The pessimism is founded.
And @ the other talking about the line play. I see your point, but they still marketed it as a whole package. I can remember the dev blog talking about how "you can now literally see the holes open up! the players block realistically and drive and open holes". It was a lod of bull. And that still doesn't explain the times when a lineman completely runs by the guy he's supposed to block. It'd be one thing if it was sometimes, but it's ALWAYS on certain plays.
And I'm not nearly as pessimistic as I sound. I've played NCAA some every day for the past couple months. I enjoy the game a lot. But the blocking and passing games really get me going when I get to talking about them. I've gotten so well at coping with 09 because I've learned to accept it for what it is.
I'm still waiting for a complete game. And when I see them put stuff like PA in, and have them act like it's a big deal when it doesn't affect AI, and doesn't affect how the game plays overall, that annoys me. It makes me wonder if they even WANT their game to play better.
I mean, go look at the new Madden feature. Oh wow, better statistical keeping, half sacks, etc. Congrats on putting something in the game that was in NFL 2k5. only took you five years after 2k5's release.