A Little Perspective on MM Via NBA2K

I finished my team a couple of weeks ago and as there is nothing to really do on MM, I have taken some time to play another sports-simulation game, specifically NBA2K. It has afforded me a bit of perspective on MM, a game that I know I have complained about a great deal (not always without reason but still). Obviously, 2K is not a football game, but sports is sports, 2K is supposedly coming out with a football game in the future, and it gives a good idea what another high-level company's sporting game looks like. So, a quick comparison:

• Stuff to do: Advantage MM and it's not close. I'd go over the details, but really, you have only five options in 2K, and one of them is quite boring while another one can only be played twice in a 24-hour span.
• FTP-friendly: Advantage MM and it's not close. If you want to get to a higher level in 2K you've got to pay. I know some will say the same goes for MM, but that's not accurate. As there is no AH in 2K, there is no real way to get ahead no matter how hard you grind.
• Competitive Modes: Advantage MM. It burns me to write this because I think this is an area where MM is lacking, but 2K is really lacking. In 2K you've got your H2H and you've got these "crews" which are sort of like a league, but it's not a great mode. It might be better if I were heavily invested in the game and in a better crew, but it's still limited.
• Gameplay: Even. Both leave a lot to be desired. Just as MM has high-ranked receivers who let the ball bounce off their helmet, 2K has centers who consistently can't make a wide-open layup.
• Animations: Advantage 2K and it's not even close. No teleporting PGs, no players falling all over each other. All animations are crisp and realistic.
• Graphics: Advantage 2K and it's not even close. Football's uniforms and helmets have to be taken into consideration, but MM players look like zombies in three shades (Lamar black, Mahomes light-skinned, Kittle white). Meanwhile, 2K has players that look like the players down to their skin color, hair and tattoos. This element of the game is pretty impressive.
• Simplicity of sets: Slight advantage 2K
• Ease of Overall Game Setup: the advantage is theoretically 2K, but you have to remember that MM has a ton more to do. If 2K had anywhere near the same amount to do, I think MM would take the advantage
• Interactivity: Push, I think both need to work on this. I also play online Yahtzee here and there and there is far more opportunity to interact with other players within the app (in online Yahtzee of all places). In MM you have what you have with your leagues and in 2K, you've got crews.
• NTOs and connection: I actually take MM in this one. Probably the same connection with both games but when 2K crashes, you lose the game in H2H and in events, you lose your stamina and have to start over. In MM, in events, it starts wherever the game was when it crashed.
• Card Art: not really something I care that much about, but 2K wins this.

TL;DR: Overall, MM is a much better, more engaging game. 2K looks better (graphics, animations, art). But I'll take more engaging over appearances. True I like football better, but I don't think that's the difference. So next time I complain--which, again, is sometimes warranted--I'll take this into consideration.