Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[DGuinta1]

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Main reason the crowd is quite at times is that they had to edited and take out alot of the announcing and stuff so the demo would download faster. It will be fine in the final version

Oh I forgot, thanks for reminding me. Kinda silly of us to compare a demo with a final bld, plus patch retail copy of NCAA.

[raiders81tim]

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Well I have already got/played the full version so these are my pros and cons.

Pros
-Catch debugging tool works lots of catch animations.
-Gus Johnson is excellent. You wont get pauses in commentary in full version.
-Graphics are best in the series for Madden.
-Deep ball is back.
-So far the cpu has challenged the correct rulings.


Cons
-Run blocking is not as good as NCAA.
-Ball travels too slow in the air.
-AI rubberband still there.
-I cant find out how to do hot routes there is no instructions on how to do it. Not even on game controls.
-Locomotion not as good as NCAA.

NCAAF 11 > Madden 11

Press up twice on Dpad then select receiver then select route.

[AndyP]

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They have to patch this! I can't believe this strategy pad nonsense. It's not intuitive and it's not efficient. What were they trying to accomplish with this?

It's really destroying the game for me. Presnap adjustments are a thing of the past and can no longer be done with the ease that they were once done. I'd be lucky to make one adjustment per snap now. I really don't get it.

I might be wrong but the strategy pad to me seems like a simplification of the whole pre-snap stuff - the elusive Madden noobs they constantly strive to appeal to probably told them they were confused by all the different combinations of button/stick adjustments - and they put it all onto the D-pad.

But where has the defensive receiver spotlight gone ??

[HealyMonster]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

Well I have already got/played the full version so these are my pros and cons.

Pros
-Catch debugging tool works lots of catch animations.
-Gus Johnson is excellent. You wont get pauses in commentary in full version.
-Graphics are best in the series for Madden.
-Deep ball is back.
-So far the cpu has challenged the correct rulings.


Cons
-Run blocking is not as good as NCAA.
-Ball travels too slow in the air.
-AI rubberband still there.
-I cant find out how to do hot routes there is no instructions on how to do it. Not even on game controls.
-Locomotion not as good as NCAA.

NCAAF 11 > Madden 11

By 'Rubberband" do you mean comeback AI, or something else?

[DGuinta1]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

Threw an out pattern to B. Edwards and it went the way it should. The DB didn't jump the route and block it or pick it off for 6 the other way. Very nice!

[Blitzburgh]

Yeah, I think people are crapping prematurely on Madden. The strategy pad warrants the criticism, but the demo has only been out a couple hours lol. How can you declare that NCAA blows this out of the water so fast?

Um - did you play them both? It doesn't take much time to realize which one looks and play a better game of football to me and apparently many others. The NCAA game nailed the atmosphere of really bringing you into the game and unfortunately I didn't get that feeling at all playing the Madden demo.

[PantherBeast_OS]

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I have a feeling the Stratgey pad is going to be the main complaint people will have with madden 11 when it comes out. I don't know if they can revert back to the old controls are not. But I think this is something Ian and Phil needs to look into doing if they start getting a ton of complaints about it. I have to agree with people that on the D side of the ball the strategy pad is almost usless to you because the AI will snap the ball a few seconds after getting to the line of scrimmage. But the Strategy pad on the offense side of the ball ain't that bad so long as you ain't using the accelarated clock. But overall if Ian and Phil would work on fixing the Strategy pad issue then the game overall is good.

[Dax(FlowLyfe)]

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Threw an out pattern to B. Edwards and it went the way it should. The DB didn't jump the route and block it or pick it off for 6 the other way. Very nice!

Oh so he dropped it?

[Whammer]

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I've cut some slack to Madden 11's demo, but when compared to NCAA 11's demo.....well there is NO COMPARISON. NCAA 11's demo was a blast to play as soon as it fired up. Madden feels slow, clunky, awkward and NOT FUN when you compare the two.

A demo should make you WANT to buy the retail version, Madden's demo makes me want to delete it!

NCAA 11 for me and shortly NHL 11 and FIFA 11 will be out and Madden will not be missed.

[Scoop 24]

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from what i got to play at my friends house over the weekend. the retail is way more polished. and the dbs play better. the demo feels closer to ncaa than it does the final version of madden.

[Mike Smoove]

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By 'Rubberband" do you mean comeback AI, or something else?

Yea the automatic comebacks, or some call it leveling the playing field. Its still there.

[DGuinta1]

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Oh so he dropped it?

lol..

No actually a very nice toe drag for a completion.

Enjoying the stadium specific sounds too. Like being at a Jets game. Been to plenty since my buddy has seasons.

[raiders81tim]

Re: Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

I have a feeling the Stratgey pad is going to be the main complaint people will have with madden 11 when it comes out. I don't know if they can revert back to the old controls are not. But I think this is something Ian and Phil needs to look into doing if they start getting a ton of complaints about it. I have to agree with people that on the D side of the ball the strategy pad is almost usless to you because the AI will snap the ball a few seconds after getting to the line of scrimmage. But the Strategy pad on the offense side of the ball ain't that bad so long as you ain't using the accelarated clock. But overall if Ian and Phil would work on fixing the Strategy pad issue then the game overall is good.

Well the first 5 or 6 games I played with it I hated it as well. But once you get use to it, it's no different than the old way really. I still see no real reason to change it up though.

[ChicagoChris]

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Demo is good. Feels like Madden 10 with a few tweaks. Not a bad thing since i liked Madden 10.

I like the new presentation and the animations look good. Gus sounds better than Hammond.

As others have said, strategy pad either sucks or will take getting used to.

I think the initial negative reaction is due to NCAA going from horrible to really good and Madden going from really good to better.

The demo is a Work in progress but M11 is not THAT bad...

[DGuinta1]

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Dont like Gus saying J E T S Jets Jets Jets after a Jets score. Announcers should be team neutral.