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Madden 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here

06:03 AM - July 31, 2008 by TJdaSportsGuy

The official Madden NFL 09 demo has been released. Please post your impressions here.

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# 141 SageInfinite @ 07/31/08 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kcxiv


	The one thing i do like about this game is the grass. Its top notch. The game looks really good before the hike. Once you hike it, i do not like their animations at all. They just dont look fluid to me. Game play seems to be a little bit better, but the game plays hell of fast you dont have time to react to anything. lol They throw real bullets. Well that is unless you lob it then you will have the defense all over the ball, so thats a no no unless your going 1 on 1 deep or on a fade. Another thing that irks me with Madden games is the damn pocket. There was no pocket. My guys get so bunched up it looks dumb. It didnt happen on every play, but alot. Another thing, why cant you play defense? i am a defensive guy. I want to see how the defense plays. I know offense appeals to the casual fan, but at least let me play some in a demo.

@ your sig

# 142 mr_president @ 07/31/08 03:39 PM

kcxiv your sig is nuts

# 143 asu666 @ 07/31/08 03:40 PM

My impression is NFL 2K5 will be my main football fix for at least another year. Madden is slowly improving, but the presentation is still lacking and the gameplay doesn't really flow like real football imo. 2K's engine does a better job of reproducing the natural flow of a play imo.

# 144 DGuinta1 @ 07/31/08 03:49 PM

kcxiv your sig is priceless! lmao

# 145 -DaVe- @ 07/31/08 03:52 PM

I just laugh at how John Madden talks about this game being this and that and how great the experience will be when you play this game...

But it's far from that ...I'm far from being blown away by this game right now... I admit the game is improved from last year but I'm not left with that feeling like WOW what an amazing game...
Hopefully next year I'll have that feeling...

# 146 -DaVe- @ 07/31/08 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by asu666


	My impression is NFL 2K5 will be my main football fix for at least another year. Madden is slowly improving, but the presentation is still lacking and the gameplay doesn't really flow like real football imo. 2K's engine does a better job of reproducing the natural flow of a play imo.

I agree with this 100%%
The gameplay still doesn't feel "right" ...
EA needs to do something about the QB dropback ..it just doesn't look right in this game...it's way too fast

# 147 gbx34 @ 07/31/08 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by -DaVe-


	I just laugh at how John Madden talks about this game being this and that and how great the experience will be when you play this game... But it's far from that ...I'm far from being blown away by this game right now... I admit the game is improved from last year but I'm not left with that feeling like WOW what an amazing game... Hopefully next year I'll have that feeling...

When there is only one football on the market he can say that.

# 148 videobastard @ 07/31/08 03:57 PM

The demo did not make me want to purchase the game. The graphics looked great but the gameplay did not wow me in anyway.

# 149 Maukey @ 07/31/08 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by lanemp8


	I'm sure they're referring to when if you have the receiver on the outside running a fly and the receiver int the slot on the same side running an out, how the db who's following the receiver running the fly magically knows that the balls been thrown to the guy in the slot and makes his way back while the ball is still in the air.

Exactly. He's not referring to one on one coverage, he's saying he hates the way a CB 15 yards down field running stride for stride with a reciever on a fly route can magically turn around and persue the ball the moment u throw it in the flat to a HB on that exact same side. Been a problem with Madden for years. But, in defense of EA, it only plagues the upper difficulties to make it challenging, and I think it's tied to the defense awareness. So adjusting that slider may help. EA's gonna have to take a look at 2K football and see what they did to remedy this.

# 150 loganone @ 07/31/08 04:12 PM

Drops are driving me crazy. I don't know if the game is trying to screw me since I got 100% on the passing IQ thing, but I get probably 3 drops per drive. Also fatigue seems way overdone. The entire bench comes into the game after 5 or 6 plays. Jacobs goes from green to red in 3 carries. Toomer and Burress take themselves out of the game no matter what plays or routes they run.

# 151 JMD @ 07/31/08 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Maukey


	Exactly. He's not referring to one on one coverage, he's saying he hates the way a CB 15 yards down field running stride for stride with a reciever on a fly route can magically turn around and persue the ball the moment u throw it in the flat to a HB on that exact same side. Been a problem with Madden for years. But, in defense of EA, it only plagues the upper difficulties to make it challenging, and I think it's tied to the defense awareness. So adjusting that slider may help. EA's gonna have to take a look at 2K football and see what they did to remedy this.

Or better still, since Visual Concepts football team doesn't seem to be doing anything, why not hire then to help out with Madden 2010? Couldn't hurt.

# 152 g2thecore @ 07/31/08 04:44 PM

There's really little that can be said about the demo being that it's so short. Other than the fact that I feel that the difficulty has been raised a few notches, it was very tough for me to get the Giants in the end zone. I don't know if it was the receivers dropping every freaking pass or the Patriots D intercepting every thrown ball. Either way, I found it very tough to pass the ball against them. I didn't get to run the ball that much since I was focused on getting the touchdown before time ran out. I must say that I really enjoyed the IQ Test portion of the demo, though I had some trouble with the rush defense part. Overall, it's an ok demo. Can't wait to try out the final product.

# 153 Dynamite @ 07/31/08 04:46 PM

This demo is pretty lackluster in my opinion, too many drops, wide open to the house type drops too, not "the safety is breathing down my neck" drops or "I'm about to fall down dead-tired" drops just outright drops for no reason at all. Consecutive on three plays in the demo, Burress, Toomer and Manningham dropped three passes to put me in another 4th down situation.

And I've found a bug already...if your O-Line gets a false start, the player that did it (it's been the RG now all three times) will walk away from the line of scrimmage (with no penalty being called) and just keep walking towards the opposite end zone.

# 154 FlyingFinn @ 07/31/08 04:48 PM

I hate the lighting on the players in this game. There is white haze on dark jerseys and a white outline around the players when in the gameplay camera that makes the players look they were cut and pasted onto the field.

Really distracting to me. NHL 2k6 for the 360 had the same problem and it drove me nuts. The close-ups post play aren't nearly as bad and the close-ups of the helmets are a thing BEAUTY!

# 155 BCJMU99 @ 07/31/08 04:49 PM

What teams can you be? only Giants vs. Patriots?

# 156 IStillDoWhatIDo @ 07/31/08 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SA1NT401


	Demo took my excitement from 100 to 40! just made me realize this is just another .5 version of madden. Still the same game, same graphics (slightly better) same lame /cheeze AI etc..... Improvement...time will tell, but for me.....Just the same crap as 08,07,06....Friggin EA

dag, a .5 was my biggest fear. let me hurry up and go home so I can play for myself

# 157 rickyb316 @ 07/31/08 05:02 PM

honestly..i wasnt impressed at all with the demo..understanding that it is very limited with what you can do..i didnt enjoy it that much..does anybody know if the final build was much ahead of THIS build of the demo? It doesnt seem fully developed and I got frustrated with it pretty early..

# 158 countryboy @ 07/31/08 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	You know, I am going to step up and take the fault of this because my original post was worded poorly. I guess thats what I get for trying to talk on the forums while working. My sole point was I don't know why we are surprised that the DB's reacting to the ball without turning their heads first because we were told about it ahead of time. I am in no way shape or form saying its ok or acceptable, just that its there and we were told about it. Hopefully that will end this discussion and clear up any confusion my intial post caused. My fault guys. -CB

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Originally Posted by lanemp8


	y should we have to settle for this flawed mechanic though. I'd understand if it was a new issue, but this pops up every year. Y don't they just fix it. It's the same crap we complain about every year and every year it's not fixed. But we're the fools for continuing to buy the game I guess.

I give up

# 159 Redskins Pride @ 07/31/08 05:24 PM

i think it's tight. if it was like NCAA i would've been pretty distrustful. i liked what i saw.

i was sacked, had pockets, had nice runs, bad runs. NE d challenged me pretty good, atmosphere felt superbowlish ...

if the sliders work, i'm sold.

# 160 Spongedaddy @ 07/31/08 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by IStillDoWhatIDo


	dag, a .5 was my biggest fear. let me hurry up and go home so I can play for myself

I couldn't disagree more. I felt like it has a lot of promise. Unfortunately, as has been pointed out, the demo is so short that it's really hard to tell. I had a lot of fun with the demo and after playing it a few times didn't see anything that stood out as doom and gloom negative.

A lot of people want to hate this game. How some are making such incredible leaps of judgment on a short demo are indicative of mistrust/negaitve attitudes towards EA. See the one post above where the person thinks the reason the demo doesn't let you play defense is because EA doesn't want you to know the defense is broken.

Mistrust.

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