Absolutely outstanding write up. EA needs to invest in the franchise mode, this is an NFL football game, I don't card about MUT or any of the other crap.
I wan't to build and mold a franchise, maybe hire the next big thing ( Dabo Sweeney ) when my current coach needs to be fired, groom the next super star from the draft to the hall of fame.
We need everything that goes on in the NFL included in the game. This is the 3rd year of Madden since I bought a next gen console, and before that I strictly played on nintendo, and I hate to say it, even though graphics and game play were not on par with PS3 or XBox, it was more fun playing back then.
All the little things, shadow a receiver with your top corner, create custom packages to make substitutions easier etc etc.
I am on the fence on buying this year, I only played 17 for about a month.