Madden 09 and Facebreaker Demos Now Available

by pastapadre
Posted July 31st, 2008 at 4:37 am

The demos for EA Sports Madden NFL 09 and Facebreaker are now available for download for the 360 and should both be coming this afternoon for the PS3. Generally the PSN is updated around 3pm PT. It turns out Madden came one day earlier than expected as it had been advertised for August 1st.

The Madden 09 demo features a run through of the virtual trainer and then the “Madden Moment” controlling the Giants on a last minute drive in the Super Bowl. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments or in this forum thread.

The Facebreaker demo offers a minute of action with the choice of three different characters as well as the ability to upload your face into the game for placement on them. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments or in this forum thread.

Check back this evening for videos and impressions on the two demos. I’ll be doing a breakdown of the old demo vs the new demo vs the community event build from late May for Madden.

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Freezer Boy

Wow this is awesome. I beat won the superbowl on my first try and now I can’t do it anymore.
Freezer Boy

Wow this is awesome. I beat won the superbowl on my first try and now I can’t do it anymore.
Tom

What happened to redemption to the ps3 owners EA???
Tom

What happened to redemption to the ps3 owners EA???
r00tabaga

So much for the updated build of the game. At least it will get me by for two weeks. Still very much looking forward to this year’s game. When should I tell my wife that it’s Madden season? Should she get a warning or just let her know Aug 12th??? Some help here fellas!
r00tabaga

So much for the updated build of the game. At least it will get me by for two weeks. Still very much looking forward to this year’s game. When should I tell my wife that it’s Madden season? Should she get a warning or just let her know Aug 12th??? Some help here fellas!
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This is supposedly near final build compared to the months old DVD demo. There are a lot of noticeable differences, but in the short period you get to play the game and having no commentary it doesn’t match up to my memories from the community event.

BTW you only get one timeout in this demo as opposed to three in the older one. Also now experience the camera flashes first hand!

Facebreaker wise obviously I’m just learning the game but even on easy I’ve been getting my ass kicked!
NJNETSFANFORLIF(add me on XBL)

Dude ^ there, its August 1st. Its already Madden Season.
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This is supposedly near final build compared to the months old DVD demo. There are a lot of noticeable differences, but in the short period you get to play the game and having no commentary it doesn’t match up to my memories from the community event.

BTW you only get one timeout in this demo as opposed to three in the older one. Also now experience the camera flashes first hand!

Facebreaker wise obviously I’m just learning the game but even on easy I’ve been getting my ass kicked!
NJNETSFANFORLIF(add me on XBL)

Dude ^ there, its August 1st. Its already Madden Season.
slamfan4life

ughhhhhhh why isnt the demo on PS3 ALREADY!!
slamfan4life

ughhhhhhh why isnt the demo on PS3 ALREADY!!
kbshowtyme

Man Madden looks and plays great Aug 12 can’t come soon enough
kbshowtyme

Man Madden looks and plays great Aug 12 can’t come soon enough
http://youtube.com/profile?user=XxMadCowxX XxMadCowxX

Pasta, why does EA always kick PS3 users in the nuts when it deals with Madden?

We’ve always had the worse of every outcome, I don’t understand.
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Pasta, why does EA always kick PS3 users in the nuts when it deals with Madden?

We’ve always had the worse of every outcome, I don’t understand.
futhamucka

“Pasta, why does EA always kick PS3 users in the nuts when it deals with Madden?”

It’s not EA, the PSN store update happens at the same time every week. You should be used to it if you’ve had a PS3 for any length of time!
futhamucka

“Pasta, why does EA always kick PS3 users in the nuts when it deals with Madden?”

It’s not EA, the PSN store update happens at the same time every week. You should be used to it if you’ve had a PS3 for any length of time!
VinTheDean

PS3 Owners Listen:

Sony realeases their Demos/Updates to the PSN in the afternoons. Feel free to comment after you have had a chance to play the demo. I’ll be playing it late tonight.
VinTheDean

PS3 Owners Listen:

Sony realeases their Demos/Updates to the PSN in the afternoons. Feel free to comment after you have had a chance to play the demo. I’ll be playing it late tonight.
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I know, I know, I just hate waiting.

It’ll be about seven hours until the demo releases for PS3.
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I know, I know, I just hate waiting.

It’ll be about seven hours until the demo releases for PS3.
Billy

Just finished the demo, It’s good! Plays similar to NCAA, so it isnt all that different, but that also means that it is a solid game!
Billy

Just finished the demo, It’s good! Plays similar to NCAA, so it isnt all that different, but that also means that it is a solid game!
Bryan

Just played through it a few times…

Game looks great and plays much better than NCAA from what I could tell. Not sure what difficulty level it defaults to when you skip the VT, but I was able to move the ball consistently. I didn’t really notice the camera flashes. Controls feel good. Had a few instances of the ball warping to receivers hands–sorta like the magnet catches from NCAA.

Overall it seems pretty good. I am getting frustrated with NCAA because the more I play it, the more flaws I find. Especially the psychic cpu defense and cpu qb. This doesn’t seem to be as much a problem in Madden and for that I am thankful.

I wlll wait for more impressions from demo and full release before I decide to buy…but at this point I am pretty sure that NCAA is going back to the store.
Bryan

Just played through it a few times…

Game looks great and plays much better than NCAA from what I could tell. Not sure what difficulty level it defaults to when you skip the VT, but I was able to move the ball consistently. I didn’t really notice the camera flashes. Controls feel good. Had a few instances of the ball warping to receivers hands–sorta like the magnet catches from NCAA.

Overall it seems pretty good. I am getting frustrated with NCAA because the more I play it, the more flaws I find. Especially the psychic cpu defense and cpu qb. This doesn’t seem to be as much a problem in Madden and for that I am thankful.

I wlll wait for more impressions from demo and full release before I decide to buy…but at this point I am pretty sure that NCAA is going back to the store.
pat

the thing that really annoys me is a big deal to me but maybe not to other people is that ea doesnt get helmets right and its so clear its like there rearted they continue to give eli that revolution helmet like peyton eli wore that helmet for his rookie year only
pat

the thing that really annoys me is a big deal to me but maybe not to other people is that ea doesnt get helmets right and its so clear its like there rearted they continue to give eli that revolution helmet like peyton eli wore that helmet for his rookie year only
lakeallen

im surprised how much fun facebreaker is. plus peter moore and kim kardashian are in the demo lol!
lakeallen

im surprised how much fun facebreaker is. plus peter moore and kim kardashian are in the demo lol!
Zack

Why can’t you user strafe catch on offense?
Zack

Why can’t you user strafe catch on offense?
Whsbraves10

[quote comment="30412"]the thing that really annoys me is a big deal to me but maybe not to other people is that ea doesnt get helmets right and its so clear its like there rearted they continue to give eli that revolution helmet like peyton eli wore that helmet for his rookie year only[/quote]

agreed, I am a equipment freak and alwasy edit the players..and I too hate Eliu’s facemask..and they better have clear visors..
Whsbraves10

[quote comment="30412"]the thing that really annoys me is a big deal to me but maybe not to other people is that ea doesnt get helmets right and its so clear its like there rearted they continue to give eli that revolution helmet like peyton eli wore that helmet for his rookie year only[/quote]

agreed, I am a equipment freak and alwasy edit the players..and I too hate Eliu’s facemask..and they better have clear visors..
pat

[quote comment="30415"][quote comment="30412"]the thing that really annoys me is a big deal to me but maybe not to other people is that ea doesnt get helmets right and its so clear its like there rearted they continue to give eli that revolution helmet like peyton eli wore that helmet for his rookie year only[/quote]

agreed, I am a equipment freak and alwasy edit the players..and I too hate Eliu’s facemask..and they better have clear visors..[/quote]

im pretty sure clear visors are in the game dark visors only was soooooo annyoing i couldnt stand playing everyone who was supposed to have a clear visor had a drak one like i removed so many facemasks like phillip rivers and ray lewis
pat

[quote comment="30415"][quote comment="30412"]the thing that really annoys me is a big deal to me but maybe not to other people is that ea doesnt get helmets right and its so clear its like there rearted they continue to give eli that revolution helmet like peyton eli wore that helmet for his rookie year only[/quote]

agreed, I am a equipment freak and alwasy edit the players..and I too hate Eliu’s facemask..and they better have clear visors..[/quote]

im pretty sure clear visors are in the game dark visors only was soooooo annyoing i couldnt stand playing everyone who was supposed to have a clear visor had a drak one like i removed so many facemasks like phillip rivers and ray lewis
http://www.gonintendo.com/ aceoYe4

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http://www.gonintendo.com aceoYe4

YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssss
http://www.gonintendo.com/ aceoYe4

so this isnt 2 player either, man, ncaa demo was 2 player
http://www.gonintendo.com aceoYe4

so this isnt 2 player either, man, ncaa demo was 2 player
http://www.pastapadre.com/ Ricky

the game looks good but this demo sucks its to short but i cant wait to get madden
http://www.pastapadre.com Ricky

the game looks good but this demo sucks its to short but i cant wait to get madden
Knight

i want strafe catching back
sean

i thought this was supposed to come out tomorrow. even my 360 dashboard it has an ad that says 1 day till madden 09 demo. o well idk i have it downloading now
Knight

i want strafe catching back
sean

i thought this was supposed to come out tomorrow. even my 360 dashboard it has an ad that says 1 day till madden 09 demo. o well idk i have it downloading now
Da901Scholar

I LOVED THIS DEMO, I CAN’T WAIT TILL AUG. 12TH.
Da901Scholar

I LOVED THIS DEMO, I CAN’T WAIT TILL AUG. 12TH.
sean

in the virtual thing, its impossible to tackle. the running back always breaks the tackles
sean

in the virtual thing, its impossible to tackle. the running back always breaks the tackles