I'm writing a review here to maybe help people who seem to be on the fence about whether or not to drop $60 on madden in a month since I got this full ps3 demo with my reserve. Played the demo yesterday- Full 5min 4 quarter game,Pitt vs Ari not in the fucking snow thank god.
The games overall graphics,facial expressions,player movements and reactions are slick as hell and very well done.
The gameplay has been improved quite a bit. They said they slowed the game down alittle to play at a more realistic pace and they succeeded 100%. It feels just right no doubt and something this subtle is making a huge difference.
The camera is finallly perfect on pass plays to see all your WR's and Moss finally has it in his head that you dont catch and run out of bounds when you cut to the sidelines and are wide the fuck open.
The new animations and gang tackles are great,along with what they do with the camera work after a play ends.The new play selection interface finally feels like its streamlined like they promise every year, but fail to simplify for people who dont know football formations etc.
This is my fav new feature,when you fumble the ball you can fight for it by doing these timed button presses with a meter. If you succeed you keep the ball. Madden has been plagued with way too many turnovers so I think this is a subtle addition that speaks in volumes.
My overall impression, this game rocks no doubt I'm psyched. I dont know what it is but when I was playing it just felt like authentic football. It didnt feel like a video football game like every other year,it felt like Sundays. That says alot because there was no commentary in this demo and obviously there wasnt any bells and whistles shown such as the sprint halftime highlights they added last year and whatever they have in store for 2010.They did some shit with new online franchise or something but I dont know the details.
If you like football one bit youre stupid to keep crying NFL2k5.Life goes on,its gone I loved it too.........