Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[gopadres]

Pros-
Lighting
Some new animations
Graphics slightly better
Ball physics
Skip past chain gang cut screen

Cons-
Crowd and sidelines still look bad
New announcer is annoying
On-field playcalling more complicated

Still not sure if I'm going to buy Madden this year. It just feels like Madden 10. NCAA players look and move better. Madden player models also look smaller.

[kwabalicious]

If I get perfect power with Nick Folk from the 30 yard line, and the football lands on the field in the end zone. WTF?

Also, Is it just me or is there ABSOLUTELY NO BLOCKING ON KICK OFF RETURNS?

Last, DB's drop 9/10 easy picks that fall right into their hands.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by oakraider

Is it true that you have to have a xbox gold account to download madden11 demo?

Silver members must wait a week after release to download the demo. You should be able to download it on Tuesday.

[Steven547]

So what happened to the sound in this game? The crowd becomes real quiet until something happens. I was thinking about buying this game (haven't had a Madden game for a few years now), but with the lack of ambience in the game, it might be a deal breaker.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steven547

So what happened to the sound in this game? The crowd becomes real quiet until something happens. I was thinking about buying this game (haven't had a Madden game for a few years now), but with the lack of ambience in the game, it might be a deal breaker.

audio was cut in order to keep the size of the download down.

[oakraider]

Thanks for the info.

[tuckden77]

Well after several attempts to try and like this years version of Madden, I think it falls well short of being a decent game. Several areas I totally hate and I think this years version will not be welcomed by hardcore fans of the series, and I am one of them.

1. Gameflow is a horrible addition to the game. To me it is "Ask Madden" all dressed up for the casual gamer.

2. The coachspeak before each play is run is a total distraction. I feel this makes it WAY to easy for the hardcore player who already knows how to run plays on offense and defense and allows the casual gamer to compete and not really making them "Learn" the game. I hope that option can be turned off.

3. The strategy pad takes away from seeing what should be happening on the field. I spent more time trying to fumble through that thing than actually trying to read defenses and shifitng players on D. Horrible addition to this years game.

4. the kicking and punting game is simply awful. The meter was fine. leave it the way it was.

5. the gameplanning option I feel is going to be exposed online and will take away from the experience. It may really tie into the gameflow option and you will really see a lot of abused plays. i.e. the screen play in 10.

Overall I feel they really dumbed down the game for the casual fan and pissed of the hardcore fan of the series. Pretty sure I will not buy this year, as the additions to the game are a big negative in my opinion. How long until 2012??

[countryboy]

anyone else been experimenting with different penalty sliders? I've been doing this to get a gauge on how the penalties are called and its not much different than last year, although I've seen about a half dozen or so pass interference calls.