![]() ![]() This really should have been a free to play game, especially since the game is riddled with microtransactions, multiple currencies and has a battle pass as well.Įven worse is the fact that this might have impacted the player base which I have a feeling is really low. I understand that more content will be added to the game over time but that still doesn't excuse the price. $30 isn't a ton of money but it's still a hefty price for what you get with the game, which is incredibly bare bones at the moment. Now I feel like I have to bring this up-and that's the price of this game. Winning matches earns each of the characters XP and leveling up characters will unlock currency, outfits along with various titles, backgrounds, icons etc. This mode I actually enjoyed cause it's perfect for trying out new characters. Finally there is Rocketbot Attack which is a co-op hoard mode where your team has to defeat all the bots they throw at you. There is also, in my opinion, the best mode of the game, Rocketball, where you have to capture the ball and throw it in your opponents goal to score points. The first team to capture five points wins. Mega Rocket is a domination like mode where you will have to capture a certain spot on the match. Knockout is your basic team deathmatch where you have to knock out as many opponents to either reach the score limit or have more knockouts by when the time limit runs out. There are three different game modes available. Match timers are short as well, so this is the perfect game where you can play for hours or just a few rounds at a time. There are also item boxes in the arena that can give you a leg up in the fight with items including bombs, trip mines and magnets that will block incoming rockets. I do like how your character will slowly float back to the arena from the sky, as that acts as your respawn timer. Avoiding that final hit is possible but very rare since your movement when in the air is severely limited. From here your character will be floating in the air but you can save yourself here with some skillful dodges, but if you take another hit you get launched out of the arena. When it fills you will get launched into the air. Dealing damage to enemies, I would say, is somewhat similar to Super Smash Bros. Some of the maps even have interactive elements to them like shooting the switches in the Jungle map will cause a barrage of rockets to be fired from the temple and explode on the battleground below.ĭespite the game basically being a hero shooter, the mechanics of the game are somewhat different, mostly with how you score knockouts. And the maps add to the lore of the game in which each one is the home location of the playable characters and include a Mayan jungle, snowy castle, the wild west, an under the sea map and more. There are bigger maps in the game and the maps do vary between small, medium and large, which is good. Even only being 3v3, some of the maps are quite small and these are the ones I enjoyed the most because I loved how matches in the smaller arenas are just crazy frag fests with rockets and players flying all over the place. That however ads to the charm of the game. Games are fast and frantic to the point where you may find yourself getting shot at and knocked out before you even realize what happened. Your character can jump three times in the air but you can also launch your main weapon downward to the ground to launch yourself in the air or to climb up to higher areas. Speaking of which, I think we all remember the first time we played Quake 3 Arena or Halo and used the rocket jump exploit to get away from enemies or get to higher areas. Well kinda.Īmphora basically has a water gun, Izell has a spear and Jayto has a machine gun, but the weapons all act like rockets, so you get the point. Given the name of the title, it's no surprise that every character's main weapon is a rocket. The game features a colorful and diverse cast of characters each with their own weapons, special abilities and ultimate abilities. Rocket Arena at its core is a hero shooter. It is fun, but at the same time this is one of the worst launches of a multiplayer game I have seen in a long time and really puts a damper on what could have been one of the biggest multiplayer launches of the year. A lot of the matches are fast paced and it's one of the easiest games to pick up and play. Rocket Arena however is a faster and more casual game where, as you would expect, all weapons are rockets. Despite feeling like the market has been over saturated, the hero shooter genre is still going strong and Rocket Arena adds another game to that growing list in the genre. ![]()
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