Madden NFL 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[ProdigyPSU]

Anyone else having major stability issues with the GameStop demo? It's frozen on me every time i've played... I made it into the 2nd qtr once..

[ManiacMatt1782]

Quote: Originally Posted by olliethebum85

I doubt the (tens, hundreds) of thousands of people who downloaded the demo all read OS. It won't affect sales, but EA is pretty dumb to release an unfinished version of the game as a demo. --- As for impressions, plays slightly better then NCAA, but that is to be expected as it always has. IMPOSSIBLE to see the ball in flight, no wonder they added the huge red circle. Visual upgrades are nice, but there is no need for the constant flash bulbs. It just seems kind of washed out and dark, to hard to tell what is going on. Also, WAY to many cut scenes, I've had times where the second a players knee hits the ground it switches to a field level view. Very very annoying.

Ea has had a habit of leaving an unfinished product as a final build with some of their games. I mean when people are crying for a patch on day 1. You cant use that logic when talking about a demo when you've seen what finished products have looked like. I will say from what ive seen so far all looks pretty good. I cant wait to see what the final build is like and pray there are no game breaking bugs.

[green94]

Awesome Demo. The game speed is perfect. Wow, I really didn't think I would be this impressed.

Anyone saying that M10=M09, go play the M09 demo again.

This game is going to be fantastic....

Ian and Co.... WELL DONE!

[countryboy]

Has anyone seen the cpu attempt a coffin corner punt yet? Everytime they've punted its been right down the middle of the field and results in a touchback 99% of time. The only time it doesn't is if they get a lucky bounce.

[Dabears554]

I'm very impressed with the gameplay after two games.
It feels empty without announcers and such, but obviously that's just the demo.

Back on the topic of gameplay, I feel like EA finally achieved that sense of realism.
The play is noticably slower, but I like it because it gives me a chance to actually see
the play developing and read my blocks to find a hole to squeeze through. One thing I'm
very happy about is that when I find that hole, I can actually get through it, rather than
have some 320 pound guy fly off his block and tackle me for a loss of 2 yards.

Every tackle animation I've seen so far has been smooth and made sense in the play.
Although I haven't seen too much, I like what I've seen from the Pro-Tak. I feel as if
I really control whether I convert on a 3rd and 2 or not.

In the passing game, I love being able to stay in the pocket for more than 2 seconds.
As an offensive lineman myself, it's nice to see the big guys actually taking care
of business like they would on Sunday. On the other side of the ball, it is much more difficult
to get to the quarterback, but that's how it should be. I'm still learning the pass rush moves,
so it should get a little easier over time. When pressure does get to the quarterback,
the throws get less and less accurate based on how close the defender is.
Again, I'm happy with this facet of the game.

Another thing I'm happy about on defense is that I feel it's possible to actually manually control
a defensive back for an entire play. In the past, I would need to stick with D-Linemen, and maybe
control a linebacker every once in a while. I don't know if the camera is slightly different, but
somehow I feel much more comfortable controlling any of my 11 guys.

Now, onto the things I'm not as happy with.

I'm having a little trouble making all the pre-snap adjustments so far on defense, but once there
is a list of controls I'm sure that will become easier.

A more important issue I have is how the game cuts to an animation immediately after the play is over.
The problem is, the play doesn't seem as if it's actually over. Although I'm sure that the result of the play
is determined before the cutscene begins (or so I would hope) I wish the view would stay with the normal
game camera about one second longer, just so I could feel more secure about the end of the play.

Now for my biggest gripe, something that can dramatically alter the outcome of a game.
I've only experienced it once so far, but I have a problem with recovering fumbles. EA was
excited about the fact that you could fight for a fumble at the bottom of the pile. I was excited
about this too because I'm tired of watching 5 guys reach down and whiff on picking the ball up.
However, the system for fighting for the ball is absolutely ridiculous. It consists of repeatedly
tapping different buttons to determine who gets the ball. It feels like a mini-arcade game in the
middle of a game-changing play. Normally I would like to see something more than once before
a final judgement, but I have to put my foot down on this awful feature.

I don't want to end on a bad note, however. Like I said, I was very impressed with the overall
gameplay of the demo. I can't wait for a chance to get going with Matt Forte, especially now
that I'll actually be able to react to the blocks of Orlando Pace and Olin Kreutz.

If you agree, disagree, or want to expand on anything I covered, go for it.
I'm interested to see if the general public feels the same way I do.

Also, the running animations look like people running!

[So Cal]

We gotta realize one thing guys...it's a demo. So we should be happy about what we see now in the demo and remember that this ain't the final build and tweaks can still be made. I got faith in them, no games perfect but I put down NCAA for a demo

[Cutler2Hester23]

To anyone having problems with canceled downloads and such just go to your profile management (this fix is 360 only) and choose "download history" then the madden 10 eclusive demo should be on the list. Choose "download again" and viola, your demo will finish its download.

Another trick for those of you with memory cards, is to bring your profile to a friends house and use the download history trick to get the demo for anyone with an xbox and an internet connection through your profile. I used this on my friends xbox and now he has both demos and can play either without my profile being present. Fairly useful get-around that I thought I'd share. Hope it helps = )

[DGuinta1]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Has anyone seen the cpu attempt a coffin corner punt yet? Everytime they've punted its been right down the middle of the field and results in a touchback 99% of time. The only time it doesn't is if they get a lucky bounce.

Yep, the Giants(CPU) just did one as we speak.