Already deleted the demo, I got my little taste and it will be back to NCAA until the retail game comes out. Pretty much what I expected and no real complaints.
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Already deleted the demo, I got my little taste and it will be back to NCAA until the retail game comes out. Pretty much what I expected and no real complaints.
Yeah, I shouldn't have ever touched the demo. It's completely ruined NCAA for me. Now I have a long ass 3 weeks to wait for it. Bummer.
Listening to some of the people at OS.... what is wrong with these people (staff writiers included)??? The demo is being ripped... why??? This is a truly excellent offering from the Madden team and I say that in all honesty because I have ripped Madden for years and frankly would have preferred 2k to have the license. You have to give credit where credit is due... the game looks freaking amazing hands down the best sports visuals in gaming history IMO. That combined with solid/fun gameplay (yes there are issues but whatever) makes this an excellent demo. The franchise mode changes (assuming they work) has me absolutely pumped for this release.
yeah, it's funny cause apparently there are 32 unique camera angles based on the stadium you play in. hopefully they have classic as a option and i'll just leave it at that. But OS ripping the demo ... that's insanity to me.
I believe those are only for presentation purposes (things like how they use the field goal camera)Quote:
Originally Posted by xMrHitStickx904
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Originally Posted by jaymo76
Once again I agree with you. Kinda suprised at that roundtable chat because of 1.) how high they were on NCAA and to me this demo plays better than ncaa's retail (on slow or very slow speed of course) and 2.) I am hearing that this demo is from an early build in May. Shouldn't they know that before they start ripping the game apart?
EDIT: My only gripe with this demo (well, the only one I cannot fix via sliders) is the Punt Return Blocking, it just isn't there. Does anyone have an idea if this is going to be the case in the final build?
I saw a couple of complaints in the roundtable about the speed of the game. Hello McFly?! You can adjust the game speed of the demo! A couple of the guys were really high on NCAA initially so I wonder if they are being fair or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by umhester04
Maybe a CD guy can answer this but why does NCAA only have 2 minute quarters and no options like game speed and sliders? Those options really help the Madden demo although no commentary kind of sucks. But I'll take a longer game with true options over commentary.
THe funny thing is Madden's default speed is slower than NCAA's default speed in my opinion. We can't forget that playing offline is a different animal than playing online. The game seems to play differently online than it does when your playing offline. I believe it moves a bit faster or atleast the CPU does.
I think the majority over there agreed with EA setting all online games to Slow speed with the '10 version.
This! :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by bdoughty
I started to play another game this morning before work and just shut it off b/c M12 is starting to skew my view on NCAA 12 and I don't want that to happen(at least not until retail is out)
Yup it was hard to get back into NCAA last night (though I somehow managed to get in a few games :) ). The look and feel of the games are very, very different.
It does feel different when I play NCAA after playing the demo. DPP works as I expected it would. Traits really help out CPU gameplay. More sliders, especially Pass Reaction and Rush Reaction. I dont feel the same atsmosphere in NCAA as in Madden, Madden has more emotion. Presentation and graphics is great in Madden. Pass Rush feels better
NCAA is great, but Madden feels like it is in the good path. I have barely played Dynasty because waiting for rosters, then now for Patch. With Franchise, I dont have to wait for Rosters.There isnt much trades in NFL in the season. And With DPP, Players ratings will change often. SS seems very improved.
As a Offline-Only gamer, I am excited for Madden
Does anyone else notice that when you run the defense only comes out in one formation? Really annoying...
Not to me. The people at OS like dreads and stuff like that. When it comes to game play impressions, OS is literally the last place in the world I would go for a review. I'd go to Maxim to review a football game before I'd read OS. No lie.Quote:
Originally Posted by xMrHitStickx904
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Originally Posted by I OU a Beatn
Oh now you guys are being harsh. I would go to OS long before I went to IGN or Gamespot for a review. That said they are only opinions and you know what they say about opinions...
Anywho, looks like I have a year of enjoying a college and pro football game. That is what matters most to me.
The one thing I find annoying is that the playscreen always defaults back to the first formation in the list instead of the formation I just called a play from. Going to get more time in this weekend with a few tweaks to the sliders.
Every stadium has a different camera angle and since there's only one stadium, there's only one camera angle. In the full version there will be more camera angles and also a default camera angle if you don't want to use a different one each timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Paakaa10
punt return blocking will be in the full gameQuote:
Originally Posted by umhester04
will madden 12 have the option to lock onto players and play from only their perspective. I mean in a regular game not just in superstar mode. this is one of my favorite features in ncaa, especially on defense for some reason it actually made me a little better at football in real life
This is incorrect. When the "feature" is stated that there are 30+ cameras in Madden NFL 12, what is being referred to are camera placements which show highlights, cut-scenes, and kicking plays. As far as gameplay cameras are concerned, there are still only going to be about 3-5 cameras to choose from like there have been in recent versions of the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by vikingsfan2218
It's not like MLB 2K11 or MLB 11 The Show where there is a unique behind pitcher gameplay camera angle for every stadium in the game.
To be fair, nobody knows whether or not this is true until we have the final, retail version of the game in-hand. You can speculate all you want that this facet of the game will be improved in retail compared to the demo code, but you can't guarantee it.Quote:
Originally Posted by vikingsfan2218
Not sure on this question; I do know, however, that apparently Madden NFL 12's OTP camera for defense will not be from behind the defenders like it was in last year's game. Not that there's a direct connection between that and your question, but it leads me to believe that player lock might not be a feature in the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by vikingsfan2218