The game starts off slow and annoying, but after a while you begin to enjoy it and remember why you love Madden so much.
It was hard to get a hold of the controls a bit at first, they are similar to the other Madden games but they always seem to be adding new stuff. There are certain things you have to take into consideration now, like the direction your analog stick is in, etc.
They also seemed to have put more time into the tackling, it's much smoother now. I'd say it's pretty well flawless, I've seem some really cool tackles too.
Madden will always be a classic game, they also made the Superstar mode MUCH more playable from 07, which adds a lot more replay value to the game since you can play different positions.
Overall a great game, deffinetly a buy. I understand why some people are disapointed, even I was at first, but that's because I didn't give it a chance. I currently play Madden often and I will continue to do so for a long time, atleast until 09 comes out.