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

[crpav]

Played a game of the demo last night on the 360. I was the Niners and won 21 to 7. My impressions are this:

Positives:
-Graphics are good, best I can recall this gen
-Game play was pretty smooth and i enjoyed it
-The pace of the game felt good

negatives:
-Too many injuries
-Commentary is still not as exciting as I would like. I know it's not a big deal but better commentary would pull you into the experience more and add to the game.
-I got an interception in the end zone and the computer automatically knelt down for me for the touchback. Only my teammates were near me and I wanted to return it. That should be my decision not handled by the computer.
-Replays are still not up to par as I would like to see. If I have a huge play, I want to see the whole play from snap to finish not just the middle of the play. never understood why they don't include the whole play.

Overall I say it is a fun demo and so far I am impressed enough to say it's worth it for the yearly madden and football fan. Not perfect but could be way worse.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by EASPORTS_AJ

I had to wait for final confirmation, but a fix for the vanishing players is included in Title Update #1, which will be available for download when the retail game launches on 8/27. In other words... no vanishing players in the retail version. Apologies to those experiencing it in the demo.

What about for those of us with Season Ticket?

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by R9NALD9

No if you read through this whole thread there are a bunch of people that said it's a very early build...some even mentioned that it's even earlier that the e3 build.

The only thing I've heard is that the demo is at least 6 weeks old and it felt older to the guys at community day than what they played a few weeks ago in the studio. Moody even made a video about it and saying the demo concerned him compared to what he played in the studio 2 and a half weeks ago.

[friscob]

Quote: Originally Posted by R9NALD9

No if you read through this whole thread there are a bunch of people that said it's a very early build...some even mentioned that it's even earlier that the e3 build.

Sounds like smoke being blown to keep people optimistic (not that I have a problem w/ the demo for the most part)

[R9NALD9]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

The only thing I've heard is that the demo is at least 6 weeks old and it felt older to the guys at community day than what they played a few weeks ago in the studio. Moody even made a video about it and saying the demo concerned him compared to what he played in the studio 2 and a half weeks ago.

I understand that and maybe it is so.

But then the question must be asked how this issue with players vanishing could've been missed for 6 weeks? Or is EA only testing on xbox360?

Maybe I just don't understand how the procedures work, but it's just very strange to me that if this demo build is 6 odd weeks old, how this issue could've been missed.

[EASPORTS_AJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

AJ, anyway the DE's can get a better push off the ends, even the tackles. There are several seconds in the pocket without pressure from the 4 DL. Tuning, etc....... Please take this to the developers. Also, as long as you are here, the holding penalty seems to have disappeared, along with the normal non-DPI and OPI calls. Any way those penalties can be tuned. Same thing with NCAA. By the way, NCAA has a better pass rush from the outside. Thanks for looking into it.

We read the threads here, and definitely appreciate the feedback.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by R9NALD9

I understand that and maybe it is so. But then the question must be asked how this issue with players vanishing could've been missed for 6 weeks? Or is EA only testing on xbox360? Maybe I just don't understand how the procedures work, but it's just very strange to me that if this demo build is 6 odd weeks old, how this issue could've been missed.

Fwiw, all of the community videos were played on dev kits on xbox 360.

[Sturzinator]

Quote: Originally Posted by R9NALD9

I understand that and maybe it is so. But then the question must be asked how this issue with players vanishing could've been missed for 6 weeks? Or is EA only testing on xbox360? Maybe I just don't understand how the procedures work, but it's just very strange to me that if this demo build is 6 odd weeks old, how this issue could've been missed.

EA has no procedure. You see it with the disappearing players, as you have seen it with numerous obvious bugs and glitches that EA has not bothered to rectify in the past. They plug a bunch of code into the computer, cross their fingers and hope for the best. They seemingly have no quality control department.

Meanwhile, you pay for and get sent out a broken, buggy, incomplete game to test out for them and hope for patches to fix it all. Then a patch will arrive that MAYBE fixes the issue at hand, while simultaneously breaking several other features that used to work fine pre-patch. Then they send out another patch to fix that patch and the cycle repeats until the game becomes a drink coaster next to your couch by Christmas time.

I have seen this movie before...