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

[Masakra]

So ya, just finished playing two "full" games with the two different sets of teams the demo offers on All-Pro and here's my take:

Pros:
- The much-hyped tackling engine is solid and enjoyable to watch
- Graphics are slightly better; animations are decent step up as well

Cons:
- Psychic CBs/Ss are definitely back and in full force; for some reason, EA Sports thinks that only b/c they slightly fixed the LBs' crazy interception problems of last year, that will make the passing system more legit...its not.
- Meanwhile, the CPU passing is still frustratingly broken by a large margin; if I were to throw a 30-yd out to a WR in double-coverage, there would be no chance of a catch; however, somehow Alex Smith (an average QB by any stretch) is able to complete a perfect spiral under pressure to Moss who is double-covered and in traffic for a 21-yd completion to pick up a 1st-down. Really Madden? You honestly think this can EVER happen in reality? Great "simulation"...
- The game returns its ridiculous feature that prevents one from getting too big of a lead if the teams are evenly matched overall; like in the example above, I was playing as the 89 overall Giants against the 90 overall 49ers and was leading by 10; faced with a 3rd down and 5 minutes left in the game, Smith throws that impossible pass to Moss, followed by a 41 yd completion to Crabtree who somehow manages to get by his CB, a LB and the S to get wide open for the completion. All of a sudden I'm up 3 and decide to run the ball to push the time down...and who would have guessed it...a fumble. The 49ers convert it to 3 points and then I need to pull all the stops on my next possession to hammer 3 points with the time expiring. Again: really Madden? I've been playing pretty all game and in the span of 2 minutes, everything goes horribly wrong just b/c you didn't like how big of a lead I had against a team who's supposedly "better" by one overall point? Ridiculous...
- Commentating was awful and inaccurate as always
- CPU's defense is somehow magically able to predict which side I'm going to run to and reorganize their blitz patterns when I pick a run play 99% of the time.

Overall: another failed attempt by EA Sports. I honestly can't wait for 2K to be able to start making football games again not b/c I think their better or anything...but b/c the competition it will give EA motivation to actually start making better IN-GAME improvements, rather than just the yearly lazy graphics/roster/1-2 new feature(s) update that's occurring now.

In conclusion: I've fallen for cranking out my hard-earned $60 for their lazy games the last two years, but this is just ridiculous. EA Sports will not be getting it this year and from here onward until significant IN-GAME improvements are made and the word "simulation" can be used justifiably again.

[Badboy49er]

Personally enjoying the demo quite a bit. there are a lot of little things that ive seen bugs wise, but overall i really like the direction. The physics engine is my fav part. Yes you see weird stuff happen and its not perfect but at least you see some cool stuff during pile ups, and when running the ball. They still need to fix the OL/DL interactions and i suppose that wont be the case this generation, but the new pass trajectories are very welcome.

Looking forward to this Madden more so than any in many years.

[NoleFan]

Typically, I play coach mode exclusively but I had a good bit of fun playing as QB/K/P only yesterday evening. I just let GameFlow call the plays and I tried to run what the coaches called.

I think it's definitely time to go ahead and trade in Madden's younger brother and put that toward my previously pre-ordered copy of 13.

[Smoke6]

Quote: Originally Posted by Masakra

So ya, just finished playing two "full" games with the two different sets of teams the demo offers on All-Pro and here's my take: Pros: - The much-hyped tackling engine is solid and enjoyable to watch - Graphics are slightly better; animations are decent step up as well Cons: - Psychic CBs/Ss are definitely back and in full force; for some reason, EA Sports thinks that only b/c they slightly fixed the LBs' crazy interception problems of last year, that will make the passing system more legit...its not. - Meanwhile, the CPU passing is still frustratingly broken by a large margin; if I were to throw a 30-yd out to a WR in double-coverage, there would be no chance of a catch; however, somehow Alex Smith (an average QB by any stretch) is able to complete a perfect spiral under pressure to Moss who is double-covered and in traffic for a 21-yd completion to pick up a 1st-down. Really Madden? You honestly think this can EVER happen in reality? Great "simulation"... - The game returns its ridiculous feature that prevents one from getting too big of a lead if the teams are evenly matched overall; like in the example above, I was playing as the 89 overall Giants against the 90 overall 49ers and was leading by 10; faced with a 3rd down and 5 minutes left in the game, Smith throws that impossible pass to Moss, followed by a 41 yd completion to Crabtree who somehow manages to get by his CB, a LB and the S to get wide open for the completion. All of a sudden I'm up 3 and decide to run the ball to push the time down...and who would have guessed it...a fumble. The 49ers convert it to 3 points and then I need to pull all the stops on my next possession to hammer 3 points with the time expiring. Again: really Madden? I've been playing pretty all game and in the span of 2 minutes, everything goes horribly wrong just b/c you didn't like how big of a lead I had against a team who's supposedly "better" by one overall point? Ridiculous... - Commentating was awful and inaccurate as always - CPU's defense is somehow magically able to predict which side I'm going to run to and reorganize their blitz patterns when I pick a run play 99% of the time. Overall: another failed attempt by EA Sports. I honestly can't wait for 2K to be able to start making football games again not b/c I think their better or anything...but b/c the competition it will give EA motivation to actually start making better IN-GAME improvements, rather than just the yearly lazy graphics/roster/1-2 new feature(s) update that's occurring now. In conclusion: I've fallen for cranking out my hard-earned $60 for their lazy games the last two years, but this is just ridiculous. EA Sports will not be getting it this year and from here onward until significant IN-GAME improvements are made and the word "simulation" can be used justifiably again.

Man, I can't help but refute this impression, its obvious you are playing something else.

Can you show if tell me when and where the psychic DBs were present?

Moss is just moss and he has done that a lot in his career, I can see if its an "every single time" type of thing like cheese but its not.

It's starting to become evident that no one is even trying, I was the hardest on madden with criticisms, but man I don't go looking for the negatives, I wait for thngs to happen over and over a number of times. It's a demo, and with that being said....

[Flightwhite24]

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[DetroitStyle]

I enjoyed the demo and the new physics engine. The commentary is manageable but it is refreshing then what we've had. I like where the team is going with madden and hopefully CCM is new vision for madden and it isn't just stripped down in future years.

The only thing i really don't like in the demo is the art design for presentation banners. The blue look for menus and stat overlays looks cheap. I would've liked a black carbon palette for the scoreboard and the overlays. The blue just looks cartoonist and not really futuristic.

[Flightwhite24]

First game Cowboys bs Eagles. There is not an impressions thread for the retail so I figured I would post here

Menus on Xbox 360 are sluggish/slow it seems. Graphically it's awesome a thing of beauty

No doubt the stumbling over players has been toned down. Game definitely feels different from the demo and the controls are really tight

Vicks face is on point

Ok back to my game. Just wanted to hit in a few things


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[Flightwhite24]

Not sure if this was programmed into the game or not but I just threw a pass where the defender had a pick and the WR literally took the ball.

I can confirm that it was a pick and the WR took it from the defender. Hell my 10 yr old son was like WOW


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