Madden 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here

[jeetaa6]

Quote: Originally Posted by dswann

EA has always nailed the atmosphere for NCAA and I have always tended to favor the series but NCAA 09 has some serious gameplay flaws http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/64297 (Not the first video that shows defenses running backwards either) http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2...otball-09.html http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2...cussion-2.html

OMG-I had no idea NCAA was this messed up!
For sure, I'll be waiting to see if videos such as this can be made with Madden. I am not a day one purchased any longer.
The demo reviews do sound good, but again, VERY short playtime. WHY?

[J-Unit40]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteelerSpartan

I love the QB wind up for deep passes...should help against those damm cheesers

Nice! The QB winds up for the deep ball? That's great to hear. I cannot stand the way the ball rockets out of the forearm of the QB on a deep ball in NCAA. It's just one of my pet peeves.

[e0820]

Quote: Originally Posted by angels28

I have the PS3 and cannot find it. Is it XBOX only

Later today.

[dswann]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeetaa6

OMG-I had no idea NCAA was this messed up! For sure, I'll be waiting to see if videos such as this can be made with Madden. I am not a day one purchased any longer. The demo reviews do sound good, but again, VERY short playtime. WHY?

And who would have thought so when the average review site is an 84

http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2...t-between.html

[trobinson97]

First impressions....

Take the Madden IQ test feeling ever bit of a ******. Scored 550-something. Rolled eyes at that part and the thought that a lot of guys probably marked out with John Madden telling them their objectives.


Enter the Madden moment, first play of the game I call a few fake snaps while sending a guy in motion. One of my linemen jumps, but no penalty is called. The lineman stands up like "Yeah it was me ref" then slowly inches his off the line and down the field while time continues to run off the clock. I'm sitting there feeling like even more of a ****** as I watch inch his fat butt all the way down field. Everyone else (both offense and defense) stay at the line of scrimmage at their positions as if the ball will be snapped at any moment.

With about 15 seconds or so I just start pressing buttons, happen to call an audible that signals to the wayward offensive linemen that we'd like to run a play. He runs back down to set up, but time runs out.

So my first impression is, wtf?


Let's try this again.

[asu666]

"Too bad EA owns the NFL license - I think competition from other NFL video games would do them some good." NetherScourge

I agree, the NFL needs to open the license back up before no one else can get a decent effort out to market.

[JBucc]

Do penalties take up a lot of space or something? That's a very odd thing to leave out.

[mdgoalie37]

Has anyone been able to get in the clear and notice the pursuit angles taken by the CPU Defense? Anything resemblng NCAA?