remember what i said. you play on the default level with some sliders moved in the right directions. thats the perfect realistic or close to it as you can get. the moment you go for hall of fame or madden in football. you think its too easy on the other modes because you have played these games for so long you cheese and abuse exploits and dont even recognize it. Shoot, i'm probably the most realistic player i know on 2k for sure. and yet i know even i cheese a little bit. because its been in the game for so long adn playing vs other cheesers online. you're bound to do some cheesing. and this is what makes the game super easy. you're doing things that are not realistic to the real life sport. but it works so you keep doing it. but in reality you're abusing exploits in the game. not playing the sport.Bro playing on pro is way too easy. And I play all madden as well because the gameplay for all pro is just too slow. And I'll destroy peeps in that setting by half time. Can't tell you how many times people quit on me when I play all pro and I go up 21-3.
example:
spamming the reach button for a steal. try that in real life in an organized basketball game with referees. and lets see if you dont foul out in the 1st half/quarter.
but we all do it to some degree. because the game allows it. you can occasionally reach. but then back off the spam and see that you dont see more realism. and thats just one thing i picked that i know for a fact ALL of us do.