The only thing that really worries me from this is the passing issue.. I can deal with no licenses, features or a lack of game modes but as other people have said, the real priority is that the gameplay itsself is good.

The magnetic passing was pretty poor in the last few games. It was irritating to play one player and infuriating to play 2 player co-op because you couldn't pass to each other.

The inference also appears to be that the whole game will still revolve around canned animations. The same overdone sidestep where the defender is sucked into an animation without your control, the same annoying hand offs, superman tackles and the rest of the game where half the time you don't have any control over your own players. It certainly is worrying.