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Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

07:05 AM - August 14, 2012 by buddy321813

Madden NFL 13 demo is available now for the 360, queue it up right here.

If it's not showing up on your console, try this route.

1: Go to Game Marketplace
2: Demo
3: Genre
4: Kinect

The Madden NFL 13 demo will be available for PS3 later this afternoon. We'll update the post when it pops up online.

The Madden NFL 13 demo includes the New York Giants vs. San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks vs. Washington Redskins.

You can choose difficulty settings. 5 min quarters and it's an entire game. It will also have full commentary. No sliders this year. You can change play style between game flow and conventional.

Check here for PS Vita demo details.

Play a game or two and post your impressions here.

*UPDATE: Madden NFL 13 demo is online for PS3 now!

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# 241 Joobieo @ 08/14/12 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by psychraider32


	How long till the PS3 demo is available?

Sometime in the afternoon hopefully .

# 242 greenegt @ 08/14/12 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SageInfinite


	Nah I definitely know they are better, but the design/direction is still horrible. Just seems like they took steps back instead of improving on Madden 12.

I know what you mean, Sage. Madden 12 did a great job of broadcast-style camera cuts in between plays (i.e. focusing on the QB after a big throw, or showing a RB/WR returning to the huddle after a run/catch). It seems that Madden 13 went away from that or they don't show it as much. Other than that, I'm loving what I see in 13.

# 243 fishepa @ 08/14/12 01:16 PM

I'm enjoying the demo. But I'm not some super freak sim game guy. I just play the game to have fun.

# 244 jpdavis82 @ 08/14/12 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomba


	Tomba Instant Review Presentation yet again gets a major boost and now feels even more organic. I agree with some that say the camera is too far away BUT it pans in on the action well enough(guess we all have to get 60+ screens now LOL...well we ARE gamers arent we? hahahaha) Gameplay feels great only way to put it even without slider tweaks seems they took my adive or stole it who know Either way playing Madden 13 is like playing football nuff said there... It's demo but progressive lighting doesnt seem to be in. though NCAA's lighting isn't as good it felt like in NCAA's game the lighting changes changed onto what you saw on the field. That said overall I like it not in love as it's not the full game yet time will tell until season ticket NOT Midnight Release like other years thank goodness

Progressive lighting and skies are in, at least in the NY@SF game and it's more realistic now so it happens throughout the game instead of at the beginning of quarters.

# 245 psychraider32 @ 08/14/12 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Joobieo


	Sometime in the afternoon hopefully .

The wait is killing me.. all you dirt xbox players just taunting us PSers. Jerks.

# 246 RGiles36 @ 08/14/12 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SageInfinite


	Nah I definitely know they are better, but the design/direction is still horrible. Just seems like they took steps back instead of improving on Madden 12.

In the meantime, just watching some of the vids that Steve_OS has posted, and I certainly see more than two angles. During pre-play, I saw Vernon Davis highlighted as banner popped up showcasing his stats thus far in that game. I saw another example of an Eli Manning interception; after the play is over, the intercepting defender is shown and the camera cuts back to Eli to show his reaction.

So I certainly am not attempting to convince you that M13's camera work is better than M12 -- I just see more similarities than I do differences.

# 247 SageInfinite @ 08/14/12 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	I believe it will be better but I also take the word of someone working with EA with a grain of salt.

Yeah just like they told JP on twitter the post play and pre-play close-ups zooms from Madden 12 were in 13, and they're not.

# 248 bmg28 @ 08/14/12 01:18 PM

Quick question, are the controls the same as M12? How about the buttons you press to audible?

# 249 rangerrick012 @ 08/14/12 01:19 PM

Played one game this morning. As someone who's taken a few years off from Madden, def liked what I saw. The presentation is excellent, for me that was a big thing that was holding this game back the past few years. Great presentation can cover up a lot of flaws for me, they finally seem to have TV style presentation down.

All in all I had fun, looking forward to running a few more tonight but def leaning towards putting in my preorder at Gamestop pretty soon. I'm not a nitpicker anymore, I just want to have fun playing the game, and M13 seems like it should be fun.

# 250 Major9 @ 08/14/12 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by AlmostLikeFlacco


	What are you even trying to say here? That just because the camera is zoomed out just a little more, it has completely broken your immersion? Are you saying that you would feel more like that little virtual QB if the camera were "just a little closer"?

Everything just has a better feel and looks better (catches etc) when the camera is slightly closer to the field.

# 251 weeeeeeez @ 08/14/12 01:20 PM

Only problem I see so far is kickoff and punt returns are too easy. Playing on default All-Pro.

# 252 jpdavis82 @ 08/14/12 01:20 PM

After playing the demo and seeing the majority of people's impressions I stand by what I said last week after the 7.5 review came out. Most gaming sites will score this game in the 8-8.5 range. This game deserves better than a 7.5

# 253 christdream @ 08/14/12 01:22 PM

Once again...same thing every single year... NO DEFENSE!! U move a player and he moves right back to his original spot. TELL ME IS THAT REALISTIC??? NO!!!

# 254 reth316 @ 08/14/12 01:23 PM

I seriously hope the lighting is sorted out. At least for the skins games. It looks worse the more i play. so bad at times all the players look like shadows and i dont know whos who. why would skins game look so bad compared to giants 49ers?

# 255 CoRRuPTMiND93 @ 08/14/12 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by fishfan77


	Its a demo, but with 2 weeks to release the actual game engine isn't going to change. There will be options and features turned on but the overall gameplay is NOT going to change in 2 weeks... Saw the 9 yard QB on his back after a sack again..... WOW

you had to expect bugs with the new engine.

# 256 Greencollarbaseball @ 08/14/12 01:25 PM

I just threw a pick into double coverage with Smith and as the DB's and Crabtree are in the air, their feet get tangled and when they land they both drop to the ground realistically.

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# 257 J-Unit40 @ 08/14/12 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Major9


	I see a lot of people saying the camera angle is too far away. Is it even further away than NCAA??

I think it is. Not a fan of the passing camera.

Bottom line is that WE NEED MORE CAMERA OPTIONS!

FIFA, PES, NBA2K, MLB The Show...pretty much every single sports game has multiple and usable angles. With EA football...we get the shaft in this department.

# 258 Bootzilla @ 08/14/12 01:27 PM

IT'S TOO DAMN DARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've never not been able to differentiate between a maroon jersey and a white one but, in the Seahawks vs Redskins its darn tough. Why???

# 259 CoRRuPTMiND93 @ 08/14/12 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tnixen


	I am sure I all ready know the answer to this but were the running animations improved at all in the demo compared to all the early videos we have seen? Like most people here I am hoping for a complete overhaul of the running animations if not in Madden 13 then Madden 14 for sure! I really hope Madden 13 will be the first current gen Madden where I do not want to trade it in after only 2 weeks of gamnetime. Anyway I am still looking forward to trying the PS3 Demo when its released later today.

running animations are still terrible, I did get a message from SimFballCritic on youtube, he was invited to one of the community days, he said that EA told him that they will be working on player movement for M14 so hopefully it'll get fixed then

# 260 TDKing @ 08/14/12 01:29 PM

I don't like the lighting... its too dark (not my TV) playing as Seattle on defense and my jerseys looked almost black. I undersand the idea of shadows but they need to tune this a little. (i'm not changing my TV settings_).

I-TWIN Slants = Money Play still

Half time show ?

I absolutly loved the commentary and crowd noise this year... very good, keep up the good work here.

Xfinity.. liking it so far only played 2 games though.

Havent tried Kinect interface yet.

I havent bought Madden the last 2 years but with the inclusion of a complete online franchise mode and the other upgrades I'm leaning toward a buy for Madden 13.

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