Had to...
Initial impressions--
1. Holy shit the graphics and realistic player movements are insane. I can see why people say running the ball is a lot easier.
2. They've got some of our starters with different names. Cam Williams, Bill Norton and Collin Simmons were the ones I primarily noticed.
3. Holy intricacies batman! Audibles, subs, motions... All not really inherent, to me, at least, but seem like something you pickup with more practice.
4. Kicking had me confused at first because I couldn't kick very far. By accident, I held the button down longer and realize this is where power comes into play. So the horizontal meter is accuracy, push on green, and keep holding the button down until the arrow is green. A little different but not too hard to master.
5. Running the ball (as previously mentioned) is much easier and passing is much more difficult. I was playing on freshman just to make sure I had the controls understood, so most throws were to wide open receivers. When they didn't have much separation and I tried forcing it, the pass would be incomplete the majority of the time. Definitely gotta practice.
6. Tackling didn't seem too difficult despite what some have said. The big caveat here is that you can't just run into a player and expect the AI to do it for you. If you're diving/ going for the big hit everytime, you'll miss. Often.
Overall just so happy to have the game back and can't wait to explore all the other things, recruiting especially.