Madden 13 is a very ambitious game. The developers at EA have jam packed this season’s title with a new engine, a new broadcast team, and a brand new career mode that combines three previous modes wrapped into one. Additions and improvements have also been made to existing game modes such as Ultimate Team as well. This seems like a lot to cram into one development cycle, so does all this new content equal a better version of NFL football?
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Madden is too much of a cash cow for this to happen, but I'd like to see it take a break and retool the basic physics and interactions between players, instead of just adding some features and more animations. More and more its gotten where roster updates and something like additional passing tweaks are not doing it for me.
Also, special teams are a real and vital part of the game on both sides of the ball. At least pay a little attention to it instead of having the exact same kickoff routines for the last ten years. And field goals do get blocked sometimes.