Madden NFL 10 Preview and Player Ratings
Madden 10 Ratings and Pro Tak Technology Among Changes in Game
Apr 29, 2009
Madden NFL 10 implements a new technology system called Pro-Tak. The biggest addition this advanced technology brings comes in the form of gang tackles. In Madden NFL 10, up to nine-man gang tackles can take place (up from three in last year's edition), and they can be played out in any fashion, as in eight defenders versus the runner, or even four offensive players trying to push four defensive players as they try to move the pile toward the first down.
Pro-Tak Technology
On some plays, the running back gets stood up by a couple of defenders and pushed back to the point where the refs on the field blow the whistle even though he never went down. And on the goal line, if a runner looks to be stopped before reaching pay dirt, you will even see offensive linemen try to hit the pile to help push the ball into the end zone. It's all based on size, strength and the number of guys in the pile.
This might be the most significant difference to the way the game looks and plays this year, and it's a change that definitely helps improve the franchise's realism.
"Pro-Tak is a new animation technology that helps drive several new features in the game," Phil Frazier, senior producer said in Gamepro Magazine in its March 2009 issue. "This includes nine-man gang tackles, a brand new pocket for the offensive line, steerable blocks, steerable tackles and the fight for the fumble feature that really lets you fight for that ball at the bottom of the pile."
Madden NFL 10 Preview
One of the toughest aspects of playing quarterback in Madden (or real life) is trying to look down the field during a heavy pass rush. You're trying to spot the open man while at the same time watching the pocket collapse around you and looking for someplace to run." Frazier continued.
Madden NFL 10 introduces a new quarterback avoidance system that should go a long way toward helping solve this issue. This is all based on player ratings, so if you have a guy like Ben Roethlisberger, you hit the QB-avoidance stick, and he is going to break out of more of those situations than the average quarterback."
EA Sports implemented the Wildcat formation to the game this year. If anything will break the game this year and become the most overused formation at the Madden Challenge, the Wildcat is it. Not to worry, the formation will not hurt the game and cause a ridiculous amount of touchdowns to occur.
Madden 10 Player Ratings
Madden NFL ratings are important to real football players. These numbers are talked about in the locker rooms and even on the practice field. When somebody misses a block, guys will joke about how his rating just dropped five points.
But nothing has prepared the NFL for what's about to happen with Madden NFL 10. The producers of the game have decided to create a bigger gap in the ratings between the elite players and those who ride the pine.
That means that although quarterbacks such as Peyton Manning still strut around with a 99 overall rating, backups such as Matt Leinart can only watch as their overall rating drops from a 85 to a 62. Yikes.
The game is due in stores in mid-August.
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