Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[ODogg]

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Ruff Ryder - Why do you say "No fight for fumble" because that is still in the game from the videos I've seen posted.

[wormturd]

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-Broken tackles are ridiculous. The run game is already easy enough. Make stick skills matter not some tweener busting every tackle...

-Gameflow should bring up situational plays...not pick the plays for you.

-Strategy pad will take time to learn I guess and I didnt get a chance to check individual assigments but hopefully that flows well.

[ezio]

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I'm not sure if this question is placed in the wrong thread, but I just bought a PS3 and I have been looking on the Playstation Store all morning and the only demo showing up is Madden 2010. Has anybody had any luck finding the 2011 demo for PS3??

I'm a converted XBOX360 player so this is all new to me. Thanks!

They update it later in the day. Usually between 5:00 - 8:00 PM EST

[mrclutch]

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Has anyone gotten a user controlled sack?? When I let the cpu control my DL they get sacks every so often but if let's say I control Freeney, as soon as I get to the QB, he'll get rid of it every single time.

My first game I didn't get a sack with Freeney but I only used him for 2 drives. I did get a hit on the QB that allowed Bob Sanders to get a pick 6.

[Pacman83]

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Comparing this to Ncaa is night and day. In college you can get away with just being faster/quicker than the other guy, but not in the NFL. Acceleration and Speed aren't as much as a factor in the NFL, and it shows in the demo. You cant just run past the other guy, you have to work for openings. Ncaa is more fun because its a highlight factory, every player is a human joystick, mostly unrestricted while Madden seems tight, less "wide open", but maybe too much.

Tackle breaking is the opposite. In Madden--wayyy too many, while Ncaa takes a bit more. I see the difference, Madden feeling more like the Pro game, though the added weight feel is maybe a bit overdone...Love the Locomotion in both, movement seems smoother, especially on cut backs, Madden just takes forever to do it.

Gus is Overly Excited!!! after just about every play over 5 yards. But--I guess it's better than the other option, I can live with some life...this might be too much. Whats up with the strategy pad?...who does that? No alternate controls? Barely time to push the 12 buttons it takes to move my Dline? C'mon..deosn't make sense when I don't have time to adjust players, especially against the Colts Offense...And NOTHING was wrong with it...*anyway*

Overall, slightly impressed with some things, slightly disappointed with others. Hit or miss. I've seen a few that believe the finished product is more polished than this W.I.P., which i believe, due to some things still incomplete, like crowd noise. I like the improvements, and i know nobody gives a s***, but i still dunno if I'll end up buying as the demo wasn't that convincing.


Edit: Fight for The Fumble is on, and can't be turned off (unlike most things in the option menu)

[pistonpete]

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I know the answer to this question, but just hoping they decided to put it in: can you player lock with the camera angle changed for POV like in NCAA 11?

Thanks,
Pete

[patsfan188]

game flow gets annoying.

[Spazz4Life31]

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I love the announcing in this game only thing is they should bring back touchdown celebrations. Can't wait till my comes in!

[rondachamp24]

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Another strange thing is how the opposing sideline appears to be cheering during replays when you are running for a TD.

This happens in NCAA too. The opposing team cheers for you if you make a big play or TD. It's a stupid flaw, but nothing worth being upset about.

[mrclutch]

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Ruff Ryder - Why do you say "No fight for fumble" because that is still in the game from the videos I've seen posted.

just had one in my game so it's there.

[CatMan72]

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I have a Cable internet connection and I've been downloading the demo for 4 hours now, it's at 60%. Is anybody else experiencing a REALLY slow download time?

[MAHAM]

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This thread is bumming me out.

Can you really not call formation quick audibles?

The pad sounds aweful. If I cant adjust my defense and offense before the playclock runs I'm gonna get bored fast. I spend most of my Madden time in practice mode trying to build new plays.

A Colts demo without presnap adjustments is kinda pathetic.

[RGiles36]

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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.

Yes, I've played both. Time will tell if NCAA is the better game. But to suggest that NCAA blows Madden out of the water or vice versa is off-base to me. The experiences are different and the game feels slightly different, but the games are not so unique that NCAA should be on some pedestal and Madden on the cellar floor. That's my point.

People praise NCAA and shun Madden as if the games are developed by two different companies LOL.

-GameFlow is worthless without gameplanning. Granted I was down big going into the 3rd quarter, but calling streaks and corner strikes on every play makes me think that EA used "telemetry" from lobby games instead of watching film and talking to NFL players and coaches when they were putting this feature together.

I think you're right here -- otherwise you'll be pissed off at some of the plays called. When I was the Colts and down several points midway through the 4th, I had All-Streaks called about 3 times in a row.

I always thought I wouldn't tinker with gameplans as to simulate my coordinator being in complete control (assuming EA has really done their homework on each team's playcalling). But I'm thinking of nuking Dallas gameplan and rebuilding it on my own.

[AndyP]

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- Strategy pad: if the goal was to create as non-intuitive a pre-snap audible system as they could, well... mission accomplished

- Cutscenes in sports games were feeling dated two years ago. That Tiburon continues to embrace them is... whatever it is

The word on the street over the strategy pad is that it was done precisely to make it harder to make multiple pre-snap adjustments, the kind that nano-blitzers would pull when playing online, stuff like that. I guess they did make it harder, difficult enough to make one pre-snap adjustment in fact.

As for cut-scenes I would like them to take the realtime approach of games like MLB The Show, the players just go back and forth about their business and it plays out exactly as an MLB game should.

[rondachamp24]

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Also guys, whoever thinks this is the "final version" of Madden is not correct. It says right when you turn it on "work in progress.". So if you're seeing a few bugs here and there, this isn't the finalized version and if you're on the fence about buying it you should at least rent the final version and try it out.