Madden 10 Demo Impressions

[AJay]

I feel the same, but im starting to get used to it... sorta, Romo fing sucks in this game. But Warner and Roethlisberger make every throw.

At least it's realistic. Can't complain about that.

[Derrville]

At least it's realistic. Can't complain about that.

:stone:

[adembroski]

This is interesting to me. I feel like its too slow sometimes, like I cant get the ball to a player fast enough. I wonder when I'll realize its more realistic. After I stop playing NCAA 10? lol

In NCAA 10, every QB throws the equivalent of around 70 MPH. That blows Favre away by a good 10 MPH.

[RosettaStoned]

One thing is driving me fucking nuts. After every play, or if I pick a wrong formation and back up it always goes back to the "combo" formation with the Steelers. No matter what. Why doesn't it just go back to the formation I was in?

[Saluki]

One thing is driving me fucking nuts. After every play, or if I pick a wrong formation and back up it always goes back to the "combo" formation with the Steelers. No matter what. Why doesn't it just go back to the formation I was in?

I dunno, but that feels like one of the things that would be caught b4 the game was finished. I'd be suprised if it was like that in the final version

[RosettaStoned]

Yeah I kind of figured that. Just wondering if it's happening to everybody. It's annoying as hell though.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Played the 1m demo a bit and played the 5m demo yesterday...I like it a lot. Still has obvious flaws, but this is a step in the right direction.

Presentation was very solid. Gameplay was a step in the right direction, for sure. Definitely something we should have been given on the first go around with next gen systems. So, we're a bit behind the curve, I think, but, at least its a positive instead of it running of a treadmill.

[RosettaStoned]

The pass speed feels fine for me on the short to medium stuff. I'm a little concerned over how slow the ball gets there on the deep ball but I've only played a few short games at my brother's.

It usually takes a little longer for deep balls to get there than short ones.

[Joey P]

Just thought about it...

When choosing a play, I have to go side to side for the Formation, then up and down to select a play. How weird is that?

[Herm]

Just thought about it...

When choosing a play, I have to go side to side for the Formation, then up and down to select a play. How weird is that?

I REALLY LIKED Madden 09/NCAA 10 playcalling where its 4 plays on a screen and it has tabs like 1/6 so i know if there is a play i like in I Form i can scroll to tab 4 quickly, the playcall menu here seems slow and clunky.

Why 3 plays per screen instead of four and why remove the numbered tabs??

[RosettaStoned]

Just thought about it...

When choosing a play, I have to go side to side for the Formation, then up and down to select a play. How weird is that?

Feels awkward for sure.

[RosettaStoned]

And Tuesday follows Monday.

My point about the deep ball is that it seems to hang forever. I haven't played the demo enough to know if it's user error on my part but lobbing it deep seems to initiate a terribly slow rainbow that takes forever to get there. That's the only part of the pass speed that has bugged me this far.

Anyway, I got a 5 minute demo code and will be able to play around with it more tonight.

Glad to see you caught my sarcasm. Deep balls are rarely thrown on a rope.

[mfbmike]

all-pro seemed easy as fuck for me to score on the cpu. however my defense was atrocious and htey scored on every trip down too. rofl. 4 years away from madden will do that I guess

[ThunderHorse]

I was skeptical of the speed difference,

I scored a 70 something yard TD with Anquan Boldin out of the wildcat and I didn't have a problem outrunning anyone, which was surprising.

I guess Boldin and his 89 speed doesn't mean he's slow anymore.

[Twigg4075]

I'm really liking the demo. This might be the first good Madden in years.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't EA scoop up some of the 2K guys a few years ago? If so it really shows in the presentation. The camera views of the fans in the stands and the pre-game views of the concession stands remind me so much of 2K5.

My one complaint right now, and it is really minor, is wtf did they switch the circle and triangle (B and Y on 360) buttons on the play call screens? Man that shit pisses me off. I've been pressing triangle to back out of menus for as long as I can remember. They did the same thing in NCAA. I also can't tell you how many times I've chosen the triangle play call thinking I'm backing out of the screen,