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OpSports: Stop Asking for a New Madden Engine

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Ian Cumming of OpSports has seen comments in this fashion posted probably thousands of times in the Madden forums:

"Madden is never going to be any good until they scrap their current engine and make a new one..."

He then spells out the facts about Madden and its many engines. An excerpt:

"So I think it's pretty obvious that there's some confusion here...it seems that 'engine' has been used as a nice jargon buzzword. To clarify, in the eyes of myself and the team, there is no one 'engine' for Madden. We've got 4 main 'engines' that are running in-game (i.e. not in Franchise mode). Can everyone please stop asking for a 'new engine'? It just doesn't really help since it's so vague. Instead, how about specific fixes that you want? Do you want better catch animations? Ok, then post it. Do you want better CPU playcalling? Ok, then post it. Do you want us to swap out our physics engine with Euphoria's? Ok, then post it.

Just know...there is no such thing as a magic bullet 'new engine'!"
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Published: 384 days 12 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii | Sony PSP | PlayStation 2
 
 

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khellendros1 - 384 days 11 hours ago
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How about this, see All Pro Football for running and passing engine.
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LinuxGuru - 384 days 10 hours ago
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Yes, please swap out your Physics engine and use Euphoria.

Good riddance to canned football animations.
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JonahFalcon - 384 days 10 hours ago
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I'm more of an AI guy, myself. I just want DBs to behave realistically. OL to behave realistically. RB to behave realistically...
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sidar - 384 days 10 hours ago
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" Just know...there is no such thing as a magic bullet 'new engine'!" "

Actually writing a new engine without looking at the current one could(or not) improve sh/tloads.
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JonahFalcon - 384 days 8 hours ago
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Missing the point - there's several engines in Madden, not one.
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sidar - 384 days 8 hours ago
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No i did not miss the point.
Why not create a new engine with all included? And by included i mean make it their own by creating it themselves.
It could improve things.
If you keep looking at what you already have you are pushed onto one path.
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JonahFalcon - 384 days 1 hour ago
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Um, doesn't work that way.
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Steven Colbert - 384 days 7 hours ago
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I agree with Linux Guru.Time to go with Euphoria
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