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

[1MANARMY]

Every year i really want to love madden and every year i buy it and every year i end up disappointed .

Yes i still buy it i play these demos and then hope and pray that maybe it was an "early build" . lol

Ive played the demo worn it out completely , played at least 30 games .

Its better than last year (not saying much) all around , but my biggest overall impression is the same thing ive been saying for years .

DEFENSE IS TERRIBLE .

Where do i begin ?

pass rush - non existent

dline gets no pressure

trying to stop the run is even worse than last year although i love the blocking compared to last 25 years lol

still unstoppable man routes

still bad pursuit angles

too many solo tackles

zone defense is a joke the defenders sit idle as receivers dart thru their zones and make catch after catch

hardly ever do you see a qb just not hit his target even though even the best qbs are off here and there

This game is just very acrcadey as usual and i dont know if we will ever get anything close to sim football anytime soon .

overall impression = DISAPPOINTED as usual

Hurry next gen it will be different this time , RIIIIIGHT ????

[Papa D]

Quote: Originally Posted by RGiles36

I got a similar feeling, but more about the AI learning and adjusting. I've been dying for that to find it's way in Madden for five years now. All of this. The presentation is just demoralizing at this point, with M12 being the lone bright spot this entire generation. Most people don't care to go into that level of detail as you did, but props for taking time out to do that. I'm just at a loss of words with the presentation this entire generation. Honestly, I operate under the assumption that gameplay will get better & better over the years. I believe that. But I wonder if there will ever be a full commitment to broadcast presentation. This half-hearted and stiched together version of a broadcast has been frustrating and exhausting. We barely have presentation options for pete's sake. Is Madden the only sports game where you can't toggle the amount of instant replays? I really don't mean to sound like the evil GC. I've been waiting a long time for the presentation to rival what I enjoyed years ago in that other game, and save for M12, it never comes close .

Agree.. And that's just one thing on the list, there are so many other things they are still behind on!

Heck, I have been waiting for them to even fix the WR/CB interaction animations for years now!! This is probably the hardest thing for EA staff to solve, why because they still haven't come close to previous football games in the past that have done it a decade ago!!!?? I mean for goodness sake how long is it going to take EA?? It's so bad that I willing to bet they don't even fix this for the Next Gen Madden! This is one of the main reasons why I question their Dev's talent.. It shouldn't take this long!!!

[ghettogeeksta]

Quote: Originally Posted by R9NALD9

I've got some bad news for you if you expect this to change soon. Look at Fifa...they sell the game as if the players have individuality...they don't nearly have as much as EA want us to believe. If you play PES...although and inferior game on an inferior engine...the player individuality is superb. Player individuality in FIFA has been a problem for decades. The PES games on PS2 had better player individuality than what FIFA has now with all their marketing hype and fancy names. EA will probably never go the realistic player individuality route...it's too sim and will frustrate the casual gamer probably too much. It's a pity...a NFL game has so much potential.

How in the heck would player individuality frustrate the casual gamers? NBA 2K took over NBA Live when NBA 2K was a more sim game. And NBA Live was the Madden of basketball nobody thought that franchise could end up like this. Madden is just so far behind getting the basics down that Tiburon didn't have time to add nice features like player individuality, custom cameras, historic teams, new controls, penalties and so forth; I mean Madden 25 should have been 4-5 years ago.

[BradyBunch88]

I've been playing Madden since '09 every year.

The best game I played was Madden 12 hands down. I loved the Franchise mode, they got that game pretty darn good if you ask me! It's been the only Madden game I played for the whole year, from release to the release of M13.

In terms of the Madden 25 demo, I actually like what I see.

First game I played, Packers vs Seahawks. I won 20-7 with the Packers. On Pro difficulty.

Things I noticed were the gameplay runs a lot smoother. Past Madden games it always felt a bit rough around the edges, lots of silly A.I. moves, lots of "cheat" plays etc. This game, I feel like I played and received - from the CPU - a fair game.

I love the run game now! The blockers actually block and the little juke moves, the quick little cuts the RB makes behind his O-Line to throw off DTs etc. I love it. Makes it so much more fun.

With the right sliders - someone better go wake up Jarodd! This game could actually be pretty fun!

[R9NALD9]

Quote: Originally Posted by ghettogeeksta

How in the heck would player individuality frustrate the casual gamers? NBA 2K took over NBA Live when NBA 2K was a more sim game. And NBA Live was the Madden of basketball nobody thought that franchise could end up like this. Madden is just so far behind getting the basics down that Tiburon didn't have time to add nice features like player individuality, custom cameras, historic teams, new controls, penalties and so forth; I mean Madden 25 should have been 4-5 years ago.

It just makes it easier to win if every player can do everything perfectly on the field.

I'm totally with you, I wish we could have decent player individuality..I just don't think it's priority at all at EA, and won't be soon. Whether they are far behind or not...almost 50% of the problems to core gameplay is player individuality or ratings based IMO. Line play, locomotion, robo QB's, QB's trucking LB's etc.

[Supersonic_BR]

At first i was underwhelmed, but after playing this demo for a while, i really, really like the direction the game is taking.

The running game is AWESOME, after being a complete bore fest during the ps360 days, they finally made the running game fun again.

This game is also really smooth, this benefits the passing game greatly. Really like some of the new animations.

Is it perfect? of course not, but i'm eager to put my hand on the full game.

Also eager to see what they can do with the next generation version.


EDIT: Oh, Kaepernick is unstoppable, how the hell can you stop him?


EDIT 2: also think the menus are a little confusing, specially on the defensive side of the ball. I'll get used to it, though, just a bit different from past iterations.

[Supersonic_BR]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

I played 2 games last night and in both the CPU was ahead with less than a minute left and came out in victory formation and kneeled. They also kneeled at the half in the first game, when they were inside their own 20 with about 30 seconds left.

Yep, was up 14 7 against green bay, green bay had the ball around the 25 yard line with 10 seconds to go and no time outs, they kneeled. (obviously in the first half)

[Supersonic_BR]

Quote: Originally Posted by ghettogeeksta

Cut scenes gotta gotta go! I don't want a fricken mini dance cam stopping the flow of the game. They need to have the players celebrate without stopping the game like other sports titles. If next gen Madden 25 have cut scenes especially the same old recycled ones from current gen, it's an auto fail and I won't buy it! My fricken thumbs are sore from pressing the A button to skip pass them.

That i agree with. It's funny, in Fifa, an EA game, after you score a goal there are no cutscenes on celebrations, you control your celebration on the fly.

I don't get why implementing something like this is so hard to do.