i bought it today and have mixed feelings. The hits are amazing. You get double hits, you go low on a guy and pop him up only to leave a teammate to clean him out of the air and ofcourse there is knocking people over the boards. But the rules are gay and hard to fallow. I played linebacker, so i always control the LB's in games. You have to either blitz or keep your backer in the box which gets really frusterating. Also there is a complete lack of a ground game. Personally I like pounding the ball all game and thats pretty much impossible. Also the season mode is weak. There is no draft or anything, it is all free agents and there is no real good way to evaluate the talent. It is a fun game to play but it isn't very deep.