Tarantino

Demo is up on 360.

astrochimp

QB sneak works a bit too well

nodeerforamonth

who cares? Online play is for suckers.

LostFan

What? You don't think 7 yards on a qb sneak is reasonable for Aaron Rodgers? I may run the sneak on first down. 2nd and 3 gives me a lot of options.

astrochimp

I had a 70 yarder with Cutler

Tarantino

I haven't played a Madden seriously since 2009. Playing '12 just makes me realize they really are all just the same.

thelwig14

Completely agree. And with sites like operationsports and the ea forums in its pocket plus zero competition, there is just no voice or incentive for Madden to change.

Robo, unrealistic linebacking play is always the first thing I check.

spainlinx0

Played the demo against my friend. Why do the player faces still look like absolute shit?

nodeerforamonth

I don't know about the ea forums, but half the people on operation sports are ripping on the game.

Madden is like the Simpsons. Every year everyone says how it's not as good as the game/season before it, yet they still keep buying it and fail to realize that it's actually pretty good no matter what.

LostFan

Ads for this game really suck. Glad I preordered from Amazon for the $20 credit (actually got a $15 credit on top of that for a price match of TRU.com $44.99 price). I remember the years when it was a given there would be a gift card deal for Madden for around $20 at every store.

LostFan

Anyone doing the EA season pass and playing Madden already? Thoughts (beside the season pass thing is a joke imo, $25 to play a game 3 days early....)?

Maxflier

I did and although I do like the presentation, I still can't get into a Madden game.

LostFan

Any particular reason why? Are you into NCAA 12 or is it football in general?

Maxflier

Current gen football games in general. I could still play the hell out of some Tecmo Super Bowl, but I get too frustrated with the newer football games. Half the time I snap it and hit the button right away and it still isn't quick enough to get a pass off before my QB gets sacked. I just don't have the patience for it.

orangecrush

I got a code for 360 for pre-ordering at Best Buy. I am going to cancel my pre-order. Will anyone here use the code? I would rather it not be sold because I am not actually buying the game.

orangecrush

On second thought, I'll just post it:

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Rob V

Anyone have any impressions? I picked this up at lunch since my Kmart credit was expiring but I want to know if it's a keeper.

Jcheckel

Thanks, grabbed it

PacMan2006

Bought it at BB today. Haven't played it yet but am looking forward to doing franchise mode this year. Even though I know there's a bug with accelerated clock.

edstein

Picked up my copy at BB as well. Big fantasy draft coming up this weekend. Should be a blast.

Mr. Cinema

I played a bit tonight. I'm a big 49ers fan, but decided to test out the Eagles. Vick is awesome in the game, which isn't a surprise. Extremely fast.

I haven't bought a Madden game in a few years, so I'm not sure how this online pass thing works. I finally got signed in to EA's servers. But it kept telling me something like I'm not permitted to register for the online pass. So I have no idea what that means exactly. I'm guessing their servers are getting slammed with this being out today, so hopefully that error message won't pop up again.

Anyone else get that message?

PacMan2006

Yeah, I got it, too. Sucks because I want the updated rosters.

redcat

Just played one quarter of an exhibition game between Seattle and SF. The game froze before ever getting to the second quarter. Awesome.

Obey The D

At least they are apparently trying to make it realistic. The game killed itself because it had to watch a Seattle vs SF matchup.

redcat

And considering how badly I was playing the epic battle between these two superpowers, it's entirely possible that the crash was some sort of mercy kill. Nonetheless, I did make it through a full game on my second try. I look forward to playing this quite a bit for the next week (until I get Rugby World Cup 2011 next Tuesday).