[Bruce LeRoy]

Played this game for the first time the other night. Played two quick games; I was not impressed at all. First off the graphics are not good at all for a next gen game, it looks like a high res version of current gen and all the player models are the same. True Step gives the defense an advantage- its not fare that the ball carrier has to slow down and chop there feet while the defense doesn't; the defense can turn in a dime and clobber ball carriers while they true step. Also it seems like the cpu takes control of you back when you first hand it off to them. Its like they try to guide you through the whole, I don't really like that, I want full control of my back from the start. The canned animations are horrific- numerous times I busted up the whole full speed only to be sucked into a canned tackle that looks out of place. Too many hit stick tackles! Every other tackle was a hit stick! I can go on and on about what I don't like about this game.

The only two things I liked was the pass push/rush from the defensive line and the secondary pass coverage defenders were in the right spot, they closed in on passes quick, and they intercepted the ball of you threw it to them.

If you're judging this game by next gen standards I rate it a 5/10 by last gen standards it gets a 7.0/ 10