Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[WeBB15]

Man Im a NFL guy, but I really am not feeling this demo... Maybe after playing NCAA for so long, something about this gameplay isnt right...

Love the presentation changes, and graphics very much.... Great Stuff

The animation development throughout a play, in most areas of the field, just doesnt immerse me as NCAA does...

The gameplay feels unresponsive at times, mostly predictable, and lacking with variety and the intelligence of the players techniques is off course...

Madden 10 actually plays much better gameplay wise than this demo IMO...

Ill still buy it because I have to play as my redskins, but disappointing to say the least.

[Blitzburgh]

WOW guys I am not impressed and rather bumming so far! I absolutely hate the strategy pad! Are you kidding me! Really! That is ridiculous that they changed they way we audible and change our coverages.

Even on offense it doesn't make sense! NCAA blows this game away IMO and I prefer the NFL so that really sucks for me. I am not feeling the game flow feature either at least as of now. Oh well- I will give it some more time but the d-pad is gonna ruin it for a lot of people.

[joejccva71]

I don't like it either. NCAA 11 blows this game out of the water.

Some points:

1. Locomotion is no where near as fluid and realistic as NCAA 11...its not even close.

2. Defensive linemen are still jumping 20 ft in the air to swat down passes, same with LB's.

3. CB's are not even looking for the ball before swatting passes down. This is gamebreaking EA.

4. The defensive d-pad is horrible. I could go on for a while with this but I need to get to work.

5. The running game is way WAY too easy.

6. The animations are not fluid at all, and I see ice skating all over the place.

7. Commentary is not pieced well together. It's broken up between Gus and Cris. I would just turn commentary off probably.

I could go on and on, but I think this has confirmed it for me. NO purchase this year for me. It just seems that EA got lazy this year.

These are my impressions.

[DGuinta1]

So far I like except the lame crowd between plays. Why so quiet?! lol

[IrishRams]

It seems at least to me that NCAA All American level out of box with no slider adjustments is much harder then all pro on madden out of box. Also, I feel like I am at a funeral with crowd noise in Madden compared to the atmosphere in the NCAA Game. Just my 2 cents.

[ab2c4]

I can't wait to play the demo tonight. I am kind of surprised to hear so many complaints, maybe they are justified, maybe not. I wonder how different the retail version will be?

[Flightwhite24]

It never fails with an EA game. Something always ruins the experience. This Strategy Pad Idea has to be the worst idea brought to this franchise in it's 20 plus years.

If I had to judge between this and NCAA 11 based off this demo it would be NCAA 11 by a LANDSLIDE. The Pad simply kills it for me. No time to do anything. Why???

[at23steelers]

I am really wanting someone who has the game, compare it to the demo. So far:

Likes:

- The teams resemble how they play in real life
- Good pass rush
- CPU playing as Manning had trouble throwing the ball even on all-madden (13/20 200 yards 2 TD's and 1 INT)
- grass looks awesome and shadows are impressive looking
- lighting
- commentary is energetic
- J E T S chant sounds cool, and crowd noise sounds awesome until it becomes really quiet between plays
- oline blocking is improved a lot
- hits after player catches football looks pretty awesome, even got hurt by Clark when Cromartie INT it in end zone
- didn't feel cheated on all-madden when I lost 21-10
- gameplay is ok, thought I would like it more. It definitely makes game go quicker.
- WR / DB interaction

Dislikes:
- players models seemed to take a step back
- strategy pad is awful, although I am getting better at it, and at least leaves there to be less exploits when playing online, as it takes longer
- no depth chart or player stats in demo
- too many injuries
- too many fumbles
- players seem to move too slow, compared to game (normal speed)
- locomotion not as good as NCAA 11's