Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[DallasRocks]

Did this demo take forever to download to anyone else?? I usually can speed through but this took like 3 or so hours to download it was brutal.

[harman22]

commentary has taken a big step up. love the demo.

[beastwork]

visually the game is noticeably better than madden 10. Animations look a lot smoother as well. However i still get that skating feeling when I watch the players fly around. that's a cosmetic flaw in my mind and doesn't bother me quite that much.

Gus Johnson adds nothing to the game. hearing his voice didn't make me enjoy the game any more. side note, there is play by play and then there is color commentary. Gus oversteps his bounds. Collinsworth was great last year as the "color" guy and now feels very uninspired.

playing against the computer really makes it difficult to determine if flat issues and man alignment functionality have been fixed. Man defense however did feel a little more effective in the demo.

Kick meter is wack. There is no difficulty or challenge there.

I don't like game flow. Now that i've tried it out, it absolutely feels like "ask madden" 2.0. Now maybe i missed something but I thought gameflow will be almost like me having a coaches card for down and distance situations. seems like game flow is designed to let me build the coaches card but does not allow me to choose my own plays. It did speed my game up but I'm not sure I want to play the game that way. takes the strategy out of the game and thats what football is supposed to be about.

I will most likely pass on this game for a couple reasons. #1 I feel like i wasted my money last year 2. I can't see enough improvement in the demo to warrant a back to back purchase 3. the game was just boring to me. Maybe i'm just not into madden anymore but i didn't really have much fun playing the demo

[Reyliak]

The new madden is awesome. I like that only one player can tackle at a time, 'cause then I have less to worry about. The colors are great and the play by play is loud and keeps you on the edge of your seat. I'm glad the crowd is not so loud 'cause that is a distraction. Especially late in the game. I would like to see better equipment though. Maybe some team color hand towels or player specific shoes.

[K_GUN]

Quote: Originally Posted by tazdevil20

"Madden is perfect, no matter what opinion anyone has it's wrong because Madden is the best. I like Madden and no other game could possibly be better. I will undermine any opinion you have because I am right....i own a copy of APF AND was one of the biggest 2k fanboys back in 2004--go look up my posts...but that was then...this is now" - signed K-GUN. Is that better? Just busting your chops, so don't be offended. I'm only poking fun. We'll agree to disagree on this topic. If you see those elements that make the game fun for you, that is great. I really wish I did too, unfortunately I don't.

i added some things about myself that you forgot to mention

haha.....it's all good buddy

[matt8204]

Quote: Originally Posted by DallasRocks

Did this demo take forever to download to anyone else?? I usually can speed through but this took like 3 or so hours to download it was brutal.

It took me about 20-25 minutes to download it. I thought it was a bit slow, but when I read that it took you three hours, I realized that I had nothing to complain about. That's odd.

[Only1LT]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

No, that's accurate. Manning never takes his shoulder pads off.

The funny thing though is that Peyton is much bigger when he get's off the bus as compared to the model in full pads lol. I can't, with these player models.

[boooey]

it doesn't sound like Gus Johnson and Collinsworth are in the same booth calling the game to me.

Collinsworth sounds like he is on a cell phone or on radio, while Gus Johnson is loud and clear.

And there is no intercommunication between the two guys, to really make you believe they are both sitting there calling the game..