Just when we think EA is righting the ship on Madden, we get this lazy borderline rerelease of the previous year's iteration. Clearly, no-one is holding the developers and publishers accountable any more and the only way to see change is by voting with your wallet. Don't buy this year's release of Madden. Enough is enough.

Takes some big steps forwards in terms of the underpinning technology, and it continues to play a good game of American football. But, for all those steps taken technically, it feels as those the rest of the game has stayed firmly in place, and there are far too many bugs to hinder the experience at launch.