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

[NYJin2011tm]

I was enjoying the demo until the disappearing players. I am cautiously intrigued by the owner mode coming back. I will use my season ticket to check it out before buying fully.

[Khanchus]

Quote: Originally Posted by ab2c4

Madden, nor any sports game is not about online and it shouldn't be. It's about the single player experience. You against the CPU team. Online gaming is nothing more than an add on to a game. Where a game shows it true value is it's single player experience. After all, that is what video gaming is totally and only about for gamers.

This is the biggest horse sh*t i seen posted. So crazy it made me make a user name to reply to this post. Because you dont play madden socially doesnt mean the other million or so users dont. Stop being simple minded. I have a online franchise i have been doing with a group of friends since madden 06 and if it wasnt for the online feature, it wouldnt be possible due to traveling and time constraints. What if your tired of slapping around the cpu picking the same old 3 plays on offense. Idk your comment was so oblivious to the rest of the world its crazy

[Khanchus]

Im not going to quote the essay you wrote sturzinator. I think you are some what correct especially us customers not speaking up about the season pass. But its ultimately up the producers and the people running the game. Its like call of duty, we are to late they have a strangle hold on the fan base. But for one I have notice steady inprovements to the series over the pass 2 yrs. i understand some of the obivious stuff that they need to fix but you cant expect everything. There has only been a hand full of games that succeeded at that

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sturzinator

Not satisfied! No way. I agree with your sentiments. There are those people who will accept most anything without complaint. This demographic makes up the preponderance of the population. They don't want to rock the boat and make any waves. Everything is just fine, all candy canes and lollipops. Be positive, they repeatedly chant...... If everyone were like these folks we would all still be playing "Ten Yard Fight" on the Atari system of 30 years ago. Then, there are those that want more....."it's not good enough, it can be better, we haven't done our best" types if people. These rare types are often seen as complainers, malcontents, trouble makers, or even ingrates by the larger group of lemmings I described in the previous paragraph. These people are constantly striving to improve their personal life, their family life, their professional life, etc, because they can always find even small things to improve upon and work tirelessly to do just that. Maybe some would call them nit pickers, BUT.... These people are ultimately the folks we can thank for progress, evolution, and innovation. Moving things forward when nobody else thought it could get any better. Making things more useful, more exciting, more reliable, more effective, and more enjoyable. These types of people have the imagination, drive, and desire to change the world in which we live for the better - not just blindly accept the status quo as good enough. They are the very reason you can enjoy your Madden on the PS4 instead of "Ten Yard Fight" on the Atari, so cut them some slack and try to understand their motives. You will never know exactly how much you can do until you try to take on more than you can.

Yeah...ok just stop it. Now. Stop generalizing people who actually can enjoy the game. I am a 2600 legacy video gamer.

M25 is progress. Come on man. That's why I can appreciate where sports games are today from where they were 20 years ago. Now has Madden hit a big speed bump this gen? Yes it has in comparison to other sports games. But IMO madden 12 and Madden 10 made next gen strides in terms of realism from
Last gen. I mean really come on now.

I pounded the table last year about the embarrassing mess that was M13. And based on the gameplay of this demo M25 blows away M13 big time.

But really let's not start generalizing about people's drive and personalities because we like a video game.

Really?

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by ab2c4

Madden, nor any sports game is not about online and it shouldn't be. It's about the single player experience. You against the CPU team. Online gaming is nothing more than an add on to a game. Where a game shows it true value is it's single player experience. After all, that is what video gaming is totally and only about for gamers.

I am a big time solo offline guy. I have been my entire video gaming life. But your failing to see Maddens roots. It is a 2 player game in its soul. I played countless hours of Madden 93 and 94 with my roommates. It was some of the best times I had playing console football.

Once you understand that...you learn how to approach it from an offline perspective. I play this game offline far more than online. But this year I am venturing online to enjoy franchise mode and strategy against other human players. When played with a true simulation approach....online Madden has huge potential to be awesome.

What's wrong with that?

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Well guys as good as the demo is, it was a teaser of a wip. Go watch the retail build video by QJB and you'll see a cleaner even better looking game than the demo. There's even some new animations not in the demo. Very impressed by that video of retail. August 27th cannot get here fast enough, nor can August 23rd. I'll be downloading it the second it's available.

Almost here JP......almost here.

[NDAlum]

Last warning:

Do not troll and bait people into an argument over the direction of Madden and/or whether or not people should or should not be satisfied with its current state.

People have different opinions, just respect it. Any post that is viewed as calling out members for their perceived like or dislike of Madden will be subject to punishment by ban.

This is an impressions thread. Post impressions

[icicle22]

To bring it back to an NCAA 14 comparison, I did notice Madden looks far better as far as visuals go. Their is very little aliasing and jaggies compared to NCAA. However....

I am finding the passing game in NCAA more rewarding. I play as the Buckeyes and when guys beat their receivers I can lead them and the will catch it on the run without slowing. I cannot, for the life of me lead my receivers in Madden 25 demo. The pass always hangs up there and it becomes a jump ball everytime, leading to excessive pickoffs and some deflections.

Many have posted that Madden 25 is a tweaked NCAA 14 passing package, but I am not feeling it.