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

[Afrikan]

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

Game reviewers are ruining the industry....it happened with BackBreaker and its now happening with Madden. You give anyone ANYTHING to complain about and they will...not looking at the big picture. So why try something new?

Reviewers apparently want things to stay the same...while still expecting us to spend $60 yearly?

No one wants to try something new, because they'll get shoved to the ground before even being allowed to improve on innovation. The good thing is that EA is a huge company...they can deal with it and eventually turn folks around....but smaller companies or indy devs? well its over before it even starts.

[TombSong]

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

Wow, that has to be the worst review I have ever read. I disagree with just about every thing you said. The game does have things that need to be fixed, but I think EA did a very fine job on 13.

We've been asking for physics. They give us physics and they get bashed for it. It's either not good enough or should have already had it years ago (I guess NBA 2K should have had it years ago too). We ask for better presentaion. They've made leaps in this department the last 2 years, but they get bashed for it. Darned if they do and darned if they don't. EA just can't win.

I honestly don't understand all the hate in this thread. Many years this game has been, well............. just plain bad. Madden is moving in the right direction, but many have nothing good to say at all about the demo. How in the world could someone not see any positives from this years game? If you can't enjoy this years game, then I guess you'll never enjoy a football game ever.

Here is a problem I think some are having, Do you want people to judge the game as it is, or judge the dev teams effort/feature list ? Some of you are blurring the lines between 2 distinct things.

Yes this team added some things we all wanted to the game, but thats not the thing being judged in this thread. Its the game we are playing.

I am not going to give my full review till I put some more time in with the demo, but from what i have played so far this game needs a lot of work. Some of you seem to be content with the fact the game has somewhat of a physics engine in it but ignore the fact it DOES have some issues.

[Dogslax41]

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The Demo is going to be very close to the final build. Its called a Demo for a reason, to give people a sample so they buy the game. If it was called a beta, then its to find the bugs and fix them before the release. You really think a code revision is going to happen 2 weeks away from release? They probably have already started printing the game. Like I stated before, don't get your hopes up.

The demo is at minimum two weeks old. The devs have already talked about significant changes not included in the demo(replay changes, camera angle additions) and all of ea's recent games have changed fairly significantly from demo to retail.

[Franchise408]

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A little exaggeration never hurt anyone I guess...

The sad thing is, im not exaggerating.

What is realistic about it? Certainly not the players in motion. Certainly not the physics. Certainly not the cartoony graphics and animations. Certainly not the cheat logic AI.

[DSFL]

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The demo is at minimum two weeks old. The devs have already talked about significant changes not included in the demo(replay changes, camera angle additions) and all of ea's recent games have changed fairly significantly from demo to retail.

WOW a whole 2 weeks! Continue to fool yourselves. I for one will not be surprised one bit when the MAJOR flaws are still there. I'll still play the game, but giving people false hope by saying its "ok, its just the demo" is misleading.

[comen]

X360...
Played as Wash vs Sea...
default everything...

My impression:
It was "Meh"...
The ragdoll "physics" are a little wonky - unnatural body positions occur often after tackle animations...
The lighting makes it very difficult to distinguish who's who downfield... esp during kicks returns amd longer pass plays...
The game speed makes the players' movements appear jerky and jarring...
Replays are very poor... the relevent portion of the play is almost always omitted...

I'm a little puzzled as to why Madden has all the familiar button commands every year but they keep relocating them on the controller as to slow the learning curve of an otherwise very simple game... example: tapping A was for sprinting for many years... now it's RT... BUT IT'S STILL JUST SPRINTING.... just seems a little convoluted if there's no change to the practical application.


Presentation was solid... familiar.

Matter of fact, it all felt "familiar"... I didn't get the feeling that it was broken... or revolutionary in any way...

"Meh"

Game controls are just flat out junk!!!!!!!! What happened to the way it was? When you had stiff arm left n right, juke left n right, a speed button, a spin button, a dive button, hurdle or jump button!! Defense you could spin left or right, strafe or rip move left or right! What a mess this game is!! I feel like the game plays itself and I can kind of guide it along!

[CRMosier_LM]

WOW a whole 2 weeks! Continue to fool yourselves. I for one will not be surprised one bit when the MAJOR flaws are still there. I'll still play the game, but giving people false hope by saying its "ok, its just the demo" is misleading.

8-10 weeks actually

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[SECElit3]

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The sad thing is, im not exaggerating.

What is realistic about it? Certainly not the players in motion. Certainly not the physics. Certainly not the cartoony graphics and animations. Certainly not the cheat logic AI.

Your statement was that "nothing" about the game was real. The game certainly has some realistic aspects to it. What about the graphics remotely compare to a cartoon? NCAA's graphics this year are much worse. The physics while not perfect are most definitely a step in the right direction and will provide for some entertaining games. The audio sounds excellent... I don't see the cheat logic you are referring to this year, like I have in years past. Last year, that was a valid argument.

This is a video game, It is important to remember that, but this game feels much more realistic than dare I say it... 2k8 or 2k5

This title is headed in the right direction... towards simulation. That is all I can ask. As long as it is moving forward, I have nothing to complain about

[vagrant]

I'll buy it on release night.... Like I do every year....

Physics are great, the commentary is going to get old very fast for me...You can get most of the realism in gameplay by tweaking the sliders obviously..

It all comes down to Connected Careers for me as to whether or not I feel this game deserved my 60 dollars... i have high hopes for it...

[Dogslax41]

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WOW a whole 2 weeks! Continue to fool yourselves. I for one will not be surprised one bit when the MAJOR flaws are still there. I'll still play the game, but giving people false hope by saying its "ok, its just the demo" is misleading.

Notice the at minimum part. Since that is the amount of time required for certification I only wanted to use facts. Just like the other two examples you chose to ignore when composing your conjecture.

[Steve_OS]

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

Get back to impressions people, good grief.

[Dogslax41]

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8-10 weeks actually

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Glad you posted that. I was wondering if you had gotten a feel for that since you played it at various points through development.

[DSFL]

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Notice the at minimum part. Since that is the amount of time required for certification I only wanted to use facts. Just like the other two examples you chose to ignore when composing your conjecture.

And I suppose those other two examples are major flaws? I'm talking about game impacting issues such as the IE acting strange during gameplay that wont be fixed by the time the game hits the shelves.

[comen]

People are talking about the demo like its a beta version. I think you guys forget that the game drops in less than 2 weeks. Do you really think they are going to fix all the major issues? Set your expectations accordingly as some of you who state "its just the demo" are going to be very disappointed when the game is released.

I agree!! If it was like 3months till the release I would be like, they have time to fix'er up a bit but what can they do in 2 weeks, not much sorry to say!!!!!!!! But just the fact that you cant edit or customize the game kills it for me! Why do they take the fun things out of the game????????????

[Dogslax41]

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And I suppose those other two examples are major flaws? I'm talking about game impacting issues such as the IE acting strange during gameplay that wont be fixed by the time the game hits the shelves.

I personally thought they were flaws when I played. They both kind of took away from the immersion and presentation they were trying to improve.

My point was that FIFA experienced the exact same issues with wonky physics performance in the FIFA demo that were largely resolved by retail. No reason the same thing can't happen with Madden.