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First Madden demo I've played that's actually got me MORE excited for the game. I love it, almost everything is a step up from 13. My best moment has been a Richard Sherman 80 yard INT return for a TD to win the game against my brother, weaving in and out of the Packers defense like an absolute boss. Russell Wilson got concussed in the first half and Tarvaris Jackson was pretty average but the D managed to win me the game!

Only gripes are interceptions + precision skill modifier. Interceptions look normal in the replays and are a lot more fluent than ever before, but during live gameplay it feels like the defender drops the ball, catches it again and then there's a 1 second delay before the camera switches around? Still, the switch-around is again, a lot more fluent than past Madden's.

The Precision skill modifier, well there isn't anything wrong or broken about it, but I don't understand what use it is? My understanding of it is that it slows down the runner so he can make a special move to beat the oncoming defender, but when you can just use them moves without holding LT, and sprint fast whilst spinning rather than slowing down and spinning, why would anyone want to use it? Anyway the run game looks very tidy this year and making quick jukes and cuts to beat defenders is very fun, kickoff returns are better than ever before. Stiff arms seem a bit ineffective though.