Madden Monday’s at GameStop continue with a column from guest writer and EA’s Lead Madden Developer, Ian Cummings. Ian starts off like many of his writings this year, by discussing how the team wants to make this year’s version of Madden the most authentic game ever. I feel like they have done that in regards to visuals and gameplay advancements. In this article he talks at length how now a QB’s height and style of throw affect tip passes at the line of scrimmage.
Playing quarterback in Madden NFL 10 now has this whole new wrinkle of strategy that has never existed in franchise history — you actually have find open passing lanes. We added accurate QB throwing styles to this year’s game as well; so you have to be careful with the guys like Rivers and Romo that have a lower release as they can get their passes batted down more often. This addition also makes height relevant for the very first time — guys like Manning and Roethlisberger that tower in the pocket back there and have a high release have much less of a problem dealing with the linemen in front of them, where you have to do a lot more thinking with a guy like Garcia.
