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

[T1TRAPTOR]

WOW, i cant believe what just happened! I'm playing as the 49ers and I threw an out route to vernon davis, the guy tackled Davis... but Davis was laying on top of the defender, his knees never hit the ground, and he lifted himself up and ran a good 5 yards before he was tackled. I wish this demo had instant replay!

[CurryMan]

The player models look terrible. I watched the new features video and Larry Fitzgerald is literally a square shape wtf man.

[assclown25]

holy crap why cant they fix this? ive thrown 6 screen passes and only 1 of them for positive yards- as i have 3 O lineman blocking nobody and the defense hitting the RB the second he catches the ball!

[T1TRAPTOR]

It pisses me off how soo many open passes are dropped...

[ghettogeeksta]

Quote: Originally Posted by T1TRAPTOR

WOW, i cant believe what just happened! I'm playing as the 49ers and I threw an out route to vernon davis, the guy tackled Davis... but Davis was laying on top of the defender, his knees never hit the ground, and he lifted himself up and ran a good 5 yards before he was tackled. I wish this demo had instant replay!

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[Mos1ted]

Next month will mark 10 years since I first became a member of this site, and without fail, for the past 10 years, I have seen Madden games met with outgoing enthusiasm initially only for that enthusiasm to turn into bitterness and resentment shortly afterwards. To be honest, it saddens me how predictable the cycle is.

I credit OS for expanding my expectations on sports games. Before I joined this site, I was what you consider a casual gamer. I was an avid video gamer, but I didn't play for the same experiences that I do now. I loved sports, but when it came to sports video games, I didn't care for the nuanced experience. As long as the game had accurate rosters and didn't feature over-the-top gameplay, I was happy. However, interacting in these forums over the years has made me appreciate when games try their best to replicate their respective sport in true-to-life fashion. And it goes beyond producing accurate stats; player movement and contact has to be realistic as well. Unfortunately, even with the Infinity Engine, Madden still drops the ball in this aspect in my opinion.

One of the first things I look for when I'm controlling a player in a game is weight and momentum. When a game lacks this, it kills any immersion I could have experienced almost instantly. The zigzag running has been rampant in this series throughout this entire generation, and when a game fails to address this fundamental issue, every other improvement is nullified to me. The same goes OL/DL interaction.

The bottomline is, when I play this demo, I don't feel like I'm playing a AAA sports title. For this to be one of the premiere franchises in EA Sports' history, the lack of effort and polish put into this title is unbelievable. Again, this is just my opinion. For those who enjoy the game, more power to you. I, on the other hand, will be passing on another Madden title yet again. If the football bug bites me this season, I'll just pop in my copy of APF 2K8, which I feel gives a way more authentic on-the-field experience than a game which had five years to make the necessary improvements to compete.

Another part that is equally frustration figuring out who is to blame. Do I blame EA Tiburon for continuing to make what I feel are lackluster games, or do I blame EA Sports as the publisher? I look at the titles EA Tiburon made during the Xbox/PS2 era and compare them to this current era. I know it's beating a dead horse mentioning this, but why is that the games of yesteryear are more polished than the games of now? What has changed in those seven years? And to add to the "suspense," I won't even answer my own question...

[ghettogeeksta]

Quote: Originally Posted by T1TRAPTOR

It pisses me off how soo many open passes are dropped...

If you have it on All-Madden they dipped all the user skills to 25. I suggest going in and raising them back up to 50.

[T1TRAPTOR]

Quote: Originally Posted by ghettogeeksta

Check this out!

Exactly what happened to me, but I was on offense! haha. VERY cool.