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

[youALREADYknow]

Quote: Originally Posted by NINJAK2

Are there any moves you can do youALREADYknow like club,swim,spin,etc? If so, could you tell me which buttons or sticks do what? I played alot of coach mode last year.. Saint Pelican Brief-- I know about the line shifts and use those often but thank you for your insight

I'm a former Coach Moder myself... have given up since EA stole that mode from us.

Use the right stick (up, down, left, right) to execute the moves depending on what kind of player you're using. I'm finding that the Bull Rush with right stick down works well to collapse the pocket with the larger 3-4 DE's (Ray McDonald) and the Swim Move is working well with the 3-4 OLB's (Aldon Smith)

[RandyBass]

Here's how my experience with the demo played out:

I downloaded the demo.

I played a game.

I thought to myself, hmmm, GTAV comes out in just over a month. Sweet.

[Saint Pelican Brief]

Quote: Originally Posted by NINJAK2

Are there any moves you can do youALREADYknow like club,swim,spin,etc? If so, could you tell me which buttons or sticks do what? I played alot of coach mode last year.. Saint Pelican Brief-- I know about the line shifts and use those often but thank you for your insight

Sorry forgot to elaborate. When you use the pre snap d line shift, it seems to be easier to control the dlineman to do whatever it is you control him to do. I called a dline rush edge and was able to to do a swim move on the seahawks RT. i think the presnap call is basically the dline modifier if you will.

[DeuceDouglas]

Game 2 (CPU) GB 24, (User) SEA 21

Default All-Madden

Green Bay
A. Rodgers - 14-16, 224 yds, 3 TD
E. Lacy - 9 car., 35 yds

Seattle
R. Wilson - 8-13, 126 yds, 2 TD, 2 Int, 3 car., 18 yds
M. Lynch - 8 car., 37 yds,

Impressions

Spoiler

• Still loving the intros. Really wish they would go to the sideline report immediately following the coin toss while showing the special teams come on the field.
• The CPU passing game is really effective and it's mainly because of two reasons. One, hardly any pass rush what so ever. The other is the ability for the receivers to create such great separation out of their breaks. I haven't messed with any sliders yet but just on default All-Madden, I'm continuing to notice CPU receivers get about 10 yards of separtion making most passes nearly automatic.
• Broken tackles seem to come in bunches. Threw a curl to Sidney Rice on a 3rd and 12 and he broke three tacklers before being brought down. They seem like they're a little too common but it's an easy fix and I continue to like what I'm seeing when I do get tackled. Not nearly as many explosions as regular tackles.
• Saw a really nice overlay of a QB comparison between Wilson and Rodgers during the game. Looked really nice.
• Knocking receptions out of receivers feels really nice and natural.
• Passing feels good. The two touchdowns I threw with Wilson were placed exactly where I wanted them and were beautiful. There was a lot of times last year where I would have a route open and be wanting to throw the ball to a certain spot only to get something completely different. Haven't had that happen yet.
• Two games in a row Jim and Phil have written the game off after a go ahead field goal before I even get a chance to drive. The first game there was only 27 seconds left so I was okay with it but right after they said it I got a decent return and ended up missing a game tying FG. In this game there was still almost two minutes left and I had 3 timeouts so it was no where near over. Just a little thing.

[Duece]

I might be the wrong person to give an impression, because I've played 10 seasons worth of Madden 11's Superstar mode so all of this seems "new" to me but I did like the feel and speed of the game and I do want to get a football game this year either NCAA or Madden.

[NDAlum]

Quote: Originally Posted by Saint Pelican Brief

Actually they just made the defensive user think. You can make all sorts of pre snap adjustments. I just hope in the retail they give a chance to at least make one before the snap against CPU.

This was more aimed at me destroying the CPU with ease.

[jmurphy31]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

Game 2 (CPU) GB 24, (User) SEA 21 The CPU passing game is really effective and it's mainly because of two reasons. One, hardly any pass rush what so ever. The other is the ability for the receivers to create such great separation out of their breaks. I haven't messed with any sliders yet but just on default All-Madden, I'm continuing to notice CPU receivers get about 10 yards of separtion making most passes nearly automatic. [/spoiler]

Harping on my point again, about why Ea would remove various sliders such as pass rush

[Trilluminary]

did i download the m13 demo by mistake?