You're not the only one. I've played this game nonstop for the last couple of days and there is just a ridiculously long list of issues that I hope the fanboys aren't too blind to see. This game is flawed in so many ways on both sides of the ball to the point that it's hard for anything good to happen. And when it does, it happened so unnaturally that really you didn't even do anything. The OL-DL interaction is something that people have wanted improved on for years and it is as bad as I can remember it ever being (largely in part bc EA got rid of the rip/swim mechanics for reasons we may never know). LB's literally just sit there and let blockers make contact with them and when they do, they are stuck to them like glue (oh except the CPU controlled defense which actually plays pretty well). I've seen plays where 3-4 DB's run to the same receiver for unknown reasons. AI QB's either complete passes, stand there and take a sack, or throw it away and it looks completely stupid (Played a game of Madden 2004 for kicks the other day. McNabb stepped up in the pocket, then scrambled to his right, I switched off to the DB to pursue and he flipped it right over my head. Beautiful.) These "All New Running Back Moves" that fans went berserk over for a couple of weeks are so slow and sluggish and are completely unrealistic. This list could go on and on...
But fans have bent over and accepted EA's "Take it or have nothing" mentality and for some reason look at this game like it's worth something special. Have seriously seen people on here saying "just play it and don't watch the replays bc you'll see everything that is wrong." Like what the hell is that? Why are we buying into this garbage? This was the first Madden I've bought since 2011 and I could not have been more disappointed. I'll keep preaching that if everyone takes one year off from buying Madden, we won't have these issues anymore.
My comment turned into a rant. Sorry for the blow up.
