Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[marshallfever]

Quote: Originally Posted by FLIGHTWHITE

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.

Yea the passing game is sort of easy, at least in the demo on All Pro. You basically lob the ball to your receiver and chances are pretty good he'll come up with it. A lot of it was also the YAC. Like a mentioned before about the way the animation system works and having one guy sort of running around you. There are three key plays where i threw the ball about 8 yard and run around one or two defenders for a big 60 touchdown.

This could just be the way my brother and I were playing the game, but its too easy to run around people without having to do anything like spin or stiff arm, literally just run around them if you caught the ball at a stand still like a screen and they were in motion even though not moving very fast.

There is certainly also a broken tackle issue, it happens far to much with things like gang tackling. The worst part about this is the fact that once two or three of your guys are engaged with the ball carrier everyone else stops or slows down, so once the ball carrier breaks them, theres no one to stop him which resulted in some big runs if not touchdowns.

Small stuff like that, but those are things i think could be tweaked with the sliders right? All in all even though the game was pretty broken in terms of realism, it was still a fun match.

[Clutch masta]

i see they took out pro tak

[Napstar22]

Best madden to date by a mile.

[davep]

Meh...a little better than Madden '10, but I'll be saving my money. As predicted, Gameflow does absolutely nothing for me and will stale quickly...as others have said, I'm not sure why they hyped this feature so much. Honestly, it's like they had half the development team of last year, it's too bad. Ian doesn't even seem excited about this year's version.

I'll wait and see what '12 can deliver.

[jenglund]

Could be after playing NCAA so much, but that camera view is really disorienting. It pulls way back, then zooms in really quickly to the ball. I was having a hard time seeing where the ball was going on defense. I'd probably get used to it over time, but it was making my head spin.

I hate to say this, but I don't have much positive to say. Graphically, at least on PS3, it looks to me like it's a couple of years old compared to NCAA. And the post-tackle animations are choppy and everyone is sliding around.

Overall, gameplay just wasn't smooth like it is in NCAA. I usually get both games, but usually spend more time with NCAA. This year, I think I'll pass on Madden...might go back and pick up Madden 10 for cheap(er) for my NFL fix.

Like people have said, it could be because NCAA made such a huge leap this year (thankfully) but I just don't see much difference with this version of Madden.

[thescoop]

I'm on the fence. After playing the demo (only once though) I'm not blown away. I've bought every Madden since 94. The demo didn't pull me in and right now with a tight wallet this might be there year my Madden streak gets broken.

Gameflow- I just don't know if I like it or not. I'll play the demo some more if I can tear myself away from NCAA 11 to check it out, but one game and not too sold on it.

Gus Johnson- Big improvement, but not really enough to sell me on the game.

Presentation- Hard to judge from a demo since I don't know what might be left out, but if the demo is what I'm getting in the game, not really impressed.

In the end my OCD will most likely not allow me to break the streak, but this year is very tempting to lay off on Madden. After last year I was expecting something great, not a feature that is likely to be turned off after a few games.

[Only1LT]

Quote: Originally Posted by Clutch masta

i see they took out pro tak

Pro-tak is definitely in the game. I've seen a couple Pro-tak moments in my 5 games played.

It doesn't happen when it logically should most of the time, and it doesn't appear that they worked on it any in this development cycle, but it is, without question, present in Madden 11.

[feeq14]

Holy crap i really feel like im playing withh peyton manning... Him throwing the ball is sick. Even his release looks right.