Madden 11 Demo Impressions Thread

[Point Blank]

Be sure to post your demo impressions in here tomorrow!

 

[Rudi]

What time does it come out?

 

[killgod]

likely between 4-6AM EST

 

[Rudi]

Good deal, who knows maybe I'll stay up and see how it plays in the early hours

 

[Aso]

I think PSN updates after X360 though which sucks. I hope I'm wrong and I don't have to wait til the middle of the afternoon to play this demo.

 

[Boss AZ]

PSN doesn't usually update that early.

 

[killgod]

sorry, yeah that timeframe was for XBL. PSN is way to erratic to guess. Especially after the MLB The Show 10 and Backbreaker demos completely went retarded.

Both developers claiming Sony had it, Sony claiming the Publishers said not to release it. Retardedness.

 

[Aso]

Just waiting for the demo to drop on 360...

 

[Aso]

Downloading the Demo right now, 8%.

 

[killgod]

Downloading the Demo right now, 8%.

hmm

I tried a couple hours after this message, wasn't on the marketplace. Bizzaro

 

[Derrville]

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.

 

[stevsta]

played it on normal speed and it felt like everything was going superspeed faster than ncaa imo

(maybe my eyes are getting old )

 

[Raidersabc123]

damn whens it out for PS3

 

[MvP]

shit is out...1.47GB for 360

My download is half done, I will post impressions in an hour or so.

 

[Point Blank]

Can anyone stream the demo?

 

[jags224]

personally i enjoyed playing this demo 100% better than last years demo to say the least. Gus johnson goes a little bit overboard at times lol but he does that IRL too. the i dont like the strategy pad it takes more time to do adjustments. i like kicking though using the A button because it will be some what of a challenge to kick field goals instead of just flicking the joystick. i like the presentation it looks good, players on the sidline actually look visible. i like at timeouts how the trainer will be giving the players water and shit. game flow isnt too bad sometimes it doesnt make sense though.

 

[Maynard]

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

 

[jags224]

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

surprisingly i have never played ncaa so the gameflow was new to me thats why i brought it up. and it is true about that its just a glorified ask madden.

 

[Rudi]

Itll be nice when it drops for PS3.

 

[Maynard]

trying to set aside my preconceived negative feelings towards this game.
There isnt anything that stands out as a "cool" thing at all. the pregame presentation has some new scenes but its nothing that seems great. They cut to the crowd cheering before the game and its sounds like the 4 guys they show are the only 4 people making noises....its just very dull and very meh

i put it on normal speed with no gameflow. Normal plays like slow speed in ncaa.
The gameplay is the exact same stuff u see in ncaa. The improvements to the blocking are the same, the new animations on the sideline and with the running back moves with the RS are exactly the same

even with the gameplay being the same there are some big differences that really make no sense at all.

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.
Then after the whistle we are always forced to watch these cut scenes of players walking back to the huddle or doing some other thing before we get to the playcall screen. Now this has always been the case but in this demo u hit the A button to get back to the playcall screen but it wont advance u. Your forced to watch these dumb scenes for a few seconds. Its already annoying to me after 1 game. anytime u been used to advancing things by pushing the A or X button, it wont advance and u have to watch (except between quarters it allows u to advance with A or X)

The biggest and most annoying/stupid thing that is different about these 2 games is the playcalling stuff. They both use a 3 play window, but ncaa chooses to scroll L/R and u can only use 1 button to choose a play. Madden scrolls U/D and allows you to choose from 3 buttons.

then there is the strategy pad. If ever there was a if it aint broke dont fix it to be applied to something its this. WHY WHY WHY THE FUCK did these FUCKING RETARDS change this? what purpose does it serve to scrap the system we have been using for years to implement a new system that functions the exact same way. It doesnt do anything new at all. The only thing new about the strategy pad is that EA changed the button scheme for doing anything u want to do presnap. And its confusing. Why? Because half the time when u use it u dont even know if it was applied unless u saw it visually on defense. If it at least highlighted the option u chose so u know it was applied....like how ncaa does it on a run pass commit...it highlights what u chose.....madden doesnt do this though. What is most annoying about this strategy pad is that NCAA doesnt use this so if your playing both games u have to use one set of controls vs another and its alot different.

Then there is the hurry up play calling. If u play ncaa u know ncaa made a nice new way to run hurry up and allows all your plays to be available by simply popping up the play call windows while your at the line. Simple and it works. Not in madden....why? because madden doesnt allow this. your still limited by the same 5 audibles and 4 formation audibles as u have been in the past.

Speaking of formation audibles. another if it aint broke situation. Now when u hit X for audibles, it brings up the plays at the bottom. so instead of hitting the RS in a direction for a formation audible u have to scroll L/R and pick one.....but it doesnt stop there. U can also hit X for MORE to bring up the normal preset audibles at the bottom and they replace the options for the formation audibles. But instead of having u scroll L/R thru these like u do the formation audibles, they make u hit a face button....why not just have u scroll thru both sets....so much for simplier

i am not expecting anything from madden and this demo just shows me there is nothing to expect from this game. If EA is going to use the same gameplay locomotion stuff and use the same playbooks/plays for both games, then why not just take everything used and make it used in both games? why make anything different with controls and functions and shit. Why not just take the ncaa program slap the nfl stuff on top of it. I am not saying ncaa is the end all be all....but why these games use different functions and controls is beyond me.

Plus when u play ncaa u feel some excitement on the field. With this demo, at least, it just feels like madden