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

[swac07]

The Demo is cool...commentary is waaaay better..presentation cut scenes still don't gel together to me [still look cut and paste]. The game looks beautiful...my only gripe is the animations...I'm seeing some funky stuff during tackle animations .Zach miller was just tackled by 3 of my guys [which is cool] his arm rolled over in a tuck which was natural but then popped back up kinda backwards lol...I think they still have some stuff to tweak with the new engine at some points it seems like rag dolls on the field ..folks are falling for no reason...that's my only gripe so far .I skipped 12 so this is kinda cool so far I don't know if its a 1st day purchase yet still on the fence

oh yeah I almost forgot the instant replays are doing some funky stuff too...I threw a TD with RG3..the Replay just showed him walking away after the play was done from different camera angles. I was expecting to see the throw and catch not that lol

[tanner75]

On PS3 downloaded an hour and a half ago, took about 25 mins. First impressions,meh. Things i like: Crowd swells on big plays. Improved commentary. No super linebackers. Things i don't like: Replays-awful. Broadcast inspired close-ups gone. Can't hear penalty calls. Will try a few more games adjusting sliders etc but i may pass on this, thank the lord for 2k5rosters.

[TajDeni]

played 1 game (Giants) so far on all-pro, so my impressions are a work in progress...

as a person who said they would not buy the game on day 1, i have to say that after playing my 1st game im still holding firm on that stance.

imo the game feels floaty. when i was running with A.Bradshaw, he felt light as a feather and i dont mean that in a good way. i didnt feel any weight to the players i was controling.

also i hated that they made me do the stupid hop juke every single time i tried to make a simple hard cut with the left stick or everytime i went to juke. (i wasnt holding in turbo in either case).

passing was ok, tho 2x i pressed up to throw the ball into the deep middle to hit a post route to Cruz, only to have P.Willis jump and int the ball.

tackling was awful (part i disliked the most) and the same break tackle animation triggered every single time. and i saw alot of ragdoll stuff which looked plain stupid.

graphics are pretty good but to me the color have a cartoonish feel them, instead of a realistic feel. cartoonish doesnt have to mean bad visuals, but for a football game id like a different feel personally.

wasnt really paying to much attention to commentary.

i can see why some folks would be impressed with the demo as it definately didnt lay an egg, but like i said i havent seen anything yet to make a person who wasnt going to buy the game sing a different tune. but we'll see there's still time left.

[JerryJones3]

so uh... are we no longer able to do goal line dives? just played my first game as the niners and twice i had plays where i had to dive for the pylon to get the td and both times when i pressed the dive button nothing happened. it looked like madden 09 or some ****. i really hope this is fixed in the final game.

[CT Pitbull]

Quote: Originally Posted by SECElite3

This is football baby! This is football!

lol my man ^ this 100% this IS FOOTBALL wish ncaa was on board but clearly they were kicked off the bus on the way to SCHOOL

[Triathlete_201]

Played 5 games today and I'm really enjoying it.

Pluses:

+ I'm loving the Kinect feature. Works much better than I thought i would.
+ Graphics are superb
+ RTP improves the gameplay
+ Crowd sounds are near perfect. New commentators do a good job.

Needs work:

- A.I. at times does weird things. Horrible computer play calling.
- RTP looks and works wonky sometimes, especially after a play is called dead. i.e. guys falling down in weird ways. RBs falling down just from barely running into their own lineman.
- Lighting is way too dark at least in the Washington game.
- Tackle sounds are weak and arcadey sounding.
- More camera angle options, please.
- Animations overall look unatural, not fluid at all. Maybe next gen?

[marginwalker12]

Quote: Originally Posted by swac07

The Demo is cool...commentary is waaaay better..presentation cut scenes still don't gel together to me [still look cut and paste]. The game looks beautiful...my only gripe is the animations...I'm seeing some funky stuff during tackle animations .Zach miller was just tackled by 3 of my guys [which is cool] his arm rolled over in a tuck which was natural but then popped back up kinda backwards lol...I think they still have some stuff to tweak with the new engine at some points it seems like rag dolls on the field ..folks are falling for no reason...that's my only gripe so far .I skipped 12 so this is kinda cool so far I don't know if its a 1st day purchase yet still on the fence oh yeah I almost forgot the instant replays are doing some funky stuff too...I threw a TD with RG3..the Replay just showed him walking away after the play was done from different camera angles. I was expecting to see the throw and catch not that lol

Hell, they should just be the first big time sports game to feature in-game meme's. The reply would have been fine with LIKE A BOSS! stamped on the screen.

[Matthewkyleyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerryJones3

so uh... are we no longer able to do goal line dives? just played my first game as the niners and twice i had plays where i had to dive for the pylon to get the td and both times when i pressed the dive button nothing happened. it looked like madden 09 or some ****. i really hope this is fixed in the final game.

I'm sure this will be worked out, if it hasn't been already for the release. But I noticed it too. A little concerned.