Madden NFL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[menglish20]

I had high hopes for this game. After the demo, I'm not buying this. I'll wait to see if these issues were resolved in the final game and maybe buy it late. But you lost me, EA. The gameplay is just not good enough.

[mva5580]

Quote: Originally Posted by bodymore

Maybe it's the stadium but I will be playing on the zoomed camera.

I will too, but my worry is that the zoom camera will be too close when it comes to passing.

[RedPhazon8]

Still waiting for the PS3 to get the demo, then I can get some AI vs AI impressions... Hopefully...

[maccerbiggie]

Also, on a further note. All - Madden isn't quite as fun to play with as Heisman is with NCAA. Out of the box, Heisman plays very well for me.

All - Madden has -

- Too many dropped passes
- Confusingly bad throws at times
- Too much D line pressure in relation to how good the coverage is. In other words, one of them has to give. Either the LB's or DB's awareness needs to drop, or the pass rushing skills need to drop. It isn't a huge problem, can just lead to frustation at times because with Rodgers and the Packers, you would expect much more versatility in the passing game. This can easily be fixed with sliders, however they don't seem to work on the demo as editing sliders, instantly changes the difficulty to Rookie?!?

It would be nice to just see All Madden have improved CPU skill, but also smarter play calling. Rather than just downgrading your team so much that it stops making sense, and equipping the opposition with so much skill that they will outplay you, even if you are Clay Matthews, Arron Rodgers or Greg Jennings.

[mva5580]

Quote: Originally Posted by minnesotaviking

That's fine and I understand that it's going to be a universal setting.. So do you think it will be set on the "normal setting that it is now or do you think it will be on slow??

I highly doubt it will be slow. They call it "Normal" for a reason, because it's their base setting.

[TDKing]

Quote: Originally Posted by mva5580

Then I guess you won't be buying it as they're not going to have the speed setting be adjustable online. It's a subjective thing and just because one person thinks it should be "Slow" and "45" doesn't mean that's what the other person thinks it should be. It will be a static setting....and it should be. I don't play the game at the default speed setting but if you're going to play online with millions of other people, you need to accept that a universal setting has to be chosen when it comes to stuff like that.

I thought with the new communities thing you can change your settings and sliders for online games. You'll just have to find a communnity that plays at the speed you like or start your own community with your own settings. At least that's how I understood it.

[minnesotaviking]

Quote: Originally Posted by Elements

I own a PS3 and I haven't played it yet, but after watching the game footage why can't EA deliver a clean passing system? Why do QB's look like they aren't even throwing a good ball. It comes off their wrist and the motion is junk. Besides Vick and maybe a couple of other scrambling QB's why are they so FAST? That's so unrealistic, I shouldn't have to designate a guy to QB spy every possession! This opens up a Wideout or HB that wont be guarded! I hope I can retract these statements once I play it, What does everyone else think?

If you play against the cpu then you will be fine.. It plays nothing like madden 1111 which is a good thing.. As long as you can set the game spped to slow then I would say it's better then NCAA.. But playing on normal speed is pretty acradey and yes on normal speed the qb's run way to fast.. Cutler and Rodgers move like Vick.. It scares me to think of a online game playing someone with Vick on normal speed!!!

[mva5580]

Quote: Originally Posted by TDKing

I thought with the new communities thing you can change your settings and sliders for online games. You'll just have to find a communnity that plays at the speed you like or start your own community with your own settings. At least that's how I understood it.

Well I would think they would do something like that, I was just referring to random online games. I thought you could change the settings in franchises.