Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[RGiles36]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blitzburgh

Um - did you play them both? It doesn't take much time to realize which one looks and play a better game of football to me and apparently many others. The NCAA game nailed the atmosphere of really bringing you into the game and unfortunately I didn't get that feeling at all playing the Madden demo.

Yes, I've played both. Time will tell if NCAA is the better game. But to suggest that NCAA blows Madden out of the water or vice versa is off-base to me. The experiences are different and the game feels slightly different, but the games are not so unique that NCAA should be on some pedestal and Madden on the cellar floor. That's my point.

People praise NCAA and shun Madden as if the games are developed by two different companies LOL.

Quote: Originally Posted by HittinAgenda

-GameFlow is worthless without gameplanning. Granted I was down big going into the 3rd quarter, but calling streaks and corner strikes on every play makes me think that EA used "telemetry" from lobby games instead of watching film and talking to NFL players and coaches when they were putting this feature together.

I think you're right here -- otherwise you'll be pissed off at some of the plays called. When I was the Colts and down several points midway through the 4th, I had All-Streaks called about 3 times in a row.

I always thought I wouldn't tinker with gameplans as to simulate my coordinator being in complete control (assuming EA has really done their homework on each team's playcalling). But I'm thinking of nuking Dallas gameplan and rebuilding it on my own.

[AndyP]

Quote: Originally Posted by spankdatazz22

- Strategy pad: if the goal was to create as non-intuitive a pre-snap audible system as they could, well... mission accomplished - Cutscenes in sports games were feeling dated two years ago. That Tiburon continues to embrace them is... whatever it is

The word on the street over the strategy pad is that it was done precisely to make it harder to make multiple pre-snap adjustments, the kind that nano-blitzers would pull when playing online, stuff like that. I guess they did make it harder, difficult enough to make one pre-snap adjustment in fact.

As for cut-scenes I would like them to take the realtime approach of games like MLB The Show, the players just go back and forth about their business and it plays out exactly as an MLB game should.

[rondachamp24]

Also guys, whoever thinks this is the "final version" of Madden is not correct. It says right when you turn it on "work in progress.". So if you're seeing a few bugs here and there, this isn't the finalized version and if you're on the fence about buying it you should at least rent the final version and try it out.

[Hassan Darkside]

Oh, well I saw 2 or 3 fumbles in my game but fight for the fumble didn't trigger. Maybe it's just reduced this year. I'm not complaining.

[xylocaine]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Ruff Ryder - Why do you say "No fight for fumble" because that is still in the game from the videos I've seen posted.

It is for sure in the game, but you have an option to turn it off

[mrclutch]

The more I play the more the new kicking system is really bugging me. It's super easy But why the change? EVERY EA sports game has us using the sticks for almost everything yet the change kicking back to tapiing buttons. Makes no sense to me.

Also the play of the game selection is a total joke so far. In my games it hasn't even been a scoring play yet.

[slick589]

i was all for gameflow before i played the demo. that being said i thought it would be like the conventional playcalling just with my gameflow plays. i hate that it picks a play for me

[PantherBeast_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Triathlete_201

Has anyone gotten a user controlled sack?? When I let the cpu control my DL they get sacks every so often but if let's say I control Freeney, as soon as I get to the QB, he'll get rid of it every single time.

Yea that is the only problem I'm now having with this demo is not been able to get a sack of the AI before he throws the ball away. I really hope they fix this problem in a patch. But I also don't want them to over do it neither allow use to get a ton of sacks. They need to balance it out the best they can.