Quote:From what I've seen, defense is remarkably easy, way too many sacks on All-Pro. Haven't tried All-Madden yet.

 

Passing timing is a lot more challenging than in years past in my opinion, but a lot more fun and rewarding, something as simple as throwing a curl to Shorts and timing it just right when the corner breaks late, is one of the most satisfying things I've ever done in Madden, actually. 

 

Running is a lot more realistic, at least the numbers I usually put up with Gerhart are something like 16 for 66 and maybe a touchdown. 

 

I also don't envision too many blowouts, but I am also not the best madden player, so take all this with a grain of salt. Very big upgrade from last year and years past and the playing as a defensive lineman like Marks is also a really cool feature. Definitely worth the money this year.

Quote:When playing Ultimate Madden (The fantasy card game portion of the game) I found the Jaguars players to be rated really low in the base set.  I assembled as many Jaguars as I could via the auction and played the solo challenges to gain more coins for sets to eventually get better Jaguar players (elite cards).  The solo challanges on All-Madden level have been way too easy especially in the preseason portion under quick mode I find myself scoring 28-0 on most games with Blake Bortles 69 rated overall base set card, Toddman (60s) since he plays better than Toby Gerhart in the game as my RB and mainly throwing to Lee on slants when not rushing up the middle with Toddman.

On the regular solo challenge I always win but you have to get a gold badge (which the badges are new this year) in order to complete the set.  The Gold Badges are up to 7000 coins so it takes awhile to get the good cards.  You need the elite badges to get the really good cards.  Either way a huge improvement from the Xbox 1, Madden 25 which wasnt really designed for the system.  I still think next years will be even better as they have more time to concept for the system, but if you love Madden like I do you wont be disappointed.