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

[wumster]

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[QUOTE=radatdude2;2042705271]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.


I have to agree, there is something that's just not doing it for me. I cant say that he demo is bad because it's not. I just don't know.

[Giants4Natic]

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I dont know how anyone can look at the graphics for both games and say NCAA is better. This is coming from people who were having 100 page threads on how horrible the field and graphics were for the NCAA game but now Madden is worst?

This Madden is light years better then NCAA. And its a demo

I just think many have been drilled with the Madden sucks and death to EA that they have preconceived notions already about the game

[bingo911]

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Please elaborate. Did you play Madden during PS2?

Yes, but i have no memory of it... I just wish they could do it like ncaa 12. its gonna lag so bad online. Just like last year.

[Giants4Natic]

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Yes, but i have no memory of it... I just wish they could do it like ncaa 12. its gonna lag so bad online. Just like last year.

The kicking is better and harder this year as it should be. But in time you will get the hand of the speed of the meter for online play. Is no biggie

[mva5580]

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I dont know how anyone can look at the graphics for both games and say NCAA is better. This is coming from people who were having 100 page threads on how horrible the field and graphics were for the NCAA game but now Madden is worst?

This Madden is light years better then NCAA. And its a demo

I just think many have been drilled with the Madden sucks and death to EA that they have preconceived notions already about the game

I don't think I would say that there is any kind of HUGE difference between them, but there are certainly some things that Madden does better. I look forward to seeing the lighting in Madden though and making that comparison as (for the most part) I find it to be amazing in NCAA. It's horrible on Partly Cloudy Night games though....hopefully Madden doesn't have that.

I think Madden looked a little better, but I'm not convinced it's some astronomical difference.

[Giants4Natic]

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I don't think I would say that there is any kind of HUGE difference between them, but there are certainly some things that Madden does better. I look forward to seeing the lighting in Madden though and making that comparison as (for the most part) I find it to be amazing in NCAA. It's horrible on Partly Cloudy Night games though....hopefully Madden doesn't have that.

I think Madden looked a little better, but I'm not convinced it's some astronomical difference.

The grass alone is 10x better. The lighting in Solider field looked amazing.

[Dewiel]

Do they not have fumble pileups anymore?

Edit: And another question: How do you do the surprise onside?

To surprise onside kick, you select a normal kickoff. Once you're on the field, hit B/O to activate the kickoff instead of A/X and then hit B/O again to stop the meter like you normally would with A/X. That's all you have to do.

[bingo911]

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The kicking is better and harder this year as it should be. But in time you will get the hand of the speed of the meter for online play. Is no biggie

its not the speed of it that im concerned about though. i am concerned around the lagging in online franchise. i missed so many extra points because it lagged mid snap.. i just hope they get better servers too..

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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To surprise onside kick, you select a normal kickoff. Once you're on the field, hit B/O to activate the kickoff instead of A/X and then hit B/O again to stop the meter like you normally would with A/X. That's all you have to do.

Thanks.

Does anyone know if there's still fumble pileups or if that's been taken out of the game?

[DukeC]

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To surprise onside kick, you select a normal kickoff. Once you're on the field, hit B/O to activate the kickoff instead of A/X and then hit B/O again to stop the meter like you normally would with A/X. That's all you have to do.

Nice. Is this in the manual when the game ships?

[Dewiel]

Nice. Is this in the manual when the game ships?

The manual is within the game this year. You can access it from the main screen of the game. Having said that, I'm not sure if this is in the manual or not. I'll check and see.

[Dewiel]

Thanks.

Does anyone know if there's still fumble pileups or if that's been taken out of the game?

Not sure. I personally have not noticed any. I'm pretty sure they're gone, but not positive.

[Jdoug312]

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Anybody else find themselves playing on Very Slow?

And I just going to chalk it up to the lack of commentary, but the game felt very dry to me. Why did they remove commentary from the demo anyway?? They had it in last years' 5 min qtr demo..

[ajs41072]

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Glad they changed the kick meter. Kicks shouldn't be automatic. The right stick way was too easy, just about all of my missed FG were short with that method. Very few missed wide.

[mva5580]

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Anybody else find themselves playing on Very Slow?

And I just going to chalk it up to the lack of commentary, but the game felt very dry to me. Why did they remove commentary from the demo anyway?? They had it in last years' 5 min qtr demo..

Because they put other things into the demo to show people the new changes such as the different camera angles, stuff like that. There's a limit on how big demos can be and adding commentary probably would have put it over. We all know how the commentary sounds, better to add some of the newer stuff that we haven't seen yet.