No offense, InHuMane, but I have to disagree. As a long time fan of the Madden franchise, I hate the fact that they took out the sprint button as a default setting (you can "supposedly" change this in the options, which I did, but I don't think the sprint button works), to me, you lose some of the controllability. Meaning that when you are playing as a running back, you can't start out running at a slower pace to stay behind the linemen or fullback and then when you see the hole open up hit that speed burst button to get through the hole in a hurry. You're now relying on the AI to control the speed at which you are running at. Overall, I do think that the game is better than Madden 10, and I think EA has done a good job at making the game more accessible to people who haven't played before. But i wish they would have given us two game play options, for example an "accessible" option for newer madden players and then a "veteran" option for longtime madden users. But all and all, I think it is an improvement from last  year.