Madden NFL 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[PuddleMonkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smoke316

very good question im interested to find out myself

I may have to steal CJ from the Titans.

[xylocaine]

I really Like the Demo probably as much as any Demo of a sports game I've played and I'm really picky (2K fanboy I must admit). I'm glad I preordered and this demo has kept me excited about the actual release. I'd say it hasn't made me more excited (already pretty high from all I've read and seen) but more importantly it didn't lower my excitment!!


Positives:

**Graphics, definitely improved. Will look even better when I get to play in zoom camera mode. Can't put my finger on it but they have more depth this year (3D like)
**No more stuttering between action and play calling (use to drive me crazy)
**Presentation. Its already above average for the first time in Next Gen Madden but I have a feeling it will be much better in the final game too! BUT I didn't see any stat overlays showing stats and tendencies which I really hope to see alot of, but I started thinking that these are usually shown along with pbp commentary so maybe all of this was left out in the demo to keep download size small. (1 gb btw) I'm preying I'm right or I will be let down.
Also although there are no broadcast replays i'm confident they will be in the final release, but none in the demo.
**I like the slowed down gameplay
**Protak seems about right, I was worried it would be over done
**I like how the camera zooms into the action after the whistle blows, immerses you into the game.
**Fatigue seems to be perfect, I was running the same play over and over and I went Through all my RB's and had to put in a FB. Awesome job!!!
**Injuries are handled the best I've seen!!! Nice cut-scenes and later info bar at bottom tells you about the injury. The similar to NCAA 09 you have the option to play them now and gives you the risk factor of reinjury!!
**Squib kicks on kickoffs are in the game. They can be tricky to field too!
**No more Icons above the players that you control such as RT sprint, or Hit Stick etc. Hit stick is still in though and I love it!
**Fighting for the fumble is a nice touch, though I wish that the letter you needed to push would show transparently on top of the pile so that I could watch the action taking place instead of focusing elsewhere. (did that make sense) After it's over, I thought I didnt' even see what happened because I was reading and not watching the play.
**AI seemed decent. I have both demos. Just witnessed the Giants going for it on 4th down on the Cowboys 38 yard line. Game was tied 0-0 at the time and that's the correct call. But I remember past maddens punting it into the endzone?


Negatives:

**Also as far as cut-scenes, I'd like to also be able to skip the chain gang by pressing "A", as is now have to wait for them. It's cool and all but I'm worried we will grow tired quickly if not allowed to skip it (that could easily be patched if it's not fixed in the final game). Same goes for the referee huddle on a possible TD, I'd like to skip by pressing "A" if I don't want to watch it.
**Players on sidelines still don't interact with the players on plays that go out of bounds ala 2K8.
**What's with the replays only recording like the last 5 secs of the play? I read it's a 30fps vs. 60fps thing but didn't understand what they were referring to. Will this be an option we can change? I really want to see the entire play even if it's a lower framerate.
**There wasn't any stat overlays that I've seen, hope this changes in the actual release.
**They took away the attribute icons under the player (which some will say is a positive) but I wish it was an option to turn on or off, I actually like it when playing people online so I can see star players from afar.
**That red ball finder icon is kind of annoying but may be a necessary evil.
**The few overlays that are in the game block out the action, like walking to the tunnel etc. Either get the timing better so it won't block the cut-scenes or action OR make the transparent so you can see through them.




I mostly play online so I'll have to wait and see about how the presentation is implemented in the online games. Will there be stat overlays, replays that are implemented like Fifa 09 where both people would have to skip in order to skip replays and halftime shows. I hope that they keep in the booth replays on big plays in online games even if they don't allow manual replays.

I'd like to personally thank Ian for caring as much as we (the OS FB diehards) do, he reads the forums and actually has responded personally to me a couple of times. What more can we ask for. He actually gets it and if he is left in charge we can only imagine where Madden will be in a year or two.

[AboveTheRim]

Quote: Originally Posted by Renegade44

which is default, which is the way it is in the demo.

I believe normal speed is 5% faster than the demo.

Slow-Speed showed in the demo which is 5% slower than Normal
Normal-Madden 10 Speed
Fast-Madden 09/NCAA 10 Speed
Super Fast-5% faster then Madden 09/NCAA 10

Please correct me if im wrong. I read this 2 days ago when it was posted on one of these threads.

[kcxiv]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChicagoChris

Agreed. D was rushing 3 and that was no rocket catch IMO. That was Fitz wide open jumping for the ball.

i think the point of that video is at the end of the game, when you have to drop 7 back into coverage, your going to get eaten alive by the rocket catch. This changes how the game is supposed to be played. so now instead of dropping into coverage in a dime or even a prevent, your forced to blitz. What NFL teams do this at the end of games?

[Bootzilla]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nintari

+1 I'm shocked some people are whining about it being too slow. It's apart of sim football. If you don't like this speed, then you don't like sim simple as that. I'm glad it's there because it's realistic and I'm happy that it's going to be default online. It's going to be a BLAST owning cheesers because they're not going to be able to do jack crap with the game speed like it is and the mandatory QB drop.

I could care less about cheesers because I don't play online but this game in my opinion is slow and I'm as sim as they come. Glad you can adjust gameplay speed because this is not representative of pro football in my humble opinion. Go to a training camp where you can get down at field level and see how fast and physical these guys are when they go live. It's friggin' fast. I'm not saying the virtual players need to be moving like fire ants or anything but boosting up the speed a notch would be perfecto!

When the players run faster when they break the huddle than they do on the field I would call that slow.

[ch46647]

Got a question. I first downloaded the Giants vs Cowboys demo and then downloaded the GS demo. Where can I find the GS demo to play it? Everytime I click on the Madden 10 demo it just plays the Giants vs Cowboys one..

[unisol_us]

Quote: Originally Posted by kcxiv

i think the point of that video is at the end of the game, when you have to drop 7 back into coverage, your going to get eaten alive by the rocket catch. This changes how the game is supposed to be played. so now instead of dropping into coverage in a dime or even a prevent, your forced to blitz. What NFL teams do this at the end of games?

What I really think is the person who made it put it on two player and on the easiest setting and called the defense to play a certain way just so they could put that garbage on you tube to stir up some stuff. That will never happen in a real Madden game on a consistent basis

[Bootzilla]

Is the tap Y/hold Y spectacular catch/possession catch still a part of Madden. I played so little the last couple of years that I was wondering if that's still in?