rating for QB's. because some are good and some are not.

• TATMANFISH said September 11, 2009

  my complaint is the same as pdtodd12. there has to be a way to have the qb take the sack occasionally. this throwing the ball every single time as they getting hit is already old.

  i also have a couple suggestions on the bucs roster. not sure if this is the place but, elbert mack and torrie cox should have their OVR rating switched. Mack is the nickel back plain and simple. cox is the #4 CB. rod wilson is leaps and bounds better than koutivides. wilson is the #2 MLB and has been all preseason. wilson should be rated higher and koutivides should be lower. also, i think stoughter and clark could swap OVR ratings. stroughter is listed ahead of clark and has outperformed clark. stroughter runs better routes and has caught everything thrown his way.  i must say the last roster update has everything pretty accurate. there are only a few flaws, so you guys are doing a great job there.

  it looks like your taking care of most of the bugs, so keep up the good work. one last glitch or whatever you want to call it i noticed: ive had players can bump my defender before attempting a user catch and push the defender out of the way. once they bump him away from the ball, they jump back towards the ball and it is an easy catch every single time. shouldnt this be offensive pass interference? can you adjust this. thanks guys, keep up the good work.

• TATMANFISH said September 11, 2009

  also, cadillac should be rated higher than graham. he has cleary out performed graham and is 2 spots ahead of him on the depth chart. could just swap OVR rating on those two as well.

• NastyNacho said September 11, 2009

  Excuse me but do you have to restart your franchise when the Madden 10 v. 1.1 comes out?

• gilljon26 said September 11, 2009

  thank for the broadcast cam. big ups to ian and staff

• swillz13 said September 12, 2009

  i just want to know if u guys are going to add more stuff for create a team. like more logos,number styles, jersey styles, etc. also could u add more to superstar mode. i like it better when we had to do the drills to determine his rating please put that back. also for franchise mode we should be able to sign people to the practice squad. also it would be nice if the visors were fixed, they look good on some helmets but on the other ones the look odd and misshapen

• Big-Reb said September 12, 2009

  Are there any plans to add button icons to defensive players?  At least to the DB's?

• TreyIM2 said September 13, 2009

  The latest rosters posted this morning. Go get em, fellas.

• THA-JACKAL-2 said September 14, 2009

  hi there

  ive got a suggestion for the wildcat QB scramble problem

  what if there was a timer on how long he can run like 3-4 seconds

  just enough time to get to the sideline then he autmaticly stops.

  because the person your playing will react and try stop you from getting to the outside for a big run gain then you slow down and pass.

  not being to run the play how its designed is pretty lame

  also theres no real big play threat on the left side/QB couter side.

  come on easports the best gameplay designers out and cant fix this

  "e a sports its in the game" right?

• Stakes Are High said September 14, 2009

  I had a question for the developers when it comes to running the ball. I feel that if you have a effective running game, you should see the linebackers and safeties coming closer to the box to try to shut it down, but this should be able to open up the passing game, specifically off of play action. The play action ratings don't seem to do much because the backers and safeties continue to stay in their coverage, but obviously if I'm running for 5-6 yards a play, at some point the defense will come closer to the line of scrimmage and I can hit them over the top for a big play. Any thoughts on this?

  Can the issue of zone coverage be addressed as well? It seems that either the receivers beat the corners, but when its 1 on 1 vs a safety or backer, this favors the defender rather than the receiver. Is there a way to have the receivers break out of their routes when they recognize what the defense is doing? I know it's there already, but its not as effective as I thought. It could just be me, but that's what I've noticed.

• gilljon26 said September 14, 2009

  are you going to cut that broadcast cam video before the patch cause apparently there not in a hurry with that patch

• dc123dc said September 14, 2009

  can you please change coach mode so that the user can only pick plays and set the play in motion.  coach mode is only fun when you absolutely cannot control any of the players.  please add this to your next patch. thanks.

• PaRkErLHDC42294 said September 14, 2009

  EA who is the gameplay producer for madden because the work he has done is good for now but the gameplay is not yet done great at all.If 2ksports would been competing with you EA guys with gameplay 2ksports would blow you guys away.Fix The Game Play. Here's my idea for instant replays,when a replay is going on,you can also pick your play.You guys dont like it then do not included it. (GAME PLAY GAME PLAY GAME PLAY)

• CarolinaBoii15 said September 14, 2009

  FIX the game clock . like when you throw an incomplete pass or run outside the play clock keeps running. HATE IT

• sconn1 said September 15, 2009

  there are plenty of flaws to choose from but right now, i am most concerned with the fact that no reviews ever happen from the booth on a "last play of the game."

  the other day, i had to take a loss when i threw a 40 yard strike to parker in the endzone and the computer ruled him out of bounds....no review, no nothin, just a programmed jump to the "end of game" animations.

  so i went back and checked the replays myself. i ran the play (easy to find, it was the last one)and saw again that parker was100% in bounds. i moved the camera around and it was  clear that both feet were in...the 2nd foot coming down with clear green all around the shoe.

  great...i went to save the highlight and what do ya know?....the play cut off when the game clock reaches 0 (the play started with the clock at 3 seconds). so, the play ends on the (official) replay before the ball is even thrown. and i suspect that is the only info the AI has to deal with...so, as the AI sees it, the last play of the game consisted of the qb dropping back for a pass and essentially doing absolutely nothing. according to what i saw, it seems the computer thinks the qb never even threw the pass in question.

  so, since the computer thinks the pass never happened, it's no wonder i can't review it.

  fix this...it sucks.  

• sconn1 said September 15, 2009

  and one more thing, it's minor and has nothing to do with game play, but it irks me...

  why does the qb being interviewed at the end of a game look like a 100% total flaming homosexual? the hand cocked (pardon the pun) on the hips..the snooty, gay lookin expressions and mannerisms....

  was this some gay programmer's private revenge or something?

  the animation looks REALLY bad.

• swillz13 said September 15, 2009

  also it shouldn't always be the qb being interviewed. it should be the mvp of the game. and u guys should add commentary to superstar mode. just to brighten it up a bit. also i know i already put this but for the love of god please fix the visors. for some reason they look good on some helmets but on other they look weird. like they don't even fit. please fix this. also why does the game freeze all the time?

• nasodale said September 15, 2009

  Hit stick should be high risk high reward & not every player should be able to hit hard to the point of the screen shaking. Too many time I would be running the ball & the defender is out of position (facing the other way etc.) and I would get sucked into a hit stick, especially when I've already seemingly eluded the defender.

• nasodale said September 15, 2009

  Oh yeah I forgot to mention that I love the game. If you could denvers starting outside linebacker is missing from the game. His name is Mario haggan. If you could, please add him.

• nasodale said September 15, 2009

  I do agree about the whole gay qb thing at the end of the game. Lol.

• nasodale said September 15, 2009

  Madden should put a sytem in place similar to the new call of duty where it is designed to catch cheaters & glitchers & when they get caught the first time they should be banned from ea for a week the second time 2 weeks and so on. Just a suggestion, but it would be cool,and it would probably cut down online cheating.

• roni198622 said September 16, 2009

  why bill belichick(NE Coach)not in the game?

• sconn1 said September 16, 2009

  Because he is not a member of the NFLHCA (NFL Head Coaches Association), which licenses the game. Belichick is the only NFL head coach who has chosen not to join the association. This also applied to Bill Parcells when he was Dallas Cowboys head coach because his contract with ESPN prohibited it.

  (copied from Yahoo answers)

• nasodale said September 16, 2009

  Please co

  me out with a patch for all the glitches and hire someone to moniter and fix these issues.

• 4441444 said September 16, 2009

  Hi. Quick two here. Is there anyway I can see what round/number a player was drafted in? I can't find it myself if it is in there. It's nice to know for people like me with bad memories that there is a spot (last year it was in the info of the player - age, weight, school, round drafted)to find that info. It was in last year's version. Also, when drafting during the regular season, why will players take so much less money to play for a CPU team then they will for me? I tried to draft two guys as my first season wore down. Jonas Jennings and another guy. Sean O'Hara I think. I had to sign O'Hara (again I think) to a multi-million, multi-year deal. Jonas I couldn't get for one year for less than $5 million. A couple of weeks later a CPU team signs Jennings for $850,000 one year. Exactly what I wanted to do. Now I'm stuck with a guy I have to start eating up a lot of cap space when I just wanted to plug a guy in for the remainder of the season. No fair.

• Raszuche said September 17, 2009

  Is that the only franchise related thing you guys hope that can make the #2 title update, fixing the QB yardage and RB TD´s ?????? Is Josh Looman in 10% work there or is he lazy?

• NotoriousPHIN said September 17, 2009

  Nice video Ian... Can't wait for that video highlight fix.  

  I thought I'd post this video because I got a Madden greatness score of "1" for it(has that been done before?) Unfortunately its only the tail end of the best madden play ever but at least it shows the greatness score... Gotta start the vids from the line of scrimmage again! I'll never be able to relive that moment again! C'mon EA!!!

  www.easports.com/.../9359238

• pacman2O6 said September 17, 2009

  i think you guys really need to fix it when you get tackled out of bounds and the clock keeps running. I dont see that on sundays! I've lost alot of games because the clock doesnt stop running when im tackled out of bounds and its rediculous

• BlacHaze84 said September 17, 2009

  And why would you take away the ability for us to user-block. Now I gotta depend on this horrible cpu AI to block for me. Every year you guys take things out that nobody complained about. I heard alot of complaints about the Rocket Catch, but it is still in the game. I did NOT hear one single complaint about the ability to user-block, and you guys take that out......c'mon, son!!! That doesn't make any sense.

• IamShavane said September 18, 2009

  Any plans to fix the super bump and run.  I understand that it is used to throw the timing off but my Wrs are being held for 2 to 3 seconds.  also get complete any deep balls because the Cbs have a 42 " vertical.  I use the eagles and have some fast WRs and I can't get behind any DB regardless of speed or rtg.  

• sconn1 said September 18, 2009

  pacman brings up a point worth repeating....the fixing of plays that go out of bounds and the clock still runs. i've gotten knocked past the paint and look and see the clock still running when it should stop or at least stop long enough to move the chains (which is another thing we see on sunday and don't see here)

  and PLEASE change the programming so that a play at the end of a half or game can be reviewed instead of just kicking into the "end of game" animations.

  i've had several bad calls not even get a shot at review and these are THE MOST VITAL PLAYS to be reviewed in a game as they determine the winner / loser quite often. to do this, of course, the cpu will have to be told to keep recording the play after the game clock reaches 0. anyone who has tried to save a last play of a game soon realizes the play cuts off at the moment the game clock reaches 0. that tells me that the cpu doesn't even recognize the controversy and blindly accepts the result of the play as called.  

• BlacHaze84 said September 18, 2009

  I have a question for everyone here: Has any of you joined an online Franchise and have actually gone further than Week 5...with more than 6 members?? I ask cuz in my opinion, EA listened to people who they themselves don't use this feature. I'm sure they spent alot of time on the Online Franchise feature, but that time could've been spent on gameplay.

• swillz13 said September 18, 2009

  i got one question why is it always raining during the pro bowl?

• Whexican07 said September 18, 2009

  Is there any other people who miss the training each week? or even just at the beginning of the season? It gave you something different to do besides just play the game and trade players.

  And the FUMBLES! I fumbled the first three plays that i had the ball with Micheal Turner. Im not sure that he will fumble 3 times in the whole season! Please look at this. But mainly i want the training back. There is no point to have it in the game if your not going to put/use it in franchise.

• lbb33 said September 19, 2009

  madden i love this game. i do have one question if you can give us broadcast angles can we get custom camera angles please?!!!!!!! Please creators if you read this blog can you bring back custom camera angles.

• TORRES2O said September 23, 2009

  READ THIS THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!! IN THE LAST TWO DAYS I HAVE PLAYED 2 PPL THAT HAVE USED THE SAME EXPLOIT USING THE WILDCAT FORMATION. THE PLAY IS IN MIAMI'S PLAYBOOK UNDER THE NORMAL WILDCAT FORMATION, THE PLAY IS CALLED "POWER". WHAT THESE PPL ARE DOING IS THEY ARE USING THE MOTION MAN AS AN OPTION MAN. THIS IS TOO HARD TO STOP. AGAIN THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! TRY IT FOR YOURSELF. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I GUARANTEE BY THE END OF OCTOBER EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THIS. ITS REALLT FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY ARE USING THE NO HUDDLE OFFENSE WITH IT. THE TWO PPL THAT USED THIS ARE weston jackson (level 13), and xxhellboyzxx (level 16), EA U GUYS SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE IT RUINS THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!

  READ THIS THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!! IN THE LAST TWO DAYS I HAVE PLAYED 2 PPL THAT HAVE USED THE SAME EXPLOIT USING THE WILDCAT FORMATION. THE PLAY IS IN MIAMI'S PLAYBOOK UNDER THE NORMAL WILDCAT FORMATION, THE PLAY IS CALLED "POWER". WHAT THESE PPL ARE DOING IS THEY ARE USING THE MOTION MAN AS AN OPTION MAN. THIS IS TOO HARD TO STOP. AGAIN THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! TRY IT FOR YOURSELF. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I GUARANTEE BY THE END OF OCTOBER EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THIS. ITS REALLT FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY ARE USING THE NO HUDDLE OFFENSE WITH IT. THE TWO PPL THAT USED THIS ARE weston jackson (level 13), and xxhellboyzxx (level 16), EA U GUYS SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE IT RUINS THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!

  READ THIS THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!! IN THE LAST TWO DAYS I HAVE PLAYED 2 PPL THAT HAVE USED THE SAME EXPLOIT USING THE WILDCAT FORMATION. THE PLAY IS IN MIAMI'S PLAYBOOK UNDER THE NORMAL WILDCAT FORMATION, THE PLAY IS CALLED "POWER". WHAT THESE PPL ARE DOING IS THEY ARE USING THE MOTION MAN AS AN OPTION MAN. THIS IS TOO HARD TO STOP. AGAIN THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! TRY IT FOR YOURSELF. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I GUARANTEE BY THE END OF OCTOBER EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THIS. ITS REALLT FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY ARE USING THE NO HUDDLE OFFENSE WITH IT. THE TWO PPL THAT USED THIS ARE weston jackson (level 13), and xxhellboyzxx (level 16), EA U GUYS SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE IT RUINS THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!

  READ THIS THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!! IN THE LAST TWO DAYS I HAVE PLAYED 2 PPL THAT HAVE USED THE SAME EXPLOIT USING THE WILDCAT FORMATION. THE PLAY IS IN MIAMI'S PLAYBOOK UNDER THE NORMAL WILDCAT FORMATION, THE PLAY IS CALLED "POWER". WHAT THESE PPL ARE DOING IS THEY ARE USING THE MOTION MAN AS AN OPTION MAN. THIS IS TOO HARD TO STOP. AGAIN THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! TRY IT FOR YOURSELF. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I GUARANTEE BY THE END OF OCTOBER EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THIS. ITS REALLT FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY ARE USING THE NO HUDDLE OFFENSE WITH IT. THE TWO PPL THAT USED THIS ARE weston jackson (level 13), and xxhellboyzxx (level 16), EA U GUYS SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE IT RUINS THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!

  READ THIS THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!! IN THE LAST TWO DAYS I HAVE PLAYED 2 PPL THAT HAVE USED THE SAME EXPLOIT USING THE WILDCAT FORMATION. THE PLAY IS IN MIAMI'S PLAYBOOK UNDER THE NORMAL WILDCAT FORMATION, THE PLAY IS CALLED "POWER". WHAT THESE PPL ARE DOING IS THEY ARE USING THE MOTION MAN AS AN OPTION MAN. THIS IS TOO HARD TO STOP. AGAIN THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! TRY IT FOR YOURSELF. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I GUARANTEE BY THE END OF OCTOBER EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THIS. ITS REALLT FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY ARE USING THE NO HUDDLE OFFENSE WITH IT. THE TWO PPL THAT USED THIS ARE weston jackson (level 13), and xxhellboyzxx (level 16), EA U GUYS SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE IT RUINS THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!

  READ THIS THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!!! IN THE LAST TWO DAYS I HAVE PLAYED 2 PPL THAT HAVE USED THE SAME EXPLOIT USING THE WILDCAT FORMATION. THE PLAY IS IN MIAMI'S PLAYBOOK UNDER THE NORMAL WILDCAT FORMATION, THE PLAY IS CALLED "POWER". WHAT THESE PPL ARE DOING IS THEY ARE USING THE MOTION MAN AS AN OPTION MAN. THIS IS TOO HARD TO STOP. AGAIN THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! TRY IT FOR YOURSELF. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I GUARANTEE BY THE END OF OCTOBER EVERYONE WILL BE DOING THIS. ITS REALLT FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY ARE USING THE NO HUDDLE OFFENSE WITH IT. THE TWO PPL THAT USED THIS ARE weston jackson (level 13), and xxhellboyzxx (level 16), EA U GUYS SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE IT RUINS THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!

• TORRES2O said September 23, 2009

  OH YEA I FORGOT TO SAY I PLAYED THEM ON XBOX 360....

• slydelvecio said September 23, 2009

  False start glitch has not been fixed someone is doing it to me right now its so annoying. I'm shitting on this little cheeser 38-8 with 1:10 left in the first half

• slydelvecio said September 23, 2009

  And to torres20 learn to stop the wildcat its not that hard. I run an option offense with it too. but I can stop anyone who runs it..... without the cheap glitch blitzes

• Siaxis said September 25, 2009

  What are you guys saying add more replays ive played two franchise seasons including one with the new game update 1.1 and have never once seen a replay or a fasttrack replay?

• Siaxis said September 25, 2009

  Some things i would like to see is one training camps at the beggining of a franchise to help improve your players stats also some better training games and the ability to throw the deep ball unless your man isnt covered you cannot go over a DB's or even LB's head.

• Inside EA said September 25, 2009

  Year in and year out, we on the Madden team strive to deliver the most entertaining and authentic football

• CarolinaBoii15 said September 25, 2009

  FIX THE PLAY CLOCK PROBLEM!!!!!

• CT860 said September 25, 2009

  Please bring gamecast back please gamecast i want to see the score when my friends are playing and make it better please

• CarolinaBoii15 said September 25, 2009

  how do you download first title update??????????????

• nasodale said September 25, 2009

  I keep getting sucked into hitsticks. Is there any way to fix this it's annoying when you elude someone and they still suck you into a hit stick.

• nasodale said September 25, 2009

  I thought you guys were going to make it possible to watch your friends play in online games. This would be especially cool for franchise matches, especially a franchise superbowl match up between your friends.

• nasodale said September 25, 2009

  Hitsticks should only work if it is a clean shot,

• TheBink33 said September 26, 2009

  Please add Vikings Captains Patches. It's not in the game. Thank you.

• videogamefreakcam@msn.com said September 26, 2009

  im glad your taking feedback for updates. I cant wait for 2nd update. Keep up the good work!

• ACUSC said September 26, 2009

  Please bring back 5 minute quarters.  One game took me about an hour and a half.  with 5 minute quarters I not only got more games in but alot more fun.   7 minute games REALLY are a drag if youre going against glitchers.

• Ruud_51 said September 26, 2009

  you really need to fix the fumble glitch because it feels like madden 08 again every time you run you are worried you will fumble no matter what back you use i fumbled 17 times with Michael Turner that was 3/4 of the way through the season. either that or fix the strip ball so that it isn't so effective for the cpu. It is ridiculous to drive done the field with no problems then fumble at the very end of that drive. Also you need to make it so that the d-line don't pick off every pass that is thrown in their area Shaun Rogers had a one handed pick when he dropped back into coverage and the guy that was being covered was 10 yards behind him d-linemen play like they are receivers.

• Creo8u2 said September 27, 2009

  Well, I think your doing a good job and trying to please most of the madden fans out there.I think this year brought the game to a whole new level and I commend you for that.The only thing I would like to see is the ref's actual throw a flag on a fractions on the field.I love how they go down the sideline and let you know if the clock is running or stopped.

• TheBink33 said September 28, 2009

  Thank you for the updates and continued efforts.

  1) Please bring back MUDDY JERSEYS Grass/Rain.

  2) Missing CAPTAINS PATCHES Vikings and Other teams.

  Gratze!

• I AnTonyo I said September 28, 2009

  the game plays very well; not too many updates needed for that, but is there a way you can update the new facemask styles on the new revolution speed helmet. also is there a way you can add new glove and shoe styles, it would be nice to add some variety to the players. and finally can you expand the wildcat playbooks so teams can  have throwing and running plays.

• I AnTonyo I said September 28, 2009

  me again like i said before the game plays really well, its just visual things that need the works. first please add the qb jersey style (ex: peyton manning) the qb jerseys dont have elastic on the sleeves, add back flaps, the different types of neck pads, socks styles (some players wear just the solid team color), please add mouthpieces again, add the jamarcus russell arm sleeves. thats about all for right now, one more thing, can someone fix nnamdi asomugha, he gets beat everytime on short routes and thats when he's at his best, thank you

• CarolinaBoii15 said September 28, 2009

  fix the gameplay!

• DAT-DUDE86 said September 28, 2009

  CAN SOMETHING PLEASE BE DONE ABOUT TOUCHDOWN CELEBRATIONS. ITS VERY BORING TO SCORE ON A LONG RUN OR PASS JUST TO STAND THERE AND LOOK STUPID.

• DAT-DUDE86 said September 28, 2009

  IT ALSO WOULD BE GREAT IF PLAYERS WOULD HAVE THEY OWN SIGNATURE LIKE WHEN T.O CATCHES A PASS HE DOES HIS ARMS IN TH T O or  SANTANA MOSS OR DEMARCUS WARE WHEN HE GETS A SACK HE BEATS THE GROUND. THESE ARE THE THINGS WE SEE ON SUNDAYS.(LOVE THE GAME KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK)

• newmoney909 said September 28, 2009

  chris johnson is soft as hell but online he runs through my whole team its unreal, also way too many dropped picks people who dont know how to play just run sweeps with johnson and 9 times out of ten he goes to the house please fix this. btw im a level 14 with alot of wins so im not saying this because i suck my name online is newmoney909 so you can check.

• D215 said September 28, 2009

  I love the Madden franchise so much that the fact that someone who works on the game will read this is like full confirmation that Santa is real, not just missing cookies. The franchise mode is absolutely my passion and have dreamed about it since I had football trading cards and Tecmo Bowl.

  3 things that have been killing me for years. The fact that I'm locked in to 1 team in my franchise mode, I miss the days where u can quit or get fired. After 5 years it's a whole new league, my rookies are from NCAA so they are real to me so I'd like to be able to goto a future team managed by the cpu. My dad was fired from the Eagles once, had to wait a whole season for a job. I teased him about that until the day he died, Lol, just realized my son will be a 3rd generation Madden fanatic.  

  2ndly, because I can't goto another team, and I like to play at least 10 yrs per franchise, I usually move the team. I usually wanna give the Jets their own stadium, Or put the Vikings back in the cold, or just giving Mexico or Canada team, I Love It! I don't love the fact that I'm not moving a team, I'm pulling a Cleveland Browns and I'm forced to create a whole new franchise, new logos, new uniforms and I usually come up with something that looks like an Arena team, or the darn Sharks from Any Giving Sunday and my illusion is killed. I'd like to just move the team to a new city, get them a new stadium and keep it moving.

  The third is something I see others have problems with is the lack of baseball diamonds in Miami, Oakland and where ever else. We need that guys as unimportant as it may seem. It's like in an earlier version of the game when I played a rain game at Texas stadium, I felt like "thanks for not making it a true dome, but why is the entire field soaked?" So please don't just add it and not the effects of the dirt like making it slippery and hard to kick and easy to mud up.

  Apologies for my inability to be concise, but I never write u guys and I wanted to be thorough. Amazing game overall, Madden is always good but this time you deserve a toast. In this internet age never forget the franchise junkies like myself. The franchise mode captures our imagination, to me it tells a story like an excellent RPG. Hold your glasses high gentlemen, you earned it.

• hollywood424 said September 28, 2009

  Can you add a salary cap to the online franchise? Also update Brett Favre's overall, i think he is under rated.

• Mossphirunpong said September 29, 2009

  Thanks for the new Title Update

  plz add more Cams Angles if u can (where all the angles from Madden 2004?)

  and add every replays for every plays , Camera cuts,

  more hightlights and  player stat in the game , Player comparing

  Roster update for player equipments and appearances

  Should have got T.V. producer helping with game presentation (like it is on T.V.)

  Improvement today will make the next NFL the best game

  Good Stuff this year

  Keep up a good work Ian....Mr.Cummings

• BreezeMan39 said September 29, 2009

  QUOTE:

  "CarolinaBoii15

  FIX the game clock . like when you throw an incomplete pass or run outside the play clock keeps running. HATE IT"

  I couldn't agree more. I absolutely hate the fact that I cannot guarantee that the clock will stop when I throw the ball away or when I run out of bounds. An incomplete pass MUST stop the clock. A run or force out of bounds MUST stop the clock, except in cases when the runner's forward progress stopped in bounds and he is forced backwards and out of bounds - only in this case should the clock continue to run (in reference to sideline clock rules).

• JamesWLFK06 said September 29, 2009

  To increase sacks, darren sproles shouldn't be able to perfectly block shaun rogers every single time he busts through the first wave of protection....  shaun rogers should plow right over a small blocking back.

• PhatTurkey916 said September 29, 2009

  I see that the Excessive use of delay of game has been addressed, however I came across a guy online pens again 2010 on xbox live who excessively used encroachment and he held the game up so much that I tried to find a contact for you people but there is no number or anything I could find to report this cheating. In the process I got kicked out of the game which is annoying because now I feel that instead of the sword being double edged and I would be able to counteract the penalty the defense has that edge and I was up 9 to 2 with my 49ers against the STEELERS!!!! so I would just like to have something done about this online cheating it s making the game very very frustrating and unenjoyable.

  I also think a connectivity bar should be added to the quick match screen it is 2 much of a hassel to play games against laggy opponents

• mudbone78 said September 29, 2009

  Do you know if the lime green jersey for the Seahawks will be available for Madden 10 for PS3?  If so will it be in the next roster update or Patch #2? Any information you have would be greatly appreciated...Thanks...

• cosscack10 said September 29, 2009

  how come in the Player Management you cant see which round or which number the player was selected in the draft? It has been in the game forever, and suddenly its not there anymore? and this is also not in Superstar Mode. Also in Superstar Mode how come you cant, change your players number, or increase stats manually another feature you seemed to forget

• Mossphirunpong said September 30, 2009

  Broadcast cam is Zoom out too much.. it's too far away ,, hardly to see the ball and player,,,Could u make broadcast cam zoom in more like it is on T.V.,,if u can on the second update...Or have option that we can adjust our own cam for us to Zoom in, Zoom out or Rotate our own style,,,Mutiple Cameras??  bring back Madden 2004 camera setting

• WisePegasus said September 30, 2009

  slant hot routes for running backs have been total messed up. They run in super slow motion for 7 second foward than run the route. Is that the solution to the "effectiveness" to the flats issue? And quarterbacks and punters hit sticks? (come on man)

• jake2123 said September 30, 2009

  ive had this happen to me a few times. its late in the half/game with a few seconds left and im trying to get in field goal range. then the chain gang comes out to measure(and it really wasnt even close to a first down) with 2 seconds on the clock. they measure say short of the first then the clock immediately starts running and it doesnt let me call a timeout so i miss out on points cuz the chain gang animation. there needs to be a clock delay for a few seconds before the play screen shows up. this animation also screws up no huddle in 2-minute situations PLEASE FIX THIS!!!!!!!!!!! ADD A CLOCK DELAY AFTER MEASUREMENTS/OTHER CUT SCENES!!!

• Jamie200 said October 01, 2009

  Any chance you guys will add create a playbook as a feature? Even if its just for offline?

• D215 said October 01, 2009

  Yeah guys, I've heard that alot, and the Chain gang seems to jipp you out of a yard. I agree with Cosssack10, The NFL is a stat league. Watch a game and they give you stats up the wazoo, things that you never even thought about. I'm playing a computer game, I should have these stats. My players are from NCAA Football, so I at least need to know what school players are from.

  I'ma help a few of you guys out. Breezeman39 I think they are going by new NFL rules, the commish is a beast and the game changes every year, (remember D.Hester's rookie year, that was due to a rule change, everyone was running back kickoffs that year) this aint Elway's NFL.  If a man is pushed out, or you throw out the endzone the clock keeps running, surprised the heck outta me too.

  JamesWLFK06 I believe it's either up or down on the right stick to bullrush, it never works on lineman, but it'll work on a back. While on the subject I tried it repeatedly with Richard Seymour in Oakland against a team with 4 linemen hurt so they started a punter at Right Tackle, I know it's crazy I seen it happen 3 times. A PUNTER ON THE OLINE! The crazy part was he was just as good a backup RT, only gave up 4 sacks.

  I agree with DAT-DUDE86, it really hurt me losing the TD celebrations from last year. It's a cake with no icing, my birthday sucks. I'd love to be able to overdo it, I'll take the penalty lol. The loss of the instant replays hurt to, that's my tape study. We still have replays but they are not instant anymore.

  newmoney909 there are several ways to stop a sweep, I'm calling you out your not as good as you think, Ian's probably laughing at you. (I just really need some comp)

  Ruud_51 R1 is the secure ball button, just hold it before you get hit, Turner should hold it. If you fight for more yards u might fumble, that's just realistic, also turn off the fight for the fumble button thing. It's a great idea nothing on t.v. gives me more of an adrenaline rush than an NFL fumble, good job putting that into the game. Only problem is my Madden IQ is consistently in the mid 700's which is pretty much ALL Madden, so I can never recover a fumble, so now I just watch. Oh yeah and Shaun Rogers has great hands in real life.

  TORRES2O There is no unstoppable play, I suggest you play with ya hot routes on Defense to stop that wildcat play, maybe blitz the safetys or put make the Dlinemen qb spys so they wont get sucked into the run block. By the way stop snitching and "get ya game up" as the kids say these days lol.

  It seems like alot of people are having trouble getting to the qb. I've broken the single season sack record 3 times already (T.Cole, M. Williams and even the slower R.Seymour). I wrote this last year in my only blog. If you want them to fix the game u have to be specific. You get more sacks on bad qbs, you get more sacks with excellent coverage (especially man and superb press man coverage), you get more sacks with sackmasters. I once broke the single game sack record M.Williams {8 SACKS}. I was sacking J. Campbell. It would have never happened to P.Manning, just like it would never happen to Marino, he gets off the ball. Mario can fly, excellent pursuit, power and finesse moves. Behind him I had Namdi Asomugha, S. Routt(who is 99 spd) and a few of my NCAA beast who have 99 man coverage, nobody open, not a running qb, and he holds the ball too long a perfect storm. Oh yeah and my Madden IQ was 710. Alot of things have to go right to get what you want out of this game, This aint Genesis fellas, lol. I'll be on from now on to answer questions. I've dedicated more of my life to this game than anything else over the years. Every time I try to get a life, another Madden comes out LMAO. I just wanna give back. LOL

• ATL_Frankie said October 01, 2009

  What about the Hall of Fame Players. They do not look realistic or have the correct old school facemasks and equipment. I wrote about this extensively on a previous entry. We want to see Larry Czonka and others wearing the correct equipment from when they played and not the modern equipment. Please answer as I sent a rather long message before about this.

• EDDIE THE GR8 1 said October 02, 2009

  are there any plans to fix the all madden A.I.before I was being cheated now its too easy.one season i finished with 29 tds and 19 ints 3100 yards,now it 25 tds 5ints MVP vote and im only half way through my season both first seasons by the way.

• Stakes Are High said October 02, 2009

  I thought this was a place to discuss problems and/or strategies, not saying how one person is good and everyone who complains isn't. There are legit problems with this game, and not that anyone cares, but I sold my copy of Madden. I couldn't take being glitched outta games, or people throwing to the flat all day, or speed burst INT's or animation dictated reads anymore. I'm tired of waiting for EA to get this game right.

  Has anyone seen videos online of how ineffective the game is lol? It's hilarious. Look up Rick No Ankles or dozens of videos on youtube talking about how bad AI is, how speed means everything, or how every other rating means nothing (which is the truth). I'll see you all on Madden 11, this game isn't as good as I thought it would be.

• EDDIE THE GR8 1 said October 02, 2009

  wishlist for madden 11

  1.Revamp the A.I.-feels like the same a.i. since madden 2000,the more realistic the game gets the more horrible and silly the a.i. looks.Rather than having the game outright cheating why not have it constantly adjusting to tendency's for instance if you like to run the same defensive play constantly rather than have the game cheat just have them pick a play that nets big yards or simply gets first downs constantly.

  2.Make sliders an option-Im not really a fan of these but after revamping the a.i. if people still are not challenged then they can mess with them.These also need to be worked on though,rather than have the sliders affecting the players why not have them affect the cpu opponent instead that way the consumer doesnt feel like they spent 60 bucks to be cheated.Also include sliders for game speed and speed threshold.

  3.better animations-the football is still going through players bodies.it seems like the defense has better catch animations than the recivers.Everyone celebrating the touchdown except for the person who scored it.sideline judges signaling catch when the player is clearly out of bounds.Field getting torn up as the game progresses,grass and mud stains on players.

  4.Fix instant replay and coach challenges-the instant replay in madden 10 is horrible,and coach challenges have been bad since coming to the 360.

  5.Seperate madden from madden online-You guys have a huge online community but there are many people who do not play online and feel like the offline gameplay and franchise are being overlooked.so i suggest selling them as seperate entities.Madden 11,Madden 11 online.Each could have the same things like an arcade mode(NFL street).Teams from the past(with honest ratings),teams like the sugarbuzz and stuff like that franchise modes that dont feel half assed put together.maybe even including the old mutant league football in the game modes.

  6.Revamp the franchise mode-since moving to the current gen your franchise mode has been garbage its dry,not deep att all,i cant go no more than two seasons i just lose interest.first it starts with the coaching this is bad you have their scheme which you can change and the rb control and then the sim stuff there arent any tendencies its just very simple.This is where you should be putting their tendencies,schemes,etc.Basically where the personality of the team lies.The tendacies you could adjust but not the schemes,also you guys only put the 3-4 or 4-3 but you should include the 46 defense its also a scheme.Should have an offensive scheme.the coaches offensive and defensive ratings should affect their playbook which in turn affects the human player.the coaches should also affect the players progression for instance lets say you have a young QB 63 rating your head coaches offensive rating is 90 and the qb rating is 83 your offensive co.rating for qb is 90 his offensive rating is 90 also.More than likely 100 percent of the playbook would be open to the human player.now lets say the QB rated 63 goes out throws for 4800 yards 41 tds and wins the MVP and the superbowl what should that player be rated then 99 right.If your reading this and saying well that cant happen i just described kurt warners first full season as a starter in 1999. It can happen.

  Also coaches that win superbowls dont come back to be coordinators that has to be fixed.also coaches should retire at the age of 65.Also coaches that win superbowls for a franchise should hold high value with a franchise,and shouldn't become free agents so easily.also should be inducted in the hall 5 seasons after they retire same for players.

  There should be an all-madden team voted each year,and an all NFL.as well there should be an all madden 30th year which comes at the end of franchise so you see if your players were the best of the best during the 30 year franchise(gives you something to work toward).Also bring back the radio guy who started back in madden 2005 but dont make him so repetitive or some other broadcast because the extra point thing sucks.

  7.Players Ratings-I love the new QB ratings but there are others that need to get better for instance the WR ratings are confusing and make no sense the receivers catch rating is 66 but cit is 75 and spectacular rating is 90 this makes no sense

  its confusing and stupid the receiver should simply have just a cth rating and fix the rte rating because every reciever runs perfect routes in this game that rating is a very important one because as recievers get older they slow down the ability to run perfect routes is usually what allows them to still be effective.You should implement a clutch rating for all players this would get spectacular clutch catches,drive ending interceptions,clutch field goals,etc.The DBs ratings should be a little simpler,playing zone should rely on coverage and the DBs awr rating.Of course im one of those that thinks you all rate players too high.

  8.offensive line and schemes-what can i say that hasnt been said already its one of the worst parts of madden and has never been addressed.Football has alot of mismatches it happens more in the trenches than any where else on the field sometimes defenders are too strong or too fast for offensive linemen this where you have to adapt allow another linemen to help his friend and keep a back in there to try to pick up any loose defenders and allow the QB time to get rid of the ball.Now in 07-08 for the ps2/xbox the linemen were actually opening holes,why havent you applied that for the current gen.

  9.Running styles-basically there two different running styles in madden which need to be improved upon for instance a stiff are from brandon jacobs might knock the defender down and force him to miss the tackle but smaller backs should only be bouncing off the defender not knocking them down.There has got to be a better way for elusive backs to shine in this franchise i mean like instill a stutter step or maybe a spin off or out of tackles the back juke should actually be taken out noone ever uses it.

  10.Revisit every madden ever created-It never hurts to go back in the past editions of madden to find ideas that could be work in next years edition of madden such as.

   Player roles-introduced in madden 06 for ps2/xbox was a great idea.

   Arcade mode-bring back the arcade mode from madden 99 make more devasting hits

   and over the top celebrations.

   Replay system from last gen-if it aint broke then dont try to fix it.Go

   with what has worked i actually miss the clutch field goal slow motion camera and

   my controller vibrating.

   Anyway thats it for now im too tired to think of anyhting else hope you consider my ideas.

• livinadream said October 02, 2009

  Is the qb option in the game?  And if so, which playbook.

• ryrad23 said October 04, 2009

  something needs to be done about the fumbling - it's horrible!!!  it's when i play single player franchises.  the defense does a "strip tackle" every play (by the way, how do i do that?) and they force about 8 fumbles a game and recover around 6.  have you heard about this problem at all in the other features (superstar, online francise, etc)??

• livinadream said October 04, 2009

  Qb option?  Is it in the game?  Anyone know?  

• ikkycrew said October 06, 2009

  some things, while the game is great, there are some things that could use improvement.

  1. The extra point show is a good concept, but it needs a lot of work, I am tired of hearing about how many plays I ran.

  and my "player to watch in the Super Bowl" was my back-up running back.

  2. Ability to trade future picks.  It happens in every draft, why not add it to the game?

  3. Get rid of the sign rookies phase of the off-season and replace it with what actually happens.  The rookies are on your team, but cant play for you until you sign them (ahem, crabtree).  Or you can cut them

  4. Practice Squads

  5. Restricted Free agency (The old game-cube versions had it, why can't the next gen systems have it?)

  6. Better progressions, I had a 2nd year guy get 20 sacks, then improved from a 76 to a 79

  7. Why isn't Mike Shanahan available in the free agent coaching pool?

  8. I played against a team the used its punter and kicker as its tackles, then my DEs couldn't just run them over.  only got 2 sacks a peice.

  9. As soon as a QB is going down he just throws it up.  Sould have about twice as many sacks as I do now.

  10. This situation happens to me almost every game:

  the computer has the ball in his territory with 30 second left in the half and all timeouts.  I have 1. Obviously, you either run the clock out or try and go down the field (with running the clock being more realistic) But the computer runs the ball, timeout.  Runs it again, timeout.  Runs it a third time, I call timeout.

  Essentially, The computer was running the clock out while not allowing the clock to run out.

  yeah, that needs fixin'

• N I L8er Alpha said October 07, 2009

  Would you bring back real play or whatever so that people online can't go for it on 4th down all the time. It takes away from the fun and realism of the game. It was nice when it was required for online play back in the day.

• atlbananas said October 08, 2009

  They won't fix anything.  Maybe they can't.  They can't even spell "simulated" right on here.  Read question #6.  Just wasted another 45 mins of playing online.  I'm up by 17 and the guy just disconnects and I get the loss.  Thanks EA Sports.   Oh yea, how come when you beat one opponent, you get an increase of 44 ranking points, but the next guy, you only get 2 points?  This game is full of complex errors.  Game needs a lot more common sense-- even down to the menus.  The incomplete stats in Online Franchise mode is a joke.  Soooooooooooo glad, NBA 2K10 is here.  I'll have fun playing that.  This game has become a disappointment.  

• Mossphirunpong said October 08, 2009

  PLEASE HAVE ONLINE ROSTER UPDATE ON PLAYER EQUIPMENTS AND APPEARANCES....

  I compare new broadcast cam and normal cam and broadcast doesn't zoom in to quarterback angry face or zoom in to QB before the hut anymore,,doesn't zoom in to players much....if u can fix on the second update...and broadcast cam zoom out too far away on game play too if u can fix it and zoom in more,,or add more cams...i know broadcast cam control is confuse but we can change the control setting on the menu anyway...Improvement today will make the next madden better,,,i already put 3 comments on here....LOL...Presentation Presentation Presentation,,,detail detail detial....

• swansanity said October 10, 2009

  its IMPOSSIBLE to make an interception, itll hit my db's hands with no one around and he will drop it 4 out of 5 times

• Mcnair2Wycheck said October 10, 2009

  I have found a Disconnect glitch for online play. Somebody from EA please get back to me. I am not messing around, it is legitamate and I know it works. Nobody ask me to post it publicly because I won't, I do not want it to spread.

• APAllDay28Wreck said October 10, 2009

  How come some teams that run the 3-4 don't run it in the game when simulated in a franchise, but they run it when you play against them? IE: The Browns, Broncos, Dolphins, Packers, Jets, Cardinals, and Ravens? They run the 4-3 in simulated games.

• BabyJ5261985 said October 11, 2009

  EA what is going on with the logic in Franchise mode on player progression??? I know that it is mainly based off age of the player. Younger players progress more and they start to decline as they get older, but what about proformance??? I think proformance is what makes ratings anyway so it should also be a factor in progression. For example I had a 25 year old WR rated like 42 before the season started and he had 17 TDs and about 1800 yards and he didnt get better at all.

• BabyJ5261985 said October 11, 2009

  Disconnect Glitch on online play. You guys have to fix this. I have had several ppl DC the game and it ends up giving me a loss. Usually when some ppl quit it gives you the option to continue vs the CPU but now all Im getting is connection lost quit game. Then I get a loss and my DNF goes up... Fix this

• BabyJ5261985 said October 11, 2009

  Also who was in charge of the Superstar mode??? Not only did you guys not make the mode better but you actually made it worse!!!!

  1. There is nothing extra to do in the mode. Just play games. No off-season workouts, no interviews, you dont even get to choose your own agent. This was a horrible mistake.

  2. What happened to the commentary in Superstar mode? This makes the game itself boring. Its the same way on NCAA but I dont care enough about them to say something.

• jnkrules said October 11, 2009

  About franchise mode and overall gameplay- donald brown has a 90 carrying rating and can be found fumbling 3-5 times a game on his 20-30 carries, why is every QB getting 4000 yards and me having 20 Rushing TDS leading the league? Simulated games should be simulated to equal amount of time you have per quarter, i have 250-300 yards and that is like 30th in the league. Wildcat can't audible and most teams can't throw in the wildcat? One positive is that the kicking is realistic as sometimes they actually miss. slot WR to nickel CB is kind of unfair. Kickoff return fumbles are ridiculous and if there is one you are more likely going to see 2-3 more i've scored 70 points to 0 because of 3-4 turnovers on kickoffs. In a draft you lose your old scouting menu so i have to right down every position i want in order for potential come on guys really? Lastly, Draft pick trades are crazy, i can trade my 1st draft pick after winning the Superbowl for the lions or whoever the worst team is 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, come on I can't help it and if i clinch my division the worst teams generally trade draft picks for me which is kind of ridiculous, i choose to do it but it's kind of unrealistic. Lastly, there is a ridiculous advantage to getting a 21 year old to a 24 year old rookie. an A potential 21 year old is almost guarenteed a 90+ overall over the course of their career and everyone will retire and get worse at about 30. Thats basically it please fix these issues.

• BK 78 said October 11, 2009

  i've just downloaded the new roster for madden 10 and now it won't allow me to create any players for my offline franchise!!!!! why is this? what is going on?

• nmbr17 said October 11, 2009

  ye i can no longer create players either will thgis be fixed soon

• The_Lions_Den_13 said October 12, 2009

  Okay... why do you guys promote free winnings on the leaderboard.. Clearly for years in madden news online it states that you guys will banned anyone climbling the leaderboard in a unfairly matter. I play on PS3 and i have yet to see one free winner banned. Why say one thing and do another.. or wait!!! do nothing come on!!! this is unfair to people like me!!! record online 123-23 all with the bum ass lions.. Go detroit!!! please banned the free winners.. You have the tech to find em so use it please!

• Soy55987 said October 12, 2009

  Please, please, PLEASE fix re-signing players in offline franchise mode.  The reverse hometown discount makes it impossible to keep a team together, no matter how well you manage the cap.

• JJB-48 said October 13, 2009

  def cannot create players after the new update, i hope you guys fix this in the next update. If you dont plan on fixing it then please remove the feature all together. Its rather annoying scrolling through all the attributes one by one only to discover that our efforts are futile and the created player doesnt show up anywhere. I like being able to put myself on my favorite team to live out my pathetic childhood dreams by throwing a 25 yard pass from a rookie qb to myself for a touchdown.

  Me personally I could care less about the stats or attributes being updated every week, rather than the original functions of the game functioning properly.

  PS how about an overall attribute slider instead of having to scroll through each attribute of a created player? I dont know too many people who create a player and go "hmm...speed 65....agility 99....catching 71" it would be nice to have a slider that makes all attributes 85 or whatever and then changing it individually if we chose to do so....just a thought if you guys are planning on fixing the create a player. if there arent enough slots to fix this then how bout we ditch some of these lame free agents or even the NFL greats...that not many have heard of...its not like we can get Jerry rice or emmit smith or a player that anyone can relate to...

  I dunno just some thoughts gents, I would really like the create a player fixed though...it doesnt take away from the fun of the game play itself but it def steals some of the experience for me not being able to put myself on my fave team.

  Im ranting i know....but please fix the create a player for us.

• kinkose said October 14, 2009

  i think you should change the difficulty of fight for the fumble aginst the CPU. It is crazy hard!! i can win on live or against friends but i can't even get close against the CPU!

  i like that y'all are changing the rosters though, because it makes it more like the real thing. something i don't understand is that Norwood for the falcons is ranked so low on special teams return yet even an All-Madden i can still run back 105 yard Td.

  i haven't looked since the last roster download but last time i checked it said that peyton manning was an overall "99". i mean he's good, but he's not that good.

  in one of your new downloads i think you should let the User control the Depth Chart in Madden Moments because i will be using adrian peterson to drive down the field and i get 4th and 1/Goal and the computer takes adrian out without telling me so i run up the middle and get stuffed because adrian peterson was out. and i can't change it either. even if i call a timeout.

  something i really don't understand is that if you go to the "Rosters" section in the game it shows all the NFL "Greats", but they don't do anything in the game.

  on "Franchise Mode" if you want to change the way the stadium looks or change where the team's home is in the off-season you have to change everything about the team. i mean can't you change it so if you want just add-on to the stadium you ONLY add-on to the stadium NOT change everything even the jerseys of the team.

  i know this looks like alot of critism but the game is actually really good overall. i mean you guys did a really good job and i hope to see just as much improvement (if thats even possible) in Madden 11.

  Kinkose

• stanziac said October 14, 2009

  what's up , Ian Cummings? here are my sugessions for the madden 2010/2011.

  1. the cameras , they only have two ( classic and madden/cam ) i remember on super nintendo you'll had the classic camera on point. need i say , you saw everything and yet the cut back lanes when they were there. instead of the classic cam being sort of flat , it should rise up mid-way and downward mid-way where your cam sees passing and yet your running lanes on the field of gameplay. why do i state this , because it would stop gamers from running into their suction or defenders and make passing more fun again as well as running the ball. i feel we as gamers should have a wide variety of cameras to choose from. how about seven quality cameras to experiment from maybe even more.

  2. the madden level of gameplay seems unrealistic to me. players are doing deceptive moves on offensive/defense making it impossible you to make a good play on the ball. you should be able to do anything to get to that ball when it's reachable and it actions of the button should be much more responsive all the way around. so i decided to play on pro and all pro ( for testing purposes ) and saw a remarkable difference in gameplay. the players ran smooth , wr's jump respectively , the blockers picked up blocks , then you could get of blocks as a defender ( instead of getting sucked in and stuck ) yet the defensiveback covered well ( but lacked instinct and field awareness ) the defense should be thinking and trying to figure out things as well as offensive. football is thinking as well a physical sport. sports games should exploit them more and more.

  3. the controller layout ( i find a relevently a pain in the ass ) to me the  ( R3 button ) should do more. i notice on offense the running back can juke with it left or right. how about have a linemen or anything on defensive being able to swim left or right when engauged with a offensive player ( neat to me ) power moves should come off when ( R3 is press downward ) when engauge with defender.  

  4. passing , i'm no stranger to this as well as other gamers. when you throw to your reciever on a deep route they seem to always throw to the back on the in zone. they ball should stay in the level of play , when i can make a play on it or knock it down from a defender getting the intercept. i hate having to slow down my reciever just so the safety and cornerback on defense can catch up with me a challenge. honestly , i be feeling like a consumer waiting on hold for the ball to come down or in the field of play so i can get to it.

  5. offensive / defensive play reactions to athletes. i notice this all the time  when i pick a play for player and they do the opposite of what i told him to do on specific plays. if i pick a zone coverage , my players are expected to cover their zones hard from anyone who is to come between them , not moving out of positon allow wideout to make big plays. as far as offensive , i picked a post for my wideout , he was cover a little but then gotten open ( still running his post ) i threw the ball thinking it was going to the let corner of the endzone because my wideout would've been wide open their. so i threw inexpected my quarterback threw stright to the safety and he picked it off. i notice in madden they're throwing to spots. what if we can control the spot like brett favre does in real life.

• stanziac said October 14, 2009

  please fix how the offensive/defensive linemen come off the ball ( seems like they'e scrambling all over the place ) when the ball is hike. for example :  when i'm a linemen and the ball is hiked i scramble unexpectively in other postions of the line making me have to replace myself to get back in postion were i want be. rather than me pressing forward or in any direction and heading to where i want to be make play unless someone pushes me out of positon when engauging with another offensiveline of some sort. it really needs fueled motion in all aspect of the game.

• swillz13 said October 14, 2009

  u guys need to add commentary for superstar mode. and also please and some more logos, jerseys, number styles, etc to create a team. a mean u can't make any good teams

• stanziac said October 14, 2009

  i love the wide camera for madden 10 i saw on youtube. if only you'll at easports could rise the camera up shortly mid-way , downwards mid-way and zoomed it in a bit ( where you could see your player good ) would surely give player a great camera experience. you'll be able to see everything on the field , not to mention every players on the field.

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• stanziac said October 14, 2009

  how about having Chris '' boomer'' Berman and john madden as the commentaries for madden 2011. these two really know how to make a game very exciting. i can't get enough of bommer saying ''marshall , marshall , marshall '' whe n marshall faulk was playing for the rams and yet was hes coming up with today. he makes things very entertaining as well as madden.

• agamemno13 said October 15, 2009

  I dont wanna sound like a jerk but i can get sacks against the cpu in online franchise on all madden in fact ive gotten six with one guy(Freeney) in one game and atleast three other guys had one so i think people should just learn to rush the passer. Just a thought i guess

• jsuperhova said October 16, 2009

  just fix the zone defenses.....you see zone defenses used in the nfl and they use them all the time and still get wins...in madden you cant get not love from zones

• dw19weezy said October 21, 2009

  Are they gonna include an update to include the players wearing the colors for *** cancer awareness month? I hope they do

• PROBOWLIN said October 24, 2009

  Can someone fix DC glitch at end of games? Game ends and then they do something quit whatever and says opp quit would you like to continue vs comp (only way to recieve win) Game is over anyways so then scans field and freezes at endzone after game is already over? I dont know where else to write this or ask these questions.. Players name X_RalphLauren_X as Bengals vs Probowler08 as Redskins.. This isnt the first time this has happened and I waste time playing for wins just for the game not to count!!! Its also not the first time this has happened to me!

• ne09boys said October 28, 2009

  THATS GREAT WHEN IS THE NEXT UPDATE COMING HERES WHAT I WANT ON THE NEXT UPDATE

  - OUR GAME FACE IN MADDEN 10

  - MORE LOGOS TO CHOOSE FOR CREATED TEAM

  - HOW ABOUT ADDING THINGS TO THE FIELD THATS GOING ON IN THE NFL (CANCER AWARNESS)

• xGaM3xPLaNx said November 09, 2009

  FLATS ARE OVERRATED I PLAY COVER3 , COVER2 , AND IT DOESENT STOP IT NEED TO BE FIXED ITS CHEATING PLEASE

• xGaM3xPLaNx said November 09, 2009

  THE CPU TAKES DUMB ANGLES INSTEAD OF RUNNING TOWARDS HIM THEY RUN BEHIND HIM

• xGaM3xPLaNx said November 09, 2009

  FUMBLE TO MANY TIMES A GAME  NOT REAL THEY DONT FUMBLE 3 TIMES IN ONE GAME

• xGaM3xPLaNx said November 09, 2009

  EVERY THING ELSE IS GREAT I LIKE THE GAME ITS JUST THAT YALL TRYIED TO MAKE IT TO REAL THATS ALL

• Tomcat213 said November 16, 2009

  Is there any plans to work on superstar mode?  

• REAPR_357 said November 18, 2009

  Is there a fix for the slow halfback slants.

• SpankMyTank said December 28, 2009

  I like what you guys have tried to do with the game, so keep up the good work.  Just don't let the lack of competition effect your efforts.  The people still own your company in the end.  

  First things first. I don't understand what all the complaining about sacks is coming from. Even on all madden I've still been able to average about three or four sacks a game with Mario Williams (switched to LE because it's more comfortable). On one franchise I even broke the season sack record which was twenty-two, I believe, in the first five games.

  Three things frustrate me though.

  A) When the player skill setting (or whatever) sets my rushing to 20 in difficulty and my Offensive line can't hold a block for even half a second.  There are usually   zero holes and even if I see one, by the time I can reach it, I'm downed in the back field.

  B) Pass protection. I've seen a few posts about it, but I'm going to go ahead and put in my thoughts. On average, I can only get about two seconds before my pocket starts to collapse. In real life, this is realistic some times, but every single play? Come on.. Even when my whole offensive line is at least 90 overall with at least 95 in pass blocking, shouldn't that count for something?

  C) The final thing that bothers me is dropped passes. 3 yard passes, 5 yard passes, 10 yard passes, 50 yard passes, wide open or in traffic.  It never seems to matter, my receiver is going to drop a pass half of the time. First string receivers and a TE with 90 catching.  I even did some experimenting.  I took a WR and set his catching to 99 and his in traffic catching to 99.  He ran out, was wide open, so I threw it to him.  It bounced right off of his hands and the guy commenting was like, "Oh, he couldn't make the catch in traffic."  There wasn't a defender withing  five yards of him.

  But that's about it for my ranting. Nice game this year overall though.

• SpankMyTank said December 28, 2009

  And I don't really mean to sound like a jerk here, but who really cares about realistic equipment or gear for cancer awareness month?

  The gameplay is broken and needs to be focused on over equipment. >_>

• Cmdr Colstel said January 05, 2010

  Thanks Ian and your crew for the Madden games and for listening to our suggestions. I enjoy playing Madden 2009 but returned Madden 2010 because blocking was taken out of the players' hands. I like the idea of controlling a lead blocker to open holes for the ballcarrier. Though online I wish my opponent wouldn't be able to see which player I am going to use for blocking when I change the spotlight on the player to light blue. I know many players complained about blocking but they really aren't forced to use it. I was disappointed when that option was taken away. Also, I would like to spectate on other online games just like I would watch a game on TV (it would be almost like scouting a future opponent). In addition, I wish something could be done about players who drop their QB 50 yards and make long completions on a regular basis. Maybe the QB should lose speed the further he drops back ?  Thanks anyway guys. You are doing a good job. Good luck on Madden 2011 !!

• Coachingkilla said January 10, 2010

  Can the makers of madden actually on next years madden let us on franchise mode and superstar mode play in the probowl not just sim and you cant play also i cant save all my created players on one file how is that!!!!!!

• Yukker said January 17, 2010

  Franchise lock up!!!!????   Year 23 and can not play any longer as game will lock up after a few plays now.  Can do an exibition game with no issues.  This seems to be an issue similar to Madden 09 when you would start locking up in around year 7 or so.  Is anyone else having this problem???  Really is disappointing AGAIN this year. I also do see the wildcat problem where there is no longer a handoff on the option.  One issue for the wish list would also be that the computer would stop signing free agent kickers for me just becuase the kicker on my roster is really poorly rated.  All isssues are on the Xbox 360.