The FIrst next-gen football game worth buying/keeping.
This year is different, they have fixed the most important aspect of the game, game play! The running is now fluid and movement transition appear realistic. You feel like you actually have a chance to make a play and impact the outcome. They also improved on the graphics, adding gang tackles and late grabs that pull the runner back or allow him to shake off the person grabbing him. In prior versions, these things just didnt exist. The weapons feature seems like a useful addition, I'll have to play a bit more to get the full idea of that one, but it basically high lights a player best attribute, so you know who to use or go to in a given play. The audio/broadcast still sucks. The sideline press people look awful. The team on the side line looks silly, when 9 of the are standing the same exact way and all move the same. I do like the new replay feature between quarters. They put the six biggest plays on the game in a menu and you can pick which ones to play, kinda neat.
I still need to play on-line a few more times before I can be sure its solid, but so far no lag issues and it seems pretty tight.
Over all I'd say it's worth buying. Its not perfect, but the things that are wrong can be forgiven because the game play has been improved. It took them 3 tries, but this one will not be returned.