Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[ChicagoChris]

Demo is good. Feels like Madden 10 with a few tweaks. Not a bad thing since i liked Madden 10.

I like the new presentation and the animations look good. Gus sounds better than Hammond.

As others have said, strategy pad either sucks or will take getting used to.

I think the initial negative reaction is due to NCAA going from horrible to really good and Madden going from really good to better.

The demo is a Work in progress but M11 is not THAT bad...

[DGuinta1]

Dont like Gus saying J E T S Jets Jets Jets after a Jets score. Announcers should be team neutral.

[bomza]

Well I have to agree with the majority. I was really looking forward to the Madden demo after loving NCAA 11, and now I'll just be loving NCAA 11 some more. The Gameflow coach commentary really is a disappointment and doesn't really tell you anything. "Follow your blockers and hopefully we'll break one and go for six!" Wow. What insight from the coach! iI seems like it was made for beginners but at least you can turn his voice off and that lets you set up the plays you want to use, which is basically making a better designed custom playbook again after dumping that feature years ago. But then if they called it a custom playbook it wouldn't be a "new" feature then would it?

Commentary is better, but if he calls Vinatieri "Mr Clutch" one more time I'm going to puke. This game just looks darker and not as pleasing graphically as NCAA 11. The play if sped up to normal instead of the default slow might be better but I'm not that excited about trying another game for some reason.

Oh, that reason is the "new" strategy pad! Whose idea was this? Of the hundreds of ideas I read about in the forums for Madden 11, nowhere did I hear about or read about changing the controls. Why? I really would like an explanation because this is NOT for the better. Why in Madden which has always been an offensive-minded game would you want to hamper the defense?

I hope the retail game is better, but now after getting pumped up after buying NCAA 11, they really have me worried instead.

[DGuinta1]

So weird seeing LT in Jet green and hasn't been called to run once.

[sgtspit]

trust me guys,this demo does nothing to show how madden will be.the full game is waaaaayyyyyyy better.There is no fading of the crowd noise in the full game.there r more stadium music and noise and much more in between plays.if uve been to a real game u will know what im talking about.
honestly,i cant play this demo after playing the full game.i wont b buying it the first day but i can tell u not to make a judgement on this crappy dull,boring game..sounds like the player voices r in a tunnel..im just saying dont judge by this demo..play the full.im still liking ncaa a better this year..

[thedudedominick]

Quote: Originally Posted by sgtspit

trust me guys,this demo does nothing to show how madden will be.the full game is waaaaayyyyyyy better.There is no fading of the crowd noise in the full game.there r more stadium music and noise and much more in between plays.if uve been to a real game u will know what im talking about. honestly,i cant play this demo after playing the full game.i wont b buying it the first day but i can tell u not to make a judgement on this crappy dull,boring game..sounds like the player voices r in a tunnel..im just saying to go by this demo..play the full.im still liking ncaa a little better this year..

How about gameplay though, I think that is the major problem people are having with this game compared to NCAA. We understand the sounds will be messed up its just a demo.

[DGuinta1]

I like Gus a lot though I picked off a tipped pass and running it back he was say, the Batman song.

Now they do a shout out to the folks who made Madden during the final mins. of the game. hehe

[sgtspit]

ok,i was just responding to the question about the noise,but to me the game play is what u gonna get in the full..no diff in that department..but the demo is boring like any other demo..so the noise is the only diff from full.gameplay the same..