Madden 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here

[FlyingFinn]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moegames

Keep in mind..your playing a 1gb demo.. do you honestly believe all the tackling, breaking out of tackle,etc animiations are crammed into a 1gb demo?

Yes. The only things stripped out of the demo to save space are features/commentary. Gameplay animations are not stripped out. What you see in the demo is what you get come release day in terms of gameplay.

[jmood88]

I don't have much to say other than it was boring playing the demo. Why do they have the exact same plays that are in NCAA? They aren't just similar they have the same names and everything.

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmood88

I don't have much to say other than it was boring playing the demo. Why do they have the exact same plays that are in NCAA? They aren't just similar they have the same names and everything.

I noticed the same thing...this play called "levels"...eh

playbooks in all fball games need a massive overhaul, especially on defense

[metallidevils]

The madden IQ test for passing was way too easy. It puts me on the highest difficulty, where I just get demolished in game.

[X*Cell]

Quote: Originally Posted by metallidevils

The madden IQ test for passing was way too easy. It puts me on the highest difficulty, where I just get demolished in game.

same... the Madden IQ test is terrible at evaluating a player's skill. Since when is a good running game measured by how well you do in the open field? Never, is the correct answer, but apparently Madden 09 doesn't know this.

[BlackRome]

Since the 360 has been out each year I plunk down on Madden and each year I wind up playing Madden on my O.G.Xbox.

The Demo was promising but not letting me play defense worries the heck out of me.

[bigdunks4eva]

a few quick thoughts:


+ after going deep a few plays in a row, shockey and burress got tired.
+graphics look really good
+i was able to drop the ball across the middle a few times and my reciever was able to get some rac yards instead of always slowing down during the catch animaiton and getting caught from behind

-i got outside with jacobs and tried to run some guys over with the highlight stick. he juked a guy, spun off a guy, and hurdled a guy
-i noticed some db 's speeding up and sliding little to deflect a pass when i tried to lead the reciever, throwing away from the corner. i.e. db playing outside on a streak at the last second sliding really quick past the wr to the inside to bat down my pass
-i picked i-form big hb dive on that very first play. the pats came out with goaline. when i retried the "madden moment" i picked i-form big play action. the pats came out in a 4-3. in fact on that first 4th and 1 whenever i picked a run play they picked goalline. whenever i picked a PA they came out in a more balanced defense.
-the run offense part of the madden iq test is whack. fun, but imo not a good judge of your run off iq
-db's on streaks still play behind the reciever, chasing him
-----A VERY BIG OVERSIGHT OF THE MADDEN IQ TEST IS PLAYCALLING. HOW CAN YOU MEASURE MY RUN OFF, OR RUN D WITHOUT MEASURING MY PLAYCALLYING ABLITIES?
i'll be watching you guys' impressions after release.

[Mos1ted]

I won't go into a lot of detail (because most of the plusses and minuses have already been covered), but I will say that I am more optimistic about this game. From what I've seen, the game seems to play more realistic than past next gen Maddens ( I guess the change in lead producer helped out with that). Not sure if I'm going to buy the game first day. I will be at the midnight release though (I'm an Army recruiter so this gives me a chance to talk to the guys that come out.... it's all about opportunities )