Madden 11 Demo Impressions Thread

[Aso]

Does anyone know where the run/pass commit is?

 

[Herm]

what kind of internet connections do you guys have its been 10 minutes and im on 79%, i have standard comcast internet service 13 mb DL.

I see some people saying its taking forever to download.

took about 15 minutes at most

 

[Rudi]

Alright, just played my game on the demo. Keep in mind I have never played NCAA this year. Didnt play with GameFlow either.

-Not sure how I feel about players always sprinting....I know I'll probably end up getting used to it, but it just seems like everyone is skating around on the grass.

-The strategy pad isnt AS bad as everyone is making it out to be, its pretty easy to navigate. I would still prefer the old way

-CPU seemed to break a lot of tackles on All-pro, including Jericho Cotchery breaking 6 tackles on a little screen pass that he broke off for 79 yards to beat me. Meh :smh:

-I loved running the ball. If you are able to be patient(its kinda hard with auto-sprint) holes do open up and you can get some solid runs

-Tried press coverage one time, and Holmes burned whoever the Colts DB was by 15 fucking yards and scored a bomb. didnt try it again

-I tried play action off and on with mixed results. Sometimes it would work like a charm, other times id have people in my face in the backfield and it was a fail. Dont see a problem with that

-CPU pass rush was pretty legit, but could have a lot to do with the jets scheme/ratings on D

-overall, I like the game. I think it will be very enjoyable once it comes out and some good settings are discovered. I know im gunna end up playing the fuck out of it.

 

[Herm]

is the throw away option not in the demo? or is it just not r1 like ncaa? im on ps3

 

[Archer]

Does anyone know where the run/pass commit is?

Didn't they take run/pass commit out of madden after madden 09?

 

[RainboUnicorn]

Well I just played my first game on the demo.

Peyton Manning
18 completions for 580 yards and 8 td's.

 

[Tailback U]

lmao @ that manning stat.

i have been downloading this f'n thing all day. it's seriously been 4 hours. my connection is slow but not THAT slow.

 

[Herm]

im with the above poster who said they'd trust gameflow for offense but not defense.


Im pleasantly surprised with demo, i dont like that LBs are still superjumping to pick off passes and running stride for stride with WRs 30 yds downfield and swatting down passes.

 

[Aso]

Didn't they take run/pass commit out of madden after madden 09?

I was thinking the same thing:whisper:

It was said that they put it back in.

Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[killgod]

random note

if you go to OT and it remains tied, it'll restart OT and keep going.

I just missed wide a 53 yarder for the win, left 1 second on the clock. Manning bombed it to Wayne and caught it, i stopped him at the one not caring expecting a tie. Then all of a sudden the clock said 5:00 and they were kicking a FG? lol.

 

[dave]

-overall, I like the game. I think it will be very enjoyable once it comes out and some good settings are discovered. I know im gunna end up playing the fuck out of it.

That's how I feel too.
I like NCAA a lot, but am just not a big NCAA fan.
I am jonesing big-time for Madden. I need teams and players I know.
But it sucks Madden doesn't have an online dynasty mode. I wanted to do what I'm doing with NCAA.

 

[Rudi]

Played my second game, felt so much more user control by taking off Autospring and Autostrafe. Also tried out that GameFlow stuff...Undecided on that, but I kind of felt like I wasn't fully in control of the game because I wasn't picking the plays. The Strat Pad aint bad either.

 

[dave]

Played my second game, felt so much more user control by taking off Autospring and Autostrafe. Also tried out that GameFlow stuff...Undecided on that, but I kind of felt like I wasn't fully in control of the game because I wasn't picking the plays. The Strat Pad aint bad either.

You can always audible in Gameflow. I found myself doing that a bit.
When I get the game, I'm gonna use the game planning thing for sure.

 

[Wildcard]

changing madden to feel like ncaa was the dumbest thing they have ever done.

Madden was 95% polished last year after those patches. There was almost nothing wrong with the gameplay aspect of the game, while NCAA is total garbage. I played NCAA this year and if madden is the same thing like I'm hearing about I won't like madden this year.

EA was going in the right direction last year with Madden after thse patches.

 

[dave]

EA was going in the right direction last year with Madden after thse patches.

It's a good thing for you VSN doesn't require members to take the breathalyzer before posting.

 

[Wildcard]

It's a good thing for you VSN doesn't require members to take the breathalyzer before posting.

lol, NCAA gameplay was garbage last year, while on the other hand Madden was great after the patches.

If it was so bad I would like for you to discuss what was bad about it.

I remember when the game first came out throwing to the RBs was flawed because it would work too much. They fixed it.

They also fixed DBs playing the flats.

Man Coverage was fixed and was very good last year after the patches.

 

[dave]

lol, NCAA gameplay was garbage last year, while on the other hand Madden was great after the patches.

If it was so bad I would like for you to discuss what was bad about it.

I remember when the game first came out throwing to the RBs was flawed because it would work too much. They fixed it.

They also fixed DBs playing the flats.

Man Coverage was fixed and was very good last year after the patches.

NCAA gameplay this year is pretty damned good. Perfect? No.

 

[Tengo Juego]

Other than Locomotion, and even in that, I didn't think the games played identical to each other.

I'm so addicted to the Pistol, now. I miss my read option plays

 

[Hitman]

Decided to dump Cassel in my third year of franchise and go with Alex Smith who was in the FA pool.. this dude can throw with some precision.. I've thrown these crazy passes with him where the ball barely skims the fingertips of the defender with perfect placement countless times.. I haven't had any issues yet with superleaping guys but I'm sure it's only a matter of time.. sideline and back of the endzone catches are phenomenal..

 

[Twigg4075]

And the crowd was dead silent, like practice silent when nothings going on.

For one thing, ncaa has done a good job with capturing the atmosphere in the stadium. Like someone said, in madden, the crowd goes dead silent in between plays. Johnson is very over zealous and Chris is kind of dull and sounds like he is making a dragged out dramatic comment all the time.

Maybe it's just like that in the demo? I know they remove a ton of the audio files in the demos because they take up so much space.

But of course if they still have the commentating in there, I'm not so sure.