there's something to the the whole patience thing. in rl2 you could go through a season on the hardest difficulty without even coming close to winning a game. on Live you have to think about how you are going to break the line, and how you are going to score. ie. send a few forwards charging, compress their defense, then spread it. the game seems to suffer the same complex as its predecessors. plenty of good ideas, poor execution. for what its worth, the game is fun
HOWEVER... some of the flaws are inexcusable. they had a chance to build upon the solid gameplay with a good franchise mode, and they decided not to. god knows why.
and is everyone else finding that goal kickers can't kick the ball hard enough to convert from the sideline? i'm playing with souths, and both sandow and luke have that problem