Madden 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here

[LJay]

Quote: Originally Posted by DGuinta1

I sent Plexiglass in motion and unlike in NCAA the motion bumps into his teammate, Plexiglass actually ran in FRONT of his teammate. LOL.

wow

Quote: Originally Posted by jeetaa6

If you were a company the size of EA and were confident that you finally had a top notch offering of your bread n butter game, why would you not offer AT LEAST a full quarter of gameplay to make that confident sale to the doubters out there? Is it REALLY to sell the Madden Moments gameplay feature?? Thus, only 1:40 of actual gameplay? After all the negative feedback the past few years, this hardly makes sense to me. IF this is THE YEAR, knock our socks off with the demo. Show us you finally hit the big time on next gen! Believe me, I'm really hoping this year's offering is the best yet, but can't help but wonder why such a short demo? Is it so we don't have time to find all the flaws? Sorry, but they are leaving themselves wide open for this kind of thinking, no?

WORD!

[StormJH1]

Good, sounds like the demo impressions are positive. Can't wait to try it.

People keep saying "Well, the NCAA demo was good and look what happened," but they're ignoring the fact that 80% of the complaints about NCAA have to do with two features (roster share and online dynasty) that were not on display in the demo. So, in that respect, the NCAA demo was a pretty good reflection of the core gameplay, which is pretty good overall in NCAA. They still have issues that need patching (punt coverage, pass rush, etc), and some problems that have been in many past EA games (rocket catching and Robo-QB), but those problems are not unique to '09, and shouldn't be surprising to most purchasers. There's people complaining about how many dropped passes are in the Madden demo, but on the other hand, people that dropped passes weren't happening often enough in the past, so you can't make everyone happy.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Von Dozier

Actually, I think this is accurate. You'll see 65% or more of the time in real football, DBs play the man with their eyes glued to them, not the ball.

Quote: Originally Posted by -DaVe-

How is this accurate ? What DB in real life is able to make a play on the ball without even looking at the ball once..??!!???

Why is this even being discussed? Ian told us that the DB's heads didn't turn because with the technology they had it looked akward. I can't believe this is being brought up as if its a shocker. We were told that it would be this way and explained why it would be this way.


I just don't get it.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Why is this even being discussed? Ian told us that the DB's heads didn't turn because with the technology they had it looked akward. I can't believe this is being brought up as if its a shocker. We were told that it would be this way and explained why it would be this way. I just don't get it.

Like I said before cb, everyone doesn't get a chance to read everything

[mr_president]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Why is this even being discussed? Ian told us that the DB's heads didn't turn because with the technology they had it looked akward. I can't believe this is being brought up as if its a shocker. We were told that it would be this way and explained why it would be this way. I just don't get it.

because that doest make up for when a DB is covering a deep route with his back turned to the play, and magically knows when the pass is thrown for a short route (b4 it's completed) and makes it back to cover it.(psychic db's an age old madden problem )

[Von Dozier]

Wow. As a Madden "Meh"er for the past 5 years, I have to say, this game is amazing.

It simply doesn't feel much like Madden anymore. It's hard to describe, but this truly feels like next-gen football, finally. I cannot wait for the full version. I'm a bit stunned.

[RoyalBoyle78]

where's the PS3 demo, I just checked and it's not up.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by FootballForever

where's the PS3 demo, I just checked and it's not up.

I heard it will be up later.