I found 08 a huge letdown myself. It's fairly buggy compared to 07, the Graphics look only marginally better, and I thought the controls aren't as smooth and as natural as 07. You now have to be careful when you snap the ball, or the game might register a big snap as a throw as well and you'll lose a down, where as I don't remember 07 having this problem. Things like Stiff arm just don't feel as snappy, posibbly in part because there's been more moves added to Wii Remote. I can't use the cursor to pick my guy before the snap, just have to cycle through them.
I'm not a football fan, I just really loved 07 for some reason, and figure 08 would be better. So things like online play
and player weapons might make a difference to people already a fan of Madden, and they might like that it seems more
challengeing than 07. I felt it was just all around kind of loose and unrefined compared to 07.
