Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[MAHAM]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

In any case :Strategy Pad (That looks to be optional) being called Gamekiller, catastrophic ..etc.. Come on guys...

The formation and personel on offense dictates how you adjust on D, you don't know much prenap to work with so you have to adjust at the line. Generic defense doesn't work in Madden in a good user vs user game. You gotta be able to adjust otherwise offense is way to easy. IMO offense has always been way too easy. The pad is a buzzkill for me.
Phyched if its optional in retail though.

[joejccva71]

Quote: Originally Posted by ezio

I will help SB out. Hope he doesn't mind He posted the text but here is the link: http://maddennfl.easports.com/blog.a...w_gameplanning

Thank you.

Found it here for my very own eyes:

"Of course, one thing to be clear on is that everything is optional. If you want to play without GameFlow you can. You can choose to play with the conventional play call screen (old style play call screen that's been around since the advent of football gaming). You can choose to turn off coordinator audio, subtitles, and strategy pad. Pretty much everything is an option."

Looks like everyone can relax just like SB said in the final version. The awful strategy pad can be turned off.

[Rocky]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

The EA Blog says it's totally optional and can be turned off. I'd say yes it's in the retail. Stranger things have happened though so I guess we'll see what someone with the game says. In any case :Strategy Pad (That looks to be optional) being called Gamekiller, catastrophic ..etc.. Come on guys...

Skyboxer, you are just being counterproductive here man. This thread is for impressions and quite frankly if people want to describe the strategy pad as a gamekiller (for the demo mind you) then let them. Gameflow IS the big feature this year as well and from the looks of it, it's not really needed at all. If the Jordan feature is useless in NBA2K or Real Time Presentation was 'not worth it' in The Show, we'd hear the same thing.

[dannyr326]

Is there an official time for the Demo to be availible on The Playstation Network? Why doesn't Sony just release it at or around the same time Microsoft does?

[DirtyJerz32]

Can someone let us PS3 users when the demo drops? At work but, will go home sick as soon as I know.

Thanks guys!!!

Oh another question. Can we set gameplans for the cpu teams?

[MAHAM]

Quote: Originally Posted by DirtyJerz32

Can someone let us PS3 users when the demo drops? At work but, will go home sick as soon as I know. Thanks guys!!!

still 5-8 est

edit...maybe 12-3 if you also have a Euro account

[Gotmadskillzson]

Ok so far the commentary sounds robotic to me and not natural. And are you allowed to hear the gameflow play calling in the headset in the demo ???? I haven't heard a thing called and this is a brand new headset.

[blitz_46_D]

Quote: Originally Posted by Legend Killer

I can already tell you that the strategy pad for Defense going to be a problem. Unless you are very quick thinker and have quick hands. You will not be able to adjust hardly any postion like shifting LBers are DBs before the AI snaps the ball. You just don't have time do that. But with the offense it is not so bad. The D is the main problem with Strategy. But other then that the game is good is so far. I hope EA will patch the Strategy problem and make easier to do alignment setup on D.

Of course, one thing to be clear on is that everything is optional. If you want to play without GameFlow you can. You can choose to play with the conventional play call screen (old style play call screen that's been around since the advent of football gaming). You can choose to turn off coordinator audio, subtitles, and strategy pad. Pretty much everything is an option.


I just found this at the end of a blog on ea's madden 11 site. It was posted april 28th by john taylor about gameflow and gameplanning. I would hope that if there gona post that its an option in there blog than that they would stay true to that. For me that is the only thing i was worried about was the strategy pad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is brutal!!!!!! Even my 9yr old son doesnt like it n i thought that was the crowd they were going for. Anyway lets just hope that the " PAD" is n OPTION. Cant wait to play online!!!! Of course if u can turn the "PAD" OFF