Question for you.
Do you believe those yearly reactions from people are their honest opinions or because they just have nothing better to do or say?
For the record I thought EVERY Madden from 6-12 had horrible gameplay, no matter how I tried to tweak it with sliders, etc. (I play 95 percent of the time offline) 13 I've had some fun with, it's at least playable for me.
The problem isn't with OS.
I think the percentage of people just trolling that they hate the game is very small. A lot of people genuinely think the game has stunk every year, and for some reason this upsets people who like the game.