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

[MissionMaximus]

[quote=Meanwhile, Alex Smith was nowhere near 5000 yards but I can put 300-400 yards up with him regularly... On 5 minute quarters. What's gonna happen when I start running him in 15 minute quarters in my franchise mode??? 5000 a week???

Yea... No.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I think they have Alex Smith rated a little too high. Playing with A.Smith and then Matt Flynn you could tell a big difference which is good then bad considering they have A.Smith the heir apparent to Montana. See a lot of bad throws when I played as Flynn

I'm really digging the game and having actual fun playing it for a change. The physics and passing are such improvements over the past games. Even with the occasional quirks with IE it adds so much to the feel and visuals of the game, in both good/bad OH SH*T moments. IE will add so much to the game in terms of penalties, gameplay, animations, injuries if it continues to evolve and improve.

I would love some more indepth sliders to fine tune the game to our liking.

[Smoke6]

Quote: Originally Posted by MissionMaximus

Yeah, I think they have Alex Smith rated a little too high. Playing with A.Smith and then Matt Flynn you could tell a big difference which is good then bad considering they have A.Smith the heir apparent to Montana. See a lot of bad throws when I played as Flynn I'm really digging the game and having actual fun playing it for a change. The physics and passing are such improvements over the past games. Even with the occasional quirks with IE it adds so much to the feel and visuals of the game, in both good/bad OH SH*T moments. IE will add so much to the game in terms of penalties, gameplay, animations, injuries if it continues to evolve and improve. I would love some more indepth sliders to fine tune the game to our liking.

Please do not disrespect Alex Smith, bad things happen to people that do lol!

He is the key to the success of this demo for me, but why does Eli look like peyton pre game intro?

[Franchise408]

Quote: Originally Posted by dirtguru

I would much rather have the cpu tighten up and play tough late rather then just lay down and quit as it did most of the time in past versions.

I agree with you, except I don't feel the CPU "tightens up" and "plays tough" rather than just goes into unstoppable mode. But I can at least say, if I can give any positive, the blatant cheating isn't as obvious as it has been in the past. I think I have seen only a handful of plays that were just blatant CPU cheating and most of those went away when I increased my user catch rating.

My defense still plays horribly, however (I.e. DB's literally pay no attention to receivers) and the CPU breaks too many tackles still.

Quote: Originally Posted by MissionMaximus

Yeah, I think they have Alex Smith rated a little too high. Playing with A.Smith and then Matt Flynn you could tell a big difference which is good then bad considering they have A.Smith the heir apparent to Montana. See a lot of bad throws when I played as Flynn

Since the 49ers are my team, I haven't used anyone but them (and I certainly wouldn't use the Seahawks lol) but I have wondered how much of my new success is from finally having decent rated players. But yea, I can destroy the Giants with Alex Smith. Admittedly a lot of that is getting Randy Moss in space and letting his speed take care of the rest.

[ozzy57]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smoke6

Please do not disrespect Alex Smith, bad things happen to people that do lol! He is the key to the success of this demo for me, but why does Eli look like peyton pre game intro?

You know Alex Smith was one of 2 QB's with 400 attempts and 6 or fewer ints. The other is Rodgers. Smith only threw 5 picks so he should be better rating wise then he was last year

[MissionMaximus]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smoke6

Please do not disrespect Alex Smith, bad things happen to people that do lol! He is the key to the success of this demo for me, but why does Eli look like peyton pre game intro?

Don't even bring up last years Saints/49ers game. After that loss I did not watch anymore of the playoffs or Superbowl.

I think they have both Eli & Peyton Faces to big, they just don't look right. I fear after watching them that they might have to get the jaws-of-life to get them out of their helmets

[gotchaMF]

This game deserves a 100 out of 10. The game is amazing, and anyone that is complaining about this or the Vita version is just hanging on to their pride. Good job, EA.

This game sounds like a real NFL game. The crowd is ridiculous. Gameplay is wide open; the play doesn't end until the whistle is blown.

I have been skeptical about Madden, but I have to eat crow now. People are always looking to analyze anything and everthing now-a-days because it is the "it-thing" to do now. Enjoy the game for ONE year. It is clear that they really turned it around.

[Eddie1967]

Quote: Originally Posted by savoie2006

Maybe on this play/game, but fumbles seem to happen for the cpu at the most opportune time. If not from my QB, then my RB or during a punt return. I took a risk because one first down and I could have safely run out the clock. It was just how fast their d line was getting to the point of attack felt cheap. I'm not one that generally complains of such a thing. I know momentum is HUGE in sports.

Hmm I saw the exact opposite, I pressured Eli more in the 4th, got more sacks when the Giants were driving for the winning score and actually got a fumble to seal the win because I started to blitz more. I think it's way too early to complain about cheap A.I. I agree with the other poster that it was probably your fault in how you played each situation. Just my humble opinion.

[FLIGHTWHITE]

Well i just scored me a copy for Xbox 360. Will be here Tuesday. CAN'T WAIT.

I was content on using my Season Ticket but I bought it last year for Madden 12 and it expired yesterday. Paid a little extra which I have no problem doing.

Guy has 1 more copy for PS3/Xbox 360. Here is the deal fellows. DirtyJerzy32, then Dookiewolf hit me up for details. These guys came at me first but if they don't want them then its free game.

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[TajDeni]

after playing the game for a few days, here are my latest impressions.

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while the game seems more promising than majority of the maddens this generation that came b4 it, i think that ppl must never lose site of the fact that this is the game that EA should have delivered by no later than M08-09. so this game by my estimations is still 4-5yrs behind where it should be.

i say this to remind ppl what we are fighting for as a gaming community. i agree that the demo is definately a step in the right direction we must continue to hold Madden to the highest of standards going forward and not 4get what we just suffered through, esp with a new console generation upon us.

i just feel like M13 is a case of being around a whole bunch of 5's (females) for 7-8yrs then all the sudden being presented with a 7 or 8 and because you've been around so many 5's for so long, you become ready to give that 7 or 8 the miss universe title. again M13 seems to be a step in the right direction, but lets remember its only a step in the right direction; it is not there yet and we should never 4get that.

i would say that if you can find yourself a solid online franchise to be apart of with like minded gamers as yourself, with a solid set of sliders, there is probably plenty of fun to be had with M13. for the simple fact alot of the major issues with customization dont really apply to the online aspects of the game. (or if your an offline gamer who approaches the game like an online gamer, meaning you basically play the game as is outside of the box aside from maybe tweeking some sliders abit)

on the other hand, i would say that if you are an exclusively offline gamer (user vs cpu), then imo M13 is not worth the price of admission. the gamer who plays exclusively offline for what the reason, has gotten the serious short in of the stick with M13. with the lack of some many key customization feature that would let you overcome or somewhat salvage any gameflaws, after playing the demo for 6 days i dont see anything with M13 that would give you any more joy than playing M12. (assuming you've finally gotten it to the point where your at peace with it)

also i think that the community as a whole has gotten the speed threshold direction all wrong. imo instead of a threshold of zero, i think the game plays best at a threshold of 95. (slow speed). try it i havent seen any warping of players or unrealistic hawkdowns. while not perfect this along with a mostly zero custom slider set has made the demo a heck of alot more enjoyable.

also some of the plays that were once considered broken seem to work with a higher speed threshold setting. esp plays with pulling OL

here's the sliders im using:

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based off of SECelite's M12 set in the sliders thread so 95% of the credit goes to him. i just made a few tweeks and went the complete opposite with the threshold. same for both hum/cpu unless specified

* i dont switch players on defense once the ball has been hiked until after the play is over

QBA=8
PBK=5
WR=40
BTK=0
RBk=0 (10 for cpu)
FUM=9
PRT=0
INT=30
PR=0
RRT=0
BSHD=0
TKL=5

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I love it. If you throw the ball to not open wide reciever your most likely going get picked off. But what's up with everyone falling over after the play over? I keep seeing this and players arms sometimes been backwards like they broke them and they get up? But I'm enjoying it.