Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

**Gotmadskillzson** · 07-27-2010, 01:05 PM

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Ok got the mic working finally........

Game flow is alright......but I still use open playbook and pick my own damn plays. Don't like the way they changed how you do hot routes and pre-snap stuff. Hell I thought this year theme was suppose to be simple ? Instead they add extra stuff you have to do just to do pre-snap and hot routes.

That zoom out thing on passing and running really needs to be PATCHED. Why the hell do they zoom out so far like that ? I missed an easy TD pass because of that. Being the camera zooms out so far, I thought the guy was way deeper down the field then he really was and over throw him by a good 15 yards out the back of the end zone.

Passing over the middle is more hard this year, mainly because of the zoom out thing and how damn high LB's can jump in this game. In the demo version at least, the atmosphere in this game is LACKING.

Some of the player models are very thin as though they haven't eaten in months.

**Skyboxer** · 07-27-2010, 01:05 PM

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Originally posted by Rocky

Skyboxer, you are just being counterproductive here man. This thread is for impressions and quite frankly if people want to describe the strategy pad as a gamekiller (for the demo mind you) then let them. Gameflow IS the big feature this year as well and from the looks of it, it's not really needed at all. If the Jordan feature is useless in NBA2K or Real Time Presentation was 'not worth it' in The Show, we'd hear the same thing.

Informing people that something that is being called a gamekiller is possibly an OPTION and can be turned off is counter productive??
Maybe to those with an infatuation of complaining and crying the sky is falling... Otherwise I fail to see how it's counter productive.

Even if it can't be and is there regardless dosn't warrant a gamekiller scream... It's just something new you have to get used to.
Stop telling EA that Madden is stale if, when they make a change, you're going to act like someone stole your Chucky Cheese coins and scream WHY!!!!...

To each their own. It is a nice to come out here every once and awhile to get a reminder why I don't come out here often.
Sorry to take the thread off track... I'll be leaving now

**Triathlete_201** · 07-27-2010, 01:07 PM

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A few random questions:

1. How many & types of camera options will this game have? Will it have a fully user customizable camera ala 2k8?

2. What's the best way to get a user sack? Dive at the QB by hitting X or hit down on the right stick?

3. How do you showboat before scoring?

Gracias

**Spongedaddy** · 07-27-2010, 01:09 PM

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For some reason I am finding it easier to identify the holes when running in this demo than in other versions of Madden I have played. I kind of like the new flow options and the demo AI called a decent game for me. I can see this making the game more accessible for different levels of players and may open up the online portion a bit. Overall I am pretty happy with the demo.

**cake612** · 07-27-2010, 01:13 PM

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Hasn't Madden had the problem with the CPU snapping the ball way to quickly for the past 2 or 3 years and then everyone complains about it and they end up patching it. How does this keep happening. Way more noticeable when you choose a gameflow play since you have to check the play art just to see what is going on at first and then decide what to do instead of picking a play and then start with adjustments right after. If your the Dlineman after the play call screen your done if you like to play DB since they basically snap the ball right as you select you guy most of the time.

**HittinAgenda** · 07-27-2010, 01:13 PM

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This is probably a stupid question, but has anyone tried just doing the M10 pre-snap controls and ignored the strategy pad? I swear I did press coverage on one of my first plays via the Y-button, R-stick down method before realizing I was supposed to use the D-pad. Probably just my imagination though.....

**SA1NT401** · 07-27-2010, 01:18 PM

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Final thoughts on the DEMO after 12 games played ...6 times by each team.

-Strategy pad still sucks. Thought after a while i would get used to it. Its clunky and awkward.

-Warping to the ball is very obvious and tackle animations are not varied. Keep seeing the same 12 or so over and over...Maybe thats all of them?

-Kicking, to me at least, is painfully easy(er) than the RS method. Thought they wanted to do the opposite? But i see it as an even easier system.

-Commentary overall even with Gus, i find annoying, repetative and unnatural. Wasted talent by both(Chris is excellent IRL as is Gus).

-Gameflow-Like the concept and i think more time and actually putting a gameplan together could make it worth it. Need more time with it.

-Player Models....IMHO, they look terrible. The whole "Look" of players is off. Some player models are so skinny, i wonder what they were going for. The models just dont resemble anyone they are supposed to aside from the faces (which look great btw).

-Lighting is....Nothing special to me. NCAA trumps this area several times over.

-Passing is...well passing. I see no change either positive or negative. LB superpowers do appear to be back though.

All in all....Meh. NCAA is giving me more at this point than i think madden will this year. After a few weeks when people here have had it and have posted the good/Bad what glitches or bugs hurt and other stuff, then i will decide if i want to invest $60 in Madden again. But as of now, just not much there in my eyes to warrent another purchase.

**TastyRambo** · 07-27-2010, 01:18 PM

yeah its obvious madden didnt take a big leap like ncaa did. I feel ncaas locomotion is more fluid and realistic compared to maddens. Dislike the strategy pad in madden, probably because I was so used to the old audible system..I thought the commentary was pretty boring they need to get rid of chris collinsworth. It seemed like there was long pauses and just awkward yelling from gus johnson, he would get too excited for like every play.

Only thing I really liked was the passing game and showing real life players on the sidelines, otherwise it seemed ncaa was just flat out better...

**Spongedaddy** · 07-27-2010, 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by SA1NT401

-Commentary overall even with Gus, i find annoying, repetative and unnatural. Wasted talent by both(Chris is excellent IRL as is Gus).

I am thinking that this is a problem with their voice over director. Both guys sound uninspired and Gus' Swagger man pitch is funny for all the wrong reasons.

**Sublime12089** · 07-27-2010, 01:25 PM

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I enjoyed the demo. Went from a game I was def going to pass on to a rent and see how I like it. That can still change with final build impressions though.

**mr_president** · 07-27-2010, 01:31 PM

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Originally posted by AndyP

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.

great..another band aid

...i guess just out right fixing it (the nano) is out of the question.

**Afrikan** · 07-27-2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by ODogg

I thought I was the only one who read that and thought MastaJedi'1 sons both died.

I didn't get to that part....I was still stuck scratching my head on this

"The graphics on the 360 are better"

**ChampIsHere42** · 07-27-2010, 01:34 PM

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I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I feel a major difference between last years game and this years game. I'm also tired of everyone complaining about the strategy pad. It's really not that hard to get used to. Maybe if you're going back and forth between playing NCAA and Madden then it can be frustrating but come on. This is the most realistic Madden game I've ever played and I can say that by just playing one game of the demo.

**TracerBullet** · 07-27-2010, 01:39 PM

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Ugh, I hate the Jets and all their dang blitzing. I like the fact they play like they do in real life though.

**SkinsBoYee** · 07-27-2010, 01:42 PM

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Anyone with the demo....can you confirm if you have the option of a broadcast playable camera on the demo?

Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

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