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

[Dogslax41]

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

Has anyone been able to confirm how old the build is?

Ive been pretty harsh on madden this year especially since they removed editing because they couldnt get it implemented perfectly and put in a new engine that many of us knew wouldnt be perfect.

That being said if they can tweak the physics on tackles and post play and make the game play and feel more realistic than the demo i will play and enjoy madden 13 until next year.

Approx 8-10 weeks. There is a retail video out where you can see a retail tackle. Running back tension looks better but there are stil wrapping issues.

[StrawHat Patriot]

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

That's the issue with the IE. It's like they are not really trying to tackle, they are just engaging in the same manner and the effect plays out rather awkward.

[Cheetah Bird]

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

It's a bit goofy the new engine. Game looks more like a Crayola creation now then it ever has.

It feels like Madden 2002 on crack. If you go back and watch old 2002, 2003 videos, you'll see the physics engine was kind of like that. Players just exploding away from each other instead of actually tackling them. On a one on one tackle, my running back does like a swan dive/belly flop/Shawn Michaels vs Hulk Hogan-like selling move upon impact. Flying back unrealistically, and even the tackler did sort of a bounce back and flop. Just totally outlandish. However, it's not that bothersome to me so won't derail my plans on getting it first day. I just hope they work hard on this before retail, with patches and eventually going in to the next few years and next gen. Infinity Engine perfected will be something.

Anyone have problems user catching as the WR? User picks are all good, but on offense I seem stuck.

One more thing - after playing a bunch of All Maddens, I played one Rookie game, and you can really feel the infinity engine on it. Seemed to tone down a lot of the goofy stuff after plays everyone has been mentioning.

I have yet to really lab the looks of Cover 2 vs Man and Cover 3 vs Cover 1 and all that crap but I'll wait to read the Season Pass reviews on all that.

[VolsBillsMagic]

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I am not trying to sound like a whiner because i think the demo is fairly good at most aspects of the game but i still have a few nagging bugs that i found.

1. First is the Trucking rating. Brandon Jacobs trucking rating is like 97 and i have yet to see him run over or break a tackle by brushing off a defender in the 5 or 6 games that i have played thus far. In the past i have loved running the ball with him due to this and i have played on All-Pro and Pro with no change between them. This has got to get fixed.

2. Why is it a lot harder to user control and intercept passes down field? Not only does it delay the time it takes to switch from one defender to the next in the secondary, but it's like the jumping/intercepting mechanic is all screwed up. In 12 holding down triangle would start the player's animation to attempt to intercept an incoming pass. Now the defenders seem to just keep running through the play without even jumping while i am pressing triangle.

3. I don't know about anybody else, but on defense i use the user strip button on almost every tackle. Once again i have seen 1 maybe 2 animations showing where my defender is trying to strip the ball away from the ball carrier. I would usually force 1-2 fumbles every game online in 12. And i would at least force 4-5 strip animations whether the offense would fumble or not.

These will probably get fixed on or shortly after the game launches in a few weeks but it's something that really bothers me because i try to utilize them as much as possible. Is anybody else noticing these?

[gzenius]

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

one thing i noticed that i dont like is with the new defensive alignment thing (which i hate) the cpu defense seems to get mixed up a lot and theyre out of position a lot of times especially if you audible within the formation.. i hope this is just somethin in the demo

[FightingIllini2005]

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

The demo is tight. Colors are great. Playing on XBOX.

[FightingIllini2005]

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

I just found a full review of the Madden demo. Definitely spot on about the arcade feel and the unrealistic tackles.

http://goo.gl/YMzly

Who cares about blue colors? Whatever. Game will be tight.

[FightingIllini2005]

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

And another one. http://goo.gl/bfBPL Exact opposite.

[FightingIllini2005]

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

Maybe I'm late with this, but I can't user pick at all on defense.
I like to play a ball hawking safety, and when I press Triangle on PS3 and the ball is in the air, nothing happens.

Has anybody got it to work?

I've had no problem snagging user picks.

[Captain Obvious]

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im in an all madden game right now, RG3 is 9-24 for 144 yards 0tds 0ints. 9 drops from recievers. THIS HAS GOT TO BE FIXED. THE ONLY WAY EA CAN PUT UP A CHALLENEGE ON ALL MADDEN IS BY CHEATING AND HINDERING THE PLAYER!!!!!!

[SA1NT401]

Just had an OH CRAP MOMENT.

1st and 10 at the giants 23.... Davis beats his man... Leaps...makes the catch but gets hit, does a quarter flip, lands on a downed 9er and stumbles back to his feet to score tripping and falls into the end zone .... That was pretty damn sweet.

My description does not due it justice.

[comen]

Not sure if its a bug. But going to all-madden drops all of the human sliders to 25 while the CPU stays at 50. So catching, run block pass block etc are all lowered for you.

I like sliders in a way but why do we have to tweak the sliders to make the game play right? Isnt that EAs job to make the game play right! Sliders are good for some things but they are not implemented well!! Same with difficulty setting, it should not change your players into morons or make them do stupid things lol!

[Broncos86]

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Infinity engine at work:

DE is being blocked to the inside, RB runs to the inside and runs square into a still-blocked DE. RB ends up on the ground.

Another: RB has a first down, it seems, only to trip over a fallen lineman and stumble, giving LBs time to tackle short of the first down.

[comen]

Add Ahmad Bradhshaw blowing through a clean Patrick Willis tackle in the backfield and going for 78 to the list of cheat logic.

Also, what's with there being no down and distance info during the ppaycall screen???

I had a back-up wr for the gia run over Willis lol!!

[bukktown]

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

That's the issue with the IE. It's like they are not really trying to tackle, they are just engaging in the same manner and the effect plays out rather awkward.

The tackling in this demo is forearm shivers and shoulder charges.