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Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?

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  • mrwonderful95M Offline
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    I’ve played some NBA 2k online and it’s pretty much skill based and seems to play true. I haven’t played madden or nhl online so I don’t know. Is MLB the worst sports game online head to head? The timing windows and connections just seem to be off to me this year. What’s everyone’s opinion?

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  • Kovz88_PSNK Offline
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    Servers and connections are bad but it is still streets ahead of any other sports game.

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  • mrwonderful95M Offline
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    @kovz88_psn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    Servers and connections are bad but it is still streets ahead of any other sports game.

    Have you played the others? What about 2K?

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    Not saying it’s a great game but mlb the show is a good game. For online play I like it better than the rest. 2k went down hill with sever meta cheese. And Madden is just a loot box game with horrendous game play. I haven’t played NHL in a while. I had a blast in nhl 16 with Chel. My friends and I had a pretty good club team that we played often. Then it just got bad year after year.

    Right now The show is the only sports game I play and get excited for every year.

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  • JEEZY-E_PSNJ Offline
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    @quinnymcquinn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    Not saying it’s a great game but mlb the show is a good game. For online play I like it better than the rest. 2k went down hill with sever meta cheese. And Madden is just a loot box game with horrendous game play. I haven’t played NHL in a while. I had a blast in nhl 16 with Chel. My friends and I had a pretty good club team that we played often. Then it just got bad year after year.

    Right now The show is the only sports game I play and get excited for every year.

    Im going to give NHL 22 a whirl in a minute, Microsoft finally fixed the crashing issue so I can actually run the new sports games. Not that I don’t enjoy the show but I need a bit of a breather.

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  • mrwonderful95M Offline
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    @quinnymcquinn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    Not saying it’s a great game but mlb the show is a good game. For online play I like it better than the rest. 2k went down hill with sever meta cheese. And Madden is just a loot box game with horrendous game play. I haven’t played NHL in a while. I had a blast in nhl 16 with Chel. My friends and I had a pretty good club team that we played often. Then it just got bad year after year.

    Right now The show is the only sports game I play and get excited for every year.

    I think they took all of the skill out of the game with every good pitcher having 102 mph fbs. In years past you had to pitch with some type of strategy and skill. This year, it’s just try and blow fbs past people. It truly requires no skill.

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    @mrwonderful95 said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    @quinnymcquinn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    Not saying it’s a great game but mlb the show is a good game. For online play I like it better than the rest. 2k went down hill with sever meta cheese. And Madden is just a loot box game with horrendous game play. I haven’t played NHL in a while. I had a blast in nhl 16 with Chel. My friends and I had a pretty good club team that we played often. Then it just got bad year after year.

    Right now The show is the only sports game I play and get excited for every year.

    I think they took all of the skill out of the game with every good pitcher having 102 mph fbs. In years past you had to pitch with some type of strategy and skill. This year, it’s just try and blow fbs past people. It truly requires no skill.

    That was last year as well, I have said it before and I will say it again, Outlier was a terrible addition to the game.

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  • doobiebross66-72_PSND Offline
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    This game still freezes on routine groundballs

    Don’t let anyone tell you this is a good game

    SDS is overloading us with content this year to try and distract us from the fact that this game plays terribly. Also to try and distract us from the fact that they couldn’t figure out how to resolve freeze offs or server problems throughout the game cycle

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  • mrwonderful95M Offline
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    @jeezy-e_psn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    @mrwonderful95 said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    @quinnymcquinn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    Not saying it’s a great game but mlb the show is a good game. For online play I like it better than the rest. 2k went down hill with sever meta cheese. And Madden is just a loot box game with horrendous game play. I haven’t played NHL in a while. I had a blast in nhl 16 with Chel. My friends and I had a pretty good club team that we played often. Then it just got bad year after year.

    Right now The show is the only sports game I play and get excited for every year.

    I think they took all of the skill out of the game with every good pitcher having 102 mph fbs. In years past you had to pitch with some type of strategy and skill. This year, it’s just try and blow fbs past people. It truly requires no skill.

    That was last year as well, I have said it before and I will say it again, Outlier was a terrible addition to the game.

    I’m ok with outlier if it’s exactly that- an outlier. Outlier means outside of the norm. How about a 102 FB every now and again? Why does it need to be every single pitch? No pitcher throws 102 on every pitch. It’s ridiculous.

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    @mrwonderful95 said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    I’ve played some NBA 2k online and it’s pretty much skill based and seems to play true. I haven’t played madden or nhl online so I don’t know. Is MLB the worst sports game online head to head? The timing windows and connections just seem to be off to me this year. What’s everyone’s opinion?

    Back in like 2017 they started catering to bad players. “If it’s late it’s great,” became a theme as people would get rewarded with very late opposite field doubles scoring clutch runs and even oppo bombs off the hands. A far superior player would in turn line out regularly.

    Prior to that it wasn’t a problem. If you swung late on a ball on the hands you would get sawed off on a regular basis. Although bad players would take advantage of bad fielding mechanics and bunt all the time when hitting was fair.

    A combo of participation trophy culture and player engagement to encourage spending have put a damper on the average competitive sports games.

    Of course if you are a cyborg playing perfect baseball swinging perfectly every time you will still win.

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    No, but it is when the market crashes.

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  • HustlinOwl_PSNH Offline
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    Come on over to online rated and leagues this engine was never built for any ratings over 99

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    @ladyswampfox_xbl said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    No, but it is when the market crashes.

    Market crashes just make everything better. Been getting some fantastic deals on cards I’ve been wanting lately.

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    @hustlinowl_psn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    Come on over to online rated and leagues this engine was never built for any ratings over 99

    Probably lacks player engagement also…only trouble is it’s fun to face unrealistic pitching on the highest difficulty to me.

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  • TechnoBlue67_PSNT Offline
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    @mrwonderful95 said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    I’ve played some NBA 2k online and it’s pretty much skill based and seems to play true. I haven’t played madden or nhl online so I don’t know. Is MLB the worst sports game online head to head? The timing windows and connections just seem to be off to me this year. What’s everyone’s opinion?

    Yep it's too random to played in any competitive arena.

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    @hustlinowl_psn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    Come on over to online rated and leagues this engine was never built for any ratings over 99

    100% agree with you...problem is most people want to build their teams and enjoy that aspect. But online rated definitely plays more like baseball and I couldn't agree more about the engine being designed for 99 and below.

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  • LadySwampfox_XBLL Offline
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    @jogger171717_psn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    @ladyswampfox_xbl said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    No, but it is when the market crashes.

    Market crashes just make everything better. Been getting some fantastic deals on cards I’ve been wanting lately.

    Yeah but i was right into my rags to riches card flipping quest when it happened.

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    @crashbowman447_psn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    @hustlinowl_psn said in Is this the worst competitive sports game out there?:

    Come on over to online rated and leagues this engine was never built for any ratings over 99

    100% agree with you...problem is most people want to build their teams and enjoy that aspect. But online rated definitely plays more like baseball and I couldn't agree more about the engine being designed for 99 and below.

    yep a reason there initial crack at DD was all created players and not based on player cards

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  • mubby_33_PSNM Offline
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    Madden is by far the worst. Server can be an issue but there are so many exploits your opponent can use. Basically it is no skill and just who can use more glitches.

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    I'm still going with FIFA as the worst. It's easily the most rage inducing with the momentum coding and DDA.

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