Madden NFL 25 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (360, PS3)

[xPAiN KiLLeRx25]

Was impressed with the demo. Was glad to see zone coverage was improved! The days of cheesers exploting the seams may be over?!
Running game was fun! The modifier makes for some interesting chooses as to which moves you wanna combine.
Option formations were deep, ever though its been noted the option blocking WILL be tuned done with the games release in a couple weeks.
Blocking in general was pleasantly improved! Running up field and blocking relevant defenders.
NEW audible system is a nice touch. Another great aspect that will reduce cheese in online ranked matches.
The stamina bar at the base of each player (ESP. RBs) will force people to not run so many no hurdle sessions. Plus force people to not try and make the BIG play every down, otherwise risk a fumble/ possible injury.
Loving how all this will make everyone think more realistically with your personnel.
Game still has some flaws. But overall... This is a much better game then it's predecessor.

[friscob]

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Up the difficulty to All Madden.

Going to try sliders first b/c All madden usually has too much CPU cheating for my taste but default all pro has been unplayable

[kiing 360]

Injuries and fatigue mechanic are way out of wack. 1st game I played, boldin, manningham, willis, gore, lemichael james and vernon davis all injured for the game. Smh. Also it seemed as if player's never got out of yellow fatigue status. I ended up turning off fatigue and bumped injuries way down to 5. Other then that im diggin the demo so far

[Gorilla Glass]

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This Demo is nice.

Running with the Jukes are very good. I particularly like running between the tackles for one one situations and winning with Gore!

Passing seem about the same compared to M13. The CPU on all-pro is no joke. Flacco completed for like 70% in one game, but I love it. I didn't like the fact that he kept going to his check down
Instead of throwing it away. I had two easy INTs with Willis in the first game..

Graphics seem cleaner and darker. Player movement seems very fluid. Some of the hitting make you pause and replay.lol

Defense in man is lockage. I guess this is all I'll see online. With that said, zone play is smart and the D seems to bait you on some routes.

Special teams seem OK. The CPU almost juke glitched me to a TD! Lol

I really like the Demo and running will be used a lot more, especially for guys who have running QBs with the Pistol sets . Overall I'm impressed.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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I'm really enjoying the demo so far. Plugged in Jarrod's NCAA sliders and it seems to have drastically improved the gameplay for me. Seems like it's a little too easy to complete passes over the top of zones though. Like on intermediate crossing routes that go a little deeper than the front line of the zone but in front of the deep zone guys. Running the ball is a lot of fun so far and seems pretty realistic. Had a stretch play develop when I was using the Seahawks, but Clay Matthews got a push to the outside, and instead of cutting up the inside, I tried to go around him since he was being blocked and he made a really nice arm tackle that slowed Lynch up enough for one of his teammates to come and finish me off. That was pretty great to see after I've been reading that guys can't get off their blocks at all.

[txturfcare.com]

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I am trying not to drop the "its just a demo, wait till game, its just the ga,e wait till patch, its just a patch, wait still second patch" routine. I am not impressed with the demo. I felt Madden 12 and Madden 13 had cleaner gameplay than NCAA 12 and NCAA 13. Not seeing that here.

My biggest gripe isn't the run blocking, because I fully expected that. I assume they just copy and pasted coding from NCAA on that one. My grippest gripe is with the coverage. I don't understand why coverage has taken so many steps back. NCAA 12 had awesome zone coverage out the box and I guess guys must have complained about that or something because now only a couple zone coverages are ever a viable option. They need to bring DEFENSE back into these games, especially Madden.

I've always had more faith in the Madden team than NCAA, to be honest, so I have to hope that a number of issues were fixed. I don't want to start another "THE GCs FAILED US" conversation but, man, I just don't know how guys are playing this and telling the public good things. What I am playing right now is not "sim" in the least bit....

Of course I am still buying day one, I just hope they changed a heck of a lot in retail...

Bro! Same issue in Madden 13 Demo, wasn't very clear, seemed not as good as Madden 12. But once Madden 13 came out it was awesome and very clear on my LED TV, no complaints about 13 accept for the franchise/connective careers areas, not being able to have custom playbook options in franchise mode for practice or game play. It was miles better than Madden 12 which had major freezing issues Madden 13 didn't freeze on me at all all year.

[BTownSlinger]

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I don't have a LIVE sub, when will the demo be available to me?


Is there something I'm missing, is there a reason no one is answering me? :/

This feels like my childhood all over again. #foreveralone

[Brian_OS]

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I don't have a LIVE sub, when will the demo be available to me?


Is there something I'm missing, is there a reason no one is answering me? :/

this is an impressions only thread.. The answer to your question is no

[BTownSlinger]

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this is an impressions only thread.. The answer to your question is no

I'm aware of that, but my question is related. I don't think I should create a new thread, but I can?

I'm not very fluent in how this works. I only play sports games offline and I purchased my Xbox for Madden 12, so I'm still new to all of this. I don't mess with demos much, I just want to know when it goes public.

I don't think I'm asking a lot.

[MrMBrown]

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I don't have a LIVE sub, when will the demo be available to me?


Is there something I'm missing, is there a reason no one is answering me? :/

This feels like my childhood all over again. #foreveralone

It's usually a week later for folks without a gold membership.

[BTownSlinger]

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It's usually a week later for folks without a gold membership.

Thank you.

[timbosliceGB]

madden 25 is what madden 13 should have been the game is so smooth but it's starting to feel way to un real ncaa 14 is more real then madden 25 but it's great so far really like it.

[timbosliceGB]

with that said i don't judge ea sports games on demo any more just like ncaa 14 fixed alot of issues that was in demo once game was out im sure same thing will be done with madden 25. People forget most of te time these demos are builds of the game at least 2-3 months old if not longer.

[MarcDub]

How do you high step?? I'm on breakaways holding b & my players just keep spinning.. Did they remove the high stepping mechanic???

[kjcheezhead]

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Played 2 games. Nothing ground breaking. I haven't played Madden since black Friday of last year and I didn't miss a beat. It just feels stale, repetitive to me. If you enjoy Madden, I didn't see any game killer moments, if you didn't enjoy 13 I think you can save your money for something else.