Madden 10 Impressions

(continued from previous page) ...results in sacks. Now, however, your controller will rumble whenever your QB comes under pressure, allowing you to flick the right analog stick any way you'd like in order to attempt to avoid the pressure. One thing to take into account is that the direction you flick the right stick does matter. If you're getting pressure from the right and you flick to the right, you're going to go right into the defender. If you flick left, however, you're going to have a greater chance to move out of the way in order to get your throw off.

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Adding onto this dimension of the game is the ability to toss an accurate pass even when being hit as you throw. Much like in real life, it all depends when you're hit that determines whether an errant pass shall follow or not. If you're hit as you release, the ball may still have great trajectory on its way to that touchdown pass, whereas if you're hit mid-throw, you're going to see that ball go in a completely unknown direction.

Once the given demo of Madden 10 was over and done with, a sense of anticipation came over us as this finally felt as though Madden was taking that step -- no, leap -- in the right direction. Last year saw EA Sports take NCAA 2008 and leap forward into NCAA 2009. This year, it looks as though Madden has taken a similar leap in that direction, which should once again leave fans of the series waiting in line at midnight. If we weren't getting a copy in for review, I know I'd be there waiting.

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  1. A-HAAA

    • 12:33am BST - May 1st, 2009

    woooooot first i cant wait till it comes out

  2. rogerse63

    • 12:33am BST - May 1st, 2009

    looks a little stiff to me

  3. Oatmeal | NEJI64

    • 12:41am BST - May 1st, 2009

    then you pick a team and see the same plays from madden 96

  4. PS3!!!!! | FOXY007

    • 12:47am BST - May 1st, 2009

    looks good still a little rough around the edges.. but still a good improvement.. 

  5. Deusthousand09

    • 1:04am BST - May 1st, 2009

    Im gonna stick to nfl 2k5

  6. A-HAAA

    • 1:26am BST - May 1st, 2009

    @5

    i feel you

  7. Charl3z523 | Charl3z523

    • 1:29am BST - May 1st, 2009

    Lmao, I seen Edreggin James and Rod Hood both in that trailer when the Cardinals have already let them go xD.

    Already outdated and they still got 4 months till release.

  8. Ixion | MagicManGSC

    • 1:47am BST - May 1st, 2009

    There will be a roster update on launch day, so that point is irrelevant.

  9. Charl3z523 | Charl3z523

    • 1:53am BST - May 1st, 2009

    Looks like someone actually plays Madden, lmao.

  10. yoboyrob9041226 | BIGROB904

    • 2:19am BST - May 1st, 2009

    i havent gotten madden since 07 i had it on ps2 and ps3 and it was better on ps2  and it just would borrow my friends madden 08 and 09 but i might actually get this one.

  11. PantherHeel93

    • 2:51am BST - May 1st, 2009

    PLEEEEEEAASE tell me they took out the gay "rewind" feature.

  12. The Mask | JSack20

    • 3:32am BST - May 1st, 2009

    I will get this unless madden 11 comes out before I have enough money

  13. ptmww3

    • 1:40pm BST - May 1st, 2009

    first time i am going to buy a madden game good or bad......so better be good

  14. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 4:47pm BST - May 1st, 2009

    This might actually be my first Madden game, but rumor has it that this may be the last because John Madden is retiring this year.

  15. revsoul | revsoul

    • 9:02pm BST - May 1st, 2009

    2K5 was an arcade game!

    300 rush yds AND 500 pas yds on average....... EVERY game? please

  16. XAversionX | aVeRsioN_X

    • 12:34am BST - June 1st, 2009

    Madden never seems to get 'much' better each year, They all seem to have the same bugs and minor things that annoy people.

     

     

  17. antPALMER | antPALMER

    • 8:54pm BST - June 18th, 2009

    @15

    dude i want madden to keep realistic! no acrade or crazy stats every game... If you want like 300 rushing yards and 500 passing yards average, use rookie status to play then.

    btw- looking forward to get this game!! this game is a must buy.

  18. headstrong24 | headstrong24

    • 8:30pm BST - June 23rd, 2009

    not too excited for this game.  The madden franchise has been going downhill for me.  I wasn't  very impressed with last years and after looking at that video, it looks like the same game with a different cover.  It seems that all of EA's sports game have been letting me down more and more over the past few years.

  19. underdog10

    • 5:59pm BST - August 1st, 2009

    after playing the demo it feels really slow. that's gonna slow down the online game even more

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