. Put Hardy in as DT alongside Crawford with Gregory/Lawrence manning the ends.
I've played about 4 games so far myself and can't say I agree. Graphics are slightly better, physics are the same (preset animations/look at players flopping over each other after plays--not physics based), atmosphere is same outside of some added commentary from Phil Simms relating to performance from the prior week "He threw 2 picks last week", etc.
The one thing I do like is the improvement on passing trajectory with the high/low pass but seems they took away the skill of controlling your receiver after the pass as it is centered on you holding down buttons for the corresponding catches. I still take control of the receiver but notice I don't really have to anymore outside of coming back for curls more aggressively when I realize a corner is sitting on the route, etc. I shared your same optimism last year bc they did make a good jump to next gen. but as usually the case with Madden, piecemeal improvements with updated rosters. Games sorely needs a new engine as Pessimist said above.
We have a sweet ace DL though
). Was a big 2K fanboy so that's where most of the pettiness comes from on my part. But just playing a NBA 2k game in comparison can show the drastic difference in how each sport game has progressed over the last decade. For the most popular sport in the US, we seem to get the worst of sports gaming due to the NFLPA restriction.
The player models do look good when zoomed in admittedly and the lighting aspect I will have to kind have to look out for going forward. When you say atmosphere, are you talking about the crowd noise, pre game/half time, or commentary? Not saying you don't have a point there, just haven't noticed anything drastic in the few games I've played so far in terms of atmosphere but also haven't played any playoff games yet either, etc.
Suction blocking is what irks me while on D and animations for coverage that aren't physically possible as there is no read and reaction ( I know it's a video game
