by an average gamer..... well i got it from gamefly monday and popt it in ... i could sum it up and say it is more worth your time than last years madden but i got time so ill go in depth.. first off u should know by now that they got all the old player like marino walter payton and so on... first u build your team. with two gold players about three silver players and like six bronze players.. then the rest is filled in by non greats.. after that u choose the uniform stadium and so on.. then comes the gameplay.. u have season and practice and many other modes that come acustom the the 2k franchise.. the stadiums are pretty nice but some a little over the top.. the gameply is decent pretty much the same as 2k 5 just with a lil graphics boost.. the old announcers r back but thats a good thing i have always loved those two.. but im gonna send this one back pretty soon becouse gameplay just get s a lil to repeditive. i know its football but it just doesnt seem like it should be this repetitve. try out a rental first i give it a 7 out of ten