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NBA 2k22

Nba 2k22 Current-Gen is a game about basketball. In NBA 2k22 there are 4 main modes in-game. I will review all 4 modes in today’s blog.

For the first time in the series, the game features six different cover athletes: the standard and current-gen editions feature Luka Dončić of the Dallas Mavericks, the 75th Anniversary Edition features Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers, Dirk Nowitzki (also for the Mavericks), and Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets. The Special WNBA 25th Anniversary Edition features Candace Parker of the Chicago Sky. The Japanese box art features Rui Hachimura of the Washington Wizards. Parker became the first WNBA player to become the cover athlete for the NBA 2K series.

PlayNow and MyGm are the same every year so I won’t be talking about them.

Let’s talk about MyCareer and the Neighborhood. MyCareer has a new story to it and you can go to college. You can choose between 10 different colleges. In the Nba, you basically do the same things as the past few years. You play in the NBA, get endorsements, earn VC, and upgrade your player.

The Neighborhood is now the Cancha De Le Mar, a giant 16-floor yacht on the water. The new neighborhood has 6 3v3 and 2v2 courts. They also have 5v5 courts on the 16th floor o the yacht. The Yacht has lots of areas including the Promenade, Game Room, and Lobby.

Now Let’s talk about the gameplay. Shooting: In Nba 2k22 Shooting is very easy and you can green with a 60 three-point rating. Dribbling: Dribbling is pretty good because they added lots of new size-ups, combo dribbles, and lots of new dribble packages. Finishing: Finishing is two-sided. Making lay-ups and making dunks is easy if you are wide open. But there is one factor that makes making lay-ups and dunks over defenders hard. And I will talk about that next. Defense: Defense is the most overpowered part about 2k22. It is so easy to miss shots even if you are slightly congested. And the AIs are so op. They can stay in front of you even if you have no stamina.

Each installment in the NBA 2K series emulates the National Basketball Association, and presents slight and sometimes bad improvements over the previous installments. As such, gameplay simulates a typical game of basketball, with the player controlling an entire team or a select player; objectives coincide with the rules of basketball and presentation resembles actual televised NBA games. Various game modes have been featured in the series, allowing for gameplay variety. Numerous elements of the games feature customizable options. Each game features the teams and players from the current NBA season; historic NBA teams and players have also been featured, as have EuroLeague teams and (starting with NBA 2K20) WNBA teams. Fictional players and teams can also be created and compiled.

The original NBA 2K Game was initially released in November 1999 for the Dreamcast. Allen Iverson is the cover athlete. The first four games in the NBA 2K series feature commentary from fictional announcers Bob Steele and Rod West, portrayed by Bob Fitzgerald and Rod Brooks respectively.

Spongebob Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated Review

Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated is an adventure game on Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. In Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated, you can play the campaign or you can play multiplayer against other players. I will review both game modes along with the gameplay.

The core gameplay is to kill robots that have taken over Bikini Bottom. You must do that along with going to new areas and avoiding hazardous objects and places. Certain areas require a different area to complete because each character has their own unique abilities. The different characters that you can choose between are Spongebob, Patrick, and Sandy. Throughout the game, you collect shiny objects, golden spatulas, and socks. Shiny objects can be obtained by killing enemies and can be spent to unlock new levels or pathways. You can also give them to Mr. Krabs for golden spatulas. Socks are located in hard-to-reach places and can be traded to Patrick for a golden spatula. Golden Spatulas are used to unlock new areas and can be used to defeat the final boss.

Props are also included in the game. Trampolines help the player bounce to further ledges or platforms, buttons activate certain things throughout the game, and pressure pads are like buttons; however, the effects of it are only active while the player stands on the pressure pad, or there is another object placed on top. Once whatever is holding down the pressure pad is removed, the effects of it are undone. There are also character-specific abilities, such as Sandy being able to swing from Texas hooks, SpongeBob being able to dive downward on a bungee hook, and Patrick’s ability to pick up and throw melons called “Throw Fruits” and ice cubes called “Freeze Fruits”.

Though some areas can be navigated by any character, several sections can only be completed with a specific character, due to each one having unique abilities. SpongeBob can create a bubble helmet for head-butting enemies. Patrick can throw objects at buttons, robots, and pressure pads, and can throw “Freeze Fruits” into bodies of Goo to freeze them. Finally, Sandy can glide over large gaps and destroy enemies and objects with her lasso.

In Bikini Bottom, Plankton, the evil genius owner of the Chum Bucket, has built a new machine called the Duplicatotron 3000 to produce an army of robots, which he plans to control to steal the Krabby Patty Secret Formula. After creating them, he realizes that the switch on the Duplicatotron has accidentally been set to “Don’t Obey”. This leads the robots to seize control of the Chum Bucket out of Plankton and wreak havoc all over Bikini Bottom.

Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Patrick are playing with toy robots and horses. SpongeBob and Patrick are bored with the toys and wish they could play with real robots. Patrick uses his “magic wishing shell”, believing it will make their wish come true the following morning. SpongeBob wakes to find that his house has been trashed by real robots. He receives a fax from Mr. Krabs, stating that he would give SpongeBob a Golden Spatula for every certain amount of Shiny Objects he collects for him. Shiny Objects must be collected to open or activate various tolls throughout the game. Outside, SpongeBob finds a disappointed Plankton, who lies and claims that the robots appeared suddenly and kicked him out. Plankton convinces SpongeBob to help him back into the Chum Bucket by embarking on a perilous quest to find golden spatulas and get rid of the robots, secretly intending to regain control of them once back inside.

I give this game an 8/10. It has a really good plot and brings lots of nostalgia from the original version but some bugs make the game less fun.

LeBron James

Lebron James is an American Basketball player from Akron, Ohio. LeBron has played for 3 teams: The Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and Los Angeles Lakers. LeBron has won 4 NBA Championships along with 4 Finals MVPs. He has also won 4 MVPs and has made 18 All-Star appearances. From 2011 to 2018 LeBron made the Finals in all those years in a row.

LeBron James grew up without a father and homeless with just him and his mother, Gloria Marie James. LeBron’s father had a very extensive criminal record and was not in LeBron’s life. LeBron’s mother struggled to find a job or place to live so they often moved apartment to apartment. LeBron began playing organized basketball in 5th grade.

LeBron went to St. Vincent St. Mary High School which was very controversial because the school was predominantly full of white kids. As a freshman, James averaged 21 points and 6 rebounds per game for St. Vincent-St. Mary varsity basketball team. The Fighting Irish went 27–0 en route to the Division III state title, making them the only boys high school team in Ohio to finish the season undefeated.

During his sophomore year, LeBron was named Ohio’s Mr. Basketball and was made USA Today All-First Team. Before he became a junior he was featured on the cover of the SLAM magazine.

LeBron was viewed as a top pick in the draft after his senior year. As expected, LeBron was the 1st overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers, who at the time were one of the worst teams in the league. LeBron scored 25 points in his first-ever NBA game vs the Sacramento Kings. LeBron ended his rookie campaign winning Rookie of the Year. The Cavs went 35-47, missing the playoffs despite having an 18-game improvement.

James earned his first NBA All-Star Game selection in 2004–05, contributing 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists in a winning effort for the Eastern Conference. On March 20, James scored 56 points against the Toronto Raptors, setting Cleveland’s new single-game points record. With final averages of 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists, and 2.2 steals per game, he was named to his first All-NBA Team. Despite a 30–20 record to start the year, the Cavaliers again failed to make the playoffs, finishing the season 42–40.

During the 2008-09 season, the Cavs finished 66-16 on the year. LeBron also won MVP that year taking his team to the playoffs. His play led them to the conference finals where they lost to the magic.

After having no success with the Cavs LeBron decided to join the Miami Heat. LeBron, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh managed to win 2 championships in their 4 years as teammates. After the 2014 season, LeBron decided to go back to Cleveland. There he won Cleveland’s first NBA championship in Franchise history. After making the Finals 8 years in a row, LeBron signed with the Los Angeles Lakers. LeBron has won 1 championship with the Lakers so far but things have been going downhill with the team. LeBron is one of if not the greatest player of all time and the stats also prove it.

How did SARPBC turn into Rocket League

Hello people, and you may or may not know what Rocket League is. If you do, you would know that Rocket League is a game where you use the physics of a car, to play soccer. Another thing you may or may not know is that Rocket League evolved from a game called Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, or SARPBC.

SARPBC is a car-based game where the objective is to outscore your opponent and make sure that they don’t score. This game was released on October 9, 2008, for the Playstation 3. SARPBC had 2 game modes: Single-player and multiplayer. Obviously these game modes are familiar, as they are in most good video games. In SARPBC there was only one map. Well that’s SARPBC, let’s talk about Rocket League.

Rocket League is like SARPBC, but there are many improvements. First of all, it was released on the PS4, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, macOS, and Linux. Then we have more maps, like Aquadome, Farmhouse, Manfield, Beckwith Park, and they even have the Throwback Stadium from SARPBC. Then we have the introduction of more game modes. In Rocket League we could play Single Player with modes like Hoops, Dropshot, and mutators. In Hoops, you have to be able to bring the ball up into the hoop. In Dropshot, you have to break the floor tiles enough so a goal opens up and you can score. In the mutators you can change how the game is going. Like in time warp, every 10 seconds the time slows down. In Moonball, the ball becomes much larger, there’s low gravity and your boost recharges. These sometimes make the game more fun or make it more difficult.

Now that I’ve talked about what’s better in Rocket League and worse in SARPBC, I will tell you that I don’t think that there are any things that are worse in Rocket League. I think that the thing that made Rocket League so popular was that many Youtubers were making Rocket League videos. I personally watched a Youtuber called iBallisticSquid. His videos with his friends would make me laugh, and it made Rocket League seem more interesting. Another one was when I watched montages of people that play it made it seem like a really good game, which it is. It’s just hard to do flashy goals while you play on a controller, but it is possible. I myself have done a few flashy goals but have missed a lot. I try to watch videos to understand the fundamentals of Rocket League, so it would be easier. I mean even though I struggle at making them, more people struggled at flashy moves in SARPBC. Everyone realized how to get your car at an angle where it is flashy and it goes in. I mean some people in SARPBC were as good at flashy goals as they are in Rocket League, but believe me, they spend hours and hours trying to get better for tournaments and other game battles. Let’s move on now.

Thank you for reading this post. I hope you all enjoyed it, bye!!!

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant was an American basketball player that played for the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryant was born on August 23rd, 1978 in Philadelphia, PA.

Kobe Bryant was the youngest of 3 kids in his family. His family named him after the famous beef Kobe, in Japan. His middle name was bean which was taken in from his father’s nickname “Jellybean”. Kobe Bryant started playing basketball at the age of 3. Although his father played for the Sixers, Kobe’s favorite team was always the Los Angeles Lakers. When Kobe was six his father retired from the NBA and moved their family to Reiti in Italy. In Italy Kobe started to play basketball seriously. His grandfather would mail him videos of NBA games to study. Bryant also started playing soccer as his favorite team was A.C. Milan. When Kobe was 13 he and his family moved back to Philadelphia.

LOS ANGELES – JUNE 7: Kobe Bryant #8 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket against Mark Jackson #13 of the Indiana Pacers during Game One of the 2000 NBA Finals played June 7, 2000 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2000 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Kobe started to gain recognition as an amazing basketball player in high school. Kobe went to Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, a suburb in Philadelphia. Kobe became the first freshman to start on varsity at Lower Merion in a long time. Lower Merion finished with a 77-13 record to end the season with Kobe averaging 30.8 points, 12 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4 steals, and 3.8 blocks playing every position on the court. As a senior Bryant earned the Naismith High School Player of the Year, Gatorade Men’s National Basketball Player of the Year, and was named a McDonald’s All-American. Because of Bryant’s basketball skills and SAT score of 1080, he could go to almost any college he wanted. Instead, Kobe entered the 1996 NBA Draft.

Before the NBA Draft, Bryant was working out in Los Angeles. He scrimmaged against former Lakers players Michael Cooper and Larry Drew. Jerry West was the Lakers’ GM at the time and after he saw Kobe scrimmage against the players he knew that he had to draft him. The Lakers wanted to trade starting center Vlade Divac for the draft right of Kobe Bryant. The Charlotte Hornets GM accepted the trade and the Lakers got Kobe. Bryant was only 17 at the time so his parents had to sign his rookie contract.

Kobe’s rookie season was full of him sitting on the bench. He ended the regular season averaging 7.6 points in 15.5 minutes per game. He made the 1997 slam dunk contest and won it being the youngest slam dunk champion ever. The Lakers made the playoffs but Kobe missed multiple game-winning shots in elimination games.

In 1999 the Lakers signed former Bulls’ Head Coach Phil Jackson. With Phil Jackson as head coach Kobe improved as a player tremendously. Kobe averaged 38 minutes per game leading the team in assists and steals.

With Phil Jackson the Lakers three-peated. But feuds between Shaq and Kobe ended with Shaq getting traded from the Lakers to the Heat. From there Kobe ended up winning two more titles with Phil Jackson. He also won MVP was named to All-NBA Team 15 times, was named an All-Star 18 times, and was named to All-Defensive First Team 12 times. Kobe had a very successful career as a basketball player and retired as one of the all-time greats.

Unfortunately, Kobe Bryant passed away on January 26th, 2022 along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. Kobe was only 41 years old when he passed. It has been officially 2 years since he passed. R.I.P Kobe.

The History of NBA 2k

NBA 2k was the first-ever NBA 2k ever released. It was released on November 10, 1999, with Allen Iverson being the cover athlete. This game was playable on the PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Gamecube, and the Dreamcast.

Let’s fast-forward to NBA 2k5, where FINALLY, there was a different cover athlete than AI. This year it was Big Ben Wallace, who was an NBA champion that year. This was the last NBA 2k published by SEGA. This game was playable on the PS2 and the Xbox 360.

Let’s fast-forward to NBA 2k10, where Kobe Bryant was the cover athlete. This was the first 2k game to be released on the Wii and the Playstation Portable. One of the most popular additions to NBA 2k10 was the MyPlayer mode or now known as the MyCareer mode. Quickplay and online modes were also available. This game was playable on the PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, Playstation Portable, and Microsoft Windows.

Let’s fast-forward(AGAIN) to NBA 2k15 where the cover athlete is Kevin Durant. In this NBA 2k, there are improvements to MyCareer. First, they have badges going from bronze to silver to gold. You also get more VC from endorsement deals. Most importantly, this was the first 2k with MyPark. Yes, this was the game that gave us the amazing MyPark that almost 1.6 million people have played in 2k.

Let’s go a little further to NBA 2k17, in my opinion, the best 2k game since 2k10. In this game, for me, playing Blacktop was the most fun thing you can do apart from playing park. This game is one of my favorites because breaking your opponent’s ankles was so easy. Sometimes they would fall really weird, and it would be funny. For example, I was Kyrie Irving and Isaiah Thomas was guarding him. I do a crossover and he starts stumbling and he ends up going from the top of the key to the hoop. Well, those days are over, but I’m happy I experienced it. So let’s talk about MyCareer. Well for me MyCareer was very easy. I won Rookie of the Year, MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Finals MVP, and our team(The San Antonio Spurs) had the best record in the league. If you guys can believe it, I averaged 75 ppg, 9 RPG, 15 APG, 25 SPG, 5 BPG, and 48 MPG in the Playoffs. This is longer than I expected so let’s move on.

Let’s go to NBA 2k19, and see how they messed it up. Okay, we’ve seen 2k18 already, why not make 2k19 seemingly worse, well that’s what 2k did. Let’s talk MyCareer. Alright let’s see, why is 2k19 so bad? First of all, there were so many patches that made playing on Hall of Fame so hard for average players like me. Alright, you want to know what pissed people off a lot, the fact that your player can’t catch. Playing MyCareer wasn’t hard at the beginning, but then 2k made a patch. After that, your player couldn’t intercept the ball through the lanes. He would hit it, but then just leave it. In 2k19, breaking ankles wasn’t too hard. But, after you dropped the player, he would get up in like a second. Let’s talk Park now. The biggest problem was shoving. You could literally win by shoving your opponent to an angle where they can’t defend the player. This problem was petitioned upon the 2k community. This glitch was fixed in the middle of March. I don’t know what 2k was thinking, but boy they messed this game up. I feel like we should move on from this.

Well, that’s it for the History of NBA 2k. Hope You Enjoyed it!

Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus “Notch” Persson in the Java programming language. You can play in a survival world where you survive days and attempt to defeat the Ender Dragon. In the world, you can also play creative, which is a sandbox mode where you can use anything you want. Minecraft is the best-selling game of all time and people of all ages enjoy the game. The game was first made public in 2009, and then fully released in 2011.

In Minecraft, there are no goals that you must reach at the end. Although there are bosses such as the Enderdragon and the Wither, you can really just do whatever you want in the game. Gameplay is in the first-person perspective by default, but players have the option for a third-person perspective. The game world is composed of rough 3D objects—mainly cubes and fluids and commonly called “blocks”—representing various materials, such as dirt, stone, ores, tree trunks, water, and lava. The core gameplay revolves around picking up and placing these objects. These blocks are arranged in a 3D grid, while players can move freely around the world. Players can “mine” blocks and then place them elsewhere, enabling them to build things.

In survival mode, players have to gather natural resources such as wood and stone found in the environment in order to craft certain blocks and items. Depending on the difficulty, monsters spawn in darker areas outside a certain radius of the character, requiring players to build a shelter at night. The mode also has a health bar which is depleted by attacks from mobs, falls, drowning, falling into lava, suffocation, starvation, and other events. Players also have a hunger bar, which must be periodically refilled by eating food in-game, except in peaceful difficulty. Health replenishes when players have a nearly full hunger bar or continuously on peaceful difficulty.

Multiplayer in Minecraft enables multiple players to interact and communicate with each other in a single world. It is available through direct game-to-game multiplayer, LAN play, local split-screen (console-only), and servers (player-hosted and business-hosted). Players can run their own servers, use a hosting provider, or connect directly to another player’s game via Xbox Live. Single-player worlds have local area network support, allowing players to join a world on locally interconnected computers without a server setup. Minecraft multiplayer servers are guided by server operators, who have access to server commands such as setting the time of day and teleporting players. Operators can also set up restrictions concerning which usernames or IP addresses are allowed or disallowed to enter the server. Multiplayer servers have a wide range of activities, with some servers having their own unique rules and customs. The largest and most popular server is Hypixel, which has been visited by over 14 million unique players. Player versus player combat (PvP) can be enabled to allow fighting between players. Many servers have custom plugins that allow actions that are not normally possible.

That’s all for today’s blog! Hope you all enjoyed it, bye!!

Madden 22

Madden 22 is an American football game developed by EA Sports. The game is based on the NFL. It is available on PlayStation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Stadia. There are 4 different modes in the game that I will be talking about today: Exhibition, Superstar KO, Franchise, and Ultimate Team.

Exhibition

In Exhibition, you can play as any team either against real people or against bots. There are 4 difficulties: Rookie, Pro, All-Pro, and All-madden. If you play against real people the difficulty is always on All-madden. You can also play the Pro-Bowl with the best players at every position in that conference.

Superstar KO

In Superstar KO you draft a team and play against other players. In Superstar KO you can also play Campus Legends, which is the best college football team with their best players of all time. You can choose between 8 different offensive and defensive playbooks. There are 6 teams that you can choose between in Superstar KO: Dot City, Ground N’ Pound, Snappers, Record Breakers, Rhythm, and Backyard Heroes. Each of these teams has its own unique playbook. There are 4 rarities for these players: Common, Rare, Ultra Rare, and Legendary. You play 4 games and if you win all of them you win the Superstar KO. If you lose you get kicked out and you have to redraft.

Franchise

In Franchise you are the GM of a team and you must make all of the decisions to help your team win the Super Bowl. You can fire and hire coaches, trade, cut, and sign players, change your stadium, and much more. You also play as your team against other online players. You can join a league with your friends, random people, etc. You can sign any type of player and create the best team in your league.

Ultimate Team

In Ultimate Team you build a team with all sorts of players that have different overalls. For example, the best card in the game is a 97 overall. You get players of every position. You can build the best team and then either play challenges for rewards or play against other online players for rewards. You can buy packs to get better cards and make your team better. Your team overall puts you against other people with the same or close to the same overall. People who are really good at the game and want to do something called a no money spent account. On a no money spent account, you build one of the best teams you can build without spending any money. You get all of your new cards from challenges and playing other people. This is a good way to get better at the game and not spend any money also.

Overall, I think Madden 22 is a pretty good game but it has lots of bugs and other problems. I don’t think it was worth paying $60-$70 on the game but somehow I still have it. That’s all for today’s blog!

Rocket League

Rocket League is one of the good car games in the video game world. It combines cars and soccer which makes it fun. Rocket League comes from the game before it, Super-Sonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. Also known as SARPBC, it inspired Psyonix(the creator of Rocket League) to make Rocket League.

Rocket League features a competitive game mode based on teamwork and outmaneuvering opponents. Players work with their team to advance the ball down the field, and score goals in their opponents’ net. Rocket League is a technical game that involves both high-level dexterity and fast-paced gameplay.

Each team starts on opposite sides of the field, as either the Blue or Orange team. When the timer begins, players race to be the first to hit the ball with their car. Once the ball is in play, the clock winds down until a team scores by hitting the ball into the opposing team’s goal, at which point players return to their starting positions and repeat that process until time runs out. The team with the most goals at the end of regulation wins. If there is a tie, the teams play periods of overtime until a winner is determined.

Your rank in Rocket League is determined by your Match Making Rating, or MMR, which is a specific discrete number that is adjusted based on your success and failure in games. If you go on a big losing streak, you will be placed against worse opponents.

The Ranks are :

Bronze
Silver
Gold
Platinum
Diamond
Champion
Grand Champion
Super Sonic Legend

In Rocket League you have lots of cars to choose from. Obviously, you need to play to unlock all the free cars. You could also buy cars from DLC packs along with decals, hats or toppers, wheels, and goal explosions.

What makes Rocket League different from Soccer is its competitors: rocket-powered cars. Players choose their vehicle before each game and have various customization options. During the game, cars earn “boost” by driving over lit circles on the field, and can “fly” by combining boosting with jumping.

I like Rocket League because it’s skill-based so you actually have to be good to succeed in the game

There are also blueprints now so you could buy credits and build your blueprint. Every game in Rocket League is 5 minutes or longer when you go to overtime. You also get boost with makes you go faster. You start out with 34 boost, but you can get more over time. The maximum is 100 boost and the minimum is 0 boost. There are also game modes that you can play. For example, hoops, drop shot, and snow day. You can also play ranked games where you can play to get a good rank. At the end of the season, you get rewards for what rank you are. Now to the bad stuff. These days Rocket League is filled with a bunch of tryhards. Also, you can wait up to 10 minutes to play a game! In Rocket League you lag a lot and your rage. That is Rocket League!

Madden NFL 21

Madden NFL 21 is a game about football. In the game, you can play Exhibition, Superstar KO, The Yard, and Franchise. I will be reviewing all these modes in today’s video. And without further ado, let’s begin this video.

Game Features: There are 4 difficulties in the game: Rookie, Pro, All-Pro, and All-Madden. They added new pash-rush moves into the game to make it so you can do realistic moves that actual pash-rushers do. They also added new moves to the offensive game. There are over 50 new Superstar and X-Factors in the game.

Exhibition: In exhibition, you can play as any team either against CPU or real players. You can play as any of the 32 teams and choose any playbook to play with. Overall this mode is really fun but it does get boring after a little while. I give this mode an 8/10.

Superstar KO: In Superstar KO you choose a team to play as and you draft your team. There are 8 teams, Dot City, Magicians, Snappers, Record Breakers, Shutdown, Rhythm, Fundamentals, and Backyard Heroes. The players have 4 ratings, Common, Rare, Ultra Rare, and Legendary. Once you draft 3 players, you play against another player. If you win you draft another player, but if you lose then you lose your team and you redraft. Once you win 4 rounds you win the Superstar KO. This mode is really fun and I can play this for hours and not get bored. I give this mode a 10/10.

The Yard: This new mode is a more casual way to play football. It’s 6-on-6, and it isn’t a sim of NFL play. It’s more rambunctious and free. While you have someone who snaps the ball, they’re not just a blocker — they’re an eligible receiver. And they can snap to anyone on the field, not just the quarterback. You can have someone counting “One, Mississippi, Two, Mississippi,” before they rush the passer. The field is smaller 80 yards by 40 yards. You can equip a ton of colorful gear. The mode also encourages a more lax style of play — double passes and laterals, silly rules, the stuff we all pulled on the schoolyard growing up (or maybe with a beer or two in us after work as young adults or on the dorm lawn in college). And it’s tackle football — no two-hand touch, no flags. You play both sides of the ball, too.

Franchise: In Franchise you are a GM and you have to make a team that can win the Superbowl. You make all the trades, signings, and the rest of the decisions. You also play games against other online players. This mode is fun but it is a little bit more difficult to play. I give this mode an 8/10.

Overall I give this game a 9/10. It is really fun and you can play against other players online or against CPU. You can also play with or against your friends in Superstar KO and Exhibition. Thank you all for reading today’s blog! Bye!