Madden NFL 12 Demo Available Now, Post Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[Steve_OS]

The Madden NFL 12 demo is available now. Please play a few games and post your impressions here. For now, just search under "M" in the demos section or games section. It weights in at 1.53 GB.

UPDATE: The PS3 demo is available now.

[Kahuma]

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I am downloading it now and I tell you, the Download Bar is amazing. Nice and crisp, and the download speed seems to be very consistent.

EDIT: Playing on All-Madden

Rosters are not updated, no Roy Williams or barber on the Bears. No way to edit depth chart. Visuals are greatly improved, kicking is actually hard now.

First offensive play for me, Forte is hammered and fumbles.

More to come later.

[DUDERMAN]

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First impressions:

Presentation is great, much better than I thought.

Reply system is way too short like past Maddens. You only get the last 5 seconds it seems of a play.

Tackling is definitely improved.

Looks like they have new facial animations. Clay Matthews looks... odd when smiling.

[Rdogg1026]

Clay Matthews is a FREAK!!!

[DUDERMAN]

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Surprised to see that they have full slider control for the demo.

[DUDERMAN]

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QB strafing is incredibly fast. This needs to be fixed.

[ClevelandinDistress]

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Some observations

Game is beautiful! Loving the colours!
Hitting is much smoother
Don't like the qb shuffling from side to side (it's way too fast)
Some transitional animations from huddle to line of scrimmage are very awkward
Some replay angles close up show horrible Jogging animations
Turf and jerseys look beautiful
Passing game seems improved
Running game feels very similar to NCAA 12

That's all for now!

[radatdude2]

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I don't know if its because i been really waiting for this demo or im not found of the teams, but i gotta say as much as i want to love this game im a little disappointed. I know its only a demo and the game is weird with no commentary, but the game doesn't play as well as NCAA and the player models only look good when close up. Right now all the players look very similar in size in the standard camera view, which isn't the case in NCAA. Im going to get some rest and put fresh eyes to this later.

note: looks like the demo doesn't have the updated rosters as stated in the article.

[7points]

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Love the demo, my only issue is the replays again. Day 1 buy for me

[DUDERMAN]

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Zone D is MUCH better. The defense fooled me a couple times which normally never happens in Madden.

All pro is way too easy for defense. Held the Bears to 7 passing yards, -4 rushing yards, and had 10 sacks. Sliders should fix this.

Play action is still an instant sack. Tried in on 3 different occasions, never had a chance to throw the ball.

[JMD]

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I've only played on quarter so far so I can't form an opinion yet however I'm seeing what looks to be a serious flaw so far. Twice The Bears have punted to me, both times my punt return blockers have just moved out of the way instead of actually blocking, allowing my punt returner to get nailed and he has fumbled both times. WTF is this?

New kick meter is excellent. Back to the game.

[7points]

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Just seen a few career stats banners pop up during the game!

[thisisasticup]

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Game looks a lot better than last years

called 4-3 cover 3 on my first defensive play and picked off aaron rodgers.

Kicking is definitely a lot tougher so far, the new kick meter is a little "odd"

Tackling is improved just as NCAA's was.

You can change sliders/difficulty, etc.

The passing/release seems to be similar to NCAA where you have to start your deep throws early or you won't get the pass off.

Drags don't seem to be as effective(thank god)

pump fake button still sucks, because you can't protect the ball as the QB when you get hit because its the same button.

Haven't seen the surprise onside kick option

play action worked well for me when i set it up, out of shotgun and i-form

Aaron Rodgers runs like michael vick

[DUDERMAN]

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Crowd loudly booed when I picked off Cutler for the second time. First time I've heard that in Madden in awhile.

When showing a player getting up after a play, it seems refs and background objects/people will randomly appear and disappear.

While the tackling is improved, it seems every hit is a "big hit". Haven't seen much standard wrap up tackling. Every time I get hit, I get thrown in one direction

[NikeBlitz]

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+ : Beautiful, EA television broadcast style is really NICE, OL-DL interaction better (like NCAA FB 12), zone D correct, no suction, tackling looks good, ball physics improved (not perfect but better) ...

- : Replays are too short & lack of "authenticity", QBs are way to fast, too many big hits, no WR/CB interaction, Super LB still here ...