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thalastg's avatar
7 years ago

here is why overdrive is the worst competitive gamemode in history

here is why everyone hates this stupid gamemode.

1.) bc of the purley tempobased nature of this clownish gamemode skill is rendered into some minuscule almost nonexistent nonsense

2.) bc of the limited plays you can call due to time restriction, your guys potential influence to affect the outcome (some may even call it rigged) is enormous. if you put together the possible very unfavorable coverages on plays you call - that alone would be a huge parameter on timebased matchmodes since the limited plays you are able to call due to time, but if you add magical defensive behavior (i dont wanna discriminate defensive positions but corners and safeties come to my mind first), add the magical unability kicking-in of the qb to sometimes even not be able throw the ball at all (!!) - let alone over and underthrows. you create a gamemode where skill is a minimal factor, but skill should b the only factor in any competitive gameplay.

3.) nobady wanna be part of this scripted nonsense. who am i? a marionette? you should be grateful i spend valueable lifetime on your guys game in first place

not even two weeks in and i already hate this game with passion

not even mentioning the constant nto's, no indicator if items are able to be put in sets (you think i click 8x per team [8*32=256] to check it every time for a ovr 72? - well, hahah, no!), the stamina waste if your game ntos and are not able to resume in master series (at least training events), the stupid need to wait on arena games to finish and not be able to spin for the next matchup, the unbalanced reward structure of h2h tokens, the senseless blue, withe and red arena tokens since you only get a bronze badge no matter what color you trade in

thats a potpourri of just bad decissions on your end (maybe even inability of simply just not getting it at all) - my only question is, who is signing this of? its mindblowing.

i guess i give it a few more days till perma deinstall and never coming back - this is a timewaste like many things but this bs doesnt make even fun

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  • thalastg's avatar
    thalastg
    7 years ago

    unfortunately i dont disagree, at least it feels like it

  • Reminds me of the 80's movie "War Games" the only way to win is to not play the game lol

  • @Zeekmoses
    Overdrive is broken af right now. I tried to like, I tried to defend it, but the more I play it the more I hate it.
    Now I do understand that when I lose, that means someone else is winning but based on everyone I talk to or read comments from all have the same story. Constant pass drops, quarterback holding the ball, non existent blocking, 10 yard overthrows... The list goes on and this is happening in at least 75 percent of the matches I play.
    It feels like I'm playing in mud while the defense is playing on performance enhancing drugs.
    Now the OD matches that you're required to play in the masters series aren't like that. So why does it have to be that way in competition mode?
    It's not fun to play at all, and it's really the only decent way to get whistles for coach upgrades.
    Take out all the algorithms you have in overdrive and actually let us play straight up and overdrive will be a great, exciting and fun mode to play.
  • @thalastg I agree with everything you said except I cannot call overdrive a competitive mode being that EA predetermine the outcome
  • @Sp3w4567this mode shouldnt ever be implemented in the game, not even good enough to play a siderole.

    i know exactly how it went back then lol. they thought that they wanted something fresh without beeing it themself lol, that itself never plays out smoothly. someone very uncreative came up out of pure desperation with the catchword 'fantasy football' - all the other uncreatives got instantly hooked - they pitched it - it got signed off from somebody who has no, i mean zero, clue about gaming at all but got hooked too by the catchword alone. eh viola, there you have it

    but you are thechnically abloutely right yes - it isnt even a competitive mode. maybe thats even the biggest problem as it is treated, played and presented as one. from all parties involved - from the user to the producer. my days are numbered with this game

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