Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[Laimbeer]

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Well, I tried the demo.

I am sure if the stadium sounds were on, and the stadium music kicking the sound would be better. The players faces look allot better (Manning looks like Manning and not some weird freak) The lighting is good, but not having progressive lighting is a huuuugeee blow this year.

Also why does the ball look so FREAKING BIG? Can you guys at ea make the ball the correct proportion to the players? Patch it maybe? Does the NFL require you to pump that thing up so we can see the lettering? Annoying.

Anything that is mapped to the horrible xbox360 d pad should never be done.

I will buy the game, because its the only NFL game in town, but I know you guys did a poor job this year compared to last based upon the demo.

[MAHAM]

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Agreed. Some people making good points but for the most part a lot of the same stuff over and over. Not easy at all to find a simple answer.

Also I guess everyone owns a xbox.

5-8 est has been posted over and over too.

[carshotz]

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Its true, whoever they have concentrating on this stuff must be part time football fans. I wonder if EA has anyone the Madden Team who actually like football. I hate seeing them online having their stupid round table meetings talking about listening to the fans! Listening to the fans?? Really? Let me ask you EA are those football fans your listening to or are you taking advice from the foreign exchange intern in the mail room!

You guys are making this harder than it needs to be. Just suck up your stupid pride, hire a real dev team and some real football people and give e the ship! You can't listen to madden! Yeah I said it! He is like 90 and all this stuff looks great to him! My grandfather worked in the Auto Business for 40 years and still calls my cousins Dodge Neon a bat mobile!

Just cause madden knows football doesn't mean knows technology!!!

[celg35]

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Ok....i played the demo for 5 hours this morning. i then came back and played again. but this time i played a quick quarter of madden 10 ( jets vs colts 1 pm clear weather). madden 11 is night and day above madden 10 visually. I also played on very slow and on pro with the cpu slider for pass coverage and pass rush at 25. i usually play on all madden , but because of the inability to adjust human sliders, i find that all madden and all pro do not give a "fair" experience when it comes to cpu coverage and pass rush. I played on slow a and normal, but for some reason i'm digging the animations that i'm seeing from the very slow setting.( especially the sideline cathes).

if i had to compare the demo for madden to ncaa, i would say madden is a lot more fun and polished( demo wise only). ncaa turned out to be a great game, and i expect madden to follow as well.

Gameflow is one of those things were you will have to devote an hour to game planning for every situation. Once you have the plays you want and have weighed them accordingly, you will be happy at how the game flows.

one thing people have not mentioned is how much better it is to audible this year.....it actually lets you scroll through the plays and it shows the play art for each play on the screen to give you a better idea of match ups and how the play relates to the current defense

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I thought I cured myself of slider-itis......but now it looks like I am going to have to get addicted again.

[Keirik]

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very odd, the pass is way too fast. Seems more like out of a rocket launcher than a QB's arm

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Ok....i played the demo for 5 hours this morning. i then came back and played again. but this time i played a quick quarter of madden 10 ( jets vs colts 1 pm clear weather). madden 11 is night and day above madden 10 visually. I also played on very slow and on pro with the cpu slider for pass coverage and pass rush at 25. i usually play on all madden , but because of the inability to adjust human sliders, i find that all madden and all pro do not give a "fair" experience when it comes to cpu coverage and pass rush. I played on slow a and normal, but for some reason i'm digging the animations that i'm seeing from the very slow setting.( especially the sideline cathes).

if i had to compare the demo for madden to ncaa, i would say madden is a lot more fun and polished( demo wise only). ncaa turned out to be a great game, and i expect madden to follow as well.

Gameflow is one of those things were you will have to devote an hour to game planning for every situation. Once you have the plays you want and have weighed them accordingly, you will be happy at how the game flows.

one thing people have not mentioned is how much better it is to audible this year.....it actually lets you scroll through the plays and it shows the play art for each play on the screen to give you a better idea of match ups and how the play relates to the current defense

If anything they just dumbed Madden down to appeal to the mases. Gameflow, game plan just made it easier for somebody who don't have a clue about football can pick up the game and have a decent chance of beating a 20 year madden vet.

Now I wouldn't mind this if this was like in the practice mode of the game. But in the actual game, having somebody tell you what plays do is like giving somebody the answers to a test and say here go take the test, good luck.

[Only1LT]

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I must confess that I am not a fan of either the player models in Madden or NCAA. I don't think either looks proportionally right.

[Omniphobe]

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Yep, just played a couple games of the demo. Turned it off and put in Madden 10. Aside from the lighting and the locomotion, it's the same game. The strategy pad and the gameflow features are kinda cool, but they aren't really mindblowing.

I popped in NCAA 11, and in terms of presentation, it was night and day. Gus Johnson is a great addition, but hearing rehashed lines from Collinsworth kills everything. The ESPN presentation from NCAA 11 makes it so much better. Madden should add in NBC or CBS presentation or something to spice things up.

I feel like this version of Madden is for the casuals and the people who don't play or know what football is. I can call my own plays and devise my own gameplans in Madden 10 just fine.

I'm skipping Madden 11 this year, maybe Madden 12 will get a look from me, but I'm just going to stick by NCAA 11 this year, and possibly Backbreaker if the patch works.

[slick589]

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i really like the player models. not everyone is hulked out like ncaa. also different sock lengths really make the game look more lifelike and its such a minor detail

[nightofshadow]

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*The defensive GameFlow calls are horrible. The coach was wrong on every play. Look for the PA and it was a run. O they wanna run on 1st down and it was a pass. Blitz all the time. I think might be better when you do your game plan for defense.

*I am a person that buys Madden becuz im a football player and there no other football game to buy. I dont make big deal out of certain things about a game. For people to get on here and wine about a game is crazy. You make the choice Buy it or Dont Buy it bottom line.

I say that there is not much change, but enough change for me to enjoy the game and be happy.

So fellas enjoy the demo. Im going to enjoy Madden 11 since i already have a retail copy already

PSA: This will be deleted by the mods bc of that last statement.

[slick589]

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*The defensive GameFlow calls are horrible. The coach was wrong on every play. Look for the PA and it was a run. O they wanna run on 1st down and it was a pass. Blitz all the time. I think might be better when you do your game plan for defense.

*I am a person that buys Madden becuz im a football player and there no other football game to buy. I dont make big deal out of certain things about a game. For people to get on here and wine about a game is crazy. You make the choice Buy it or Dont Buy it bottom line.

I say that there is not much change, but enough change for me to enjoy the game and be happy.

So fellas enjoy the demo. Im going to enjoy Madden 11 since i already have a retail copy already

PSA: This will be deleted by the mods bc of that last statement.

i didnt realize the d coordinator was supposed to know the offenses plays before they happened like a psychic

[celg35]

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If anything they just dumbed Madden down to appeal to the mases. Gameflow, game plan just made it easier for somebody who don't have a clue about football can pick up the game and have a decent chance of beating a 20 year madden vet.

Now I wouldn't mind this if this was like in the practice mode of the game. But in the actual game, having somebody tell you what plays do is like giving somebody the answers to a test and say here go take the test, good luck.

yeah i get that feeling too, but on line and on all madden will seperate the men from boys in that situation.

[ngw411]

It's not under new downloads, you have to go to M and find it

on PSN or XB-LIVE

[novabug]

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I think EA must run every thing they do by madden to make themselves feel better!

"HEY JOHN CHECK OUT GAME FLOW...WHAT DO YOU THINK"

"HOLY COW! WOW! IT SOUNDS LIKE THERES GUYS TALKIN IN MY EAR...WHOA LET ME CALL PAT AND AL MICHAELS OVER TOP LOOK AT THIS FUTURISTIC NEW FANGLED TECHNO STUFF YOU GUYS GOT!"

"WOW THANKS JOHN THAT MEANS A LOT!"

"HEY NO PROBLEM, WELL I GOTTA GO IT'S 2 O'CLOCK AND TIME FOR DINNER, WHAM!"