I had high hopes for this game, but they weren't lived up to.
The game is simply not very much fun. I played it for a bit, and doing the same things each time I was last, 2nd, last, 4th, etc. No sense of skill or accomplishment is in the game.
I was also dissapointed with the choppy movies for the characters, EA should have taken some advice from Sega on how to really make Cel Shading work.
This is a rental at best. I have no hopes for either the PS2 or GC versions when they are released.