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

[Armor and Sword]

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

Madden, nor any sports game is not about online and it shouldn't be. It's about the single player experience. You against the CPU team. Online gaming is nothing more than an add on to a game. Where a game shows it true value is it's single player experience. After all, that is what video gaming is totally and only about for gamers.

I am a big time solo offline guy. I have been my entire video gaming life. But your failing to see Maddens roots. It is a 2 player game in its soul. I played countless hours of Madden 93 and 94 with my roommates. It was some of the best times I had playing console football.

Once you understand that...you learn how to approach it from an offline perspective. I play this game offline far more than online. But this year I am venturing online to enjoy franchise mode and strategy against other human players. When played with a true simulation approach....online Madden has huge potential to be awesome.

What's wrong with that?

[Armor and Sword]

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

Well guys as good as the demo is, it was a teaser of a wip. Go watch the retail build video by QJB and you'll see a cleaner even better looking game than the demo. There's even some new animations not in the demo. Very impressed by that video of retail. August 27th cannot get here fast enough, nor can August 23rd. I'll be downloading it the second it's available.

Almost here JP......almost here.

[NDAlum]

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

Last warning:

Do not troll and bait people into an argument over the direction of Madden and/or whether or not people should or should not be satisfied with its current state.

People have different opinions, just respect it. Any post that is viewed as calling out members for their perceived like or dislike of Madden will be subject to punishment by ban.

This is an impressions thread. Post impressions

[icicle22]

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

To bring it back to an NCAA 14 comparison, I did notice Madden looks far better as far as visuals go. Their is very little aliasing and jaggies compared to NCAA. However....

I am finding the passing game in NCAA more rewarding. I play as the Buckeyes and when guys beat their receivers I can lead them and the will catch it on the run without slowing. I cannot, for the life of me lead my receivers in Madden 25 demo. The pass always hangs up there and it becomes a jump ball everytime, leading to excessive pickoffs and some deflections.

Many have posted that Madden 25 is a tweaked NCAA 14 passing package, but I am not feeling it.

[Khanchus]

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

With that being said.... I like the demo, i hate the fact madden views the 49ers as the greatest team ever. They should have made it best for the madden 25 ann. For how much they are in love with them. I cant stand the camera angle it does not give me a chance to see who is who... If its a db or lb at the line idk why they did that unless you have like 60" tv and i have a 32 btw. I get the whole all madden thing ... Its suppose to be hard and it will be if you dont play sim and keep it a close game... But kapernick going 10-11 100+ yds and a td then you got frank gore he averages like 9 yds per carry and when i do stop him for 3yds i feel like i accomplished something... I get that nfl has turned offense friendly but dont take the fun outa defense... Ima ravens fan so i live for defense... My overall feeling is i am brainwashed by madden so even getting the game for a roster update i would do it... I love football and madden is the closets i can ever get to the nfl gridiron

[SageInfinite]

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

I hope in the retail the level of big hits is toned down. Some of this stuff is disgusting. Next gen they really need to evaluate some of the animations they put in this game and the frequency that they happen. Also wish the cpu defense didn't react and move so quickly at times. I know the demo teams have strong defenses but some things just aren't realistic with the defensive movement.

[LBzrule]

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

I hope in the retail the level of big hits is toned down. Some of this stuff is disgusting. Next gen they really need to evaluate some of the animations they put in this game and the frequency that they happen. Also wish the cpu defense didn't react and move so quickly at times. I know the demo teams have strong defenses but some things just aren't realistic with the defensive movement.

My guess Sage is that the big hits will not be toned down for certain teams, namely 49ers, Seahawks. That's how they distinguish defenses. The 49ers and Seahawks will have more big hit animations than other teams and will cause more fumbles than other teams. It was that way last year and this demo is in line with that.

[SageInfinite]

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

My guess Sage is that the big hits will not be toned down for certain teams, namely 49ers, Seahawks. That's how they distinguish defenses. The 49ers and Seahawks will have more big hit animations than other teams and will cause more fumbles than other teams. It was that way last year and this demo is in line with that.

The game just lacks balance and has lacked balance. Sometimes I see great things that look realistic. Other times I see defenders move and lighting speed to make plays, others times I see players move in slow motion to let guys get past. I have the cpu take over players I'm controlling and move and shift them and slow them down. Just really weird how things work out and play at times. Tiburon really should be past tactics like that.

[SageInfinite]

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

Actually had the cpu change my pursuit angle as well.

[Eddie1967]

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

People love to complain. They can't just enjoy life.

Yes because calling out a game that has shown very little improvement over the years means that someone is not enjoying life, great comparison (rolls eyes).

[Bootzilla]

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

The game just lacks balance and has lacked balance. Sometimes I see great things that look realistic. Other times I see defenders move and lighting speed to make plays, others times I see players move in slow motion to let guys get past. I have the cpu take over players I'm controlling and move and shift them and slow them down. Just really weird how things work out and play at times. Tiburon really should be past tactics like that.

Could not agree more. Too often my players will slow down with a receiver right next to them. The ball can be traveling 25 yards across the field and a defender 3 yards away from the receiver gets stuck in the mud and can't close those 3 yards. Bizarre.

Also, speeds change for strange reasons. Watch how fast the Ravens move in a hurry up. I've literally had passes completed 30 yards down the field against me and the ball is set and snapped in 4 seconds. Impossible. O linemen are running sub 4 40's as they hustle to line of scrimmage and somehow are still stone walling the d linemen.. Flacco is twice as fast as any other time if he were running the ball. Watch Ray Rice on a breakaway run and then watch Flacco on a hurry up and tell me who's faster. Hands down Flacco. It's stupid.

The Ravens threw a 47 yd TD pass to Smith during one of the cracked out hurry ups and the scoring play was an elapsed time of :03. 47 yards in 3 seconds. It'd be different if it didn't feel so super, unrealistically fast. It was super sped up beyond anything at any other point in the game.

[oneamongthefence]

Some stuff that hasn't been mentioned yet...
The handoff animation is much more fluid. Can't really tell except in replays but it looks a lot nicer.

Kick returners still have that imaginary line where they won't return a kick in the end zone even if they have plenty of room to return it.

The game is definitely smoother gameplay and visually.

One tidbit i did find on the madden website was that it said Madden now reflects today's wide open NFL. Might explain why the game is so wide open now.

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[oneamongthefence]

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[Brooke2011]

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

I don't like that Phill and Jim will tell you it's a first down before the chain gang goes out on the field to measure. it kind of takes away that same anticipation that you get watching a real NFL game.

Maybe it's an easy fix

[Seth79]

EA's communication

It would be nice to have someone from EA responding to any of these issues in this forum. I remember last year there was someone from EA keeping everyone up to date. Someone at least saying that they are aware of some of these issues and that they are working on them.