Madden NFL 25 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (360, PS3)

[The Next Big Thing]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Next Big Thing

Playing on the PS3 Madden demo and um I'm in the 4th quarter and half of the Packers offensive players are invisible.. I see their shadow but their model is gone.

[Brian_OS]

Played one game- Niners Ravens- 360

Very polished IMO.. I think they squeezed every thing they can out of this gen as evident by a few pops and glitches. Clipping seems to be improved as well as the commentary. Although I do not like Jim when he says Nineeeeers.....

The side line reporter is pure fluff adding no value (at least from what I have seen). In the first half I was smoking the Ravens and injured Flaco. The logical thing for a side line reporter to do is check on the injury at half time.. Nope... she instead asks Kap how is it going"? We are up 17- zip at that point and if you are going to add a sideline reporter make it count EA... We see through your shenanigans.. .

When you play the demo you can imagine where the Next gen version will add more detail and refinement.. Not sure why Kap has no Tats in this gen but maybe they are saving them for retail or next gen? Also, when the player drinks water (which they cut to a lot) they will probably add the little details like actual water going into their pie holes. I also read the players on the feild will interact with the players on the sideline so that will be swell..

One more thing and I hate to mention this because you will all see it now. Like last year when Jim is talking at the beginning of the game it looks like Boomer is going to say "Derp"...

This will definitely hold me over until November..

[ABR173rd]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Next Big Thing

Just showed up here to post the same- Playing as the Packers and half of the defenders are invisible on defense called a timeout and still the issue is still there.... Im on PS3....

[Gorilla Glass]

Hahaha this full of BS!

I sacked Rodgers at the one yard line, not only did he spoke the ball in the endzone, but threw the game winning TD!!! Man!!!

Where is the comeback kid slider at?

[CT Pitbull]

another impression from me is choosing Danielle Bellini may be the most curious decision made in a long time. I don't know who she is but I would imagine she came cheaper than say a Michelle Tafoya or Suzy Kolber or Andrea Kramer or Pam Oliver or Alex Flanagan. so if that's the case have her record a huge library of things to say. her lines are as generic as generic can get. Does she have any affiliation with the NFL what so ever besides NOW being the sideline reporter for madden 25. I would have rather seen some relevant issue fixed or added instead of a bogus sideline reporter that has NEVER done a sideline interview in her career. I may be wrong that she hasn't but it definitely wasn't on any sideline of a game I watched and ive watched my fair share of NCAA and NFL football.


come on NOVEMBER ..just exited the demo, cant take that camera for one more play

[gzenius]

only played one game so far.. i like running/run blocking animations.

i HATE the new audible system though. i was hoping it would be based on personnel you come out in, not the base personnel for the formation. if i come out in 5 wide, with a RB at WR, i should be able to audible between 4WR 1RB sets, not 5WR. if they did it that way, it would still eliminate getting WRs at TE/FB.

the o-line seemed more psychic than ever this year, but i was playing the cpu on all-madden.

[The Next Big Thing]

My Madden Impression:

Pros:

Offense-It seems they gave you viable offensive game this year without having A.I. defenders doing insane moves that would piss anyone off.

Defense-Defense was enjoyable to an extent. It would have been great if my defenders didnt get punished by the O-Line every down.

A fun experience: I came in with the mentality of hating it just because of previous Maddens and I have to say this one so far is better. I found myself actually enjoying playing the game which was weird.

Graphics-Obviously presentation is a big thing for EA and it looks good except for a few things.

Cons:

Offense: Sometimes your AI receivers do some very dumb things. I ran the same fade route 3 times in a row and my receiver blankly watched the ball fall in front of him everytime....what is that lol.

Defense: Absolutely zero running stop before giving up 5 or 6 yards. I couldnt seem to get any sacks because the CPU QB would somehow manage to sling it a millisecond before I got him.

Graphics: I've got a love hate relationship with the character models. Sometimes I think they look good but then sometimes I think they look cartoonish. I just think they could have been a bit more polished but I guess that's EA's way of getting you to pay for the next gen copy too.

Overall I would say I had an enjoyable experience and I'm definitely getting it when it drops.

8.5/10

[NickYoungGoat]

Horrible verzion making this take forever to download, At this rate I'll play by 10 PM lol