At the start I felt that too (Gameplay feels way too scripted) and was like "this dude is totally right".
But the more I play, the more I like it.
I really love the gameplay
Fooled around with the sliders on All-Star 12 mins qrt and got to a point where I get realistic scores with me close to winning some and actually won a couple with one blow-out.
It feels like when I'm playing good I'm in there - when I make too many mistakes I get whupped.
Haven't played more than around 12-15 full games (Quick and my League) so it's a little too early to tell.
Stats are nice apart from having too few FT:s in the game even with 100/100 on sliders.
(wasn't it like that last year in the beginning that you had to have them at aprox 80/80?)
And later, after a patch could bring it down to 58/58 (that's where I had them and got 23-24 FTA/game, like it should be)?
Now I get a little too many shots (c90) and rebs (c50) but with an increase from around an avg. on 16 to 24 for FTA that would solve itself, right?