Break it down

[TimsGiants]

Post your breakdown Id like to see others thoughts to please

This is all on All Madden difficulty

Offense

Passing: I like it, I have 3plus seconds to make read if I dont then i get sacked. The evade thing is pretty cool feature to buy that extra second and it doesnt work everytime. I havent figured out how to throw long ball yet..mainly seems that when I feel I got it deep Im getting hit

Receiving: The animations are cool and fluid way better than 09. But 0 manual control for me at least. That was a biggie in the past for me but after 08,09 and learned to live without it. Be nice to make a play on the ball though.

Running: Feels the same to me, I still suck at running. CPU runs nice but when I have control its getting hit in backfield. I cant run period

Blocking: I love pass blocking, hate the run blocking

DEFENSE

Pass rush: not getting shit for pass rush, if I do get close to QB he throws it soetimes a hit duck. I love the R1 put your hands up dline feature other than that sucks

Run D: everything seems good there. I wish I could runlike the CPU though.

Pass D: I cant judge this due to the fact I get 0 pressure on QB. Basiaclly the QB will find a open receiver no matter what after 5 seconds. If there was pressure Im sure it would be fine but right now Im trying to coverthe whole field for ever and thats not working.

Man D is definetly alot better though, you still kill the LB with a HB outta the backfield but everywhere else seems hit n miss not $

SPECIAL TEAMS

All feels a little better blocking wise and speed wise. Barely noticable though

OVERALL IMPRESSION:

No pass rush kills the demo, otherwise its Madden 09 with better graphics and animations. Kinda like a newer model of 09, I like 09 though so the flair thats added and man defense improvement is a game buyer for me.

I still need to try All Pro to see if there is a pass rush

 

[TimsGiants]

yeah either team

 

[Archer]

Wondering what the PS3 version is like because with the LT button while passing on offense I find it easy to user catch with the wr

Anyone with both like to clarify why?

 

[Helicopter]

Tim, I'll give you my thoughts once I've played a bit more. So far, I'm enjoying AP more than AM. Pass blocking seems the same on both difficulties (same amount of time to throw). Running the ball is a bit easier on AP. I was able to get some nice runs up the gut with Wells and some decent runs with Parker. Like others have said, I think power backs will play more of a factor this year. I threw some stupid passes on both difficulties, but mainly due to not being used to the camera angle. Man to man defense is definitely better this year. Thank god. I've only played a couple of games, so I don't have a good feel for it yet, but so far I like the improvements that were made. I'll write up something a better and a bit easier to read once I get some more time.

 

[MVP1991]

Wondering what the PS3 version is like because with the LT button while passing on offense I find it easy to user catch with the wr

Anyone with both like to clarify why?

I think user catching is simple this year too and I'm on PS3.

 

[TimsGiants]

Tim, I'll give you my thoughts once I've played a bit more. So far, I'm enjoying AP more than AM. Pass blocking seems the same on both difficulties (same amount of time to throw). Running the ball is a bit easier on AP. I was able to get some nice runs up the gut with Wells and some decent runs with Parker. Like others have said, I think power backs will play more of a factor this year. I threw some stupid passes on both difficulties, but mainly due to not being used to the camera angle. Man to man defense is definitely better this year. Thank god. I've only played a couple of games, so I don't have a good feel for it yet, but so far I like the improvements that were made. I'll write up something a better and a bit easier to read once I get some more time.

Yeah playing All Pro now and its better running the ball but that was the same with 09. In leagues I was in swear mfers with a run game were cpu running.:y:

 

[windy city]

Played it for bout a hour. 30mins on AM and 30 mins on AP......I really liked the flow and the speed of the gme but theres something that i'm a liitle concerned with..... NO PASS RUSH AT ALL...... But it might be because they were 34 teams and not 43.... We i sent the house i got to the QB with no problem but wen i didnt blitz at all i swear the QB had 12 seconds..lol

Overall i I def like all pro better than all madden .. But hey its just the demo........
I really liked everything i saw except the passrush............. I'll be playing this all year......

 

[TimsGiants]

Overall i I def like all pro better than all madden .. But hey its just the demo........
I really liked everything i saw except the passrush............. I'll be playing this all year......

your one of the few on my buddy list that played 09 all year like me. We should play more, I went to SM and got in 5 leagues to stay active after everyone bailed. Id see you on all the time but I never asked for gm cause if I was on it was for a league gm.

 

[windy city]

your one of the few on my buddy list that played 09 all year like me. We should play more, I went to SM and got in 5 leagues to stay active after everyone bailed. Id see you on all the time but I never asked for gm cause if I was on it was for a league gm.

Yea the same here, I knew you were in a lot of leaguethats why i never asked for a GM....LOL Cant wait to play the Giants,

sidenote- I'm still bitter that u knocked me out of of either the '04 or '05 tourney with a streak pass to Toomer in the 4th qrt...lol Dont ask me why i remember that.lol You caught me in a all out blitz from the 46.......lol

 

[MrBill]

I've been playing the demo for a couple of hours off and on and noticed the lack of pass rush and that I liked AP more than AM. Which was the same as last year and I really didn't play anything except league games on AM. I like the graphics engine a little better and some features now seem like they are at where they should have been in '09. Definitely has a lot of potential. Don't let us down EA....lol

 

[The Messenger]

No pass rush kills the demo, otherwise its Madden 09 with better graphics and animations. Kinda like a newer model of 09, I like 09 though so the flair thats added and man defense improvement is a game buyer for me.

lol. That just killed everything you said in your entire post.

As far as pass rush goes, I couldn't get a consistent one either without blitzing at least one man, but I also didn't know how to do the linemen moves while I was playing the demo. I'm assuming sliders would fix the problem on the real game.

 

[Poundtherock]

This is all on All Madden difficulty with about 6 or 7 games played so far.

Offense

Passing: About the only thing I have had success with is short and mid-range. The angle takes some getting used to….maybe the long passes will come. I have found that hitting the “O” button before passing gives an “upstairs” angle, and doesn’t take you to the moon like in NCAA.
I do like the line blocking over last year….to some degree. [Check D-pass rush section]


Receiving: I find that hitting the receivers to of a more exact nature in that lead is not exactly lead…..the receiver HAS to have a step or even a fair DB will pick it off.
I never have been good a manual catching, lol.

Running: They need to adjust the sliders down RE: breaking tackles. Ridiculous for both HBs. Could run better with Steelers…IDK, maybe because of the PB. I hear the game is not at normal speed [5% below? Why the hell they did that?] so I may like it on normal in the final.

Blocking: O-line blocking better.

DEFENSE

Pass rush: Hated the lack of any pass rush except blitzing. Hopefully, “D” sliders will be adjusted on the final product to get more of a pass rush.

Run D: The CPU “D” is great……my “D” was the pits. Could not stop Rbs. Maybe in time.

Pass D: TG said, “I cant judge this due to the fact I get 0 pressure on QB. Basiaclly the QB will find a open receiver no matter what after 5 seconds. If there was pressure Im sure it would be fine but right now Im trying to coverthe whole field for ever and thats not working.”

I will totally agree. The only thing I would add is that most of the blitz packages do get some pressure. Cover 2 and 3 with no pass rush is gonna get picked apart.

Man D: this was better on deep and mid-deep stuff, but my “D” got killed on slants and short stuff and like you said out of the backfield.

SPECIAL TEAMS

I returned a KO for 102 yards……………but on the ensuing KO, the CPU returned a 98 yarder, lol.

Nice to see the dang CPU miss an extra point and a FG!!

OVERALL IMPRESSION at this stage:

TG said, “No pass rush kills the demo, otherwise its Madden 09 with better graphics and animations. Kinda like a newer model of 09, I like 09 though so the flair thats added and man defense improvement is a game buyer for me.”

I agree.

Over the weekend I hope to get some more games in on both AM and AP, and maybe update or edit this.

 

[DJ Rhude]

This game is nothing like 09....not even remotely close

 

[MrBill]

This game is nothing like 09....not even remotely close

Nothing like 09 better or nothing like 09 worse as you see it?

 

[DJ Rhude]

Better than 09 by far.....I think the only blemish on this game is the manual control is bad......manual users won't like that fact, but on the other hand people who aren't as manual won't see this as a bad thing

But the animations this year are on point, it moves nothing like last year's game......feels like real football, especially the running game

 

[MrBill]

I'm not as manual so I saw it as a good thing

LMK if you want to get on the 220 list!

 

[Poundtherock]

This game is nothing like 09....not even remotely close

:iagree: