Madden NFL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[vmkstar99]

Stat overlays are very impressive. Had one overlay that showed how many times Cutler was sacked and hurried.

[Tyrant8RDFL]

Unfortunately I was not impressed with the demo. It really surprises me because I felt I was going to be very exited.

It just did not excite me in anyway. I feel the animations and player movement are off. They seem like mannequins. I still prefer last gens game play over this version.

I was really hoping to enjoy this title,but it is not doing it for me at all. I understand it is a demo, but NCAA 12 demo got me excited when I experienced the demo. Madden is not doing it for me, and it is a shame .

I' am still going to give the full version a try. Just from every past experience I have had with a Madden demo. What I experienced with the demo is exactly what I experience when I play the full version. I'm hoping this time it is different.

Sorry I didn't go into specifics, but it is just the overall look and feel to the game feels off, and did not grab me.

Honestly EA needs to consider not using the engine any longer, and go back to last gens engine until they can find something that can perform better.

[marc68]

I like it. Playing as Packers Hawk is a beast. Got to Cutler alot and he started getting ansy in the pocket. You CAN bring in backups. Kuhn is great on short yardage. Can't see anything that is overtly bad. Bring on Aug 30!!

[Armor and Sword]

Alright. Just played my first game. Packers (me) Bears (cpu)

I played on All-Pro default. Slow Speed. I tweaked the penalty sliders as follows:

Everything to 100 except:

Facemask - 53
Roughing the Passer - 53 (found this one really sensitive)

Speed Threshold at 35


I lost 14-10. I was very impressed with a lot of things.


1) Presentation - has been taken to a new level and this is just a demo. I have a feeling he full retail version will be even better. The camera angles are tremendous.

2) Kicking - WOW! Finally feels like a challenge, it is fun and the new angles are amazing. I am really happy with the old school Madden kicking meter. Fantastic!

3) Defensive AI - much better and tighter. Blows Madden 11 AI away and this is after one demo game. I can already see how much better pass defense is going to be. The awareness is much tighter. Line interaction is much better and more realistic

4) Tackling - Suction is gone. Like NCCA 12 this feels so much better now.

5) CPU play calling - I see a much smarter AI already.

6) Gameflow - I used it a lot and loved the options it now has. I can see utilizing this big time in franchise

7) Graphics - just a flat out beautiful looking game. And again we are playing a demo.

8) Atmosphere - Best I have ever seen in Madden....again a demo.


Bottom line is Madden 12 is no doubt shaping up to be IMO the best this series has ever seen. With all the franchise enhancements, DPP, custom playbooks and fully editable rosters and draft classes....this is a wet dream for Madden fans.


Big time happy and super pumped for my copy!!!!

[DGuinta1]

OMG wrong chin strap for Aaron Rogers!

[cavsfan2]

Im spectating a game a game right now and it looks like the football is either full of helium or all the quarterbacks have the arm of Chad Pennington.

[BlackJackRabbit]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Interesting you say that, what difficulty are you playing on? All my games have been in the single digits to low teens.

Not me, I just blew out the Bears 56-7 on All-Madden. I'm loving the game, but hopefully that game was merely an anomaly. I'd like to think I'm just that good.

[Zezoina]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

What difficulty and did you use any sliders?

All-Pro, didn't touch the sliders