Madden Blog Reveals More Info On New Locomotion Tech

Following yesterday's news about NCAA Football 11 adopting a new locomotion engine to better account for differences in player acceleration and agility, lead gameplay designer Ryan Burnsides shed more light about integrating this system into Madden in a new blog post on the game's website.

"At the start of the Madden NFL 11 cycle our goals were to integrate acceleration, momentum, and direction changes into the game in a way that felt responsive; was easy to tune; and looked more like what you see in an actual NFL game," Burnsides said. "With those targets in mind, we have completely ripped out our old locomotion engine and replaced it with a brand new system."

The new engine should make skill players more distinguishable. For instance, a player with a 99 acceleration rating and 90 speed rating now reaches full speed much quicker, but a player with a 90 acceleration and 99 speed rating would win a long-distance sprint.

To read more about how the new engine changes how skill players move on the field and watch videos of the tech in motion, head over to the blog.