Madden NFL 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[Koolie G]

Ok, I didn't play Madden 09 at all and I bought 08 and played a couple games but thought the passing was broken so stuck with NCAA.

The Cowboys-giants demo impressed me. I like the passing and the speed of the game. I can throw lobs, bullets and over the middle without the super LB int. I LOVE the WR/DB interaction at the line on press coverage. Good risk/reward there b/c I've had my WR knocked off his timing route and I've thrown it to no one and I've had the WR win the battle and get behind the DB for a long completion. Playing on 1 mintue quarters sucks b/c I can't really get a feel for the running game. I will NEVER play as the giants, so Barber is the only RB I used. I found it tough to run, but not impossible.

I did have some problems getting a rush on Eli with the Cowboys base 3-4. I don't really have any bad impressions of the demo, but with only a couple games in and those only being 1 min quarters, I probably need more time to really evaluate the game.

I will say this is the first time in about 3 years that I've actually gotten excited over Madden. Online Franchise plus the new presentation aspects are gonna make this a first day purchase for me. Ian and company have really upgraded this year, imo.

[TheWatcher]

Quote: Originally Posted by nxtbardi

I do HATE how it jumps to a cut scene before a play is fully over or right at the end of a tackle.

Those are actually not cut scenes but post-play camera angles. My two biggest issues with the post-play situations are that they end too quickly, and that the camera allows players to drift off the screen without following them at least for a second or two before going back to playcall. You never see an empty shot on TV but in Madden we're now getting empty shots galore. It's annoying to see this. I'm dumbfounded as to how they let this happen. I actually consider this broken and I am very disappointed in that.

[Broncos86]

Player models look just fine to me.

[TheWatcher]

Did Eli Manning change his hair color? It looks black in Madden 10. I thought his hair was lighter?

[grunt]

I downloaded the demo last night and my 7 year old son said to me this doesn't look like Madden. This is the next gen football game that I wanted from EA. The only thing I can say is ..wow.

Congrats for keeping your word (TEAM MADDEN) I have some issues but I will wait until I get the game before I post them. This game feels better than 09 and seem like Madden 06, 07, and 08 (ortiz years) was just a bad dream.

Peace

[IStillDoWhatIDo]

yea, I think one guy described Madden's player models as Gears of War like models. u know how its good graphics, but not uber real in texture. best player models are UFC and fight night 4..

[Who Dey15]

player models are perfect, they outdid themselves this year.

[mems1224]

played the demo, super lame. gameplay is almost the same as last year with minor visual improvements but ,most of the same problems as always except now its super slow

most of the new presentation is uneccessary and if they didnt improve franchise mode then it was all for nothing anyways. glad i decided not to buy this this year, prolly will rent it though to play at full screen