Last Years game vs. This year's Game

[Billfred]

I'm a sucker for FIRST Frenzy myself. I mean, Triple Play had strategy and such, but there was something about FIRST Frenzy that I just loved. I think it was something about the way it all looked when it came together--you had the balls dumping out onto the field, the robots jamming the 2X balls in, the human players shooting, the robots all trying to fit onto the bar. I loved it.

Compare it with this year--the visual excitement just wasn't there. You've got the robots capping, yes, but your human players are standing there, the only time the field does anything is when the field crew pluck away the hanging tetras or refill the autoloaders. It just doesn't click with me as much.

(And as primarily a spectator for both seasons, save one day as 1293's field coach, I do have to say that the graphics make a difference. Compare last year's RTS with this year's, or the rankings scroll. Those little things make a difference, believe it or not.)