I probably never be truly great at Rocket League. Ie poured those hundreds of hours in and sometimes luck into an aerial goal, albeit without much clear intent. But Ibetter than I was six months ago, or a year ago. Rocket League appeals to www.rocketleaguefans.com me the same way the first Tony Hawk Pro Skater games did all those years back, when I lose hours of my day tooling around half-pipes and chaining together epic trick lines. The sense of gradual self-improvement is palpable, and that rewarding sensation still hasn subsided.

Just the other day, I hit one of my most spectacular-looking shots to date while haphazardly messing around in training mode on Switch. It lacked any sort of finesse, but it still felt special. Immediately, I perked up and my eyes widenednd then I saved the highlight. I never share the clip; quite likely, I never even watch it back. But that random moment generated such instant joy and excitement that I couldn help myself. After two and a half years of steady play, it those little thrills that keep me coming back. 

If youe never played Rocket League Trading before, there now a good reason to give it a go: the massively popular soccer-with-RC-cars game has just introduced full cross-platform play across every modern OS and console ?including the Nintendo Switch ?so you can team up with players regardless of what system they own.