Madden NFL 11 Demo Available Now, Please Post Impressions Here

[2krunk4u]

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In my little time playing it I've seen what I need to see. Madden 11 is gonna be a pretty solid football game. It is basically what we've all come to expect, so people freaking out simply have no reason to other than to blow steam. Since EA has pretty much said they're holding out until next year (hopefully we'll have REAL football next year too), I cant be too mad at this installment.

The game is pretty darn fun, if you ask me. Animations, specifically wide receiver and some running instances, look pretty good. I LOVE the fact that there is now a feature to turn Auto Strafe off. My defensive players feel more free and react more realistically without the auto strafe. It actually takes me back to the good ol' days of Madden 05 and 06 on PS2.

Graphics are amazing, but could be stepped up even more IMO. Peyton Manning warming up looks amazing, but those graphics dont translate too well during play. Overall the game is a beauty. The shadowing of the players adds another layer of realism. New Meadowlands looks great as well. I'd still more happening on the sidelines. Whatever happened to those pixelated cheerleaders EA? Cheerleaders are just as important to football as beer.

Honestly my only complaint would have to be the strategy pad. It's clunky, confusing and time consuming. The best thing about it, at least on defense, is the better disguising of plays due to the players positioning themselves in a more realistic manner. Offensively it's just to much to press especially with an accelerated clock. Could I learn it/master it? I most certainly can. Should I have had to is the question.

Overall I'll give the demo a 7. It would be an easy 9 with Madden 10's audible system combined with the better positioning that Madden 11 provides. Madden 11 will definitely serve it's purpose this year. Madden 12 needs to blow me and all of us out of the water though.

[steelernation28]

I love it. If gameflow and gameplanning for each team works like it should, then they can have my $60 bucks.

[ChubbyBanana]

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Jvalverde, when I played 10 last year at first I was disappointed... Then it grew on me. I think and want to think ill like 11 more... I liked it immediately. Not sure I like gameflow but will get into gameplan tomorrow... And see. Has anyone tested challenges? Do replays still not match result. This is one thing I would Love to fix

I have challenged two things, both a catch that I thought was in from the quick replay they showed me and a fumble that I thought ballcarrier was down.

On both the replays you could clearly see what was the correct call. On the Catch the receiver was clearly out of bounds, but I couldn't tell. So I lost that challenge.

On the Fumble I thought he was down and when they reviewed the replay you could see that his knee was down. I won that one.

So I think the "replays emulating the correct calls" have been tweaked a bit. It might not be right all the time, but it does seem better IMO.

[Palo20]

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Out routes vs. Man coverage are a money play.

You can also throw it before the WR makes his cut. Route based passing people should be happy, other than the fact that a 5 yard out routinely becomes a 50 yard gain. The CBs get so out of position.

[PGaither84]

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[...] With that said, the gameplay on the field is exceptional in my opinion.[...]

Seriously?!? Exceptional?!? In the very short time the game has been out and the video that are already showing up on Youtube of game play that I have already experienced, and I know you must have [because we are all playing the same demo] you call the game play exceptional?!? Are you not paying much attention to what is going out on the field? that has to be it. I just can't understand how you can possibly call the game play exceptional.

[Bellsprout]

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I just can't understand how you can possibly call the game play exceptional.

And I just can't understand how you can possibly not understand that people have different opinions.

Seriously, if he likes it, if he thinks it's exceptional, why try to bring him down?

[Palo20]

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Safeties in Cover 2 take WAY too long to react to deep routes. They're usually still in their backpedal while the WR is running by them.

I think this is because locomotion actually works, but some of the logic is flawed. I've seen WRs running free all over the place.

If the Safeties didn't have to stop and plant, they would probably be in position to make a play, but with locomotion, there is a slight hesitation to gather and start sprinting.

I wonder if years of neglecting momentum has caught up here--can the old passing system work properly with the new locomotion?

[jvalverde88]

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I like the demo there obviously must be something wrong with me.

[PVarck31]

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First let me say that I was pretty down on this game, in fact, I was convinced I wasn't going to buy it. Now, I am cautiously optimistic.

I just got done playing my first game. I noticed a marked improved over 10 immediately. I was the Colts. Gameflow seemed to be realistic in the plays it called for Indy. Lots of passes, and a few runs mixed in.

Just playing one game, I can't really get a read on whats good and whats bad. However in the ONE game I did play, I saw more good than bad. Not once in all my passing attempts did I see a psychic defender. (all-pro) It seemed like if a WR got open they earned it, and if a pass was defended the DB earned it. This is HUGE for me. I just hope it stays this way the more I play.

I thought the coverage on defense was improved from last year. Man and zone. I thought the presentation well done. The cut-scenes fit the situation.

I did see a little bit of warping, a little sliding, but overall much less than previous years.

One thing I noticed that I think could be an issue, is when your AI corner suddenly stops on a deep ball right before the ball gets there. That needs to be fixed.

So I will play some more tomorrow, or today i guess, and hopefully it keeps looking good. As of now, the game seems to do more good things than bad. Oh, and best part about it. It felt like football.

[blklightning]

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anyone with the ps3 version getting a lot of stuttering in the auto replays?

i had a sweet first game. won 15-9 with a sweet touch pass over the DB on a corner route for the winning TD. went for 2 just to rub it in. lol.

[MattIntellect]

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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...

I agree that this is probably why more people like NCAA's improvements compared to Madden's this year.

After playing the demo, I was really impressed with how smooth the game played compared to last year. I have to get used to the controls more, as past Maddens were more pick up and play, but the gameplay itself seems solid. The graphics look much more improved, and having Gus Johnson in the commentary booth is a big plus as well. I haven't gotten used to GameFlow enough, specifically GamePlanning, but I will say that with GameFlow, the coordinator commentary wasn't as bad as I expected; and after my small time with GamePlanning, I felt that it would be a highly used strategic feature for me when I get the full game. In conclusion, I think that it's not fair to say that Madden NFL 11 is the same game as Madden NFL 10. It plays different, and looks different, despite its similar overlays and stat banners to Madden NFL 10. I think that Madden NFL 11 will be a pretty solid game this year.

[MikaV]

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I love it. Absolutely love it. Most of the minute details that bothered me about M10 seem to be fixed, and given that M10 already played a great game of pigskin, this seems like a winner.

One thing i have NEVER done in a madden game before, is instant replay. I played about 6 games, and i kept pausing the game to see stuff happen on instant replay. Of course there are some unrealistic things, but most of the time it's great.

Wayne and Revis have a real battle going there. I also love it how the Colts o-line manhandles the Jets' scrub RDE. Kris Jenkins is... Kris Jenkins. These things, especially ol/dl interactions seem to be much improved. Cant remember the last time i have played a game where i love to watch replays. Some of the interactions are fantastic.

And finally, maybe the greatest thing: The teams play like themselves. Hopefully this will be true with the full version with some of the more conservative teams, and not just with these all-pass and all-run teams.

All in all, the differences are pretty minor in stature, but make the game so great. Cant wait for the retail version to hit the shelf.

[Jono078]

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First basic impressions are I don't like it.

Things I like are the catching seems better especially with sidelines.

Presentation is also better but I really hate pressing X a few times and then getting to the gameplay.

I will say though I'm never a fan of change, so I hate a lot of little things that are different for the sake of being different.

I don't like the new kick meter, don't like a lot of the new hud stuff like strategy pad, the markers that show where players are going without me even wanting to look at them first.

Locomotion feels pretty meh and not as responsive as I would have thought, it has nothing on FIFA or NCAA (based on the demo).

[CRMosier_LM]

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A few 1st impressions from half time of my 1st game...

WOW I really dislike the strategy pad! Makes it nearly impossible to change much of anything defensively vs cpu which really handicaps a defense.

I like the new audible pop-up menu.

Locomotion works well, broke a 79 yard run in the 1st half with Shonne Greene.

I LOVE the fact that Revis (and hopefully other great players) break on the ball, gives you a real sense of fear throwing at them without it being cheap.

Manning has had me chase him out of the pocket several times and still get sacked.

Nice to see the deep ball make a comeback

[aTTckr]

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anyone with the ps3 version getting a lot of stuttering in the auto replays?

Same thing here too. It really distracts from the gameplay. But the worst thing ist that it sometimes takes up to 5 seconds until the play selection screen appears and during those 5 seconds the game is just frozen.