I agree with this, but I'm happy they are giving scores closer to what their reviews are actually saying. For instance, Game Informer gave Madden '12 a score of 7.5, with a second opinion of 7.0.
In their specific review of the game, they
said,
"
A number of issues, including super-jumping linebackers, poor ball awareness, and atrocious special teams mar the gameplay. It sounds insignificant, but I also hate the menu setup because it makes you do so much unnecessary work to get where you want to go."
If they notice it and it's been going on for years, it should be given worse scores because they haven't given attention to those glaring issues.
Other than Gamefly, I'm not paying $25 to play three days of Madden, hardly seems worth it, to try out the entire game. If it were a week, that would be a different story...