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Madden NFL 11 Demo Roundtable

01:08 PM - July 23, 2010 by RaychelSnr

Both Chris and Christian got to play the Madden demo just a little bit early and sat down to talk through the demo and what they thought. Discussions centered around likes, dislikes, thoughts on the new commentary team and where we see Madden going this season. Check out their thoughts after the jump.

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# 1 RayAllen20 @ 07/23/10 01:20 PM

Man, not looking to good. Guess I'll have to get my hands on it though before I make my decision on whether to buy it or not.

# 2 ps3veron @ 07/23/10 01:25 PM

So glad you guys posted this! I was getting tempted again to buy this but knowing that its still the same stale Madden, I'm skipping!

Roll on FIFA and NBA 2K10!

# 3 PantherBeast_OS @ 07/23/10 01:32 PM

Hmm something tells me D is not going to be all that good again this year. I'm just having a hard time figuring out why they have been avoiding working the D side of the ball for over 3 years now.

But this is a demo and it sounds if the demo is solid right now. We don't know what the final version will look like and feel like. But thanks for the impressions guys. I still can't wait to try the demo myself next week.

# 4 RayAllen20 @ 07/23/10 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Flamehead


	I appreciate their honesty. Sounds like they have conflicting opinions on Gameflow, but it appears based on Christian's impression: "if you are a veteran of the series, I have a feeling you are going to hate the amount of control that the feature takes out of your hands -- even if you decide to implement a gameplan. " ...that it supports the idea of catering to the noob crowd. I'll be turning it off myself, if only because I want to act as my own coordinator regardless of whether the playbook contains 500 or 5 plays.

While putting it at convential for yourself isn't a bad idea at all....it still is great addittion to gameplan for other teams so teams won't blitz tons every single play like Madden 10. I am hoping here on OS, we will make a thread and we will create each team's gameplan to represent that team the best, kind of like we did in NBA 2K10 with playbooks.

# 5 bxgoods @ 07/23/10 01:54 PM

I thought the pass rush would be fixed by now....

# 6 rondachamp24 @ 07/23/10 01:56 PM

Seems like the demo isn't all that great, but really that's fine with me. The demo for NCAA wasn't that phenomenal either. As long as the actual game is good, I'll be happy. Honestly, there's not a lot they could do to make me hate the game anyways. I do have a feeling I won't care for gameflow, but like they mentioned, it's an option you can turn off which is nice. I'm definitely ready to get my hands on the new rosters and start building my franchise into a powerhouse like they're working towards in real life.

# 7 buzzguy @ 07/23/10 01:58 PM

A bit of a disappointment from this write-up. At least I have FIFA and NHL to look forward to this year.
All the dealings going on in the NBA right now have turned me off to basketball a fair bit, so I might pass on that sport genre this year, too.

# 8 davep @ 07/23/10 02:10 PM

Meh...about what I expected unfortunately. So their big features this year are A) Gameflow (which I won't use) and B) New commentary booth...which, from what I've heard, seems average at best. Kind of makes me wonder what everyone else has been doing...working on '12?

I think Ian's creativity was stifled on '11 which is pretty sad. NHL innovates year after year, it's a shame Madden can't. I'll save my $66 this year, thanks.

# 9 Blazzen @ 07/23/10 02:25 PM

This demo writeup is discouraging, but again, it's a demo and not the finished product.

As always, either rent the game and decide for yourself or take the $60 leap of faith.

I'll be leaping...

# 10 Dramaking @ 07/23/10 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by davep


	Meh...about what I expected unfortunately. So their big features this year are A) Gameflow (which I won't use) and B) New commentary booth...which, from what I've heard, seems average at best. Kind of makes me wonder what everyone else has been doing...working on '12? I think Ian's creativity was stifled on '11 which is pretty sad. NHL innovates year after year, it's a shame Madden can't. I'll save my $66 this year, thanks.

yeah even if they was working on madden 12, 11 is hitting shelves nothing innovative.

# 11 AndyP @ 07/23/10 02:26 PM

Those are some pretty sharp criticisms of the game.

# 12 texbuk84 @ 07/23/10 02:27 PM

thanks guys, madden will definitely be a rental for me!!!

# 13 fitz2k2 @ 07/23/10 02:30 PM

So far the game is to quiet. I wish crowd would be more into the game.

# 14 DirtyJerz32 @ 07/23/10 02:35 PM

It the demo. I'm not to worried at this point. I hated the demo for NCAA and that turned out pretty well.

# 15 PantherBeast_OS @ 07/23/10 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bxgoods


	I thought the pass rush would be fixed by now....

Well I feel they need to turn the Aggressiveness of the D alot more for the human control D and adjust the AI alittle more to where the AI QB ain't throwing the ball away everytime you near him to get a sack.

# 16 Vechi8 @ 07/23/10 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayhawker


	Did we seriously need a discussion about what the "haters" and "fans" would think? The tone of the discussion made me not really care what these guys thought of the game.

I agree totally- great point

# 17 jpdavis82 @ 07/23/10 02:41 PM

Man you read this and it's almost depressing and then I went and watched shopmaster play the actual demo and was like wow, so I don't know what to think.

# 18 Dramaking @ 07/23/10 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Man you read this and it's almost depressing and then I went and watched shopmaster play the actual demo and was like wow, so I don't know what to think.

you said wow to madden 11, i wouldnt know what to think either lol. Madden 11 is not a "WoW" is just better than last year. "Put ya hands up!!!"

# 19 tyler289 @ 07/23/10 02:52 PM

Just about what I expected. I appreciate the honesty from both guys. I'm going to check out the demo but so far there is absolutely nothing that tells me Madden is worth my 60 dollars.

Gameflow? Turning it off.
New commentary? Sounds average at best.
Locomotion? Not really seeing it (maybe demo will make it more obvious)
Franchise? Still (probably) broken, not touched

Oh well, hopefully Madden 12 has some big-time improvements.

# 20 Dramaking @ 07/23/10 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tyler289


	Oh well, hopefully Madden 12 has some big-time improvements.

it sucks you even have to say that. They should give 100% effort to every title. I like gameplan though, thats kinda innovative.

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