Madden NFL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[xpmar9x]

Pros:

• Visuals are amazing. Field/Stadium looks great & players look great.
• Improved presentation. Player reaction, and all the presentation before/after a snap is well improved.
• New tackling system actually works, for the most part.
• Zone coverage is improved!
• Blitz moves actually work, you can finally do a BULL RUSH!
• New kick meter.
• Sideline catches are much improved. So many times last year your RB would be doing a little route, catch it, and his momentum would run him out of bounds - hasn't happened to me yet. WRs don't try to do the "tippy-toe" catch unless they need to.
• New camera angles look more realistic, IMO.

Cons:

• QBs are way to fast. Cutler and Rodgers can easily pickup yards, imagine what Vick will be able to do...
• QBs also step up in the pocket to quick. They'll cover up and run with ANY pressure on them.
• LBs jump a million feet in the air to swat passes, very unrealistic.
• RBs "special" moves, don't seem to work. Forte & Grant got gobbled up everytime I tried a spin or juke... although they're not the best spinners or jukers.
• Fans/sideline players look awful, not a big thing, but would be nice to put a little more detail in them.
• Annoying noises everytime you hit RT to view your play. Makes an "umph" sound, I heard it 1000 times in a game, got annoying.
• Halftime show/endgame show was pretty bad. Although I never watch it anyways, so no big deal for me.

Easily a day one buy for me.

[CRMosier_LM]

Quote: Originally Posted by blklightning

sorry folks, but super linebackers are back. twice in a row, urlacher jumped to the point that his waist line was equal to that of the heads of the players around him. so it should be clear at this point that this is a problem that ea just doesn't see fit to address. it amazes me, that at no point during their year of development did someone see an occurrence of this and say, "hey guys, that doesn't look true to the game." how a company can devise the motto "true to the game" yet let something this ridiculous slip through the cracks is just funny at this point. so besides my enjoyment of the demo, i will be skipping the game due to this cheap and frustrating mechanic. on a positive note, i didn't notice any issues with psychic DBs. that doesn't mean they aren't there, though. but from the plays i went into replay with, the DB play seemed pretty solid. they don't mirror routes anymore and i had one instance of a safety overrunning the landing zone of the ball allowing jennings to make the reception. and of course, jennings put the team on his back. lol.

So he had like a 30 inch vertical? I wouldn't call that super. That's pretty stansard for an athlete of NFL caliber.

[nyj721]

Quote: Originally Posted by bxgoods

I enjoyed the Demo more than I enjoyed the Madden 11 demo and I ended up liking Madden 11. The demo was really fun, defense for first time in a while felt fun. I'm not sure if its because of all the new tackle animations, or the improvements in zone defense, or the better pass rush and the ability to now be able to sack the computer QB. Running game also felt a lot better also, and passing is a lot harder to do this year with the improved zone defense. Things I didn't like though were, some of the player faces are still off. And a lot look the same as last year. They need to redo the fields next year, the blotchy spotty look is really ugly and stands out imo more this year. The colors for the jerseys and the player models are spot on, but the Field kills the beauty of the graphics imo.

Chicago's field was intentionally made blotchy because that's how it is in real life.

[Bellsprout]

Quote: Originally Posted by xpmar9x

QBs are way to fast. Cutler and Rodgers can easily pickup yards, imagine what Vick will be able to do...

I don't know about Cutler, but Rodgers is one of the better running QB's in the league. It'll be nice to actually be able to utilize that portion of his game in Madden.

[CRMosier_LM]

Cutler is pretty quick too irl when he doesn't have a "serious knee injury"

[fantuzflick]

things i dont like about demo---

most times when players get tackled they fall way to fast...its unrealistic
2nd game speed is way to fast

3rd.. qbs strafe to quick


slow down gameplay please

i only played one game ..slow down gameplay it feels LIKE its on extra turbO PLAYERS FALL WAY TO FAST THERES NO SEPIRATION AT ALL

I PLAYED PS3 DEMO

[BigD]

The visuals are absolutely jaw-dropping on my 52' Sammy. I skipped no cut scenes whatsoever; I sat there and watched in utter amazement on how beautiful this game looks. I'm also loving the GREEN grass stains that I've been begging for for years. Huge props to the graphics team. I'm loving it and can't wait for the 30th.

[jaybru22]

My main problem is as follows:

On obvious passing plays, I always control DEs. Peppers was the best DE in the league last year, and I am only able to get by the O-Line about once every 10 snaps. Usually this occurs after a first move; I never blow by the guard with my initial move. I understand that this should not happen often, but cmon, Peppers does that a few times a game. Much easier to get by guards with DEs in NCAA12 thats for sure.