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

[HolyCrap]

First off the game is vastly improved from last year and is moving in the right direction.

Positives:
1. The graphics look great, the stadium and the player models all are the best Ive seen.

2. Presentation is perfect for me anyway, I wasn't much for half time reports, but I would like to see more stat overlays.

3. Nance and Simms are refreshing and their commentary is the best so far. There are some dead spots but I dont mind it.

4. The sound is finally right the crowd feels alive and get loud at the right times.

5. Infinity engine makes many tackles look more realistic, when running with the player you can feel the players weight and momentum more then before. The DBs and WRs playing the ball is much better picks make sense and no more super LBs

6. Passing game is finally right! One can actually complete a deep pass.

Negatives.

1. Infinity engine though it improves the game it needs to be tuned (maybe it has in final build), but once theres contact seems like the players have no weight anymore and kinda just flop around. Also there are too many big hits like DEs breaking off blocks and just leveling my RB when they have no momentum behind them. Seems like the tackling animations happen at a faster speed then the gameplay which makes them look strange.

2. OL/DL play still is a problem (as most know) dont need to beat a dead horse here, but I did see double teams but they would miss the LB that may be able to be tuned via sliders.

3. CPU AI is lacking on offense, often the qb will just throw the ball up into double coverage instead of trying to run for a few yards, take the dump off, or take a sack. This leads to stupid interceptions.

Overall I think its worth a purchase and has lasting value, last year I didnt like the demo much but the retail version I felt was much improved from the demo.

With slider tweaks this game could have lasting appeal and be the closest thing to a sim football game in a while.

[RubenDouglas]

Quick impressions on a few quirks, through about 7 full games

-CPU player got hurt on the sidelines. And for about 10 seconds, the camera just stayed there.. Then it seemed like the play clock sped itself up, and DELAY of GAME on the offense

-Regarding injuries- Where can I see the status of the injury in the game menu. Santana Moss got level (great animation). But all I could see next to his name in the game stat screen was that little snake medicine logo, nothing else

-Penalties- CPU threw an interception.. Seconds before that was a flag.. After I ran it back a few yards, I saw that it was offensive holding. I knew a decline in the penalty would be my ball. But the graphics on the screen did not indicate that at all.. It was way too vague with nothing to show who's ball it would be if it was accepted or declined

-I turned game flow on for the play calling to be almost automatic. At this point in time, I just wanted to get snaps in and play.. Anyways.. It's 17-17 in the 4th as I make a drive down field. With about 10 seconds left, I have one timeout... The automatic GAMEPLAN playcall was not showing a FG.. It was only a 40 yd attempt. But it seemed like the game didn't even know the circumstances surrounding the moment.. I had to call my own play... I believe if it's happening in this situation where the CPU is calling something for me, that it would be the same on the CPUs end calling its own play.. So if you're wondering why the CPU has terrible late game AI, I spotted it first hand with the game flow.

[reddogmaddogbul]

Quote: Originally Posted by wheelman990

Xbox 360- The camera is so far away. What is the deal?

I have been saying this for the longest

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[Major9]

Quote: Originally Posted by djordan

I don't even notice the physics. The animation system plays out to fast to even see any physics in action regarding tackles. So much for "You have to play it to actually feel it". I'm tired of hoping and wishing but we won't see any major changes to tackling,blocking, or running animations until PS4/XBOX 720. 7 years in with these consoles and I'm very underwhelmed on the product we have as of today. Let's hope Cam Webner and the other devs/coders build a solid foundation with PS4/XBOX 720 hardware. This generation started off horrible in terms of engines with David Ortiz at the helms. Oh well...I can only hope the Next Generation of consoles warrants a better product.

You have to play on a slower game speed so that the animations play out better and dont look so herky jerky.

[franch1se]

after 1 quick PS3 game.

The graphics have looked like they have taken a slight bump down.
I didn't like on commentary they kept saying "After 15 minutes of play" "45 minutes left in the game" etc. The game was only on 5 minute quarters and in retail I will probably use 8 minute quarters. I wished they would have synced those up, but maybe they will on retail.

The new engine didn't seem too noticeable but when it appeared it really was noticeable.

The crowd was better than previous versions (noise wise, not graphics).

I won 21-3 with the Redskins. It was 7-3 going into the 4th but had 2 pick sixes to close the game out on just pro, default sliders. Didn't change anything yet.

[ThisIsReality]

I'm glad punted balls bounce rather than look like a line-drive every time now.

Also, sliders are going to look really interesting in Madden 13. The slideritus will be strong in this forum.

[Joobieo]

If they up the graphics, tone down the engine, and fix the camera, it would jump the games overall feel leaps and bounds.

[Eman5805]

Alright, EA. My interest is somewhat piqued. I just threw a pass to Cruz. Dude tackled him but he twisted underneath and though he went down on his butt he was on top of the other guy's chest. I thought the play was over by they hit me again and got me on the ground.

Never thought I'd see something like that occur.