Honestly, I found the game to be just okay...I really loved Rack N Roll because of how much offensive strategy and defensive strategy that had to be planned out from match to match...Overdrive seemed too predictable on strategy and the most you could have done with defense is take the opponents ball off the overpass and/or pin the ball. ..I don't know, as high tense everyone gets to see a trackball get put up or pushed off last minute, I miss the intensity of trying to get your entire alliance up the ramps on that last second without tipping over because you're going too fast or bumping into a tube...(for example,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPdRd9q7vj8 Match 2 where 1636 fell over but 555 pushed them out of the way and got up right at the last second and took the finals to a third match starting at about 9:31)
Although I do like that the game this year was a lot easier to explain and to understand (compared to explaining what is Rack N' Roll to someone non-FIRST) but the enforcement on the rules and the amount of penalties given I defiantly did not like especially how impeding was not really enforced consistently.
Hybrid mode was pretty cool but it felt like the Human Player got a promotion but got a downgrade...it all depended if the team was able to get a good program, a good remote, and a good angle from the transmitter to the receiver, or even a strong enough signal...if it didn't work out, the Human Player wasn't necessary...then even if it did work out, the human player becomes worthless still...I like Triple Play, Aim High, and Rack N' Roll because the human player worked with the drivers of their team and their alliance (i.e. "we're ready load a tetra.....throw a ball into our hopper...get a tube in front of our bot....etc."....).