Madden 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here

[FlyingFinn]

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The demo? No. not so much what i mean is that EA knows we'll buy it9the madden faithful) so...

the games actually pretty good even though you can only run offense. i see two things right away


1)camera angle doesn't allow you to throw bombs at all because the markers don't stay(so this might be EA's answer to trying to throw so crazy) which makes the game more realistic.

The icons don't stay if you drop back too far... Stay in the pocket my friend.

[Blitzburgh]

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This Demo play wayyyyy better than the NFL DVD Demo! I rented that from Netflix and just put it back in the mail to return today.

I only got a chance to play it about 10 or so times but EVERYTHING seemed better IMO. From the graphics, the field color (not white), to running, passing and even the IQ test thing was way better. It did seem much easier that the NFL Demo but it was better. Just my 2 cents.

[sgtspit]

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game is smooth,could of given us some d play.

[Tomba]

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The icons don't stay if you drop back too far... Stay in the pocket my friend.

LOL. So true.

i will say this this game HAS a pass rush anyone not seeing it is invisible in game

[dswann]

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I am a firm supporter of nCAA 09 and can't agree thats it's better just different. i think NCAA reminds me more of a college game and I feel the "money" the showmanship/showbiz of the bnfl with madden 09. it's more i don't know bigtime feeling. thats all. gameplay wise both play good. just that madden tends to be a bit more realistic in it's handling of the nfl atmosp[here than ncaa is with it's college atmosphere...

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/2008/07/ncaa-football-09.html

http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2008/07/ncaa-09-360-gameplay-discussion-2.html

[jeetaa6]

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/2008/07/ncaa-football-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]

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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]

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

Later today.

[dswann]

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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/2008/07/ncaa-football-09-disconnect-between.html

[trobinson97]

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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]

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

[mdgoalie37]

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

[marshallfever]

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I havnt' seriously played a Madden game in two years, but the passing in this demo is hard as fudge. I'm kind of glad though, makes the game more challenging. I enjoyed the hologram training thing, but its not something i would like to do more then once or twice. Scored all Madden in run offense and All Pro in the rest except for pass defense which i got rookie

Good demo, too bad its way too short though. Can't wait to get the full retail game August 12th or 13th

[SageInfinite]

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Gameplay is pretty solid on offense from the demo and the graphics are great. Still not sure if it warrants a purchase from me this year.