I wrote a really long write-up and posted but it didn't go through and is now gone.... so I will give you the coles notes version. Based on two games Madden 12 is awesome, absolutely awesome. Saying this is a polished version of NCAA 12 is frankly an insult to polish! This game looks and feels far superior to NCAA. All you need to do is play a demo or real game of NCAA 12 then Madden 12 demo then NCAA again. Honestly I will have to force myself to play NCAA tonight because I am so impressed with the demo. Madden has hit it out of the park. With the exception of Gus Johnson, I am so insanely pumped for this game.

Simply put, the Madden team may have put 2k arguments to bed. I am an NCAA guy first and always BUT early signs (plus franhcise improvements) may make Madden 12 my game of choice this year. NCAA is good... Madden is superior. From a distance (and on my 50' HD) this game looks real. Wow... just wow!