Ok, I can’t take it anymore. I mean the game is not even out and people are already finding exploits in the Madden 10 Demo. I was lurking around some of the Madden Communities to get a feel of how Hardcore Madden fans are receiving this new Madden 10 Demo. Overall the game is being praised as one of the best in the series and for the most part I have to agree with that but there was one thing I discovered that has me backtracking just a bit.
I checked out two videos today that showcased how you can still Rocket Catch in madden 10. I can’t believe it, I thought this was the year that all that BS would be out of the game. I had Coach Ruckus yelling into the camera at E3 saying that all these cheesers were going to have to go and hide. I remember the Madden team saying that they wanted to make Madden 10 one of the most realistic football game ever.
What happened to the mantra of “What You See on Sunday, will be in Madden 10″.
Hello Mr. Cummings I have never seen a QB strafing and jumping up to grab a catch over two defenders thrown by a RB. Yea, that’s right, there is video where Ben Rothlisberger is strafing up to grab a ball from RB Rashad Mendenhall over two Cardinal defenders.
How does this happen? How does after two years of talking about this BS Rocket Catch that it’s still in the game?
Ohhhh …. too busy putting in handtowles (awesome btw), jets flying overhead (awesome again), and pro-tak (just great) that we forget to get this known glitch out the game.
Ok, I apologize, calling it a glitch is a little too much because it’s not something that is broken …. but you take a look at the evidence and tell me differently.
Ok, so now you’ve seen the evidence.
I guess I need to say this somewhere: I have no problems with guys who Rocket Catch in tournaments and games against others where money is on the line, or even when they are labbing against their friends cause that’s just the nature of the beast, it’s just something I don’t like when I’m playing. It’s not that I don’t know how to do it either, I just like to play Str8/Simulation where coaching and executing plays a big factor in who wins. After a long day at the office the last thing I need is someone who no matter what I call is going to out-jump my defenders everytime with their QB and hold on to the ball. I still can’t get over the fact that someone had Rothlisberger Rocket Catch, that is both too hilarious and sad at the same time.
In the end I’m not too worried about it, because I only play a select handful of people anyways and with online franchise available, it’s really going to cut down on the amount of ‘Play Now’ games I play.
I think this is just bad for the casual fan that EA is trying to cater to. The fan that buys Madden because it’s the only football video game with the NFL Player and license. The fan that now has XBOX Live and the PSN Network and want to go online and play others. They are going to see a couple of games of this and go turn their game in.
I love what EA has done with the presentation in the game, humongous step in the direction fans want the series to go in, but with all the interaction with the fans over at Operation Sports, and other various outlets like Community Day at EA, it escapes me how these things continue to be in the game.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
you know there is a Rocket .Tackle animation that balances this out? It looks kinda bad but its bearable
July 27th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
yea this is mess up the game isn't out yet, man i hope there's no more glitches
July 27th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Go away? Doubtful, I feel like if given the chance, people will exploit it over, and over, and over again.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
This guy who is bitching is the same guy that went to the NCAA CD? Did a pretty bad job NCAA sucks ass. Maybe we should send real people to CD next year
July 27th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
The guys that go down to Tiburon, go to give feedback, they don't go down and make the game. Community Leaders have been asking for other features on behalf of the community including the removal of Rocket Catch for a couple of years now.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Only thing i could say..
Is if EA stops this ,people will complain bc they cant user jump.
Its a lose lose for EA.
Best thing to do is just say fuhk it and play the game.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Ya i know that, but they should send down people that are going to be critical not lamen people like yourself
July 27th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Oh there was a lot of criticism and still is. Just because you go down to EA and kick and scream about something doesn't mean they are going to put it in the game. There are a lot of factors like PR and what's doable and what's not doable. EA brought in a lot of people that were critical of them from OS this year, it still doesn't mean they are going to fix stuff that they don't think is broken, Ex. Rocket Catch.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I hear what you are saying Phillip, but why is it even in there and why can Big Ben do it and Hines Ward? It's always bearable until someone does it to you non-stop down the field for a GW TD. Maybe we shouldn't over react to it too much, maybe it will go away.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:50 am
this is absolutly ridculous the first day i played this demo i played on all madden and i pulled the rc off i was extremly upset that this is still in the game.ea had me fooled they said they was not catering to cheesres and that everything we see on sunday see in madden bs.how do you expect someone who never played madden to pssibly beat a tourney player like you guys said if you did not take out the one thing that helps these bums win games.other than the rocket catch i loved the demo but the rc can destroy the whole experiance.
July 29th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Its in the Demo, and some other things, but Ian and EA has fixed alot of BS, That the Demo has….
It is a demo….
Im Not saying there will not be exploits, I wasnt born yesterday, but Lets give the actual game not Demo a feel 1st..
August 4th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Hey Shopmaster, are you manually moving the reciever into position and hitting triangle or is it a combination of movement and strafing. please if you can let me know, id appreciate it.. I was good at RC in 08 &09 cause all my friends do it. But the old way doesnt seem to work in 2010.
August 8th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
I'm torn.
On one hand, I like the fact that a player can manually make plays for the ball at it's highest point, just like every high school coach worth his salt teaches… On the other, I dislike the fact that the danger with jumping for high passes isn't quite perfect (at least in the demos). In real life, receivers would get killed or drop most of the balls that players seem to grab with comfort.
So while I'm not terribly saddened, I am slightly disappointed with the frequency in which DANGEROUS plays work in Madden. Hopefully, I'll be pleasantly surprised on Friday.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:44 am
i know wut you mean when you say that you dont like rocket catching when you are playing, but the rocket catch in this game is going to be a lot harder, recievers actually drop the ball when they get hit and if you user the players on defense you can actually get position to pick it or tip it unlike other years.
August 17th, 2009 at 2:36 am
Its not that its even a dangerous pass its that EA doesnt make a CONSISTANT method of stopping the RC. If My DB could jump as high as rocket catchers and make the play for the ball as well then it wouldnt be so bad. But then again if there was a CONSISTANT method of stopping it cheesers wouldnt do it, so you might as well just make it an x and o game and the only user catching will be putting your reciever in the better position to make the play in my opinion. For now Ill just deal with it, I kinda know how to tell who rc's and who doesnt. and once I get a good friend base I just play them.
August 17th, 2009 at 2:38 am
I actually was pretty good at stopping the RC last yr. worked about 50% of the time LOL. thats as good as its gone get!