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

[DGuinta1]

Wow I like. Not expecting much and pleasantly surprised! Too fast the gameplay, but like the look and feel of the game. I will re-up my ticket to get the early release. I like. So far!

[youALREADYknow]

Sliders could actually make this an acceptable offline experience this year.

Also worth noting that they fixed LT/RT pass block engages which corrects the sack/pressure issue off the edge that plagued the last few Maddens. Hopefully the retail copy ships with this same pass blocking.

The biggest difference in this game to me is the lack of instant acceleration and need to use different speeds while moving. It's a bit too choppy at times, but also helps to get rid of the RT abuse where high speed players can just zip around like Sonic the Hedgehog at will.

[pacman5769]

hey did I miss something I couldnt scroll backwards and forwrds thru players ( using X & O ) could only use O...
so if I scrolled past the player I wanted to hot route I had to go all the way through the players again

[beaware]

Not feeling this game. A definite no buy for me.

[Darkwolf90]

Okay after my second game this time as the Packers against the Seahawks, I'm still enjoying the demo. Now to add to my first review, on the first impression post I commented about how the Sideline reporter should comment on injuries and tell us about them. Well as it turns out, for serious injuries at least. I had Randall Cobb go down with an Abdominal Tear, and she came up and said the team wasn't sure what it was, but that he was leaving the game and wouldn't be back. It also showed him walking down the Tunnel with the training staff. To me this is pretty good, but I'd still like to see when they leave the field or are helped off the field to determine the injury. But walking down the tunnel is a good addition, and I'm glad the sideline reporter who talk about it, makes more sense, being she is right there and can get more details.

I feel like there are too few Asst. Tackles being recorded though, with a total of 4 in two games. Over all defensive reaction is pretty good, and the AI is calling pretty good plays so far. I've seen only a few run plays in their 2-minute offense, and if it wasn't for Miller getting hurt on one of the Hawks last drives they might have scored before I got the ball back and could ice the game. Though I really think the Seahawks, with Wilson as QB should be calling more Read Options or he should be scrambling more. He only scrambled two or three times on me, and I stopped him each time. Overall I still see it as a good addition to the Madden franchise, and I can't wait for August 27.

[tril]

The demo is ok.

pros- is the defensive adjustments at the line of scrimmage. its deep. and adds an element of depth on the defensive side of the ball.
running game-improved but still doesn't feel right. seems like there is foot planting but the player movement still feels like they are skating.
passing game is nice. I like the advanced passing. its very responsive.

cons
-feels like last years game.
-game plays a bit fast.
-when teams blitz all the players seem like they have a power boost.
-based on a few games that I played, finding a nice balanced slider set will be difficult.
- no DPI penalties called even though I maxed those sliders.

its a wait and see on the purchase so far

[Gronkanador]

Demo is impressive. Only problem i see so far is only half the offense is glitched out and you can only see their shadows.

[DGuinta1]

Luv the replays.