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

[SkinsBoYee]

Can anybody confirm if a playable broadcast camera is still in the game???!!! Much appreciated !

[Bearsfan1]

Do you actually have to have a Gold Membership to download this demo? It's not even showing up on the new released demos or anywhere else. When I try typing it in and selecting the game it gives me some dumb error and a status code that says try again later...

[TeamBuilder]

Quote: Originally Posted by TDKing

I don't like the lighting... its too dark (not my TV) playing as Seattle on defense and my jerseys looked almost black. I undersand the idea of shadows but they need to tune this a little. (i'm not changing my TV settings_). I-TWIN Slants = Money Play still Half time show ? I absolutly loved the commentary and crowd noise this year... very good, keep up the good work here. Xfinity.. liking it so far only played 2 games though. Havent tried Kinect interface yet. I havent bought Madden the last 2 years but with the inclusion of a complete online franchise mode and the other upgrades I'm leaning toward a buy for Madden 13.

YES! When you're facing the sun in-game, it's nearly impossible to see tell the difference between the Seahawks and Redskins.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by reddogmaddogbul

Thats not the point,we do appreciate the new zoom cam view that mike young added.It's just we should have custom camera views by now so everybody would be happy.Plain and simple some people do not like the birds eye view camera/default camera in Madden.

Did I say anything to the contrary?

He posted earlier he felt the camera was too far back, and said Madden needed a zoom camera. I posted the Mike Young link.

I know all about the view and how a lot of people don't like it. I would like a better view, too.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by RGiles36

I'm going down to a 7 if the signature animations don't work better in the retail. I care.

That's another thing that really bothers me. With as little personality as Madden has, one of the things that made qbs feel different, is damn near removed. I felt like I was playing with different qb's in Madden 12, now I really didn't notice a different when throwing with the qbs in 13. The sig style is supposed to improve, not regress. Even if they didn't improve, at least get it fixed so it doesn't seem non-existant. Idk man, maybe if I hadn't played NCAA, this game would be cooler, but it just seems like more of the same for me, and the things that were better about Madden last year are gone. Also I don't seen the IE as the gamechanger others see it as. Just makes the game look more goofy than it already is. Still waiting for retail, but I'm not excited at all anymore.

[adh5199]

I don't get it. When you watch the videos posted at E3 by mad scientist 06. The cutscenes are zoomed in close and look really good, but now they are zoomed out on the demo, why did they feel the need to change it between then and now. I feel like Madden 12 had better between play views that were more realistic and true to a real brodcast presentation.

[Find_the_Door]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lodeus

Marty B is too skinny.

Doesn't matter he'll be in the Canadian football league by years end.

[SECElit3]

Well... I've spend the majority of the morning and I have to say... barring any changes to game play between today and release, this is a very solid football game.

With that being said, the demo needs slider tweaks, because just as Madden 12 did, the game play at any of the default difficulty settings feels horrible. The potential this game has, with the new physics engine is off the charts. I used my own Madden 12 sliders with some minor tweaking. Using the tweaks really cleaned up a lot of the issues I was seeing at default settings.

The audio has taken a huge step this year. Simms and Nantz sound great! The commentary is miles ahead of last year. The crowd, the music piping from the stadium speakers, and sounds on the field all give life to the game. Madden sounds better than ever!

The physics engine will need some slight tuning, Mainly, with the interaction of players after the whistle. There are some ragdoll effects which need some tuning. The demos are usually earlier builds so this probably is an aspect of the game which has already received attention.

Game play is outstanding with slider tweaks. The physics really helped in this area.

Honestly, I can't think of anything I don't like about this demo, but it sure is going to be hard to leave Madden 12 behind.