This is after I've been playing NFL 2K5 and APF 2K8 exclusively for about a week.
Madden's faults just got completely EXPOSED last night!
I mean, I seriously had to stop playing after about five minutes. Because, within that five minutes, there was a fumble and two picks, one for a defensive TD ( of course ). Good lord. And yeah, I had the interception sliders on Madden set down to ZERO, defens. aware down to about 15-20. I've put in some time with Madden before I picked up the 2k games and had 'adjusted' to it, but it was wrenching going back to it. Oy vey. And while it DOES look nice, the player models are still not as good as the 2k5 models, and I think the uniforms still look better in 2k5 as well. Especially the number sizing being right on the jerseys..details like that.
I put Madden back up on the shelf. APF is in my 360 and 2K5 sits in my Xbox, ready to go. I just can't hack the gameplay in Madden as compared to 2K's gameplay....2K just FEELS (and looks) more like football. Much better balance.
Thanks for listening to my rant.