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

[JMD]

It seems that the quick passes to the flats and screen passes are better defended now, however the WR across the middle is still pretty much money every time. Sliders will need to be tested as always in the final build to correct this problem.

I've now played two games and over all, I am not impressed. I'll play a lot more today after work, so far, EA still hasn't stopped me from missing 2k football.

[NoTrouble]

I won a game on a blocked FG, first time i've seen players actually come off the edge in a 3pt stance to block one since Madden 04. Looking at the replay it was actually blocked twice from both sides, Graham morphs through the holder to block it first then Bowman blocks it again from the other side of the play.

[Johns Jets]

Just had one quick game and first impressions are good for me. I agree with all the little niggles that others have pointed out such as replays and fast QBs etc but hopefully these things will be fixed for the full game.

What I'm most pleased about is that it definitely feels different. This is just after one game so maybe I could be worng but I got the impression that there won't be so much offense this year. Also, on All-Pro, the CPU had good time of posession. again, it was my first go so as I get better I'm sure some of these things will change and it might get easy again but so far, so good other than the small issues that have been mentioned by others.

[LuGer33]

+ Dynamic lighting as the game progresses. Awesome!

[MrSkagTrendy]

the atmosphere when chicago score is INCREDIBLE! i love it! the thing i'd like to see so far is a bit more emotion when the away team scores. obviously not from the crowd, but so far, both times i've scored rodgers has just jogged straight back to the sideline after throwing a td.

Quote: Originally Posted by ClevelandinDistress

Maybe this one will work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cJJ_rUMxa8

you're forgetting he was up against a professional NFL lineman. matthews is good but he's not superman.

[bodymore]

Is it me or is defending the deep ball the same as last year. Every time I try and defend the pass the defender throws up alligator arms. It seems NCAA has better control. also Rodgers is super fast. And why are the player models so small? NCAA players look perfect to me.

[raiders81tim]

Quote: Originally Posted by bodymore

Is it me or is defending the deep ball the same as last year. Every time I try and defend the pass the defender throws up alligator arms. It seems NCAA has better control. also Rodgers is super fast. And why are the player models so small? NCAA players look perfect to me.

I think the camera is just farther back. Players look the same size to me.

[marino13]

Liking the demo so far. I cant remember if this happened before, but when I change the sliders and go back to game options the skill level goes to rookie from all pro.

[NyYankees.]

Quote: Originally Posted by radatdude2

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.

Agreed the player models only looked good close up and in replays very disappointing.

[jrivera34]

I wish they would let us change the camera in the demo. I can't get into the game with the view from the blimp. Seeing the entire field is not a good thing in my opinion because you can't see the entire field when playing real game.

Hopefully I can find the game to rent when it comes out.