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

[sva91]

Game is pretty fun. I played the NCAA demo for about one offensive series, and then got bored and never touched it again. This game is fun...presentation is really good. Commentary is much improved, the cutscenes look phenomenal...photo-realistic at some angles. Game is fun, but the RTP was a bit misleading...if i had not known, I would prob think the game had the exact same engine. But it does feel smoother, and overall just much more polished.

[Franchise408]

This game is still scripted as all get out.

I had Vernon Davis wide open. Not a defender around him for 10 yards in any direction. Perfectly placed pass in stride. Dropped...

Same drive, hit Delanie Walker over the middle for a first down. Defender hits him. Instead of going down, Walker runs backwards for 5 yards, then gets tackled short of the first down. 4th down. Even though he should have been tackled for a 1st down.

So many facepalm, cringe worthy moments just playing a 20 minute demo. I can't imagine how frustrating this game is gonna get once I start playing 16 game franchise modes on 15 minute quarters.

EA Tiburon continues their legacy of fail.

[Franchise408]

Quote: Originally Posted by slick589

Agreed this engine was so hyped but we dk how its gonna turn out yet. Ill reserve judgement for the final product but needless to say my hopes are not too high.

Yes, we know how it is gonna turn out. We are playing it.

[poopoop]

Computers playcalling is terrible. From the playcalls it suggests if you use Gameflow, to the plays the Computer picks. Down 3-0 late in the game (under 2 mins remaining) why'd the Seahawks immediately run on their first play, then a series later run on 2nd and 15? Computer just has no awareness of game situations. Improving this alone would make the CPU a lot more difficult to defeat.

PS3 version looks bad compared to XBOX but this is pretty much standard.

IE leads to some beautiful moments but also some strange ones. There was one sack where I tried to turn and scramble with Tanard Jackson and it lead to some really weird collision. I've seen nice things though like a Safety identically taking out a corner, some nice gang tackles, fumble recoveries and pass breakups. My favorite tackle was one where I blindsided Ahmad Bradshaw and knocked over his lineman as well.

Even though IE has it's issues still good to see that they took a chance and added it, a welcome addition. I'll take the hiccups with the improvements.

With the poor CPU playcalling/AI and inability to edit things offline looks like OF playing against only human opponents would be the way to go.

[ghettogeeksta]

Quote: Originally Posted by slick589

Agreed this engine was so hyped but we dk how its gonna turn out yet. Ill reserve judgement for the final product but needless to say my hopes are not too high.

A lot of people on this board knew IE was not going to be perfect this year. EA knew it was not going to be perfect this year also. The lead guy over this project bascially just made the decision to put it in Madden 13 even though it was not ready yet. I am glad they did put it in with all its flaws, because if they did not, I would not be buying this game again this year. I could not take another year of canned animations.

[MaddenSaints]

Is anyone else having a problem hearing the referee speaking when a penalty is called? I can hardly hear him at all.

[ConnSKINS26]

Quote: Originally Posted by ghettogeeksta

A lot of people on this board knew the Innity Engine was not going to be perfect this year. EA knew it was not going to be perfect this year also. The lead guy over this project bascially just made the decion to put it in Madden 13 even though it was not ready yet. I am glad they did put it in with all its flaws, because if they did not, would not be buying this game again this year. I could not take another year of canned animations.

Agreed. Say what you will about the improvements that can be made in the future, but it isn't stale any more.

[ConnSKINS26]

Quote: Originally Posted by MaddenSaints

Is anyone else having a problem hearing the referee speaking when a penalty is called? I can hardly hear him at all.

It's those damn replacement refs.