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

[fatleg3]

Quote: Originally Posted by rb1033

Been reading the comments and are you guys nuts. This demo is horrible. It plays pretty much like god awful 11 and 12. No halftime show or postgame. Pregame is only real presentation, but with god awful sims and nantz. Tackling and physics is better but sometimes you fall by yourself for now reason other than being touched by a player. Player graphics are bad and graphical pop ins keep occurring and textures take too long to load. Grass and other details on the field and stadium are ok. Crowd looks partially 3d at least and not flat. 2 big issues for me: 1. players morph into the endzone barrier and go into the stands too often. 2. you can literally use the same lame money plays and drive down the field. Flanker drive, mesh, drags, over the middle plays. These plays are money 90% of the time. This game keeps disappointing year after year. See you guys going to play a real game nfl 2k5. RB

Thats the same thing I say when I see post like this that say the game is horrible. Its all a matter of different taste and opinion

[DukeC]

Quote: Originally Posted by tyberious4now

Has anybody notice when you change your sliders the game moves back to rookie level automatically.....or if you have it on all pro and mess with the sliders it doesn't stay on the all pro level... Check it out

It doesn't play on Rookie. I think they just forgot to implement a "Custom" name holder so it just defaults to Rookie.

[CMonster76]

Seems like the hardcore 2k5ers will hate on Madden no matter what they put out. There's obviously going to be a halftime show in the final product. I played 2k5 with sliders and updated rosters and got bored after about a week and a half. Anyone who thinks 2k5 is better than this game is just being delusional now.

Saw some pretty awesome things in the first game I played.

My first opening kickoff was a muff.. Everyone started diving for it, my kick returner recovered it and tripped over some others who dove for the ball. After stumbling over them for a moment, he recovered and began to build up speed, only before getting his clock cleaned.

Also, on a stretch run with Lynch, I was wrapped up and drug to the ground. However, Lynch never touched the ground because the defender's body was under him. He actually recovered to his feet after being dragged down and continued to run. I was pretty impressed.

[ajk49er]

Im really liking that it wont let me cheat my SS up as much anymore. still abusive in the run game, but the cpu is catching me every time when in a pass play and beating me over the top.

also really dig the cpu pass D this year, they go for that strip which is just great. just threw a fade in the end zone to vernon, who basically beat the CB and S help(deep fade) and kenny phillips comes at the last second and makes this sick strip animation I havent seen before, like a pull, and that was it. incomplete.

loving the pass game, I recommend that people just try all the routes, you really start seeing some of the things others are talking about. really really like how it seems like I finally have to run to set up the pass game and vice versa. its not psychic cpu, its just smarter cpu. of course there are then times where the cpu acts like a 2 year old hitting random buttons, but there are these shining moments like phillips in the back of the end zone

I still played the 2k games, no more. even though the presentation aspects of 2k are awesome, I just cant overlook the upgrades made here. I really believe this is a heck of a game this year. cant wait for CCM. so many ideas. just playing with diff qb's has such a different feel and I will enjoy going option QB here and there. Robert Griffin is a beast

as much as I cant wait for the game release to play w/ my chiefs, I sit here laughing constantly at these players falling over each other after the play.

[DIRRTY30]

Too many collisions resulting in the players bouncing off of each other for tackles instead of the defender wrapping up. Other than that I'm pretty happy with the demo. I've had some pretty sweet plays, like a TD pass to Santana Moss that he caught one handed that was behind him, spun around, and was laid out, flying into the endzone. Pretty sweet stuff.

[ajs41072]

The CPU handles time management very poorly. Aside from that I'm liking it, the new physics engine is a big improvement. I'm posting a video on youtube of my game, Seahawks @ Redskins.

[twthomas]

Quote: Originally Posted by twimstaxs

I dont like that. If you talk SIM than know about real football. When there is a full on BLITZ there can be 3 LBS at the line so why would I not have the option to do that anymore?

Because there is a play designed to do exactly that.

[fatleg3]

I also just seen something that blew me away. I was returning a punt with Brandon Banks and was tackled. Well like normal as I was going to the ground I relaxed and took a hand off the controller but there was no whistle. So im trying to figure out whats going on, and about 2 seconds later Banks rolls over and then there is a whistle. Thats when I notice that when Banks was tackled he rolled over on a defender and was not actually touching the ground.

Someone please tell me they have seen something like this so I know its not no kind of placebo effect.