Madden NFL 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[Rules]

Things that bothered me:

-Suction blocking is back and there is almost no way to avoid it.
-The extra point kicks are so fast that you don't have any time to select a player in an attempt to block.

Things that I liked:

+ Presentation looks much better.
+ The slower speed feels more sim.

[tedrick09]

Hats off to EA Sports. This is the most realistic football game since 2K5. I really like how they slowed down the game play. It feels a lot more like real football. I'm playing it on the PS3, so yes it is now available. Yes it does have some glitches, but it is only a demo. The only thing that I don't really like is if you are throwing on the run the animations are off. In 2K5 if you throw on the run the QB will throw off of the wrong foot and it looks beautiful, but this still looks robotic. Anyways, this is going to be a great game and I would recommend buying it. Even to the 2K5 loyalists like myself. It's a lot of fun.

[sevenjames]

I just played a game and a half on the ps3. WOW, what a difference speed makes. Although I agree with a lot of people that the speed feels very slow, I can't get over how much more control I feel like I have. I feel like a total noob for saying this, but on defense I actually know what the player I am controlling is doing. This has been one of my biggest issues with the "next gen" game since forever, and it feels that EA has finally got it down.

I am crossing my fingers, but defense might just be a factor this year. Well done Ian.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by DONF

Well said. All of the items Ian talked about (Pro-Tak) are not highly visable. the tackle animation is stale and the virtually the same as 09. Instead of gang tackling some players will once again fall (exploding animations) down or off instead of assisting with the tackle. CB and SF still seem to know where the ball is at all times and can sometimes morph over to bat the ball down. Just alot of stuff that was wrong with 09 is in 10. Graphics are just ok (Cut sceens are very nice graphically) and the running animations is very very weird. Their legs don't go with their upper body movement. Bottom-line, Ian stated this is very close to the final build. So it is highly unlikely we will see all of this new stuff we were feed. Oh, it will be in M11 ha

Really?

You didn't need to download the demo and play it. You could have just substituted one of your post from the past with your posts from today and just took out the word demo.

My impressions.

So much better than 09. Pocket forming, realistic qb animations, better passing, no more robo QB, slower game play.

Very impressive.

[ManiacMatt1782]

I am liking the speed so far. the game just feel 100% different from past next gen maddens and that is actually a good thing. 06-09 were lackluster at best. I actually am pretty excited about this years game so far from playing the demo.

[Dat Boi TJ]

Yea Brando Jacobs just runs over the defensive backs and sometimes line backers. And Willie Parker is nice when he gets in the open field but other than that he doesn't stand out.

[clarkboy]

Oline AI is still out of wack. At the snap I had my RT just turn and run back to the QB, while disregarding the blitzing LB right in front of him. Hopefully this is something they fixed in the final build. His actions made no sense. Absolutely no reason for him to turn his back to the LOS .

[blklightning]

i just won an overtime thriller with the steelers using custom sliders. (between all-pro and all-madden) hit parker on a wheel route and he took it to the house. i looked at the replay several times - i think the running animations are tons better this year. in fact, i don't really have anything negative to say about them anymore. nice to know i won't have to "wait til next year" for better running animations.

btw, i have to say that the armpit hair is starting to disturb me. i know "if it's in the game." but still. wtf? lol.