Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[The 24th Letter]

First game on All Star

Won 6-3

Man I really wish they'd get rid of that quick shed and tackle by DEs in the running game....but I guess that's just Madden...

Saw shades of Robo QB by Flynn, but defense has definitely improved...defenders are in much better positions now..

[BezO]

I was hoping to be surprised by some positive impressions of line play / blocking interaction. Everything else sounds like what I expected.

Anyone care to share an indepth review of the blocking interaction on runs & passes?

[jg8809]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered but...

Is the demo available in the UK today? More specifically on PS3. I am desperate to get my hands on this after work and will be gutted if I am stuck playing NBA 2k12 while you guys get to Madden it up.

[Goins]

Man i am really enjoying running the ball.So much smoother then in NCAA13 i can actually make cuts and you can see the difference between acceleration in RBs.Plus there run animations don't look stiff and awkward.I haven't had this much fun in any of the madden demos ever.

[maggett]

Quote: Originally Posted by BezO

I was hoping to be surprised by some positive impressions of line play / blocking interaction. Everything else sounds like what I expected. Anyone care to share an indepth review of the blocking interaction on runs & passes?

its pretty much the same but u dont get pancaked each play now

run blocking seems to have a few more animations

[DBMcGee3]

I saw some gameplay clips on the EA website, and it looked to me like the actual running motion of the players was very robotic and unrealistic. Anyone notice that or did they clean it up for the release?

[seasprite]

Quote: Originally Posted by BezO

Anyone care to share an indepth review of the blocking interaction on runs & passes?

Had limited time with the demo this morning before work, but like I said earlier, I was double teamed a couple of times in pass situations and run situations when I was user controlling DT Canty. Outside of that, I didnt notice anything good or bad, but I didnt play enough to dissect it.

[DukeC]

Well, they bottled me up in the 2nd half...till I broke one loose with RG3 for a 85 yard TD run.

All in all I ended up with 23 carries for 175 yards and 2 TD's on All Pro.

This is running the read option out of the same base formation (shotgun of course) with either 3 or 4 recievers on the field mixing it up between running it to the left and right side.