Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[twimstaxs]

Quote: Originally Posted by DerekOfferman

Boooooo, I can't notice the physics, defense gets too many sacks on All-Madden. Cruz and Nicks had 2 drops each. Are we ever going to get a awesome football game on this gen console?

Sliders can fix some of these issues. All-madden has always been buggy. People drop the ball. Play on All-Pro and see if you have the same feelings.

[shavane]

Quote: Originally Posted by RLaguna

I dunno, maybe its the fact that I recently have been playing All Pro Football 2K8 with the new NFL13 rosters, but I just had a lack of excitement for M13 after downloading it and playing 1 full half this morning. The animations and all around controls and movements just seem so cartoony by comparison. For example, the CPU RBs have this propensity to run in a hunchback zig zag manner thru the holes and it just doesnt look or feel authentic. Yes the physics engine adds a bit...a bit of variety to the outcomes but by and large it also adds (as others have said) a very wonky robotic look and feel to some of the movements and collisions. Also, the sense of weight and momentum seems a bit light and airy as opposed to being solid like you would expect for a 240lb RB hitting a 275lb Linemen. Its got alot of the same Madden that you either loved or hated over the years still in its engine and the physics and passing improvements dont stand out enough imho to elevate this game past some of the previous versions. Who knows It may get better, the more I play it...but at this point it feels marginal. I actually still prefer the more grounded solid feel of Madden 10 if I had to play a Madden game. Maybe this will change after a few more games (hopefully) I personally still feel it is not nearly as deep and as advanced a football engine as AP2K8 is....And certainly doesnt feel as dynamic that anything can happen on the field. Thoughts?..Am I nuts?

You will never find peace until you put the demons of 2k to rest. For too many moons I held onto the thought that maybe one day 2k would produce another football game, and I held so much hate and contempt in my heart for Madden that it ruined one of my favorite pass times...playing football video games.

It was only after I realized that 2k wasn't making any games any time soon was I able to pick up a Madden game. Now I actually enjoy Madden simply for what it is. I do want it to get better and one day challenge a game from 8 years ago on a ps2 but if it doesn't happen oh well. 2k did so many things that were better than Madden that if you constantly compare the two you will simply never enjoy Madden. I have to have football video games in my life so I put 2k to rest...lol

[RGiles36]

Quote: Originally Posted by DukeC

Anyone figured out how to hot route?

Try turning on your strat pad links. That should enable you to hot route more along the lines of what you're used to.

[DukeC]

Quote: Originally Posted by twimstaxs

You were playing on Pro ? I would think it would fairly easy. Try All-Pro and All-Madden and see if you get the same results. RG3 is a rookie QB so maybe the defense thinks that the HB is more dangerous than the QB running who really knows. The defense should adapt though. Also like I said I feel like on Pro you can pretty much run any play with 95% success.

On Pro I had 10 carries for 138 yards and 2 TD's. On All Madden I had 22 carries with 90 yards.

Right now on All Pro, at halftime I have 7 carries for 80 yards and 1 TD.

[twimstaxs]

Quote: Originally Posted by DukeC

On Pro I had 10 carries for 138 yards and 2 TD's. On All Madden I had 22 carries with 90 yards. Right now on All Pro, at halftime I have 7 carries for 80 yards and 1 TD.

With the same play?

[RGiles36]

Only played about 10 minutes, so no use really putting together any thought out impressions. But two things jump out:

The signature throwing animations still only appear to work a fraction of the time. I played as Eli Manning and I passed every play just to get it to work; I only saw his animation once. I don't have high hopes that it's fixed in the retail either. I wonder if Chooe is right in that the 25 trajectories broke the signature animations, and thus they now only fire on certain throws.

The other thing is game speed. They had normal speed just about right in June. Get the demo in my hands this morning, and they elected to once again make normal speed twitch speed. In June, my feeling is that more people would play on normal or even bump it up to fast. Now, not so much. I think slow is again where people will fall.

[seasprite]

Quote: Originally Posted by RGiles36

. I think slow is again where people will fall.

I agree, it plays much better on slow than it does on default....imo

[RoyalBoyle78]

I played one game of the demo and I came away very impressed... And that saying a lot for me coming from a Madden title... Just everything from game play, graphics and presentation... This looks like to be finally the year of Madden as a whole complete package... All I can say I can't wait and I'm impressed...

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