Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Excellent game

Although not as feature-rich as the Madden series that I'm used to, this game has a lot to offer. The game play exceeds that of EA's Madden games, especially the more recent Madden versions. Although the details of the graphics (faces, etc) may not be as clean and realistic, the game play (which is much more important) is better. The players move more realistically, they react to hits more realistically, the physics of the game feel much more real. The fact that EA has the NFL license leaves 2K Sports stuck using some historical players and made up teams, but they do well with what they have to work with. The lack of a franchise mode keeps it from being a 5-star game. If future versions add such a mode, this game would be everything Madden is supposed to be but has lately fallen short of.