So in 15 straight hours of playing

Gameplay is FUN. The game looks BEAUTIFUL. Passing is HARD. Defense is HARD. Movement is SATISFYING.

However, serious issues are definitely present. Pursuit angles suck. The sim engine is beyond busted. Songs/Bands/presentation are wrong in both high and low tier teams from what I can tell. Recruiting hours ui glitches out and doesn’t propagate changes properl which is frustrating. Commentary is stiff as a board. Ai players are either the second coming of Ed Reed, Ray Lewis, and Troy Polamalu mixed into one, or completely ignore the ball and runs off in their own direction like Forest Gump. Polls are meh, but that feels like it’s in reaction to the awful sim. I’ve come across some glitches in ui not loading properly and players during celebrations vanishing out of existence. Please feel free to mention more below.

Overall I still very much enjoy to have the game back, hence an ill advised 15 hours straight bender, and I will continue to play tonight after recovering, but this is definitely not a polished product. Unless that “day one” patch is massive, I have a scared feeling a lot of the poor parts of the game are going to be prevalent throughout the game’s cycle. I enjoy the gameplay more than 14, but the sim is so poor at providing anything other than chaos it’s hard to get too invested in a dynasty currently.