Madden NFL 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[dorismary]

Like many I feel this is what Madden should have been 4 years ago.
It took 4 hours to DL on the PS3 a record time for me
I played 8 games .

Pros
Liked slow speed
Loved Running game
Gameplay over all was good .
Passing was fine a bit lofty on long passes.

Cons
Huge football ?
Player models are very disappointing body wise , Bens way to skinny and all Qbs still have the funky chicken arms from last gen EA the GUY is HUGE ?
Im sure its just the demo but I hope we have time to audible on Defense .
I also hope all the cutscenes , game stars is a demo only issue .

I buy madden every year and I really thought this game was a for sure buy before hockey games come out but to be honest it really doesnt do much for me and it seems alot like last years with weapons turned off visually and a bit more presentation ?
Ill play some more for my final decision but thank god for 5 min quarters as it may have saved me $65 .

[Spanky]

Quote: Originally Posted by PacMan3000

Might have been asked, but...how's the fatigue in the demo?

I can't speak for anyone else, but I've managed to play several games in one sitting without getting tired. So I don't think it's an issue.

[MAzing87]

Quote: Originally Posted by ridemooses

Initially I was extremely cynical about the demo because EA was forcing people to pay to pre-order the game to the ACTUAL demo. Then when I realized that I'm going to be gone on the 14th anyways and wouldn't be able to buy the game that day I decided to pre-order it and get it shipped to my house. The REAL demo between the Steelers and the Cardinals is extremely promising though not perfect. Running this year actually can march you down the field. You can't throw deep every play successfully, rather mixing up short and deep passes is an effective way of moving the ball. One silly thing that happened which I was both glad about and PISSED about way a field goal block. I tried to do a line drive from about 50 yards away and it got blocked which is the first I've seen in years. However, James Harrison who blocked it also made an amazing one arm grab where he knocked down the ball and it stuck to his hand. Not so realistic, hopefully this will be fixed for the retail version or at least patched afterward. Could be a big flaw. Overall, a solid demo but I'm still angry that they don't release a more playable demo for public download. Maybe next year if you have to pay for the REAL demo allow some online demo play where you get to play against another person having the option of one team or another. Any thoughts?

I had a gripe about that too. For some who were on the fence, like me, needed to know if this game was as promising as advertised. And having one person get more time with demo than someone else, especially one minute quarters is just silly. But we all understand why they did it.

[Lodeus]

Player models are good and bad this year. In 09 Jay Ratliff was too big, and this year he looks a lot better

[Segagendude]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spanky

I can't speak for anyone else, but I've managed to play several games in one sitting without getting tired. So I don't think it's an issue.

[Broncos86]

I like the new play-call screen. I've always disliked play-call screens that take up the entire screen and block me from what's going on.

[tanis38]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spanky

I can't speak for anyone else, but I've managed to play several games in one sitting without getting tired. So I don't think it's an issue.

LOL! Good one Spanky.

As for fatigue, I only played the 1 minute demo, so my players didn't even get to warm up.

[mems1224]

Quote: Originally Posted by Broncos86

I like the new play-call screen. I've always disliked play-call screens that take up the entire screen and block me from what's going on.

but thats exactly what this one does? you cant see half the screen