On the field of play, it looks better than ever, which is no surprise, and although there's plenty of weird limb and funny collision moments going on thanks to the fancy new physics model, it plays a better game than last year, and you can feel that immediately.

One of the most lacking areas in recent Madden game has been a woeful lack of presentation and individuality to differentiate between teams. Outside of roster and playbook, teams in the past all largely felt the same.