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

[vannwolfhawk]

I'm not sure how I feel about this game or series anymore. There is not a madden I have not bought, but the best way to describe is bored! This game bores me! I bought last years version but barely played it. So I was excited to play this years version as it was almost 2 years off basically and I loved all the hype I was hearing around RTP. I was disappointed to here editing players ratings and equipment is out as that's what I love to do most. The game plays so much better when edited properly. I think of playmakers great work here.

Anyways, here are my impressions...

I like the new announcers! I was tired of collinsworth and Gus. It's nice to have some new blood in the booth.

Plays are the same and there is really no differential from team to team schemes. I am so bored with maddens play books!

Defensive ends as a user and interaction with tackles is still unplayable for me. This area needs to be worked on as the trenches are what wins and loses games! In all sports games I think they need to go back to the basics and fundamentals of the sport to replicate what we see on tv every week.

RTP is 50/50 for me. I think next year this will be improved but I have seen some pretty funny things with tackles but I have also seen some great tackles and pile ups as well. 1 thing that bugs me is when the running back gos up the middle and hits his own offensive lineman and then falls down?! Running up the middle which was fun last year seems gone again this year.

Kicking meter blah

Halftime blah

I love the touch passing

Graphics in the demo or the lighting isn't right but I'm sure it will be fine in retail.

All in all for the 1st time ever I will NOT be buying madden 13. I will wait for 14 or next gen and hope for some changes with this series. The fun factor for me is like a 2 when it used to be a 10. :-( is it better than previous versions? The answer is probably yes but it's not different enough for me to feel like it is.

[Lodeus]

Quote: Originally Posted by SECElite3

Well... I've spend the majority of the morning and I have to say... barring any changes to game play between today and release, this is a very solid football game. With that being said, the demo needs slider tweaks, because just as Madden 12 did, the game play at any of the default difficulty settings feels horrible. The potential this game has, with the new physics engine is off the charts. I used my own Madden 12 sliders with some minor tweaking. Using the tweaks really cleaned up a lot of the issues I was seeing at default settings. The audio has taken a huge step this year. Simms and Nantz sound great! The commentary is miles ahead of last year. The crowd, the music piping from the stadium speakers, and sounds on the field all give life to the game. Madden sounds better than ever! The physics engine will need some slight tuning, Mainly, with the interaction of players after the whistle. There are some ragdoll effects which need some tuning. The demos are usually earlier builds so this probably is an aspect of the game which has already received attention. Game play is outstanding with slider tweaks. The physics really helped in this area. Honestly, I can't think of anything I don't like about this demo, but it sure is going to be hard to leave Madden 12 behind.

Well said.

Some of the weird morphing is all I can say that needs to be fixed. Even that doesn't really affect the gameplay.

[RustyBlue]

See they didn't fix the accelerated clock in the last 2 minutes.

Also is that the real soundtrack of the game?

[propwnge]

Is it really easy to score in this game?

Because I hope it's not completely offense oriented, and that the defense is actually good.

Did the CPU score easily?

I have a PS3 so I have to wait before I can get the demo. "sadface"

[Major9]

Its crazy how different some opinions are. Several people saying this will be the first year of not buying Madden and then you have someone like me that this will be the first year I buy it since 2006

[robbins]

THANK YOU EA!!!!!!!

I have been a vocal person about the lack of atmosphere in the 4+ past years of Madden. You couldn't hear or feel the difference between a preseason TD and a game winning playoff TD.

That has changed with Madden 13!! Just in playing the demo, the crowd is pretty loud and they definitely get louder for TD's, turnovers, and big defensive plays. EA stepped up to the plate and fixed the atmosphere problem so I am VERY HAPPY. This is definitely the best Madden ever.

Love the commentary as well.

GREAT JOB EA!!!

[RGiles36]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

That's another thing that really bothers me. With as little personality as Madden has, one of the things that made qbs feel different, is damn near removed. I felt like I was playing with different qb's in Madden 12, now I really didn't notice a different when throwing with the qbs in 13. The sig style is supposed to improve, not regress.

Most people have an issue that they'll stand on the table for as it relates to Madden, and signature animations is one of mine.

I agree -- signature throws are what set the QBs apart in this game. You couldn't go from Romo (quick release) to Matt Ryan (more wind up) without some sort of adjustment in M12. Not only that, the QBs just looked more authentic and it made me want to watch the replays.

The fact that sig QB animations weren't working back in June (darn near end of cycle) was already alarming. The fact that the demo is having the same issue is equally alarming.

It's not a gamebreaker, and it doesn't color the entire Madden experience. But it is deflating that there is a chance that M13 will feature 75% generic throws. It takes the personality out of each QB.

I'm holding out hope that it was addressed in retail as Dewiel tweeted JP a couple weeks ago that they were indeed working. But if 'working' means triggering as inconsistently as they do in the demo, then it's going to be a long year for a portion of my immersion.

[Bearsfan1]

Can somebody answer my question? Do you need an active Gold Account to download this demo? It's not showing up anywhere in any of the categories I've tried. Manually searching for the game doesn't allow you to download it either. Just comes up as an error. PLEASE HELP!!