Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[goh]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vic1

-HATED some of the logic I saw. Flat out hated. Under two minutes left, I think about 1:50 actually, I'm up 7-6 on the Giants, we have all our timeouts I believe, and the Giants are rushing to the line to try and score with the ball on the SF 8 yard line. IDK, just seemed like something where a team with the ball in that situation is holding and holding it. Saw it again later with 38 seconds left in the game (obviously play clock turned off) and I have no timeouts, and they RAN THE BALL. Come on. Seriously. This is Madden 13, how does this continue to be a problem? Pitch out left actually, with a spin move included by Bradshaw. Why on god's green earth would they even CONSIDER running?

That reminds me. I was up 21-0 with 1:30ish left in the 4th,they ran and for some reason,with no injury involved a time out was automatically called on my side.

Quote: Originally Posted by CMH

Impressions on the demo (or game if you have the retail), otherwise, keep the thoughts to yourselves, guys.

Making a new topic for season ticket or just using this one?

[Bob Sacamano]

Quote: Originally Posted by CMH

That's nice, but do you have impressions on the demo? No? Then don't post this nonsense in here. We have enough of this here already. Impressions on the demo (or game if you have the retail), otherwise, keep the thoughts to yourselves, guys.

Things do tend to be nonsensical to certain people, but sure, I have a few thoughts on the demo. The players skate around the field like Tonya Harding. Users have as much control over player movement as a traffic cop has over a tornado. The quarterbacks play like robots, the fullbacks play like Corky from Life Goes On, and defensive backs play like Redbull-infused gods. Cutscenes and commentary are stale and repetitive, and the game has an empty feel to it that makes you miss every single football title that ever came before it. If this demo was launched in the 50's electric football would have shrugged it off to focus more squarely on rival Silly Puddy.

[CMH]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

Making a new topic for season ticket or just using this one?

You can use this for now. We are working on getting the right threads up to ensure everyone has a go-to place for a particular topic of discussion.


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[Goodydog]

Quote: Originally Posted by CMH

That's nice, but do you have impressions on the demo? No? Then don't post this nonsense in here. We have enough of this here already. Impressions on the demo (or game if you have the retail), otherwise, keep the thoughts to yourselves, guys.

His impression of the demo (and his disappointment of the gameplay) is expressed in the blog article "Breaking Down Madden: the Running Game."

Try reading it.

[mf756193]

Is it possible for EA to tune the the demo? I must be going crazy because I swear they toned down the Infinity Engine in my most recent game today. In fact it was so bad that I thought I was playing Madden 12. Literally I was seeing no physics based tackles whatsoever. Very strange. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

[celtics6]

Quote: Originally Posted by mf756193

Is it possible for EA to tune the the demo? I must be going crazy because I swear they toned down the Infinity Engine in my most recent game today. In fact it was so bad that I thought I was playing Madden 12. Literally I was seeing no physics based tackles whatsoever. Very strange. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

I have not seen this. If anything I have to admit The new infinity engine is pretty sweet. If EA has something going for it they had the resources to come up with a pretty cool new engine. I just wish they did more with it. Come on EA go that extra mile for once. The games feels better than it has in a long time though. Anyone else impressed with the new engine? I've seen a lot of stuff that just was not possible in past maddens. It's ilke a whole new game to me but then it's the same old madden too which is frustrating.

What i see is just parts of the game just feel the same old game. Where other parts are like wow. So maybe this is what you are experiencing.

I'm in the game. I'm playing that dream football game then I'm playing the same old boring madden. It's like jeckyl and hyde.

It reminds me of Live a few years ago when Mike Wang came aboard. Some parts of the game felt so right and like you were in the game but other parts were just too canned. I think EA out of anyone has that special something but they just never go that extra mile.

This game is a massive tease to me. It's like they copy and pasted this new engine over the same game. Great technology that they did very little with. I think EA has a lot of money but very little creativity.

[Segagendude]

Okay, after playing numerous games, I'm now seeing the braindead AI others have mentioned.....

Many times I've been up by a small margin, and rather than try to win, the CPU did stupid things like run a HB sweep with no TO's left. No effort to even TRY to get into game-winning FG range, no effort to pass and get out of bounds to stop the clock, etc.

If the retail is like this, I'll most likely pass on Madden after all.....have to go read thru the retail impressions first.

*sigh*

[tgiordano]

[quote=goh;2044039122]More like went on the luckiest fluke streak in history and won the SB.

beatinfalcons g the by 22 gb by 17 at GB great defense in san fran and eli beating brady for the 3rd time in a row. oh wait 2007 that was lucky to. I guess winning 8 games to win 2 championships is lucky . people need to say congrats to the giants and move on. thats why the giants keep winning other teams talk about superbowls while the giants shut their mouths and play in them