Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[CatMan72]

Just played the demo after waiting 8 hours for it to download...

I agree with others that the strategy pad is going to take some getting used to, I would like to see them patch the game so the CPU does not snap the ball as quicky. Towards the end of the game I got pretty quick at making adjustments and still didn't have time to make more than one.

Personally I like the challenge presented by Gameflow. I think we all have a tendancy to lean on our money plays and Gameflow takes that out of the equation to some degree. I prefer to play on all-pro and Gameflow is one way to increase the difficutly, much like Valdarez's "ask madden" challenge in his slider thread last year.

I was able to get 2 sacks in both games I played, they didn't come easy but I was able to get them. I like how they now show a big hit on the QB in instant replay. I was able to run the ball very well as the Jets and not so well as the Colts which seems authentic. I also like the way receivers seem much more tuned in to finding a gap in zone coverage.

The lighting, sound and stadium environment are all a big improvement. Peyton Manning finally has a neck and a helmet that fits his head. I'm hoping that some of the silence that occured between plays was a product of the demo (limting the size).

Great demo, excited for the real thing!

[novabug]

Why can't the announcing be fixed? Why? Why? ahhhhhhhhhhhh! With all your money EA just get collinsworth in the booth to re-record everything with gus and make it sound real! Why is this hard?? You guys never answer this ever!!!

How dare you guys give us a new copy of madden where collinsworth calls gus "tom"!!! Really? Man I know I could get banned for attacking the poor developers but they are insulting me and my intelligence! Put some effort in please!

[SA1NT401]

Quote: Originally Posted by novabug

I think EA must run every thing they do by madden to make themselves feel better! "HEY JOHN CHECK OUT GAME FLOW...WHAT DO YOU THINK" "HOLY COW! WOW! IT SOUNDS LIKE THERES GUYS TALKIN IN MY EAR...WHOA LET ME CALL PAT AND AL MICHAELS OVER TOP LOOK AT THIS FUTURISTIC NEW FANGLED TECHNO STUFF YOU GUYS GOT!" "WOW THANKS JOHN THAT MEANS A LOT!" "HEY NO PROBLEM, WELL I GOTTA GO IT'S 2 O'CLOCK AND TIME FOR DINNER, WHAM!"

You are aware Madden himself has ZERO input in the game right? They bought his name years ago. He hasnt set foot in an EA office in years.

I may be wrong though....But i doubt it.

[DirtyJerz32]

PS3 yet?

[phillysouljah]

Gus Johnson calls Leonhard "Lester"

I'm assuming that will be fixed.

[novabug]

Quote: Originally Posted by SA1NT401

You are aware Madden himself has ZERO input in the game right? They bought his name years ago. He hasnt set foot in an EA office in years. I may be wrong though....But i doubt it.

No they say they take input from madden all the time. They say that gameflow was an idea from madden

[ab2c4]

The posts are going so fast, I think my post is buried so I will ask again.

The part I am asking about is "but because of the inability to adjust human sliders". Is this just a demo thing? Or is it going to be this way also in the final retail version as well? If I remember correctly, it was something like this in Madden 09 as well where you could only adjust one set of sliders (can't remember if it was the cpu or human).

[KensaiKatai]

Quote: Originally Posted by FADED

i just got tha full game a couple days ago. There's good news and bad news about that option...YES you can turn the strategy pad off, BUT all that does is take tha icon off tha screen when you play, but it doesn't change tha controls back to tha old way. I'm with others, I have no idea why after all these years they decided to change tha way you call pre-snap adjustments. I've played about a dozen games since getting tha game and like others have said you do start to get used to it, but it just doesn't "flow" as easy as tha old way does.(if that makes sense)

Thank you for telling me this. My worst fear has been realized. I was so gassed when Skyboxer and Ezio posted that link too, trying to imply that we could change it back to the old way...

They need to patch this the way they patched Fight Night 4 with the button controls for jabbing, etc. Besides with the eternal optimists, there is going to be a huge community backlash.

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

You do realize that this is the demo right? Wait till the final build comes out, you will regret not picking this game up. I've seen enough video of the final build to back that statement up.

yea because video tells us how a game feels when we PLAY it. :/

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For a madden veteran, it is very obvious that they added the strategy pad to combat their sloppy a.i. and the cheesers. So they take control AWAY from us in order to make up for the ineptitude as far as the game's ai? BRILLIANT!

I will play the retail before making any other judgements, this is obviously a watered down version and i don't think it's fair to make a comparison to NCAA yet. Rest assured, i won't be just looking at 'video' to make my final purchasing decision. I love to micromanage and NCAA seems to have the one up there this year, and the strategy pad is making this a no go for me day 1 for the first time since 1993 when i was 10 years old.


edit: it has nothing to do with 'getting used to' if i could make an analogy it's like playing a piano, try playing 32nd notes on 1 key then try playing 32nd notes on two keys. The latter is a lot easier. Taking away half the controller for presnap adjustments is not intuitive, it's counterproductive and cumbersome.