Madden 25 Early Thoughts & Questions

Only played for an hour so far, so might have some things wrong, but ....

Buying early I get a free 81 Christian McCaffrey, then when I get in the game, everyone is given a free 81-85 Christian McCaffrey ?, Thanks for the reward EA lol.

I get a cannot use profanaties message when trying to change team name - Support Washington, so tried Washington, Was, Wsh, but all profanties WTH ?

I am all for equality, but the female commentators voice is just so annoying, shrill, and not even that easy to hear, spoiling the game for me.

I only played for a few hours after work last night.

I did like the two announcers in Madden 24 better than the announcers in Madden 25, so I think I will have to look into turning that annoying voice off.

First impression is that Madden 25 is better than Madden 24. The game play seems more realistic. Realistic game play is the most important feature, and it is an improvement over Madden 23 and Madden 24. The animations at start and pack openings are much improved. I like the format better so far. Not sure why they felt it necessary to change the buttons we used for certain things (like player upgrades within the lineup menu use to be square and now it is triangle)??? I try to play by earning upgrades, saving coins, completing sets, hunting for auction house bargains, etc. and I do not buy packs beyond using the pre-purchase loaded green currency or game play coins, and it appears as if they are accommodating this style of play as well. The solo seasons feature is a nice addition. I am sure as I play more I will have more thoughts and questions, but first impression is that the put in some effort and improved the game!