Massive increase in the number of animations makes physics look and feel much more realistic.

Feedback on pass rush moves is excellent as is the response of your player vs. the blocker, looks much more realistic (swim left, you lose, but your player still shifts hard to the left, shift left and you win, your play shifts hard to the left and you're free of the blocker, and semi-out of control now to try and make sack.

I LOVE the gameplay. huge improvement over last year. Gameplay is king

A game meant to play with close friends, with a few drinks. You should savor the moments, and not take anything too seriously. Failing a mission can be just as fun as completing in the right mindset.

If you play this game to try and grind out levels, you'll hate it. If you solo, and are sober....oof, no fun.

@Mackey18@jfracchia

Deep deep open world feel with legit consequences for actions. It's one of the few TRUE open world games. Gameplay is outstanding.

@Gelugon_baat: agreed. I played fo76 at launch....and the game it is today is 1,000 times better. Fortunately I never pulled the trigger on NMS until recently when a friend recommended it.

@uninspiredcup: Reconsider. Best Sci-Fi i've played since Mass Effect 2.

@SkytheWiz1: Buuuuuut, then again, you have a gamer like me. I never played NMS when it came out. Sci-Fi just isn't my thing.

I've been playing for a couple of weeks and love it. Absolutely love it. But, I admit, i never played the earlier version, so I could see someone being burnt out on the game now and not wanting to start over.

Hello could have called this NMS II, and made all you early adopters pay again, but they didn't,

I think the review should state that this is essentially NMS 2.0, free to those purchased the faulty 1.0.

@parapreston: on PS4? Or is that just PC?

@dmblum1799: No hate here, just wish I could pay $20 for a roster update....instead of waiting 4-5 months to buy the game on sale.

Can't justify paying the full price of a game for new rosters.

This X-Factor add-on is complete crap too. Makes the game feel more like an arcade game and less like a real world simulator.

I guess, my son loves it, bought it on opening night, and has already spent $20 on MUT. No real reason for EA to improve gameplay.

@jsimmers21: Completely agree. I've played madden since the beginning....and probably have purchased a new madden every year for the first 20+ years, now, every other year, and only when it's on sale.

But, I have a 12 year old son now that also plays, and plays with his friends. They have a competition on who can have the best MUT team. And when he gets money, he spends it on MUT. So, I'm a "loyal" Madden customer, but I spend $30 every-other year. He spent probably $200 on the game just last year....of course at a pace of $20 a month.

And when he "plays" the game, it's mostly just challenges....or against other players, where he calls the same plays over and over.

I fear, there just isn't enough demand for great authentic gameplay....so EA puts their time elsewhere. And really, no competitor is going to go after the "football" genre because, other game companies are focused on microtransation games....and the barrier to get in the football realm is too great, nevermind the license thing.

Fortunately, game is still pretty fun to play, i just wish you could pay $10 or something for roster updates so could keep playing the old game with current rosters. At least 2019 added the ability for player made content and downloadable rookies (for at least 1 season).

Edit: Oh, I should add, he bought 2020 already, and I played it a little bit...I feel a slight difference in stick control with RBs....and tackling animations, but feels nearly identical. The X factor thing....I don't like. I can see the kids liking it, but, I've always felt the stars already performed quite well. Now, they're OP. No thanks....

me and a group of gamers are considering this....I hope it gains traction because as you say, not enough games like this around, and this looks really fun. Shame on Gamespot for not reviewing, but probably a good thing as they'd base their reviews too heavily on server status.