I’ve been going back and forth between playing this game and NFL Rivals, but to be honest, this game has more lasting appeal and potential. The team building is smooth, and reminiscent of Ultimate Team on Madden (even complete with ridiculous auction prices) but without having to play the games. It’s relatively easy to earn currency and upgrade your team, and stats do play a role, but it’s overall about designing schemes to fit your team, which I love.
The reason I give it 4 stars is due in part to the timing of the game. 8 hours to regain 1 energy? And one league game every 24 hours? It’s almost a drag to wait that long, and there’s only so much I can do in between with only a 3 energy max limit (unless I’m doing quests, and earning energy, which mostly require energy to do) and no desire to spend $$$ on extra resources (which isn’t a huge deal in this game, thankfully - it’s not pay to win!)
In addition, the past couple days have been glitchy, however, as my team has suddenly missed out on a league game they were supposed to play, AND when the countdown timer for my quick game rewards got to 0:00, instead of giving me the rewards for 40 games won, it just reset to another SEVEN DAYS and wouldn’t let me claim them. Those bugs need to be patched if I’m going to continue to play the game.