What can I say more beyond "I kind of like the new direction" ...
In videogames there has always been the argument to produce a simulation game or an arcade game and rarely do the two ideas meet. The problem with this is that people tend to find pure simulations "Boring" and arcade games tend to lack "Depth" or they lose the "Feel" for whatever it is they're trying to emulate. Over the years EA has played around a lot with finding the right mix of simulation and arcade with their games, and some of their games (like the NBA Street games) have been pretty far in the arcade direction while other games (like Madden) have remained very simulation focused.
Now, from the very limited ammount we have seen it looks like EA is aming for a hybrid of the two styles which suits me just fine ... I think I would enjoy games that were more arcade based than Madden and yet more simulation based than the Mario Sports games.
