Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[bomza]

Well I have to agree with the majority. I was really looking forward to the Madden demo after loving NCAA 11, and now I'll just be loving NCAA 11 some more. The Gameflow coach commentary really is a disappointment and doesn't really tell you anything. "Follow your blockers and hopefully we'll break one and go for six!" Wow. What insight from the coach! iI seems like it was made for beginners but at least you can turn his voice off and that lets you set up the plays you want to use, which is basically making a better designed custom playbook again after dumping that feature years ago. But then if they called it a custom playbook it wouldn't be a "new" feature then would it?

Commentary is better, but if he calls Vinatieri "Mr Clutch" one more time I'm going to puke. This game just looks darker and not as pleasing graphically as NCAA 11. The play if sped up to normal instead of the default slow might be better but I'm not that excited about trying another game for some reason.

Oh, that reason is the "new" strategy pad! Whose idea was this? Of the hundreds of ideas I read about in the forums for Madden 11, nowhere did I hear about or read about changing the controls. Why? I really would like an explanation because this is NOT for the better. Why in Madden which has always been an offensive-minded game would you want to hamper the defense?

I hope the retail game is better, but now after getting pumped up after buying NCAA 11, they really have me worried instead.

[DGuinta1]

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So weird seeing LT in Jet green and hasn't been called to run once.

[sgtspit]

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trust me guys,this demo does nothing to show how madden will be.the full game is waaaaayyyyyyy better.There is no fading of the crowd noise in the full game.there r more stadium music and noise and much more in between plays.if uve been to a real game u will know what im talking about.
honestly,i cant play this demo after playing the full game.i wont b buying it the first day but i can tell u not to make a judgement on this crappy dull,boring game..sounds like the player voices r in a tunnel..im just saying dont judge by this demo..play the full.im still liking ncaa a better this year..

[thedudedominick]

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trust me guys,this demo does nothing to show how madden will be.the full game is waaaaayyyyyyy better.There is no fading of the crowd noise in the full game.there r more stadium music and noise and much more in between plays.if uve been to a real game u will know what im talking about.
honestly,i cant play this demo after playing the full game.i wont b buying it the first day but i can tell u not to make a judgement on this crappy dull,boring game..sounds like the player voices r in a tunnel..im just saying to go by this demo..play the full.im still liking ncaa a little better this year..

How about gameplay though, I think that is the major problem people are having with this game compared to NCAA. We understand the sounds will be messed up its just a demo.

[DGuinta1]

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I like Gus a lot though I picked off a tipped pass and running it back he was say, the Batman song.

Now they do a shout out to the folks who made Madden during the final mins. of the game. hehe

[sgtspit]

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ok,i was just responding to the question about the noise,but to me the game play is what u gonna get in the full..no diff in that department..but the demo is boring like any other demo..so the noise is the only diff from full.gameplay the same..

[Mike Smoove]

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How about gameplay though, I think that is the major problem people are having with this game compared to NCAA. We understand the sounds will be messed up its just a demo.

NCAA has better gameplay. The only thing Madden does better this year is the catching animations. And this is after putting in some serious time with Maddens full version. The catch debugging tool was a success.

[DGuinta1]

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Strategy Pad isn't that bad once you get used to it.

[at23steelers]

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ok,i was just responding to the question about the noise,but to me the game play is what u gonna get in the full..no diff in that department..but the demo is boring like any other demo..so the noise is the only diff from full.gameplay the same..

What about the graphics? Are the graphics a lot better in the full game? Can you compare it to NCAA 11. NCAA 11 blows these graphics out of the water.

[DGuinta1]

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nice I was able to sack Manning and he ate it. He didn't do the cheesy dump pass before the sack.

[ch46647]

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Game needs to be played at normal speed.

The NFL is not a "slow" game, and we have locomotion now so no need to mask the movement anymore IMO.

[parkranger15]

Can someone please let me know how bigh the demo is? Is it more than a gig?

its 1.5 gigs

[Dawsons_Creek]

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Gameflow is a joke. Another pointless gimmick, I will never use.

Other then that I think gameplay is fine, graphics are fantastic, player models look great, Gus Johnson is awesome.

I just can't believe how much EA is hyping gameflow, what a shame.

[ab2c4]

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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...

Now this is what I expected to hear from people. M11 is a tweaked and improved version of M10.

I also am thinking that there is a lot of truth when you said "I think the initial negative reaction is due to NCAA going from horrible to really good and Madden going from really good to better". NCAA 10 was terrible and now NCAA11 is great with a massive amount of improvement this year. Last year Madden 10 was really good and people are expecting the same massive leap for Madden 11. The problem is it may have only improved a little which makes some gamers really upset, but it still may end up a good overall game.

As long as it is improved (the gameplay) a little over last year I will be very happy.

[bomza]

More observations... The game plays much more like NCAA 11 if on normal speed (the default is slow in the demo) and that cut scene they show of a player getting water on the sideline is shown WAY too much. Like maybe 6-8 times in one game? BTW, has anyone seen cutaways yet of catches on the sidelines or TD's and the stupid refs getting into a conference to determine if he caught the ball or crossed the goal line or not? I sure hope they got wise and took that out if they weren't able to fix it. Unfortunately, it seems fight for the fumble is still in. (Sigh.) I'll now have to see if it has full replays and if the ball carrier can actually be seen going into the endzone on a replay instead of the replay cutting off before he crosses the goal line.