Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[peterrod]

the demo felt okay.
the kicking meter reminded me of NFL blitz the arcade game.
NCAA 11 demo had a little wow factor while madden 11 is stale regarding presenation.
I wish Madden could use the espn intergration like NCAA.

[jamaster14]

Quote: Originally Posted by ab2c4

I am kind of surprised at how much complaining is going on, both on the Madden and NCAA board. This year, at least to me, is shaping up to be the best football year this gen. Not only this gen but ever IMO (and I have been playing Madden and NCAA every year since 1993!). One thing I like is that although both Madden and NCAA has some similar feel to each other, they still feel a little different. I can see myself alternating between these two games until next year this time (I usually sell both around January). This is the year I have been waiting for, for a very long time.

i can understand why you would be suprised. outside of strat pad, madden 11 is outstanding. AFTER the ball is snapped, i absolutely love the game. but strat pad ruins it for me.

if strat pad doesnt bother you, i can see why you'd love the game.

as far as NCAA, im a big fan

[Presswithsafetyshade]

Been lurking for a year and decided to sign up and chime in....


Off top, I've been a 2k5/2k8 guy forever. I would debate anybody on how 2k8 is better than Madden 10. This year I finally can say I see an enjoyable game that, while not close to perfect by any means is the nearest thing to 'sim football' this gen. Little things like the running animations, the lighting, the footwork and acceleration that kept 2k ahead of Madden have finnaly been done well by EA. I played the demo this morning and saw a lot of what I loved about 2k in this game, which is a great compliment to this years edition. I fully expect the retail version to be the best football game this gen.

[Skyboxer]

Ok a good and a bad:

Good.
I've yet to see a LB super jump so don't understand the complaining of that. Here's a quick (IPhone) vid of a LB ,that if super jump was there, would have batted it. Not saying it doesn't happen..just that I haven't seen it bad yet.



Bad: I thought we were supposed to be close to the "If the DB isn't looking at the direction of the play, he won't make a play"..etc...etc...
This is really irritating and hopefully better in retail.

[myownsun]

Quote: Originally Posted by Presswithsafetyshade

Been lurking for a year and decided to sign up and chime in.... Off top, I've been a 2k5/2k8 guy forever. I would debate anybody on how 2k8 is better than Madden 10. This year I finally can say I see an enjoyable game that, while not close to perfect by any means is the nearest thing to 'sim football' this gen. Little things like the running animations, the lighting, the footwork and acceleration that kept 2k ahead of Madden have finnaly been done well by EA. I played the demo this morning and saw a lot of what I loved about 2k in this game, which is a great compliment to this years edition. I fully expect the retail version to be the best football game this gen.

Great post Pwss, I can't wait for Aug 10 because the demo was solid IMO I just bumped the gamespeed up to fast and was ready to roll.

[nyj721]

Have they fixed man allign for D-backs and LBs yet?

[LowerWolf]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

For the love of God stop with the 2K talk. Why doesn't anyone remember the money corner routes, the awkward tilt-a-running animation etc... I loved the game(bought 2 copies) but it was never the game people want to remember it was and the is the MADDEN forum.

Amen. Thank you.

[LowerWolf]

I'm only buying one football game this year, so I held off on NCAA until I could play the Madden demo. With all the praise for NCAA and hatred toward Madden, I was starting to wonder if I should have just bought NCAA on release day.

After some more time with both demos tonight, I'm feeling good about my Madden preorder. As I said earlier, NCAA made a bigger jump from 10 to 11, but it had further to go. It didn't quite catch Madden, IMHO.