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

[FBeaule04]

Quote: Originally Posted by SDOTizBak23

From reading alot of these posts... I think the main thing we need is COMPETITON in the NFL video game industry. Bottom line is... Madden is good... It's ok in many areas and terrible in some as well. Will we ever get a perfect football game?!? I dunno... But will we ever get another company to join the market 2K, Sony, Etc. I think it's really possible. I read someone posts before and I fully agreed with what he said. EA will milk the time in between upgrades/improvements as long as they hold the NFL gaming rights. Madden is all we have as football fans and as sport gamers, and really it's up to us to prove opinions can matter is sales. MLB the show vs mlb2k? The show right!!! NBA 2k vs Live/elite? 2k right!!! I mean it's obvious EA has a strangle hold on us for now. I don't expect serious super great improvements but I do expect slightly better products every year and with EA and Madden they are in no rush to make this improvements. We deal with it or just flat out stop buying Madden games. Tough to do right? I bet atleast half te guys in here who say I air buying this blah blah blah will end up getting it because well... It's all we have. Options are better when you have them... Rolls Royce or Mclaren??? Now that's tough!!!!

You forgot one game. NHL 08 vs NHL 2K8. 2K was gaining ground and EA game was getting it's fair share of criticism.

EA had two choices. Either continue the way they we're doing things or reacting like a company with money and knowledge can. The answer was a pure stomping of the competition, making sure that NHL 2K9 would never get up. EASHL and BaP just did that as NHL 2K simply fade away in 10 and wasn't even available other than on the Wii in 11.

Since then, what is the result? A game that is slowly getting worse and worse and we're without competition, you're sure of selling more than you would be with a rival on the market.

EA as a strangle hold and they keep selling. I'm continue to buy because it's better than nothing for me. I found Madden 12 demo to be quite entertaining, and I would love to see what would be the results if they had competition.

It's tough to blame us not finding EA lazy when everytime they want to crush a rival, they are making it with a nice, cold and calculated killer way. By the way, how do we think EA is getting all those license against rivals? Simply by acting like the best in the business do, by taking no prisoners.

Would be so cool if they do this without competition! ;-)

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

I swear running the ball just isnt rewarding in Madden....theres no rhyme or reason to it...all you can do is approach a hole and hope the DLs dont all the sudden fly off of their blocks and hit you... Running the ball is probably my favorite thing to do in regards to video game football...finding that hole, knowing your oline is going to make a effort to hit their assignment, making plays...I love it. This is more like a game of chance though...they need to take a hard look at the trenches man...its been meh for a while now...

Running the ball in the demo has been pretty tough getting through the holes without getting hit, but I've still averaged about 5-7 yards per carry with both teams, even using James Starks for the Packers a lot.

It was much easier to get through the hole in M11 though. Much easier.

[illwill10]

Quote: Originally Posted by spit_bubble

Genius... I manage to bum rush Cutler with a blitz and force a fumble on their own 20 or so... Big Ryan Pickett picks up the ball and starts rumbling towards the goal line... It looks like he's going to make it even though the pursuit is hot on his tail... I press the dive button in celebration and he jumps in the air and does full spread eagle dive... Arms and legs spread out wide, before all 310 pounds of him comes crashing down in the end zone...

Something I will have fun doing. I want to know if we can HighStep in the redzone. It is boring in NCAA that we can only sideline dive in the endzone. Way more Emotion

[The 24th Letter]

Oh, I agree..****nning isnt necessarily HARD for me, ive had a couple of 100 yard games....just kindve wonky/ random IMO

[spit_bubble]

Quote: Originally Posted by illwill10

...I want to know if we can HighStep in the redzone...

I did that too, on a pick 6 versus Rodgers... I just held down on the R-stick... Same way as NCAA I believe...

Wasn't nearly as cool as the spread eagle dive though.

[illwill10]

Quote: Originally Posted by spit_bubble

I did that too, on a pick 6 versus Rodgers... I just held down on the R-stick... Same way as NCAA I believe... Wasn't nearly as cool as the spread eagle dive though.

I mean the old way where you press O/B and you celebrate prior to endzone

[Aceballer1737]

I played the game on pro and I won 38-3. I turned it on all-pro and I lost 7-0. I should have tied it but I guess there are no booth reviews under 2 minutes in the demo. Because clearly on the replay my tightend came down with the ball in bounds in the back of the endzone at the end of the game. The graphics are beautiful except for the annoying 3-D grass that pops in and out. It may be just the demo but there are so many gameplay bugs in it that it ruins the experience for me. The biggest issues are found in the OL/DL play. On a passing play 3 of my offensive linemen went running slightly up field way to the right side. It was as if they were blocking up field for a running play. However it was a five step drop and sack for my QB. They even kept running out of bounds on the replay as my QB was on the ground and looked like they wanted to block people on the sidelines. It may be just the demo but this game reminds me of the new NASCAR game. It looks beautiful and you can see how great the gameplay can be but then something happens that you have never seen on any given Sunday.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

Oh, I agree..****nning isnt necessarily HARD for me, ive had a couple of 100 yard games....just kindve wonky/ random IMO

Yeah, like I said, it's not really tough to run. Holes still form and you can get into the holes for the 5 yard pickups and stuff, but it seems harder than year's past to make it through that hole. Shotgun Draws work exceptionally well though, and I can't say enough how great it is that the comeback routes finally work.