Rocket League – First Impressions

<p>Arcade-style soccer &lpar;or football&rpar; meets adrenaline-filled vehicular mayhem in a recently released title called <em>Rocket League<strong>&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em> the successor to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;04205418&sol;20150707&lowbar;rocketleague&lowbar;pc&lowbar;06&lowbar;web&period;jpg"><img class&equals;" wp-image-86659 alignright" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;04205418&sol;20150707&lowbar;rocketleague&lowbar;pc&lowbar;06&lowbar;web&period;jpg" alt&equals;"20150707&lowbar;rocketleague&lowbar;pc&lowbar;06&lowbar;web" width&equals;"235" height&equals;"132" &sol;><&sol;a>2008&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars&period; <&sol;em>This futuristic sports action game has a relatively simple concept &lpar;run your car into a giant ball to score goals or save your own goal&rpar;&comma; but the graphics and arenas are highly detailed and the physics system is quite advanced&period; The player can really get a sense for creating momentum&comma; literally mass and velocity&comma; immediately after jumping into the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here are some <strong>Key Features<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Physics-driven Gameplay&colon;<&sol;strong> Select one of nearly a dozen&comma; rocket-strapped vehicles capable of performing impossible aerials&comma; amazing passes and dramatic goals&period; Drive on the walls&comma; ceilings&comma; or right through your opponents at supersonic speed&excl;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Total Customization&colon;<&sol;strong> Explore more than 10 billion possible Battle-Car combinations with unlockable paint types&comma; decals&comma; wheels&comma; rocket boosts&comma; and more&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Gameplay Variety&colon;<&sol;strong> Test your mettle in 1v1&comma; 2v2&comma; 3v3&comma; and 4v4 match-ups across multiple stadiums&comma; or try Unfair Mode in a &&num;8220&semi;one against many&&num;8221&semi; handicap match&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>All-New Season Mode&colon;<&sol;strong> Create your team and compete against multiple&comma; uniquely-themed football clubs as you drive your way to the play-offs and championship&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Local&comma; Online&comma; and Splitscreen Multiplayer&colon;<&sol;strong> Play co-op or competitive in any combination of 2-&comma; 3-&comma; or 4-player splitscreen&comma; or take your friends online for intense 8-player action against individuals or other splitscreen players&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>PS4&sol;PC Crossplay&colon;<&sol;strong> Break barriers and enjoy optional cross-platform matchmaking for PlayStation® and PC users alike&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Dedicated Servers&colon;<&sol;strong> Super-smooth online technology ensures an even better Rocket-Powered Battle-Car experience&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Broadcast-Quality Replay Editor&colon;<&sol;strong> Import entire&comma; full-length games and fast forward&comma; rewind&comma; or view the action from anywhere in the arena&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>PS4-Exclusive Sweet Tooth&colon; <&sol;strong>Hit the pitch as the world&&num;8217&semi;s most famous ice cream truck from the legendary Twisted Metal™ series&excl;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>My first impressions&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Seriously&comma; just after seeing this <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;r4iT0yZEwk8">trailer<&sol;a>&comma; I knew the game would get me extremely hyped-up and ready for high-flying&comma; goal-scoring action&period; And trust me&comma; <em>Rocket League<&sol;em> delivered&excl; The music is bumping as you drive on by and enjoy the beautiful graphics all around you&period; Although you probably will <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;04205418&sol;20150707&lowbar;rocketleague&lowbar;pc&lowbar;06&lowbar;web&period;jpg"><img class&equals;" wp-image-86659 alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;04205418&sol;20150707&lowbar;rocketleague&lowbar;pc&lowbar;06&lowbar;web&period;jpg" alt&equals;"20150707&lowbar;rocketleague&lowbar;pc&lowbar;06&lowbar;web" width&equals;"288" height&equals;"162" &sol;><&sol;a>not have much time to focus on scenery when you&&num;8217&semi;re in an online match&period; This game definitely requires some skill&comma; but that is exactly what makes it so satisfying&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s nothing quite like when you make your first big play&comma; or score your first goal&comma; and the game keeps on giving in excitement as you continue to play people with different strategies&sol;skill-levels online&period; While we live in an age where video games are often accessible immediately to the mass &lpar;non-core&rpar; audiences&comma; I think it&&num;8217&semi;s good that not just &ast;anyone&ast; will immediately master this game&&num;8230&semi; you&&num;8217&semi;ll have to put in your time to get the controls down&comma; master the physics of each of your possible moves&comma; and most importantly&colon; master your mind&excl; Personally&comma; my mind first defaulted to the thought&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Hey&comma; if I&&num;8217&semi;m driving fast&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ll get to the ball first and win&period;&&num;8221&semi; This mindset will leave you shaking your head in the end&semi; the game is a wonderful mix of fast and slow&sol;technical&comma; as sometimes it is better to anticipate where the ball is about to go&comma; or slowly ease up to a ball that has been sent flying high into the air and only slowly descending&period; Once you have a feel for the times that require speed and the times that require more technique&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re a force to be reckoned with&comma; and that makes <em>Rocket League&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;em> gameplay so rewarding&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re still not convinced that this game is the real deal&comma; just read the YouTube comments on the trailer and the reviews on Steam&period; They&&num;8217&semi;re overwhelmingly positive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Grab your copy of <em>Rocket League<&sol;em> now on either PC or PS4 &lpar;Playstation Plus members get it free&rpar;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;