Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[Jets123]

Quote: Originally Posted by truballer845

lets not get ahead of ourselves,this is a demo people,the most important judgement we have to make is on the full retail copy,the demo is like a beta.

Unfortunately I don't recall a time when a madden demo was that far off from the final version.

[doovid184]

Quote: Originally Posted by HolyCrap

Game flow is for amateurs that do not know anything its annoying IMO. and that coach on the head set shut up. Strategy pad is weak also I dont know why they try to fix something that wasn't broke. Everything else seems fine some AI issues such as Safeties in no mans land most of the time but those are usually resolved by Sliders or Patch.

I used gameflow for one game just to try it but then turned it off, also the strategy pad takes way to long to use I wish EA would stop making new things and fix whats already there

[davep]

Completely underwhelmed unfortunately.

Last year showed so much promise even if it didn't play a great game. They stepped sideways this year. And I still have no idea why amazing presentation continuously evades Madden (and NCAA...I mean, tell me really, how hard is it to add stat overlays? tendencies???!!!) absolutely no idea.

[trophyyride]

I am excited to play it. I already downloaded it and I think it is good to play it.

[Texas Ace]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jets123

Unfortunately I don't recall a time when a madden demo was that far off from the final version.

Exactly.

I don't get why people insist on not judging the game by the demo version when the final product always proves to be pretty similar.

It's not like it's going to be this completely different game.

What you see is pretty much what you get.

[Texas Ace]

Quote: Originally Posted by doovid184

I used gameflow for one game just to try it but then turned it off, also the strategy pad takes way to long to use I wish EA would stop making new things and fix whats already there

Yup.

Instead of wasting whatever time it took to implement gameflow and the new strategy pad, they could've used that time to make the actual gameplay better.

They could've used that time to make elite pass rushers do something other than be completely irrelevant.

They could've used that time to find a way to finally make receivers catch the ball with their hands extended in perfect stride without losing speed instead of going through these super long animations that slow them down....something that has been in the game yet nobody picks up on for years now.

But that's EA's approach to Madden....spend time on crap nobody wants or cares about as opposed to using every possible second to improve the on-the-field product.

[OrangeCrush]

So many problems with this game but it is pretty sad that the exclusive video game of the NFL can't even get the ball size correct. It looks absolutely ridiculous, and has for years.

[peter52]

After playing the demo, I have a few questions -

1) Can the strategy guide option be turned off in the final version?
2) Can the voice/text that says what you're going to do on each play be turned off in the final version?
3) Can Gameflow be turned off in the final version?

Thanks.