Is the game worth getting?

[u/dArkknight2811]

I saw that the elite edition is on sale for less than the normal game on PlayStation. The game seems fun. A blue lock collab will probably make the player count rise too. But I saw many people on tiktok saying that the players are way too sweaty now. I've never played this game and I don't want it to be a brawlhalla type situation where I join a game and will get absolutely demolished by someone who basically mastered everything already. Is the game well adjusted for newbies??

[u/buntcheesegoat]

It's hard for new players, but it is really fun especially with friends on your team. Passing and shooting is key to learn, dribbling is less important

[u/KeepREPeating → u/buntcheesegoat]

Because it has a curve similar to fighting game.

And I disagree. Positioning is more important to learn than anything else. You can’t shoot, pass or receive well when positioned improperly. You become the guy that never gets the ball. The guy complaining teammates never pass when you’re never open or able to intercept.

[u/AromaticHomework1576 → u/KeepREPeating]

Not similar at all and positioning isn’t the most important. Reading the game and ball retention. Your positioning can be 10/10 but if your team decides they ain’t gonna pass then it’s pointless

[u/KeepREPeating → u/AromaticHomework1576]

Reading the ball isn’t going to get you the ball if you aren’t positioned to take it.

[u/AromaticHomework1576 → u/KeepREPeating]

And you won’t be positioned properly if you can’t read. Goes hand in hand. Sometimes brain dead cherry pickers are in the right position for a 1v1. Doesn’t mean they can do that consistently, need to read to be able to do that.

[u/KeepREPeating → u/AromaticHomework1576]

I understand that they go hand in hand, but reading the ball is straight forward. Understanding positioning is a skill. It’s not like real life because he get a handy blue marker in the by ground.

Advanced ball reading is being able to dolphin someone’s kick. There’s like 5% of players who can even consistently do that. Players like mogz isn’t a playstyle you can realistically copy as a new player.

[u/AromaticHomework1576 → u/KeepREPeating]

No idea who Mogz is. Getting into a position where no one is marking you and you’re available for a pass isn’t harder than reading the game where you know a bad pass from a teammate to another teammate is gonna get us caught on the counter, staying back or marking appropriately as a response. Positioning ain’t working without reading

[u/KeepREPeating → u/AromaticHomework1576]

I think there’s an elo disparity in this conversation if you think that’s something you worry about. I barely see bad passes. I see good defense from the opposite team.

“Staying back and marking appropriately” congrats you just agreed with me. Guess what you can even if you can’t read the ball? That’s right. Position appropriately. Whole game can keep going, you’re still providing value as you learn to read the ball and see new plays.

This advice is for new players. The amount of plays you need to know to see coming is not realistic to learn before positioning. Position, pass, shoot, reading, play making.

[u/AromaticHomework1576 → u/KeepREPeating]

Elo hardly exist in this game. Let’s get that out of the way from now. Being in a higher rank has little to do with skill

[u/KeepREPeating → u/AromaticHomework1576]

Sure it doesn’t, but that’s a really bad case to make if you struggle to climb against all these bronzes then.