Madden NFL 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[Broncos86]

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I like the new play-call screen. I've always disliked play-call screens that take up the entire screen and block me from what's going on.

[tanis38]

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I can't speak for anyone else, but I've managed to play several games in one sitting without getting tired. So I don't think it's an issue.

LOL! Good one Spanky.

As for fatigue, I only played the 1 minute demo, so my players didn't even get to warm up.

[mems1224]

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I like the new play-call screen. I've always disliked play-call screens that take up the entire screen and block me from what's going on.

but thats exactly what this one does? you cant see half the screen

[countryboy]

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Might have been asked, but...how's the fatigue in the demo?

Fatigue is actually well done in my opinion. Yesterday I was playing and the Steelers put together a 12 play drive that was all runs and Moore got 2 of the 12 carries due to Parker being taken out for fatigue.

The good news this year is that there is a fatigue slider so if fatigue is over/under done in your opinion, then you can adjust accordingly.

[MAzing87]

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Slow is too slow. I put Fitz on fly routes upfield and he was getting about 30 yards downfield in ~4.4-4.5 seconds.

The ball does hang in the air slightly too long. But the good thing about it is that it gets overthrown so that no one gets to it or INT isn't so easy to get, at least from what I experienced. There were some gimme INTs that I didn't get, and a lot of tipped passes I thought would get picked off but didn't.

[AboveTheRim]

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I think player models would look much better if they put in Loose sleeves.

[countryboy]

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but thats exactly what this one does? you cant see half the screen

Yeah this playcall screen doesn't seem any different then previous years in terms of the amount of space it takes up.

[Texans989]

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i love the demo. Gamestop demo btw. few minor flaws i notice are-

1.too many holding penalties on FG or extra point. ive had like 3 in 4 games.
2. too many over the shoulder catches. Ill throw a ball into the flats and he catches it over the shoulder instead or squaring up to it.
3.CPU will throw a pass toward the sideline to a reciever standing still with nobody around him and he still doesnt get both feet in half the time.

[mems1224]

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Yeah this playcall screen doesn't seem any different then previous years in terms of the amount of space it takes up.

lol word

id rather see the whole field in a smaller screen to the side of the play call screen than see the whole field in one shot and have the play call screen cover half of it right in the middle

[ridemooses]

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Lol I'm gonna keep complaining this time about game play, playing on All-Madden I feel like I get ABSOLUTELY no breaks. In my past two drives two routine huge plays I missed: Warner missed Fitz on a wide open streak I didn't lead him or anything just tapped the button and I overthrew him. Also, my WR's seem to drop too many balls, Boldin just missed a wide open over the middle pass that would have given me a first.

I'm sure I'll be able to adjust the sliders for this but it seems like the AI gets every interception when they are near it and I drop almost all of mine. Don't like that, the CPU shouldn't win just because they get lucky. Make them better at play calling not catching and getting lucky.

[MAzing87]

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LOL! Good one Spanky.

As for fatigue, I only played the 1 minute demo, so my players didn't even get to warm up.

They made that Gamestop commercial about that to encourage gamers to preorder. All I kept thinking was that the graphics were horrible, it didn't look like that in the demo though.

[Texans989]

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Fatigue is actually well done in my opinion. Yesterday I was playing and the Steelers put together a 12 play drive that was all runs and Moore got 2 of the 12 carries due to Parker being taken out for fatigue.

The good news this year is that there is a fatigue slider so if fatigue is over/under done in your opinion, then you can adjust accordingly.

fatigue is done well. they also have like where the fatigue colors will be a shade of green/yellow. like right in between. and once u get 6 or 7 plays into a drive, the circles on the playcall screen starting turing yellow and eventually red after 12 plays or so

[WDOgF0reL1fe]

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^As for fatigue, I would control Bertrand Berry and on almost every 3rd down, he would be yellow or red.

Think about this everyone...
See how big of a leap NCAA 10 was from the demo to the retail version? And that demo was pretty bad.

This demo is pretty dang good, and imagine if the same leap happens to Madden in regards to the retail version.

[big_larry]

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i like the game alot its much more realistic, i like the locomotion and gang tackling. i also love the defendsive assist now i can play linebacker and corner, i use to strictly play dline but you cant in this game cause its hard to get pressure playing the line. so it fun mixing it up between different positions.

i just have one question can recievers like fitz turn around and go up for jump balls? instead of tring to do it over the shoulder all the time.

[TeixeiraFanatic]

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I just saw something kind of weird.

The Cardinals(CPU) were on my 41 with 2 seconds to go in the 2nd quarter.
They decide to kick so i choose field goal return or whatever. So they hike the ball and then Neil Rackers kicks but the ball is blocked! Or is it?

I go to replay to find that the long snapper breaks of his block to block one of the defenders coming from the side to block the kick and the ball is kicked right into his hands. Then i tackle him.