Madden 11 Demo Impressions Thread

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I had the chance to play the demo yesterday at a friends house. I had only played NCAA once for a about 5 mins so the new player movements and how everything is was still fresh to me. Before I started a game I made sure I went in and set up my Gameplan. A lot of people are in a hurry to say GameFlow sucks when they don't even attempt to change the GamePlan. For the 1st down plays they had stupid plays set up, a lot of big play type plays for some reason. I changed every down to my liking and started the game. I used Gameflow the whole game offense and it worked well. I ended up winning 27-14 on All Pro as the Jets. As far the pad, it was weird at first, but I started getting use to it more and more in the 3rd qtr. That won't be a big of a deal. Everyone will master that shit in no time. I can see myself having a lot of fun with this game.

I'll have more impressions when I give it another go later on today.

 

[Twigg4075]

the demo felt kind of slow to me, but I only played the first half so I'll have to try again

change the game speed to fast?

What Hart said. By default it's on slow. Just speed it up bro.

For old men like me the speed was perfect.

 

[~Chance~]

I liked the demo. People said its a slower version of madden 10. I guess they didnt know you could change the speed of the gameplay. lol. But i like the locomotion, and you have to know how the team plays, to use them correctly. As the Jets, my run game was killing the Colts, and the D was they aggressive. I like the gameflow as well, for me when im too lazy to pick plays, i use it. Then change my play according to the other team. Havent played on All-madden yet, i hope they dont cheat and shit. But i like the demo, and i will be getting Madden 11

 

[j.hen]

It's hilarious how everyone is complaining about the game being "too slow" when there's an option to change the game speed.

 

[Chadman]

It's hilarious how everyone is complaining about the game being "too slow" when there's an option to change the game speed.

Normal feels like slow...and fast feels like very fast. They changed the speed of the game speed from last years version. Its no reason that ncaas normal speed should feel faster than Maddens Normal speed. hopefully the retail version isnt this way

 

[CCBrink]

I liked the demo. People said its a slower version of madden 10. I guess they didnt know you could change the speed of the gameplay. lol. But i like the locomotion, and you have to know how the team plays, to use them correctly. As the Jets, my run game was killing the Colts, and the D was they aggressive. I like the gameflow as well, for me when im too lazy to pick plays, i use it. Then change my play according to the other team. Havent played on All-madden yet, i hope they dont cheat and shit. But i like the demo, and i will be getting Madden 11

They definitely cheat.

Them demo is set to slow, but Ian wrote on his twitter that the final version's default is normal.

 

[j.hen]

Normal feels like slow...and fast feels like very fast. They changed the speed of the game speed from last years version. Its no reason that ncaas normal speed should feel faster than Maddens Normal speed. hopefully the retail version isnt this way

NCAA football and pro football are two completely different games, I'd expect the game speeds to not be the exact same.

 

[Irish]

Last year the fuckers should've never messed with the speed. Game played perfect out of the box and then PP and the OS cunts started crying and they sped the game up. This game played fine and felt fine. NCAA should be faster, it's more wide open then the NFL.

Everyone stop your fucking complaining!

NFL is a faster game than NCAA in real life. Better athletes and its what rookies always say is the toughest to get used to is the speed of the game.

So its odd that NCAA plays faster on normal than Madden. But that's expecting EA to get things right.

 

[Irish]

Ill post my impressions of the demo. I am not going to buy madden this year for the first time in 10 years and I made that decision before the demo, so if I sound cynical, I am.

I only played 1 half, on pro, I was the Jets.

-The game feels exactly like NCAA. The only real difference was players in NCAA respond in a tackle animation with the r-stick more often than in Madden. Not necessarily a bad thing since NCAA can take it to the extreme.

-I tried to work with the strategy pad. It was just unnecessary. I only make about 1 change every 3 plays so it wouldnt aggravate me too much but I can see how it is a distraction.

-I like the new kicking style, can help differentiate good and bad kickers if done right.

-If you add pro-tak make every animation available to be a gang tackle. Having players bump into each other just because this animation isn't a pro tak animation kinda ruins the addition of pro tak at times.

-Im tired of the playbooks. I have been calling the same plays for 8 years now. NCAA revitalized theirs and I like that I can try new playbooks and see plays I have never seen before.

-I love the canned scenes but like NCAA Im sure it will get repetitive and I will just skip it, it is still nice. This is something MLB the Show has down.

-I feel like the past 3 years I have been playing the same game. Maybe and engine change to a physics based one like Fifa and NHL.

-Announcing/atmosphere has always been stale. It misses key plays, crowds, and in depth discussion is all rarely gotten right in sports games. I thought that maybe Gus could bring something new and exciting but I have never been blown away by sports games audio.

This demo didnt make me want Madden. It feels like NCAA with the fixes I hope NCAA will patch. So I am stickin with NCAA for my football fix.

 

[Chadman]

NCAA football and pro football are two completely different games, I'd expect the game speeds to not be the exact same.

see below

NFL is a faster game than NCAA in real life. Better athletes and its what rookies always say is the toughest to get used to is the speed of the game.

So its odd that NCAA plays faster on normal than Madden. But that's expecting EA to get things right.

Last year the fuckers should've never messed with the speed. Game played perfect out of the box and then PP and the OS cunts started crying and they sped the game up. This game played fine and felt fine. NCAA should be faster, it's more wide open then the NFL.

Everyone stop your fucking complaining!

Complaining in an impressions thread? Hmm?

 

[Herm]

Christian Okoye had nothing on Shonn Greene apparently.

 

[Epidemik]

Madden has never felt more animation driven until today.

 

[Epidemik]

*Commentary is rehashed from last year, Gus Johnson brings a bit more enthusiasm
*Joe Rogan should do Madden Commentary alongside Gus Johnson, that would be entertainment.

Gus Johnson "PASSING DEEEPP!!!"
Joe Rogan "Dude calm the fuck down a bit, its Jamarcus Russel throwing the ball, not Tom "Suck my Dick Bitch" Brady"

The strategy pad will take some getting used to.
The Game feels a bit slower than last year
Will take a little bit longer to get a good "feel" for the game

 

[dave]

I agree commentary isn't where it should be yet, but Gus Johnson is light years ahead of the robot Tom Hammond.
I don't blame Hammond - I don't dislike him as an announcer, clearly it was bad programming by the guys at Tiburon.

I remember going to last year's community event - and there were no announcers for the game we tested.
After I heard Hammond, I knew why. They did nothing, absolutely nothing, to fix the tepid announcing.
Hammond was a robot ... again.
Of course the only community event attendee who called them out for this didn't get invited back.
Their lack of attention to presentation and offline franchise has been sad.
At least this year they admit their offline franchise sucks.
It will be interesting to see if their presentation ever approaches NFL2k5 levels ... they've only had six years.

A few of the community attendees will say: "I let them know, I just don't post on the boards."

Sorry. I don't like that approach.

When I went to that event, I went for you guys, not EA Sports. I wanted to be honest from day one. If I had an opinion on something, I just said so. I didn't say "Geez, that wouldn't be constructive and might hurt my chances to get invited to next year's event."

If I sound bitter, it's probably true. Not because I didn't get invited back, just because now EA Sports considers OS a legit collection of critics for games.

 

[BigBucs]

I played again earlier on All Madden, this time using the Colts. Beat the hell out the Jets was 24-0 at half. Manning had time to throw and Dallas Clark was unstoppable. I had 4 receptions for like 170 and 2 TDs. He hit the open field and Revis couldnt even catch him on a 76 yard catch and run about 66 of those yards was YAC. I just need to get the fucking strategy pad down.

 

[Chadman]

There is no way in hell i will allow the cpu to call my dam plays for me. I call my own plays. I take pride in my playcalling offensively and defensively. Im not no noob..i been playing madden for some time now. I have an idea of what plays to run in certain situations and what plays do what considering they've been the same for as long as they have. imo..i dont understand why EA would bother implementing this as thier NEW FEAture. EA and their fucking gimmicks...qb vision, run to daylight, pro tak...none of that shit stays in the game. Its eventually removed either in the next years version or year after next. Pro tak was dumbed down this year, and next year, i wouldnt be surprised if gameflow isnt in the game at all.

and btw...i have tried it and honestly i see no point. it isnt like i take more than a minute to call a play. on average i take about 10-15 seconds and more often than not, i have an idea of what type of play i wanna run next. my own gameflow is in my dam head.

 

[Epidemik]

Its possible, and probably already been said before, that EA puts in a "big feature" (regardless of whether it works or not) to make it seem like there was an improvement over last year. Sort of slide of hand if you will.

 

[Twigg4075]

Its possible, and probably already been said before, that EA puts in a "big feature" (regardless of whether it works or not) to make it seem like there was an improvement over last year. Sort of slide of hand if you will.

Slight of hand?

And that isn't news. EA has been doing that since the Genesis days. The worst part is that sometimes they will remove a feature only to bring it back a few years later and tout it as new.

Game play is obviously number one, but presentation can not be ignored. Like Dave said, they've had six years and their presentation still can't hold a candle to 2K5 which is fucking pathetic. Also, why the fuck did they buy the ESPN license if they aren't going to fucking use it fully?

 

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Complaining in an impressions thread? Hmm?

Some people do bitch and complain. :laugh:

I had the chance to get some games in again yesterday vs my boy and had a blast. There was a few "wtf" moments but that's in every game. I'm loving this game so far though.

 

[Tengo Juego]

Pro tak was dumbed down this year

How so?