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

[mf756193]

This is easily the best digital football game I've ever played. It's unbelievable how much better this game is compared to NCAA Football 13, and also how many improvements the Madden team made to this game in just 1 year.

Gameplay is really fun, the game is absolutely beautiful, and the commentary is very well done. I'm loving the new Infinity engine. I'm pumped to play the retail version when it arrives later this month!

[raiders81tim]

Played about 5 or 6 games without accl clock so I have a pretty good feel of the game. I'm a gameplay guy so presentation isn't something I care to comment on. 90% of my Madden games are played while listening to music.

Pros:
The deep ball is back.
Running up the gut can be worthwhile.
Maximum passing is much better.
Play action works and works well.
Game speed is back to normal.
Kicking game is actually difficult.

Cons:
Dline/Oline play is really poor.
Infinity Engine is extremely glitchy and honestly an eye sore.
No more wrap tackles, I'm seeing far too many bumper car animations.
Dropped passes, too many that should easily be catches.
Zig Zag running and cutting on a dime still a major issue.
Run blocking in general is very poor, really shows on toss plays.


Overall I give the demo a C+, I think 14 will be the year that I finally come back. Too many fundamental issues in 13 still, and the IE in it's current state is broken.

[ajk49er]

its true, I read the comment, then the next play eli burned me up the left side for a 70 yarder to cruz. no way my cb could catch him.

[DukeC]

I FINALLY managed to stop the Giants offense (they missed a 48 yard FG)...

Only to throw a pick 6. So frustrating.

[PVarck31]

Interesting to see the huge difference of opinion when it comes to the Infinity engine.

[comen]

Quote: Originally Posted by DarkFudge

I actually prefer the grounded weighted feeling of players in Madden 10 over this demo. As others have said, the players dont feel like they are planting their feet when running. There is no sense of weight transfer as players pivot, jut and make cuts. They seem to be either hovering or gliding above the ground with running animations that dont even look and feel that natural. And I have to agree with the player models....they have always looked inferior but this year they seem to look even worse. As if QBs are overly jacked up and all players have this sorta gorilla armed hang to them that looks awful. Maybe its because I have been playing alot of ALL Pro 2K8 today too. But their models look so much more realistic and have more independently moving limbs and natural motions to them. This demo is really frustrating me because I really am looking for reasons to try and enjoy it but there's some sort of emptiness and lack of gridiron trenched immersion to it that lacks ooommmpph to it. Its very airy and light like a diet soda with no calories that also has a funny taste to it. The wonky physics engine is really just ruining the experience for me...it just wasnt ready for prime time yet

Well said! And there is no time to fix this!! But dont worry M35 has promise!!

[DukeC]

Right after Alex Smith throws a dart to beat the zone he throws a pick. He was soo off it I knew what was going to happen.

[Mr_Fusion]

To me, the game is a little too fast. I turned it to slow and it seems a bit better.

I did see one glaring gameplay problem. On two occasions in the same game, a pass was clearly incomplete - the receiver barely got his hands on it but then it popped loose but was called a fumble. It happened once to me and once to the computer. At first, I was excited because the CPU challenged and I thought that an incomplete pass could be called a fumble or vice-versa. Nope, upheld. Same thing when I challenged mine. It was clear that there was no catch, it was one of those you've seen in the last several years of Madden where you curse your receiver for not hanging on.