Definitely the best Madden to date but still needs some fine tuning.
As for the game's presentation, it's hit and miss. The camera blur works great at times, but a lot of the time feels out of place and misused. However, Madden 13 is a gorgeous game and player models look good. Menus don't seem as clunky to navigate as they have in the past but the load times are still a bit slow and going through certain options, trying to edit players for example, still remains a pain. The soundtrack of this game, in my opinion, is much better than past iterations and gives the game a sort of NFL films vibe that I greatly enjoy. Overall, I think the sounds in this game are fantastic.
Now for Connected Careers Mode. I know a lot of people, myself included intially, were extremely critical or apprehensive of combining superstar and franchise mode into one. I know some features were dialed back a bit due to the two modes being combined, but I still think that CCM is a winner. Newsfeed and tweets really give the game a much more personal feel to the game and keep things fresh. The addition of experience is also a big win because you get to progress your player(s) attributes to your exact specifications. And overall the experience does feel somewhat streamlined.
Overall Madden 13 is a blast to play. It does a great deal of things right, mainly the Infinity engine, but still needs to fine tune a few things to really propel Madden up into the ranks of elite AAA games. In terms of looking at the future though, Madden 13 sets a pretty solid foundation with which EA can really revive what had been a declining franchise.