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

[roadman]

Straw, you are aware that Total Control Passing is Left Stick, not right stick, correct. It says Right Stick in your review.

Just an FYI.

[SECElit3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Franchise408

Everything you just said can be flipped back around on you. That you're praising it just to praise it. We genuinely don't like it. Is any game perfect? No. But there is nothing even close to "sim" about this demo. Graphics and animations are cartoony as all get out. AI is completely incompetent. Physics don't apply to runners, which allows all players to change direction at will with no regards to physics and momentum. This game isn't sim, it's NFL Jam.

Funny... I don't agree with any of that and I consider myself a simulation oriented guy. Hell, I just bought NCAA, kept it for 8 hours and took it to trade for Madden 13.... Felt it played more like an arcade game than sim..

Madden's graphics are excellent! This review couldn't be farther from the truth.

[slick589]

Can a GC try to ffind out how old the build is? It would go a long way towards finding out where they are at with the new engine.

If the demo build is 2 months old then i have high hopes for the final product but if its 2 weeks old then they could be looking at disaster.

[StrawHat Patriot]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Straw, you are aware that Total Control Passing is Left Stick, not right stick, correct. It says Right Stick in your review. Just an FYI.

Yeah I know, sorry for the spelling mistake LOL.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by RGiles36

This may have been the most hostile I've ever seen you! I agree though; the physics and tackling are wonky in this demo. I don't suspect this will be the case in the retail, but stranger things have happened.

I hear you, when one of the loyal customers speaks up and is not happy about something, I would expect some customer satisfaction in return.

The tackling, ugh................, not all the time, but in replays, it looks like they spaghetti arms.

[RGiles36]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I hear you, when one of the loyal customers speaks up and is not happy about something, I would expect some customer satisfaction in return. The tackling, ugh................, not all the time, but in replays, it looks like they spaghetti arms.

Agreed. Thus why I said weeks ago that the physics need to be controlled in order for the game to even resemble something realistic. Some people prefer the loosey-goosey physics b/c it can lead to more wow plays. Not me -- give me a more controlled version of physics if that's what it's going to take for the game to continue looking realistic.

[Bgamer90]

There are definitely times when the tackling looks weird but the physics engine makes for such a big improvement in the way tackles feel when playing the game that I don't really mind it if sometimes looks a bit out of place.

I would rather have something that feels good in gameplay that might not look great than something that looks great that I couldn't feel (e.g.: gameplay that's too influenced by canned animations).

Since this is the first year that they added the physics engine, and since I feel that the gameplay is a BIG improvement because of it, I can definitely let the occasional weird flopping and twisting after plays slide (at least for this year).

[Smoke6]

Quote: Originally Posted by RGiles36

This may have been the most hostile I've ever seen you! I agree though; the physics and tackling are wonky in this demo. I don't suspect this will be the case in the retail, but stranger things have happened.

I had to make sure this wasn't a knock off poster with a similar name lol, he went hard on that post.

On topic, o enjoy this demo with hopes that the issues are just purely from a demo standpoint.