[s_forbes]

Overdrive was a good challenge and fun to watch, but it wasn't as good as some of the past games. I think one of the reasons for this is the fact that there are only four game pieces (even though they are pretty big ones). The way the game was set up, the two bots that sat out without a ball were mostly confined to running laps, which isn't very exciting from a spectator's point of view.

In past games there were tons of game pieces, meaning that all robots could be doing something at the same time on the field (more action!). And if they didn't/couldn't handle the game pieces, they were at least able to play some amusing defense (more than in overdrive).

Overall I think that overdrive just didn't have as much robot/game piece and robot/robot interaction as it could have... but it was still fun.