Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[djphleks]

Quote: Originally Posted by ryan36

Actually, that's EXACTLY what I do. I was doing it all last night, but I'm on ps3. So if you had a 360 and it's less responsive then yeah, I'd be frustrated too. But those are indeed the exact adjustments I make to stop outside runs.

Thank you. I'm on a 360 so the lack of response on the d-pad makes all the difference. I don't think PS3 users will have that much trouble due to their d-pads being easier to maneuver.

And to MaddenEman I played plenty of games trying to get adjusted to the S-pad. You don't have time to get your adjustments off and that's the problem. Try to get those 3 adjustments off on the computer or human user before the snap.

[kjcheezhead]

Even tho I wasn't a fan of Madden 10 I really thought this game would be an improvement and even better than NCAA 11 since it has been pretty much every year on these systems. Not the case this year, imo.

Like others are saying, the strategy pad is much more clunky and adds extra button presses to get the same adjustments. If your using gameflow, by the time you get to see the play art and read what the play is you barely have enough time to pinch or spread the dline much less accomplish any other adjustments.

On offense, the strategy pad is bad as well. If you wanna hot route a wr to a out route to the first down marker, you have to hit the strategy pad, then choose the wr, then the new route, then do it all over again to make it go to the marker. It just felt more cumbersome than the old version.

The coordinator's advice you get seems to tell you exactly what the cpu is about to do. If he tells you to watch the run and fill the gaps, its gonna be a run, if he tells you to watch the pass over the middle, that's where it's going.

I don't know if its just the ps3 version or just the demo but the replays worked as tho there was lag everytime. The aminimation transitions are also very glitchy just like previous versions.

I haven't played madden 10 since December and I don't remember if the hit stick was in the game but it feels like its been totally removed this year.

The new kicking meter wasn't good or bad, imo. I made every kick as easily as the old way.

I wasn't impressed with Gus Johnson in the vids from E3, but he actually was the only part of the demo I enjoyed. The stadium sounds and crowd gets quiet at strange times but Gus was alright. My only complaint with him is that he got way too excited about drive summaries, lol.

When the year started I was optimistic I would be buying at least 3 new football titles in 2010. Looks like I'll be spending my time playing more first person shooters instead.

I would give Madden 10 about an 8/10. Madden 11... 7.5.

[smitty229]

can the online team play count as ranked?

[SteelerSpartan]

Quote: Originally Posted by MaddenEman

You guys should really spend the time you complain about strategy pad time trying to get used to the Strategy Pad, Then you'd probably have it figured out by now.

trust me, most of us have......the thing is slower and less responsive....by design it appears after looking at some dev comments

[jvaccaro]

it's an improvement over m10, but not as big of a jump from 09 to 10.

it feels like they were too focused on making the games go quickly.

strategy pad is a frustrating sideways move -- basically change for the sake of change

I wouldn't mind not being able to make pre-play adjustments on D if there were more plays available. These playbooks seem like the same as the past 5 years, unfortunately.

the default game flow plans are following the same play call tendencies of the CPU for the past couple years. they're especially useless on defense. if game flow is going to be used at all, it has to be from a well constructed and thorough game plan customized to your liking.

run blocking is much better for my team, but the CPU still can't move the ball on the ground on All-Pro

it is impossible to get any yards on KR or PR

All-Madden still uses the approach of making my players dumber instead of their players smarter

I love how quickly my players go in motion.

Presentation is similar, but tweaked for the better and ultimately improved

[AlphaTrojan]

I've been playing the demo more and while it isn't terrible by any means, I'm just not satisfied with it. It's due to the animations, on most plays I can predict what is going to happen because of the 3 or 4 possible animation outcomes. If the Madden team isn't going to pursue real time physics, the least they can do is an animation overhaul. Some animations may seem like a good idea(David Tyree catch) but don't pan out. Adding more casual animations(tackles,swats,blocks) would go a long way towards re-playability and authenticity.This is still the demo so some new animations may be in the retail but not to the degree I'm hoping for.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Only1LT

Lol. It isn't a mistake. He is expressing his opinion as you are yours. Him saying that 2K is the greatest Football game ever doesn't make it so and your saying that it isn't doesn't make it NOT either. If either of you listed what you think is the greatest Football game of all time, it would be no more of fact than any other opinion. And there would be Millions of people that would disagree with you too.

Actually the guy I was responding to never said 2K was the greatest. I did say it wasn't though... but you're right, Everyone has a right to their opinions... (Best game stopped in the 90's )

[MaddenEman]

In my opinion strategy pad is fine. Just because you can't make 7 adjustments to your play doesn't ruin the game. I can move my Dline LBs and put a couple Def Hot routes and fix my coverage before the snap. . . That's all I need