Madden NFL 11 Video: Strategy Pad Criticisms, Letter to Ian Cummings (GoMadden)

[Critical Kills]

wangtangkiki - wow, great point, i never thought about that issue of it giving away your play like that. As for lag, the entire interface is laggy. Yes it's minor but it's noticeable by me.

[aceoye]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteelerSpartan

Good vid....I hope more start to pop up This isn't a rant, its a thoughtful breakdown of why this thing is going to kill the game for some people One thing I want made clear though This thing is slower and Less responsive then the previous system....period The Delay is small but its there.. For people who make 1 or 2 changes you can get by....but for the guys who make 4 or more moves whether that be shifts,Hot Routes, Press is where this is killing the way they play No matter how much you "practice" or try and "get used to it" ^^^Im getting a little tired of people yelling that at people who have a problem with the SP......For some people you simply can't make the adjustments you used to make

I really dont like the strategy pad but let me say I can still make my adjustments..before on other maddens I can make all my adjustments and then have like 10 seconds left on the play clock,now I can still make all my adjustments but Im having like 5-3 seconds left giving me a more realistic play clock timer in my opinion...even with 25 seconds runoff on madden 10 with the old audible system I could call them in like 5 seconds leaving still too many seconds on the clock

[SteelerSpartan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Legend Killer

Well bro I thought the same thing when I first tryed the pad for the first time 3 days ago. I said it was slow and took to much time. But since then I got use to it and I do my shifts before the AI snaps the ball. If you practice long enough and if you run the same line shiftss every down. Then after a little pratice you will do it without even thinking about it. Little hit here. Right after your D breaks the huddle start making the line shifts why they are heading to the LOS. That is what I do. But this is agait the AI offline. It might be different for online use. But I mainly play offline anyway.

Im sorry but thats just wrong.....I start immediately as well....have the play already drawn up in my Head and I can't complete the ones I used to be able to do before

Its not about getting "used to it" the intentionally added in delay limits the number of adjustments I can make

EDIT: Im talking about the Defensive side of the ball....

[wangtangkiki]

I'm having trouble with this system.. I've almost got it down, but NO WHERE NEAR to what I could do last year.. Here's a video of defensive adjustments I would make to setup a GL Nano..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVcAwA3w4oI

[stoncold32]

Quote: Originally Posted by wangtangkiki

No one is talking about the run / pass glitch.. The Strategy pad shows you if it's a run or a pass.. Come out in a run play, press any button on the D-Pad.. You will notice that the up button has nothing listed.. like Hot Routes.. I know you are running so I'll be prepared.. [This is a big concern for tournaments & playing against friends] Anyone else notice that trying to pinch the defense line has a huge lag? It had a lag last year at times but definitely not as bad as this.. The whole game lags for me but it's probably because it's a demo.

This is like NCAA 10 where the camera would zoom out for a pass plays and not for runnings plays. Well when you did a PA pass, it would zoom out right when the ball was snapped. Thus rendering the PA ineffective b/c you knew from the camera it was gonna be a pass.

[aceoye]

Quote: Originally Posted by wangtangkiki

I'm having trouble with this system.. I've almost got it down, but NO WHERE NEAR to what I could do last year.. Here's a video of defensive adjustments I would make to setup a GL Nano.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVcAwA3w4oI

..... hmmm

[TalenT]

I'm referring to the complaints I've been seeing.

[DLight03]

Quote: Originally Posted by Legend Killer

Well bro I thought the same thing when I first tryed the pad for the first time 3 days ago. I said it was slow and took to much time. But since then I got use to it and I do my shifts before the AI snaps the ball. If you practice long enough and if you run the same line shiftss every down. Then after a little pratice you will do it without even thinking about it. Little hit here. Right after your D breaks the huddle start making the line shifts why they are heading to the LOS. That is what I do. But this is agait the AI offline. It might be different for online use. But I mainly play offline anyway.

Hey Legend Killer. Are you on the PS3 or 360?