When Rocket League first came out, it was free on PSN and I was still apprehensive to download it. Is it because of my hate for all things sport, or because driving games are the bane of my life? Nope, it was a mixture of both, football and cars, I could think of nothing worse. However it was free and who doesn't like free shit? So I went ahead and downloaded it, with expectations to delete it after one play, if after playing it at all.
So I turned it on and first thing I hear is the music, which I loved. It was just a nice relaxing tune which I didn't expect. Then I noticed I could customize my car, any game that gives me customization options of my player/character/car etc instantly gets good game points. You can't do much to begin with, so I go in to an offline mode game to figure out how to even play the game. So I quickly got around to learning the buttons, but not any techniques.
I got off it after about two games with a sense of 'meh, that could of been better', yet within hours I was back to it. Something was compelling me to play it, and I soon delved in to the Online arenas. As my skills increased and I found myself frequently getting MVP, I was dragged in to the game. Customizing my car (which is now purple with a witch hat on top) and getting goals quite often I was thrilled. This pulled in with playing with friends (which you can see from our videos below) really make this game what it is all about. To me, this game is just a bit of fun, ramming in to the opposing team and blowing them all, all whilst smacking a really bouncy ball around a virtual arena.
I say this all from a good place, without having played it today as I am sure my opinion would be much different had I played online today. This would have brought me to constantly swear about my team mates and how there is a complete lack of teamwork on this game. The online community for this game seems to be split in to two parts, the try hards and the glory hunters. By that I mean you have the group who genuinely want to try and work as a team, then you have the absolute morons who will ram you when you're about to score, or are with the ball because they want to be the ones to score. This, for me, really detracts from the online experience and is a massive reason I tend to avoid online games.
Overall, Rocket League is a fun, quirky little game that's good to pass quite a bit of spare time, because you'll find yourself saying 'one more match'. Would I pay the price they're expecting now? Hell no, because without knowing what to expect from it, I wouldn't dive head first. Once you get in to it though, it becomes quite fun and time consuming.
Pros:
- Able to customize your cars
- Fun gameplay
- great killer of spare time
Cons:
- Glory Hunters online
- Football
Overall: 5.4/10
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