Madden NFL 13 Demo Arrives August 14th, Details Included

[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by EASPORTS_AJ

Hey guys, this is AJ. I'm a Community Manager at EA SPORTS (you may have heard me on the Madden or NCAA Podcasts.) I was gonna hop on and explain what the Ball Hawk mechanic is, since I see some questions. Basically, it's kind of like the Defensive Assist button (A/X), but for making a play on a ball in the air. When the ball is in the air, you click onto the defender - hold Y/Triangle - and it will take you to the highest point (aggressive point) and attempt to make a pick. This does NOT replace the old use of timing your picks by tapping Y, just as defensive assist didn't replace making tackles for yourself. You can still control your player and move him to a spot exactly as you could before. This just helps the people who struggle to get their defensive players in the right spot before attempting a pick. You can still swat the ball with LB/L1. Hope this helps clarify things a bit.

Appreciate the clarification and OS needs to paint your name pink to make you official, lol.

[jmik58]

Quote: Originally Posted by EASPORTS_AJ

Hey guys, this is AJ. I'm a Community Manager at EA SPORTS (you may have heard me on the Madden or NCAA Podcasts.) I was gonna hop on and explain what the Ball Hawk mechanic is, since I see some questions. Basically, it's kind of like the Defensive Assist button (A/X), but for making a play on a ball in the air. When the ball is in the air, you click onto the defender - hold Y/Triangle - and it will take you to the highest point (aggressive point) and attempt to make a pick. This does NOT replace the old use of timing your picks by tapping Y, just as defensive assist didn't replace making tackles for yourself. You can still control your player and move him to a spot exactly as you could before. This just helps the people who struggle to get their defensive players in the right spot before attempting a pick. You can still swat the ball with LB/L1. Hope this helps clarify things a bit.

So it takes through all the way through the process... from positioning, to movement, and through the jump?

Or does it just get you in position to where you have to release the button and then tap it again to initiate an attempt to pick it off?

I can't believe we haven't heard of this. I struggle with defenders in pass coverage ... kind of a big deal to me. I'm anxious to see how it performs.

[D Apocalypse]

I think the reason the Seahawks were chosen as a demo team is because they were the team that had the most significant uniform change in the league which btw, I actually like! Skins fan here btw.

[D Apocalypse]

Oh and way to go EA for giving us a full demo! Shows confidence in the product indeed!

[Brandwin]

Can we still hold down A for defensive assist? it seems to be gone from NCAA this year.

[The_Balm]

Full commentary!!! I can't wait to be able to feel the new passing and physics.

[ghettogeeksta]

Very excited about having 4 teams and 4 5min quarters, full commentary, and u can change difficulty. You cant really ask for any more from a demo.
But i wonder why they added the Seahawks of all teams, did they just randomly pick a fourth team to add, no AFC teams.

[Pezell04x]

This will decide if I purchase the game or not

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