Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[CRMosier_LM]

Decided to give the demo another shot, this time with the Skins vs Seahawks. I played with some sliders, slowed the speed down and set things up how i felt needed and still did not enjoy the game. It all comes down to 2 things, #1 the players models and #2 player movement. The players don't have realistic body types and as a result it takes away for an authentic look. And the way the players move, running animations, tackles, blocking, etc. is just so unnatural looking. If they could get realistic player movement then it makes the blocking look better, opens up holes, make the infinity engine actually work, gives you beautiful catches because they look realistic.

Look at the way The Show and NBA 2k get down realistic player models and authentic player movement. When an outfielder makes a catch on the run he runs an extra 5 steps to slow down, he doesn't just stop unless he hits the wall. Until they fix the look of the players and the way they move (which most likely won't be till the next wave of systems), the game will never have that authentic look that games like MLB the Show and NBA 2k are able to achieve.

The show player movement ... Yes. We will have to agree to disagree on nba 2k though. I personally think its player movement is the worst of all major sports titles (The Show being the best)

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[JerzeyReign]

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The show player movement ... Yes. We will have to agree to disagree on nba 2k though. I personally think its player movement is the worst of all major sports titles (The Show being the best)

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As someone who just came back from GamesCom and had hands on NBA 2k... lol.... man... 2k will probably find itself closer to the top -- ahead of Madden #IJS

And I liked the Madden demo -- pretty much what I expected gameplay wise -- wasn't wow'd or anything and it still left we with the desire for more improvements. OSV here I come - yay!

[jwd3000]

I have to say I am baffled by the people who dislike the Infinity engine. I started playing Madden with the first Genesis version, 91 I believe. So I have been waiting for this kind of player interaction in Madden for over twenty years now. No it isn't perfect, but it is sooo much better than canned animations repeated over and over during the course of the game. My guess is the people that are ripping it apart are probably younger guys for the most part. Remember this is just the first step towards a more realistic game. Seeing things like a neck and torso bend forward as the pile pushes against them, or tripping on a leg as they run through the hole and stumbling to regain their footing is a thing of beauty to my eyes. I do understand the tripping/flopping post play can be jarring sometimes, but the alternative doesn't come close to outweighing that small negative. Just my opinion of course, but I absolutely love the IE. Now, if we can just get the OL/DL interaction cleaned up.

It's just painful for me to see what they they did with backbreaker a few years ago and EA brings us this. I just think they could do better then this. I'm not a fan of backbreaker as a whole game but the physics part of the game they got right. it wasnt perfect but in my opinion it did make me say wow and I hoped EA would take a note from that and take it to another levle by now.

[joeblackis]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

Played 2 games so far.

Annoyed with the controls of audibles and route changes (vs ncaa)
Speedsetting is to fast.
Isn't fun and the accelarated clock is ridiculous.
Why is EA forcing down gameflow again with default setting set to gameflow?

Inifinity engine.. blah. Didn;t really noticed much improvement except you can feel that players are just bouncing around forced into positions or tackles in specific ways. Feels really goofy and looks goofy in some situations too.

I called a fair catch.. the announcer says "a fair catch is called" ... I catch the ball.. and get tackled... NO FLAG.. NO MENTION about it. No commentary about it.. A complete ILLEGAL TACKLE... with NO FLAG????

Defense is still stiff trying to jump for INTs is impossible (vs nfl 2k freedom of movement)

The stat popups are annoying. Is it really difficult to give players the option for statpop ups? on/off/frequent/infrequent ?? Seriously stupid and annoying.

I miss colinsworth replay analysis of big plays. That was a cool feature. But again it was another 1 year feature that was taking away.

Before playing the demo I was going to sell ncaa, and buy madden...
After playing the demo I am pretty much set to not buy madden at all and keep playing ncaa.

With no other competing nfl games (because of monopoly) we will continue to receive lackluster yearly updates to madden until the end of time.

5/10 rating.

[Raekrazy003]

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You know its crazy how much bitching and moaning (I swore girls did that) their is for a bunch of grown men dude its a game if u don't like it don't play it year after year you complain and criticize the game and people who do like it. Look I understand this is a impressions thread but none of you complaining can make a game like Madden and sure IE isn't perfect but its new you guys act like this system has been around for years its crazy they bring out new good ideas with great potential and they always produce a good game that always sells for obvious reasons and you guys never give them credit cut them some slack jeez. If EA did everything you said was wrong and kept the game the same for next year with updated rosters yall would still complain. I mean its obvious you guys are all doing this for attention your all saying the same thing. Yes we all know IE isn't perfect all the ppl who like this say that but they give credit for idea and what about the pass trajectory is that not a nice feature? I just think you people need to appreciate this a little more EA doesn't have to make this game every year that you can lie and say you don't play but we know you do if you didn't why is it that every year I see oh I havent touched Madden since 08 yet I've seen that same person on this thread and the same thread for 12 and 11

[Raekrazy003]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

That is not towards any specific gamer just overall towards the negative people who just can't find anything good about Madden or any other game

[Skyboxer]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

I don't know where all this "anything can happen" talk is coming from, because I don't feel that in the least bit.

Since you quoted me:
Well then it's a good thing I speak for myself and not for you, huh?
Sorry but the continuous attempt to kill others enjoyment is simply not going to work on some people, let alone me. There's plenty of others around you can be miserable with.

[IUxHOOSIERS]

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My only complaint is the speed of the game, which i know can be changed, but I'll be playing online ranked matches. Also the passing isn't very good. NCAA had better passing in my opinion. And lastly, the DB's and LB's can still pick off anything and if they are remotely close to the ball their reaction is off the charts and they will make a play. And I still can't fit balls into tight, but not too tight windows. You see it all time in real life, especially on dig routes for example. Dig routes have always been useless on Madden because you have to fit it in between defenders or lead the pass away from a defender.

[Gerg04]

My biggest gripe is honesty the kick meter. I can see me losing games on missed long field goals late because of how laggy and unresponsive it is.

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[Skyboxer]

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My biggest gripe is honesty the kick meter. I can see me losing games on missed long field goals late because of how laggy and unresponsive it is.

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I haven't seen any lag on kicking meter.. You on 360 or PS3?

[Gerg04]

I haven't seen any lag on kicking meter.. You on 360 or PS3?

360...it NEVER starts when you push down the first time. Then on the way up you have to hit it way early to get full power, and that is hit or miss...

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[Skyboxer]

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360...it NEVER starts when you push down the first time. Then on the way up you have to hit it way early to get full power, and that is hit or miss...

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Gotcha...
I know you have to hit it a little early to finish but the start didn't seem bad. I haven't missed one yet as after getting the timing down on the up move it was ok.

[Gerg04]

Gotcha...
I know you have to hit it a little early to finish but the start didn't seem bad. I haven't missed one yet as after getting the timing down on the up move it was ok.

Yea I thought I got that part down, but now for some reason I have to hit down like 5 times before it starts and by that time I'm so f'd up and frustrated, hitting up is always off. Idk maybe it's me, or my controller

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[Skyboxer]

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Yea I thought I got that part down, but now for some reason I have to hit down like 5 times before it starts and by that time I'm so f'd up and frustrated, hitting up is always off. Idk maybe it's me, or my controller

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Yeah that may be a controller thing as I haven't had that issue (Thankfully!)

[Gerg04]

Yeah that may be a controller thing as I haven't had that issue (Thankfully!)

I haven't actually missed one yet, but my kick offs and punts are junk because of it, I can foresee long fg's being a problem if it stays the same. BUT I have one of those silver controllers and it's been wonky before, maybe it's that

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