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

[skinnybonez]

-according to the commentators Russell Wilson is a veteran(several yrs under his belt), if u start him

-when u convert a 2pt conversion...the opposing them celebrates

-the I-formation power run is od against the cpu...using Bradshaw, lynch, gore w/8 carries for 200yrds

-gm plays better on slow

-default camera(zoom out)/ slow replays are annoying

-can u hot route a specific defender w/o actually being him ala 2k?
ex:i want the my MLB to ply zone while I'm using the DE

[HC0023]

Someone earlier in the thread asked if there were injuries i saw one in my game vs the giants ( Barden got taken off on the cart )

[ZACHB2012]

Number of dropped passes is beyond ridiculous when played on all-madden. 1st game 26 attempts 13 of which were dropped, 2nd game 16 attempts 7 of which were dropped. Anyone else experiencing this?

[bigsmallwood]

My Immediate impressions:

The commentary flows smoothly and surprisingly reminds me of the Al Michael/Madden days of last gen commentary. With some of the unnecessary dead spots, it could use some work to get to a FIFA/2K B-Ball level though. Overall, good commentary though.

The presentation is still so so. No half-time show after an entire gen is inexcusable and the replays are still weird/half done....pretty underwhelmed by the presentation. Needs more stat overlays.... ;(

The sound of the crowd is a real winner in the demo! I love the way the crowd swells up and down. A+ to me!

The gameplay is unfortunately largely the same even with Infinity Engine. For every moment of potential WOW, there are 5-6 moments of headscratching clownish falling down. I personally don't feel the IE creates a big enough difference in the gameplay from last year. Players still cut on a dime and zig zag when running.

I do appreciate how the fumbles get kicked and bounce off of players. Very cool moments are produced within the game.

All the QBs feel the same...I don't feel a difference when throwing with Alex Smith vs. Eli Manning or RG3....RBs feel the same too. I expected to feel Gore and BRandon Jacobs power running styles differ from Helu...but once again disappointment.

Overall, not a bad demo, but Madden definitely doesn't warrant another purchase from me this generation. They are going to have a ton to prove going into next gen. Madden 14 won't be enough, we need competition pushing boundaries again. If you don't own Madden 12, then I would say purchase 13....if you can deal with the lack of editing/customization.

[GamingLegendOS]

This infinite engine is such a hit or miss. At times it looks amazing and others so bad it hurts

Eli got sacked by Justin Smith and as justin smith got up Eli's leg got stuck on the rear end of smith and as smith got up and walked he was carrying eli in a lying down position before eli fell off...I mean really?

[btvs]

Demo seems pretty cool to me. Looks great, plays smooth. All-Pro is way too easy though. Can't wait to get the game.

[bxgoods]

I definitely see the jaggies on ps3, it's only on zoom outs, when the play is action, jaggies are everywhere. On replays and zoom ins, I don't see jaggies, which I find weird.

[Pappy Knuckles]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZACHB2012

Number of dropped passes is beyond ridiculous when played on all-madden. 1st game 26 attempts 13 of which were dropped, 2nd game 16 attempts 7 of which were dropped. Anyone else experiencing this?

Yeah, All-Madden seems unplayable to me because of all the drops. Last game I threw 15 times and had 6 drops.