Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[CRMosier_LM]

A few 1st impressions from half time of my 1st game...

WOW I really dislike the strategy pad! Makes it nearly impossible to change much of anything defensively vs cpu which really handicaps a defense.

I like the new audible pop-up menu.

Locomotion works well, broke a 79 yard run in the 1st half with Shonne Greene.

I LOVE the fact that Revis (and hopefully other great players) break on the ball, gives you a real sense of fear throwing at them without it being cheap.

Manning has had me chase him out of the pocket several times and still get sacked.

Nice to see the deep ball make a comeback

[aTTckr]

Quote: Originally Posted by blklightning

anyone with the ps3 version getting a lot of stuttering in the auto replays?

Same thing here too. It really distracts from the gameplay. But the worst thing ist that it sometimes takes up to 5 seconds until the play selection screen appears and during those 5 seconds the game is just frozen.

[blklightning]

Quote: Originally Posted by aTTckr

Same thing here too. It really distracts from the gameplay. But the worst thing ist that it sometimes takes up to 5 seconds until the play selection screen appears and during those 5 seconds the game is just frozen.

thanks for that reply. i was starting to think my ps3 was about to die.

[nhiverson]

Quote: Originally Posted by blklightning

thanks for that reply. i was starting to think my ps3 was about to die.

Happened to me on 360 as well.

[blklightning]

i will say that both of my games were very exciting. especially the last one while playing as the colts. i was up by 18-7 in the fourth. braylon edwards shrugged off a hit stick and took it to the house. very next play and about a minute left, i get cute and try a slip screen to my hb. pressured, the ball was tipped, and picked off for six the other way. with about 35 seconds left, i take a 12 yard chunk out of an 80 yard drive. then i hook up with dallas clark down the right sideline with 2 other defenders near him. with six second left, i roll out to my left from the 15, and fire a prayer to clark who is a yard and a half inside the endzone. caught, but he was hit as he caught it, which drove him back. luckily, his feet remained right on the goal line as he and the defender slammed into the turf. very exciting win.

minor demo bugs and degraded graphics on the replays (ps3 version at least) aside, i am loving this demo. it is really smooth, and has some life thanks to the new commentary and cut scenes. i already know from watching retail footage that the audio only gets better.

this is only 2 games in, so i'll see how it holds up in 10 or 12 games. but so far, i'm really liking it.

Lol, having the coordinator talk through the headset is pretty cool, not gonna lie.

Anyway, really liking the demo, feels improved over last year which I really enjoyed.

I do agree with the strategy pad sentiments though. I think the idea was good in theory, but it sucks having to do so many steps just to shift my oline, for example. Regardless, I'm excited.

[Lisa_Bonami]

Maybe Im in the minority here but I just am no longer dazzled by the Madden game anymore...and its been a compounded effect since the last several versions.

There really is nothing inherently wrong with Madden 11, but after playing it, I was just left with the feeling that I have been doing this over and over for the last few years now with no major changes to the core engine....just new tweaks.


Maybe for most thats not a bad thing at all, but for me, I think I am craving something a little more viceral, immersive and intense....or maybe I just need to see a new engine. It just feels too much like Madden from the last year, which was like Madden from the previous year and so on. I dont think I am going to buy it this year....Its just not 'better' enough for me.

I think NCAA actually took the bigger leap this year in regards to improvements from the previous season. At least for me it feels that way. I think also a piece of me has been spoiled for something new and more physics based since playing BackBreaker.

I wont argue that is not better than Madden 10 because it is...but it just isnt improved enough for me to want to go out and buy the 11 version. Especially since I am enjoying NCAA 11 this year as much as I am

Im really hoping the EA Madden team has another programming team working in parallel in sort of a research and development phase actually building, testing and tweaking a more advanced football engine so that they can eventually release it because I just think the public expects more now. And if they dont have this in the works, it would seem almost impossible that one team can ever introduce a completely new engine in just a year's development cycle. And I think EA really does need to develop a new physics based engine that leaves behind all the pre motion captured animations.

Oh, BTW, leaving an empty hole in the commentary for gameflow audio was a dreadful decision. If you choose to not use gameflow and subsequently turn off the coaches talking, you can easily go 30 seconds sometimes without hearing commentary.

That's.... Well, thats just pretty bad lol.