Madden NFL 12 - Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (First Half)

[at23steelers]

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One thing that really stands out to me is the atmosphere, this game just feels a lot more vibrant than NCAA. The crowd on that Mendenhall run was insane

I forgot to mention that. Now, the move he made looked unrealistic but I had to play it twice to hear the crowd!

Btw, Dewiel, did it actually feel like you were using Polamalu. Looked like you were playing pretty conservative with him! Madden has never properly portrayed how he plays though ever in their games.

[jpdavis82]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

I forgot to mention that. Now, the move he made looked unrealistic but I had to play it twice to hear the crowd!

Btw, Dewiel, did it actually feel like you were using Polamalu. Looked like you were playing pretty conservative with him! Madden has never properly portrayed how he plays though ever in their games.

Also I caught what Gus said "one touch is all he needs" that was Mendenhall's first carry, so it sounded like something Gus would actually say.

[burnwood]

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Just FYI this isn't the final build of the game

This is said EVERY single year. Let's retire that phrase.

[jpdavis82]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

This is said EVERY single year. Let's retire that phrase.

I'm just saying it isn't the final build, I'm not saying the final build is going to be way better or anything fanboyish. Chill out. I will say the final build is going to be better than the demo, though. Everyone that played the game at E3 even, told me it was better than the demo. The one guy I know who played it at the event in the Xbox Showcase in NYC said the demo was good, E3 was smoother and a little tighter and the qb's weren't so fast, and the build in NYC was a little tighter and refined than the other 2 builds. Not massive changes, but noticeable enough that he said he felt a difference in each build, with the demo build being the worst.

[jpdavis82]

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This is said EVERY single year. Let's retire that phrase.

Also, remember that as we move forward especially into Madden 13, this is going to be a different team of developers, some of the guys from NCAA (Roy Harvey and Sean Graddy) are leaving NCAA to join the Madden team and job roles are changing(Mike Young promoted from Art Director to Creative Director). So what happened in the past with Madden isn't necessarily going to be indicative of the future.

[Bootzilla]

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As much as it pains me, I was playing as the Steelers vs. the CPU. The game was played on All-Pro difficulty. The other gameplay video was played by our intern. (Wanted to make sure you guys know that wasn't me in the Eagles game. )

The game seemed to skew heavily towards the offense. I'm glad the cpu can move the ball but, by looking at the vid it seems the defenses weren't playing very well and I'd imagine these defenses to be the two best in the game. Kinda scares me what an Eagles vs. Packers or Indy vs. NE game would look like.

Hopefully it was just one of those games and defensive struggles can and will still happen.

[PVarck31]

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The only thing thats holding me back from saying the game looks/is(demo) fantastic is the slants are still money. Obviously not every single time but its gotta be 8-10 give or take. Its one of those things that you shouldn't have to think, "well I can get a first down almost every time I need it by throwing a slant."

I really really hope this issue can be fixed in a patch. The same issue was in 11 and it had 4 patches and it still wasn't fixed. So that kinda worries me.

Any insight on this Dewiel?

[mf756193]

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The game was set to heavy rain which tends the impact the overall stadium attendance. That's why the crowd isn't a sellout. Now I'm not saying fans wouldn't still show up for an AFC North showdown, but I wanted you to know the logic.

It's a shame that this is purposely put in the game and not a just a glitch. It was in Madden 11 as well. Any time there's ANY kind of rain or snow the seats are half empty. And lets be honest, this is the NFL, the fans show up no matter what the weather is like outside. It completely ruins my gaming experience when I'm playing in my Philadelphia Eagles franchise and it rains and the seats are half empty! Are you kidding me!? (And as I mentioned above, this happens in rain AND snow games)

[Dewiel]

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The only thing thats holding me back from saying the game looks/is(demo) fantastic is the slants are still money. Obviously not every single time but its gotta be 8-10 give or take. Its one of those things that you shouldn't have to think, "well I can get a first down almost every time I need it by throwing a slant."

I really really hope this issue can be fixed in a patch. The same issue was in 11 and it had 4 patches and it still wasn't fixed. So that kinda worries me.

Any insight on this Dewiel?

Slants can be shut down easily IMO. It's all about shading your DBs and calling the right coverage. If you're in cover 3, of course it's open. I have not ran into an issue with slants, but I do make line adjustments. I also spread my LBs out when I think slants are coming to cover that area easier. Just a few things that I have done.

Let me know if you're still seeing issues when you get the final game.

[Papi34]

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Nice video. I liked it. Isn't the empty seats due to the weather AND the fact it's an exhibition game? Hopefully a regular season franchise game would always be full.

[TomBrady]

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Someone might already have posted this, but why is Troy Polamalu playing special teams? (Punt return at 06.16) Hopefully they let us set ut special teams depht charts next year, to avoid unnecessary injuries to star players.

[tanner75]

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Loved the video but i thought we'd see the uniforms caked in mud and grass with it being a heavy rain game?! trousers are clean and ravens white jerseys.

Liked the turf coming up when sliding on the field but where are the muddy patches??

[turducken34]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

Looks and sounds good. Uniform deterioration is nice, but hard rain on the Heinz Field surface should yield it looking pretty tore up after a half,
especially between the hash marks. Not a deal breaker but dissapointing.

[LBzrule]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

Slants can be shut down easily IMO. It's all about shading your DBs and calling the right coverage. If you're in cover 3, of course it's open. I have not ran into an issue with slants, but I do make line adjustments. I also spread my LBs out when I think slants are coming to cover that area easier. Just a few things that I have done.

Let me know if you're still seeing issues when you get the final game.

Speaking of shading. Will the shading in the final game be different from the demo? In the demo I can't really tell that they are shading the direction I'm telling them to.

[SeaNNyT]

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Big hit tackles nearly every time...

Why is there never some simple wrap up and drag down tackles? Disappointing.