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Madden 13 Demo (Impressions)

Posted on August 14, 2012 at 10:05 AM.

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When I first turned on the game the intro was ok, the layout was also cool all the way to the menu screen...So far so good... I got a chance to play with all 4 teams. The feel was similar to M12, but with the "strat pad" on

I had to go to options and changed the following:

Skill Level: All-Madden (Warning: the cpu will have you on the verge of raging esp. vs the run)

Strategy Pad Quick Links: On (M10 control setup: IMO should be the default setup for ncaa as well)

Auto Strafe: Off

Auto Sprint: Off

Acc Clock: Off (Just so I can get the most out of my game play)

Once I changed these I felt more comfortable in game play.

Strengths:

-You could do more in the settings menu as far as the skill level. Sliders for fatigue, injuries, and speed threshold.

-The new passing system is effective I threw a few good passes over purples zones but the window to get it there were smaller so I guess that's good for offense and defense to a degree.

-The announcing wasn't as bad as I thought, I think they tweaked it a bit to give it a more upbeat feel.

Weaknesses:

-There is a lot of dropped passes to wide open receivers happening, I know this can be tweak so that issue can be fixed before the release.

-IMO this new "engine" needs the most work, the tackling is very very buggy where you can't tell what the animations are trying to do once collisions happen. Striping the ball is non existent and pursuing the ball carrier is even more difficult this year.

-This brings me to my point on user ability, because of this new engine the user ability has been tweaked down a lot where the reaction of a user taking control of another defender and executing a defensive move is delayed. This will take some getting used to, If its not fixed players will lean heavy on the CPU doing most of the work them, which will put a burden on players that like more user control.

Overall:

This is a good demo, best demo madden has ever put out based on the additional options, longer playtime, and 2 additional teams to play with. Its more than what they could have put out so hats off to EA for their generosity.
But what does this mean for the next gen madden gamer. IMO M12 had one of the best user control reaction times that I seen in madden in a long time, and for some reason they wanted to fix something that wasn't really broken now that I've had a closer look at the infinity engine.
I'll have M13 when the early release comes out and EA may attempt to tweak a few things before then. We'll see if improvements are made. Last time I checked Madden demos were never the finished product to the actual release ie: M12, but then again I've never seen a year where there were no unhappy madden fans, looks like I may be on the "dislike" side of the fence this year, but we'll see...