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

[Griffey30]

anyone who has silver and wants the demo just create another gamer profile and u get 1 month free of gold....theres always a way around Ea's shady tactics

[PVarck31]

I think the game has a bit of a different feel to it, which is good.

+Less sliding
+Graphics are beautiful
+Run game is good
+Tackling is nice, no suction.
+Seeing some better ball trajectory
+Some nice new animations
+Presentation is very nice
+Crowd is nice too

-Middle of the field is still money in the bank
-outside of the field is on lockdown
-Super LB's still there
-Too many INT's
-Still seeing some morphing
-NO TIME TO MAKE DEFENSIVE ADJUSTMENTS No excuse for this.
-seeing to many of the same tackle animations
-Juke is pretty much worthless

These are just my opinions.

[BlackJackRabbit]

Quote: Originally Posted by Errors Occurred

Wow on All-Madden??? My games are nowhere near that bad.

I was getting my head handed to me (on All-Pro) when I first downloaded the demo; then I beat the CPU on All-Pro in a couple of competitive games, decided to put it on All-Madden and just steam-rolled the Bears. Maybe is has something to do with DPP. Maybe once you jump out to a big lead things can get outta hand. I'm going to play some more games on All-Madden to find out.

[Big FN Deal]

Finally got a chance to play the FN demo and I think the developers did a solid job of laying a NFL foundation with Madden 12. I couldn't help but feel like this is what at least Madden 10, maybe sooner, should have been, with Madden 12 blowing our socks off by now. However, can't blame the present team for past missteps so I think Madden 12, Online communities and feature rich league manager, will make for a enjoyable NFL football start.

I don't really want to nitpick specific pros and cons because it's just a demo but it definitely feels less like next-gen Madden and more like a NFL football game, imo.

[Earl1963]

Quote: Originally Posted by Griffey30

anyone who has silver and wants the demo just create another gamer profile and u get 1 month free of gold....theres always a way around Ea's shady tactics

I will try this. But it's not EA's tactics it's Microsofts. I am not interested in paying for online play ever again Mr. Gates.

[ps2king]

I had my way with the Bears, beat them 38-0 (all pro, slow speed. 45 threshold). Culter threw 3ints all returned for td's. I don't think the Bears had a gain over 8 yards. Ryan Grant had 127yards on 13 carries (including a 60yard td). I dominated with Mathews, in one instance, I had a sack, where it seemed like I got to Culter in a nanosecond.

Nice demo overall (PS3, didn't notice the jaggies much, it depends on the tv settings imo). I couldn't find anything to nitpick. I know it's an early build, and if you look for flaws you will find them. I'm still not sure if I'll purchase this title. However, having skipped NCAA 12. I feel more comfortable about this games chances. It just had that feel of polish that NCAA lacked. It was more fun overall (this has to be a first for me in terms of MaddenvsNCAA). I felt like I could play defense etc... We'll see how things pan out, there's always something....

[MrJ2006]

Has anyone noticed the lack of pass interference in the demo? I remember years past where if you touched the receiver when the ball was in the air the flags would fly. I basically stood in front of hester and kept him from moving and nothing was called like in NCAA. Going to be disappointed if they changed it.

[ps2king]

Quote: Originally Posted by 31

I think the game has a bit of a different feel to it, which is good. +Less sliding +Graphics are beautiful +Run game is good +Tackling is nice, no suction. +Seeing some better ball trajectory +Some nice new animations +Presentation is very nice +Crowd is nice too -Middle of the field is still money in the bank -outside of the field is on lockdown -Super LB's still there -Too many INT's -Still seeing some morphing -NO TIME TO MAKE DEFENSIVE ADJUSTMENTS No excuse for this. -seeing to many of the same tackle animations -Juke is pretty much worthless These are just my opinions.

Okay, if there is one thing that stood out to me it's this. I didn't bother with any pre-snap adjustments either. It's more complicated than it should be.