Madden NFL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[seasprite]

Quote: Originally Posted by cavsfan2

*sigh* Why does Matt Forte break every tackle like hes marshawn lynch in beast mode? Why does Brian Urlacher catch Greg Jennings in the open field when Jennings had a ten yard head start?

Havent seen either of these yet, and I have played over ten games, half with All Pro and half with All Madden.

[cavsfan2]

Quote: Originally Posted by Broncos86

Sliders and difficulty? I always turn the speed differential to zero.

All Madden with default sliders.... I figured out the problem though, I had the auto sprint off but forgot and I started a new game and Forte went back to normal. I guess it was just one of those games...

[Critical Kills]

I think the demo is very good. I didn't play Madden 10 much at all, because frankly I didnt think it was all that fun but this seems much different. Here's my thoughts:

PROS

-graphics are great
-crowd noise vastly better than NCAA
-blocking field goals is now possible, I did it!
-love the introductions
-love the cut scenes
-love the cameras changing
-field looks very good, much better than NCAA
-receivers fight for the ball better than NCAA
-nice to not be pancaked all the time when I'm a DL
-punting works much better than NCAA
-I really like the Dynamic Player Performance, its going to change how the game plays a lot IMO

CONS

-graphics are great but I still think the colors are too saturated
-crowd noise may be better than NCAA but still a lot of room for improvement
-some of the sound effects are really weird, what's with all the whooshes a d weird sounds?
-still see too many bat downs of balls just like NCAA

All in all I'd give it a solid B+, maybe I will actually play Madden a decent amount this year. Last year I think I maybe played about 20 games. Very pleasantly surprised. I didn't care much for the NCAA demo and the game ended up being much better. I like this demo so hopefully the actual game will be even better!

[cavsfan2]

One thing that actually has come up in all of my games is that people on the outside dont block on punts sometimes and the defender just sprints by.

[ChaseB]

Only thing I really want to say is I like a lot of the WR cuts I'm seeing on routes. Seeing a lot of things I haven't really seen before there.

[Critical Kills]

Quote: Originally Posted by jtdribbles25

not seeing this at all....sigh

Me neither, sounds like they messed w the threshold

[UMhester04]

One thing ive notcied that is ALOT better than NCAA is the sounds of the tackles. It sounds so much more realistic hearing helmets and pads pop in madden unlike NCAA where you just get a big BOOM.

[cavsfan2]

The tackling feels like a new engine.