Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[cam780]

I was getting excited about this game ... until I used game flow and my coordinator told me I had to go deep ... from my opponents 2 yard line.

[ezio]

Quote: Originally Posted by wrightnreyes

i figured it out. the problem was me pushing the left analog stick down instead of the right. the game isn't on right now so I don't quite remember but you have to hot route, then choose man, and flick down on the right stick. my problem was I kept flicking the left one down.

Ok thanks. I will check that.

[braxmus]

While it's not a great demo, it's not horrible either. I don't see all the fuss about the strategy pad. Seems ok to me on defense. I might buy the game. Going to probably rent it first.

[Klocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by ryan36

People don't always quantify why in their minds. When I eat a cake, I don't say , "The icing was a little too sugary, but the eggs they used must have been laid that morning, because they taste fresh. The flour could've been improved upon..." Sometimes, we just say , "mmmm, cake , awesome!!" and stick our face in it. I guess what I'm saying is I'm sticking my face in EA, and I'm not sure why?

haha... awesome and true... good analogy

[Chrisksaint]

Quote: Originally Posted by msajeff

It already felt stale to me midway through the 3rd quarter. Yes, the gameplay is a drastic improvement but to be honest it felt like NCAA with NFL uniforms patched on (yes, I know they pooled resources this year.) I like Gus Johnson but Cris Collinsworth sounds as if he's out of sync now...almost as though they didn't equalize their voice caps. I HATE the new adjustment scheme on the D-pad. The overlays were alright. I hope they change that "push start" screen on the front because I will puke every time I see those fans of America's bandwagon err...Saints. I've got a sweet deal on it from Amazon ($49.12 plus $20 back) so I'll still get it but I doubt it's anything more than a casual play for me.

Funny what winning does for a team, few years ago noone prolly would have cared about the start menu.

Just finished my 3rd game, won 17-14 in OT on a pick six with. Gameflow is fine to use on Offense for most of the game, but I have to turn it off on Defense late in the game too many blitzes

[marshallfever]

Ok i may conceit and pick this up only for the fact that it is an upgrade regardless how minor and my brother and I are very competitive when it comes to Madden. We just played our first game against each other. This time we put something at stake, whoever loses has to go grill the steak

The game itself was really sort of ridiculous. It ending up going to overtime and the score was 48-42. Sanchez had 460 passing yards and Manning had around 420. Both our running backs had over 150 rushing yards. We were both playing on All Pro. The running game in here is broken at the current moment though, its too easy to see a guy break a three man gang tackle; Addai did it 3 times in the game and my dude Greene did it twice. That sort of has to be toned down.

Also is it me or is it when the ball carrier gets ahead of the crowd he becomes impossible to get? I know that may sound silly, but it seems like if your defender in pursuit has one misstep its impossible to get the carrier, and with misstep i mean letting the receiver get a step ahead of you by accident. Not sure how to put it in words, but the game was filled with one guy being able to out run everyone on the field due to the way the animation system works and the cutting.

Well as a demo it did its part by satisfying my taste of football. As a new entry in Madden, its not very different or unique from Madden 2010 at all, but when i have intensive games like that with friends the game sort of shines even with its problems.

[Flightwhite24]

Quote: Originally Posted by marshallfever

Ok i may conceit and pick this up only for the fact that it is an upgrade regardless how minor and my brother and I are very competitive when it comes to Madden. We just played our first game against each other. This time we put something at stake, whoever loses has to go grill the steak The game itself was really sort of ridiculous. It ending up going to overtime and the score was 48-42. Sanchez had 460 passing yards and Manning had around 420. Both our running backs had over 150 rushing yards. We were both playing on All Pro. The running game in here is broken at the current moment though, its too easy to see a guy break a three man gang tackle; Addai did it 3 times in the game and my dude Greene did it twice. That sort of has to be toned down. Also is it me or is it when the ball carrier gets ahead of the crowd he becomes impossible to get? I know that may sound silly, but it seems like if your defender in pursuit has one misstep its impossible to get the carrier, and with misstep i mean letting the receiver get a step ahead of you by accident. Not sure how to put it in words, but the game was filled with one guy being able to out run everyone on the field due to the way the animation system works and the cutting. Well as a demo it did its part by satisfying my taste of football. As a new entry in Madden, its not very different or unique from Madden 2010 at all, but when i have intensive games like that with friends the game sort of shines even with its problems.

DAMN!!!! You put up numbers like this???? This really concerns me if you did not have time to make changes to prevent this on D.

[ezio]

I am going to repeat alot of what has already been said but the game has just gotten stale. I did not have a problem with the gamepad or gameflow but the game just is not fun to play. The crowd is dead. I know it is the demo but even watching other videos it doesn't seem that great. I have NCAA and really like that. The one thing I really like about it, is when you play on the road against a good team you really feel the pressure. I don't get that same sense in Madden. I was on the fence before playing the demo. After playing the demo, i don't think I am going to get it.