Madden 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here

[GQman2121]

What are my chances of getting to fully customize the controls? NCAA has the defensive pursuit controls locked for X and R1; is that going to be the case with Madden as well?

OMT mentioned in the NCAA thread that he knew the person who made the decision for that game, but he's yet to get an answer as to why it's there.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by GQman2121

What are my chances of getting to fully customize the controls? NCAA has the defensive pursuit controls locked for X and R1; is that going to be the case with Madden as well? OMT mentioned in the NCAA thread that he knew the person who made the decision for that game, but he's yet to get an answer as to why it's there.

the controls configurations are not customizable in Madden '09

[wsu_gb23]

Why would EA release a Madden 09 demo like this one? After playing, it actually gets me less hyped for the game. What is the point of playing for 1:30 and 4th and 1? It doesn't give us much to go by.

[xV3L0CiTY]

Quote: Originally Posted by wsu_gb23

Why would EA release a Madden 09 demo like this one? After playing, it actually gets me less hyped for the game. What is the point of playing for 1:30 and 4th and 1? It doesn't give us much to go by.

They already know hardcore fans will buy it so it's for the average person. It leaves them hanging and wanting more possibly because of the Superbowl atmosphere.

They are trying to impress the average fan, thinking we have already made our decision to buy it. But, they need to realize they have let us hardcore fans down for years and years and they still need to impress us too.

[mwjr]

You know the graphics are exceptional, but I did notice a goofy little bug or two.

BUT...

This has GOT to be the weakest demo ever released by anyone. Good Lord, there's nothing to it. I can't even check an instant replay.

[bcruise]

Question about the drops (I'm seeing them too, at least when I play to my potential on the IQ test):

Does the Pass Offense drill affect a WR's catching skills like the rush offense affects the runner and blockers? In other words, the better we score on it, the more our "user catch" skill has to come into play? This could be why people see the drops....the game is expecting us to user catch on AP and above, and if we don't....

Obviously, the fix for us non-user catch types would be to lower that catching slider if that's true. I definitely saw on the Rookie level that Shockey was able to catch many more passes without my input. On all Pro, he dropped several of them.

[callmetaternuts]

I think one thing i'd like to see is to elaborate on what Simon said, what all does the Madden IQ test factor and adjust? Break tackles? Lead Blocking? Drops? Awareness? etc

[ThePPL]

Just played the demo and I have to say I was at first disappointed with the way the game looked. The player models looked too cartoony with the way they were so short looking, the jerseys lacked realism to them, and the faces were more cartoony looking as well. The WR and TE running animation looks really bad and the drop backs looks ridiculous with the way Eli is shaking the ball as he moves down. The Madden IQ test is pretty boring after playing it a few times but that's okay because you probably only need to do it once after you first buy the game.

I will say that I liked the grass and while the quality of it doesn't look as good when zoomed up close it looks really good in a far away view. The lighting could use some work because faces and the football looked really dark. I understand it's night time but the really bright lights shining the stadium should have made the faces look brighter. I do like the fact that the players don't look widened from the widescreen view.

The football actually looks worse compared to the football in last year's madden. It's just too dark and lacks good lighting to it. I also see that the football spins too smoothly compared to last year which is something I don't like because wobbly spins looks more realistic.

I do like the tackling though because it looks more hard hitting.

Well as for the gameplay, madden still feels like madden and that's never a bad thing.

But I think I have to view this year's madden as a really different looking game this year in order to enjoy it. I just hope that the cpu quarterback is not as smart as last year madden because I couldn't enjoy versing it and I ended up playing online more than ever. The sliders don't really bug me as I always was a guy who played default all-pro. As I play through the demo more though, the look of the game doesn't bug me as much, but I still think it could have been better.

Quote: Originally Posted by mwjr

This has GOT to be the weakest demo ever released by anyone. Good Lord, there's nothing to it. I can't even check an instant replay.

Um no there is instant replay. Just wait for the playcall menu to show, then with your right stick, keep flicking left and you'll see it