Madden NFL 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[XtremeDunkz]

Quote: Originally Posted by kcq71

I know someone here in Charlotte who has the final game.He got his the day the demo was out.

honestly doubt it.

[Phixius]

I just got done playing the Cowboys/Giants demo. The game ended in a tie at 0 to 0.

The run blocking is much improved from the Superbowl demo but that's not saying a lot. Sometimes OL doesn't attempt to block the player closest to them right in front of them. If I wanted a lineman to block someone other than the person in front of them, I should be able to control the lineman to do so. Players still catch passes without actually looking for the ball. What ever happened to procedural awareness?

The morph/suction tackles comes directly from the pro-tak. Seems to me that the pro-tak made more problems rather than improving.

I've just about had it with the super 180 turns. The branching out from gang tackling ignores the momentum and leads to unrealistic animations.

Did I mention the procedural awareness? I just had a DB swat the ball. The ball was directly over his head. DB isn't aware of it but slides to where he's in position to make the interception. What was with all of the examples of a virtual person looking at flashing balls?



Some thing I did like, Eli and other players slipping in the snow. The wind playing a factor in kicking and the presentation.


Overall, better but not good enough. Madden is like the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, no matter how much you try to improve it, it's still old,broken, slowly deteriorating, and doesn't meet the standards

[Hoops737]

The demo is unbelievably slow...I like the running game though.

Passing Defense and passing offense is a little sketchy though.

[huskerwr38]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phixius

Overall, better but not good enough. Madden is like the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, no matter how much you try to improve it, it's still old, broken, slowly deteriorating and doesn't meet the standards.

Haha, I love that quote.

I will give my impressions though. I think a couple things that are in serious need of reworking. One is just the overall ai logic in every aspect of the game. I have CPU DBs with eyes in the back of their heads, lineman not blocking guys in front of their face and going for guys behind them, etc.. This things happen all the time, it's just not once in a while but all the time. I'm always left with the thought of, "what is this guy doing?" Secondly, is the running animation. I know the gameplay is slower, but my guys just look like they are jogging no matter what.
The legs are moving slow and lumbering not smooth.

[JayKoz]

Quote: Originally Posted by ch46647

I am going to have to respectfully disagree. I know the Dal/NY demo is WAYY to short but I think it is definitely from a newer build. The pass rush is way more aggresive in the Dal/NY demo, to be honest I do not even think the Ari/Pitt demo has the new "pass rush fix" that Ian found. Also, I think we can both agree that the graphics are MUCH sharper in the Dal/NY demo but I think that may be because they are both 1 GB demos and the DAL/NY demo is 16 minutes shorter. What do you think about the gamespeed between the demos? I think the Pitt/Ari is on slow (default offline speed for Madden 10) and the NY/Dal demo is on normal speed (On-line default speed) IMHO I like the speed of the NY/Dal demo better.

I'm a PS3 owner--can you still tell the difference between the NY/DAL demo and the Madden 2009 speed? I played the 5 minute PITT/ARI demo, and the slowed down gameplay is nice, but I think it may be a bit too slow. Really interested to see the difference between 9% (slow, offline default) and 5% (normal, online default).

[unisol_us]

Well I have said that I find the demo is extremely fun. The are some moments in the game where I say to myself damn this game is unreal.

With that being said some of the things that bring me back to my living room per say they are not many but do damper the experience nonetheless.

First the over the shoulder catching is done poorly. I hope its not in the final build in the state it is in right now. The WR never really looks at the ball and the WR also looks like he is about to break his back while making that catch. LOL It also happens too often.

Second I hope that the dev's can tune the WR/DB interactions some more especially while the ball is in the air. They look wayyy better than last year but still are not very believable like some of the other aspects of the game.

Third the cut scenes are wonderful, but don't flow as good as they could. I also hope this is cleaned up before release.

I do like this game though and cannot wait until my Chises(plural) get started. Wo0t!!

[matt8204]

I noticed a minor error during the national anthem cutscene. There are Cardinals players standing in front of the Steelers sideline. Watch it closely next time if you haven't seen it yet. It's pretty funny.

[Mofficial]

Quote: Originally Posted by NYGmen56

Wow.. This is sad.. Seriously. I don't care if it's in Kids mode, this shouldn't even happen.. This looks & plays too much like madden 09 imo. Horrible AI, RC, Stiff running animations, Oline is overpowering, Serious oline Suction, the QB has has all day to throw??! So the DEV's try to make the oline/dline look pretty by having them create a pocket, but forget about having the Dline disengage blocks?? All these things are serious issues, and they still exist. Wow.. Makes you wonder about the madden dev's..

Well that's how it's supposed to play on rookie... cuz that's how rookies play.