Madden 16 Review: 10 Hands-On First Impressions

By Michael Potts /

5. Air Supremacy Is Excellent

This is the big one, Air Supremacy. The key area EA have worked on is the passing game and that's highly exciting, after all, there's nothing quite like hurling a ball downfield into the end zone where your receiver battles through to snatch it for a touchdown. You can choose to catch the ball in three different styles: aggressive, run after catch, or possession. They depend on the throw and your willingness to risk, with possession securing the ball, aggressive sending your player high to haul down the ball, and run after catch doing exactly that. They all have their benefits and disadvantages, and all of them work as advertised. It's possible that the aggressive style may be abused, but EA have done their best to combat that with the next feature...