Madden 11 Demo Impressions Thread

[Rudi]

The fact that the hurry up that is in NCAA isn't in Madden is extremely disappointing. Good impressions Maynard, sounds like EA really screwed the pooch on Madden this year. :smh:

 

[killgod]

I think Gameflow or Planning or whatever the fuck you call it......can be useful if you're daring to bore yourself offline.

The biggest sticker to playing the CPU is the wretched playcalling (all out blitz on every 3rd down ring a bell?)

Since you can create plans for the CPU, it might up the challenge from ridiculously easy to somewhat easy.

 

[albidnis]

Anyone have an idea on what time the PS3 version will be out

 

[killgod]

Anyone have an idea on what time the PS3 version will be out

i think late afternoon

 

[killgod]

taken from a Madden 11 blog

"Of course, one thing to be clear on is that everything is optional. If you want to play without GameFlow you can. You can choose to play with the conventional play call screen (old style play call screen that's been around since the advent of football gaming). You can choose to turn off coordinator audio, subtitles, and strategy pad. Pretty much everything is an option."

Apparently this gay strategy pad everyone hates can be turned off.

 

[Maynard]

I give the demo a go and see good and bad in it.

1- the atmosphere as everyone said, is terrible. It speaks for itself so the less said about it the better.
2- the strategy pad. Go fuck yourself EA. Way to make something way more difficult than it needed to be. I found myself having to go through a few different menus and barely getting adjustments in before the snap. I imagine I'll memorize it all and get much quicker but still
3- Gameplanning. I think a few of you hate it, but I can see where it could come in very handy. I mean most guys already know what they're going to do in certain situations so this just helps you get your play called faster by giving it to you. If you don't like the gameplanning you can always just go into your play book yourself. The notion of selecting a handful of plays for 2nd and short and then weighting them to your liking is nice. I do almost wish they had used a run vs pass ratio, and even a short vs long ratio.

on defense its especially bad because the cpu offense is so quick to call the snap. the system in ncaa is hard enough to make pre snap adjustments, in madden its next to impossible because of this new system.

i didnt use the gameflow at all. one of the biggest issues i have with it in ncaa is that u cant make formation package subs. the game planning option might allow for this to take place based on the situation, but i like to make all those decisions myself. The AI is bad enough so i suspect the gameflow AI is gonna be dumb too

 

[albidnis]

What does the strategy pad do?

 

[Maynard]

taken from a Madden 11 blog



Apparently this gay strategy pad everyone hates can be turned off.

that would be nice but i didnt see a menu option to turn it off. I was able to turn off the other stuff mentioned though. That audio coordinator got shut off real fast....he is very annoying

i also turned off the acc clock option. But for some reason the game still did its own run off

What does the strategy pad do?

its all the pre snap stuff your used to doing with the R1/L1...the Y button for coverage and hot routes on O. All that stuff as you have done it in the past have been put into this strategy pad....Its just a new control scheme for making the pre snap adjustments

 

[killgod]

What does the strategy pad do?

it's the new way to call pre snap adjustments

 

[MrBill]

I think it has the potential to be a decent addition. I want to dick around with it a bit first before really saying if I like it or not. I'm worried that the gameplanning feature won't fully use the variety of plays I add to my gameplan, and/or won't use them according to how I've weighted them.

I've been hesitant to come down on the strategy pad feature as well because it might be ok once I get used to it. Like Maynard said though, the CPU snaps the ball so quickly you can't get even the most basic adjustments completed.

 

[Maynard]

if anyone sees an option to shut it off please post it. It might not be in the demo but if it can be shut off that would be nice.

the gameplay itself wasnt too bad at all. I put it on fast because i like it a bit more wide open and quick. Sliders are a must. but for some reason EA only allows u to change the user difficulty....but they allow u to make cpu slider changes. idk why they didnt allow user custom difficulty/slider changes

 

[Carlos]

I played on all madden in my only game so far.

-I didn't have to create anything, simple execution of the play results with gains more often than not. (follow your blockers, minimal hot routing/audibles, etc)
-Strategy pad will take some getting used to but it won't be too big of a deal IMO.
-Deep ball is tittays!

 

[killgod]

When does EA lose exclusive rights?

After Madden 12, thus Madden 12 will be decent.


I've also come up with a logical theory as to why offline sucks so much dick this year.

Online fucking Pass.


Their whole scheme for online pass wouldn't work if Offline was legit now wasn't it? I mean, people already stray away from Online to begin with, but if they were to release this Online Pass as well as boosting the Offline game it would be counter productive to their revenue stream. When people buy it used, fuck online pass cause offline is legit, right?



Makes pretty good sense doesn't it?

 

[MrBill]

After Madden 12, thus Madden 12 will be decent

That assumes that EA will not get an extension ala NFL Sunday Ticket and DirecTV.

 

[killgod]

That assumes that EA will not get an extension ala NFL Sunday Ticket and DirecTV.

I don't think they will. From what I've read it was pretty costly for EA and the NFL has the legal battles about it's exemption status for monopolizing their product.

 

[ryne candy]

I played it and i had fun. The commentating is worse than ever imo. And the crowd was dead silent, like practice silent when nothings going on. I like the new stadium sounds though. I just wish that the game played faster. I dont understand why NCAA plays faster than the NFL... its stupid.

How old are you? Did you play Madden with Madden announcing? That duo put me to sleep....always put the tv on mute while playing. I don't like the strategy pad....another button to press before the opposing qb hikes the ball. Maybe I just need to get used to it and memorize where everything is on the dpad.

 

[Archer]

I was actually happy with the demo other than the strategy pad and the lack of atmopashere.

More like madden 10.5 then Madden 11 but at least they've toned down some of madden 10's worst parts.

 

[Raidersabc123]

I WANNA PLAY THE DEMO

 

[Aso]

I enjoyed the demo. The strategy pad isn't a big deal, if anything it'll prevent people from being able to create nano blitzes and after a few games I started to get a hold of the controls for it. The computer plays a lot better than in years past, meaning no robo QB at all, the cpu runs the way it should etc. I'm also very pleased with how much pressure I can get and how much heat the cpu is putting on my QB. Man coverage is very nice as well as the flats. Overall I liked it.

 

[dave]

why does anyone even say anything about gameflow? its the same feature in NCAA minus the game planning. Its stupid and nothing more than a glorified ask madden.
wtf is EA thinking that people would actually care about a stupid ass feature like that? Oh wait they need to go after the casual gamer

even if madden plays just like ncaa it wont be enough to make up for the boring delivery the developers of madden have mastered.

my DL is already at 35% and moving rapidly

If you don't like it, don't use it. Problem solved.

Played one game of the demo.
Liked what I played.

One unusual thing - I couldn't adjust human sliders. Maybe it was just a demo thing.

Not a fan of the strategy pad, but will get used to it.

Game looks much better, I don't hate the announcing as much as last year, game plays a lot like NCAA 11 (which is a good thing).

I am really looking forward to the game.