Rocket Arena is the best shooter that you're not playing
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You can sell them fine but you dont get to slam in a battle pass and cash shop too. Pick one.
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Yeah it's 3 vs 3 only. The arenas are small and it actually ends up being incredibly action packed. Despite the team size, it's much more busy than something like Overwatch, because the arena's keep the action flowing from match start to end.
If you don't like the look of the gameplay though, you probably won't enjoy it. For me, shooting someone with a rocket, trajectory guesswork and such, is inherently fun. If that's not your style of game, if you don't like arena shooters and such, then this might not be for you.
I was put off by the characters at first but after a little time I found them endearing. Like the cast of a saturday morning kids cartoon.
Unless you're what? Call of Duty? For Honor? Siege? Rocket League? Destiny 2?
All of these games (and many others) require an upfront purchase, sell cosmetics, and feature a battle pass. All of them also feature much more aggressive, and frankly unethical monetisation, than Rocket Arena.
Rocket Arena's 'cash shop' only features items that can also be purchased with in-game currency. Within a day you can get enough currency to clear everything from the cash shop. There are no randomised rewards, and there are no items that affect gameplay behaviour.
Without monetisation you have a game that the developers have no incentive to provide on-going support to the game.
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It was just a fun headline :) but let's go with that. It's the best shooter.
Sheesh258 - playing 17 min agoRocket Arena - Steam Charts
An ongoing analysis of Steam's player numbers, seeing what's been played the most.steamcharts.com
329 - 24-hour peak
613 - all-time peak
It looks good but I haven't picked it up myself due to the small playerbase and I doubt it's ever going to go higher than this without some sort of intervention.
Sounds like it should be F2P.
It's actually legitimately fun. I wish it weren't $30 and was a F2P title but then you would probably only get 1 or 2 of the characters for free and have to get some sort of premium currency from matches to unlock the rest. With it being $30 you get everyone and I assume any new characters.
My main argument against it was what gave it exposure to me in the first place though, so that was a catch-22: the free keys. If it wasn't for the free keys, I wouldn't have tried the game and would have just watched the Twitch streams. I'm not sure I would have actually bought it though.
It's basically a third person shooter version of Smash Brothers and has a players vs robots mode that I pretty much only play because playing against other people stresses me out.
Now I'm not sure if Rocket League was a paid title or had a demo or beta because that's another inexpensive multiplayer-only title. That one is less stressful to me for some reason. I think Rocket Arena is just more of a standard "shooter" and brings all that competition with it.
IT IS ON EA ACCESS so you can just pay $15 and play it for a month if you'd like though. If you don't like it, there's plenty of other games to check out on EA ACCESS though. Unfortunately the $5 per month version on PS4 doesn't have it though, which is what I mainly play on, so I'm glad I was able to get a free key for PC.
My main argument against it was what gave it exposure to me in the first place though, so that was a catch-22: the free keys. If it wasn't for the free keys, I wouldn't have tried the game and would have just watched the Twitch streams. I'm not sure I would have actually bought it though.
It's basically a third person shooter version of Smash Brothers and has a players vs robots mode that I pretty much only play because playing against other people stresses me out.
Now I'm not sure if Rocket League was a paid title or had a demo or beta because that's another inexpensive multiplayer-only title. That one is less stressful to me for some reason. I think Rocket Arena is just more of a standard "shooter" and brings all that competition with it.
IT IS ON EA ACCESS so you can just pay $15 and play it for a month if you'd like though. If you don't like it, there's plenty of other games to check out on EA ACCESS though. Unfortunately the $5 per month version on PS4 doesn't have it though, which is what I mainly play on, so I'm glad I was able to get a free key for PC.
I feel awful for the devs on this, it looks genuinely fun. But charging $30 for it was such a monumental fuck up
Should have been F2P with the $30 and $40 tier added for those who really like the game.
No way I'm dropping $30 for game with any MTX and season pass.
No way I'm dropping $30 for game with any MTX and season pass.
This is not true at all. It took me like a week to unlock a new character in Apex, it's pretty fast.
Also you are not at a disadvantage at all just because you don't have characters unlocked. I have hundreds of hours into Apex and have probably spent like only $10 and have tons of things unlocked.
I do agree that the events are expensive as heck though.
I've played a few matches and it's quite fun, but also makes me realize how bad I am at shooters with (relatively) slower projectiles and leading my target. I was getting outplayed left and right.
Fun overall, I really like the Super Smash style health system. I wasn't a fan of the coin mode I got placed into in one of my matches, much preferred the traditional deathmatch.
Fun overall, I really like the Super Smash style health system. I wasn't a fan of the coin mode I got placed into in one of my matches, much preferred the traditional deathmatch.
This is a new IP in a crowded space -- it's going up against F2P games, so charging at the entry point is going to be limiting. I saw an ad for it on the PSN Store the other day and of course immediately thought it was a Fortnite/whatever clone based on the name and the character art, so I definitely expected it would be F2P. These kinds of games don't interest me personally so I didn't give it any thought, but if they did and I saw it had an entry fee I'd be turned off and just stick with the free thing.
Rainbow Six is an established IP so I think it's easier for them to charge something. You've got buy-in already from it being a thing for 20? years.
1. Does this have splash damage?
2. I heard the aim assist is quite strong, to the point where mouse/keyboard players are at a big disadvantage. Can anyone confirm or deny?
2. I heard the aim assist is quite strong, to the point where mouse/keyboard players are at a big disadvantage. Can anyone confirm or deny?
not gonna blind buy into this one. If it was on ea pass, i'd give it a shot. not that big of a fan of arena shooter so it's a tough sell to me
good job OP you sold a copy, I've been looking for something different lately to scratch my competitive multiplayer itch
so far I quite enjoy it and i can definitely see the overwatch/quake/smash bros comparison
so far I quite enjoy it and i can definitely see the overwatch/quake/smash bros comparison
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There's a lot of characters to unlock now... Mirage, Wattson, Caustic, Loba, Revenant, Octane, at least 6 weeks of play to unlock everyone of the extra characters if you're playing frequently.
You are definitely disadvantaged if you don't have all of the characters unlocked. Not having a full set of options is a disadvantage. Objectively not being able to play and learn the ins and outs of a characters mechanics like Rev, Wattson or Cryto who are very very impactful in high level play.
Not to mention the weapon skins, jesus. It's so much easier to land wingman shots and track with an R99 on one of the skins that has cleaner iron sights. In high level matches you won't see anyone not running one of the pay to win skins. Respawn haven't even commented on this issue as far as I'm aware.
The thing is, between very good players, a very minor difference is all it takes to win a gunfight, so people are looking for every little small competitive advantage that they can get.
I'm master in Apex, 30,000 total kills. I'm not speaking from inexperience. You're are of course, free to disagree though.
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In theory, I should be all over this, since I usually love arcade style shooters and rocket launchers in particular.
But it's just really hard to put down 30€ on a game that might very well be dead in a month. Especially since so many other high quality, free-to-play arcade shooters died super fast.
But it's just really hard to put down 30€ on a game that might very well be dead in a month. Especially since so many other high quality, free-to-play arcade shooters died super fast.
Their roadmap at least indicates they'll do 3 seasons of content. So, it won't be dead in a month (and the first competitive season starts in a week or so). I guess that depends on EA's appetite for supporting an online game with a small player base. If this game had stayed at Nexon, it wouldn't even be a question that it'd be dead quick.
Honestly I think one of the big problems is...it's not on Switch. Rocket Arena is a bright, cartoony hero shooter that I think would find an audience among younger players. The game would feel pretty at home next to something like Splatoon. F2P would've been nice, sure, but it didn't even launch into EA Access. This could've even been a good game to put in Xbox Game Pass.
Yeah this. I was really interested when I saw the trailer, but they def dropped the pall by not going f2p. Feel like this'll go the way of Lawbreakers unfortunately. Doing a Paywalled MP only game post Fortnite doesn't seem to really work unless you're a major publisher with tons of money for promo.
Well, EA did seemingly pay a bunch of money to streamers for both post-announcement sponsored streams/videos AND day one sponsored streams. I think they were hoping that the gameplay would attract more people than it did. The streamers took the money, played for the time allotted, then (understandably) dropped it. The content/style is just not hitting with any potential audience, sadly.
so wait if a game is ftp they can add a battle pass and charge you $20 for one costume and you won't complain?
Completely agree OP. This has been my jam for the past week, it's so quick and easy to jump into and also great fun.
Honestly it should have been f2p from a market penetration perspective but the game's ongoing monetisation seems extremely fair. All cosmetic stuff from the store can be earned in-game surprisingly easily.
Honestly it should have been f2p from a market penetration perspective but the game's ongoing monetisation seems extremely fair. All cosmetic stuff from the store can be earned in-game surprisingly easily.
It reminds me Crackdown 3 multiplayer with all those transversal and rockets mayhem. I'll give a try on a free-to-play weekend.
I bought it, and honestly I'm trying my best to justify it. I can't find a character that I completely meld with.
Topnotch is the closest character to Pharah, which is my favorite character to play in Overwatch, but his flight abilities aren't as good.
Plink, I like his speed, but his damage output is horrible, I can never K.O. anyone with him.
Blastbeard and Boone are just okay, and everyone else just feels underpowered or clunky to use, and a lot of their alt fires and special abilities don't see useful in most contexts. The characters just don't feel fun to use.
I do like the varied modes, but quickly matches become complete domination of the other team or a winless match on your end.
I don't know, maybe it's because I'm not used to playing on Keyboard+Mouse but this game just feels off to play with.
Topnotch is the closest character to Pharah, which is my favorite character to play in Overwatch, but his flight abilities aren't as good.
Plink, I like his speed, but his damage output is horrible, I can never K.O. anyone with him.
Blastbeard and Boone are just okay, and everyone else just feels underpowered or clunky to use, and a lot of their alt fires and special abilities don't see useful in most contexts. The characters just don't feel fun to use.
I do like the varied modes, but quickly matches become complete domination of the other team or a winless match on your end.
I don't know, maybe it's because I'm not used to playing on Keyboard+Mouse but this game just feels off to play with.
I was taking a look at this earlier this week, but i decided to go with Hell Let Loose instead. Might revisit this if there is still a community left.
I didn't think it would have a community at that entry price so I didn't want to risk it.
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I mean...yeah. If you're part of the top tier most played games, you get away with things other games don't. It's not really an unrealistic thing to say that a brand new IP should go out of its way to remove the barrier to entry. This game has along way to go before it can hang with any of the ones you mentioned.
I got it for free...
And yeah, this game is super fun. 3vs3 battles aren't a problem when the combat and the arenas are fun. I think most arenas are smaller than Splatoon ones, which totally makes sense. it took me some time to adjust but finally understood how to play decently. The game have other modes for people who want some variety... including coop against hordes of enemies.
I'm surprised the base game is not part of EA Access, it would be perfect for the service. Then they could sell their battle pass. In fact since I got the game for free I may buy the battle pass.
Also, I don't agree that the characters are hideous like the Battleborn ones. Those were really fugly.
i was pleasantly surprised that the Micro transactions aren't as predatory as other EA games. The things you can buy with actual money can be unlocked naturally if you keep playing the game.
And yeah, this game is super fun. 3vs3 battles aren't a problem when the combat and the arenas are fun. I think most arenas are smaller than Splatoon ones, which totally makes sense. it took me some time to adjust but finally understood how to play decently. The game have other modes for people who want some variety... including coop against hordes of enemies.
I'm surprised the base game is not part of EA Access, it would be perfect for the service. Then they could sell their battle pass. In fact since I got the game for free I may buy the battle pass.
Also, I don't agree that the characters are hideous like the Battleborn ones. Those were really fugly.
i was pleasantly surprised that the Micro transactions aren't as predatory as other EA games. The things you can buy with actual money can be unlocked naturally if you keep playing the game.
I'm happy to pay for the gameplay, then dont shove a battle pass and microtrans in. It's not hard. Sell me a complete game or go F2P.
If other people want to support this double dip model it's their issue.
This looks right up my street, and mentioning Quake is something I don't take lightly. But even Quake recognised that it couldn't sustain itself as a paid-for game any more, and look at what happened to Lawbreakers.
I'll put this on my watchlist, but I'm certainly not paying up front to try it. I bought Lawbreakers. I've done my part on getting burned by trying to keep arena shooters alive.
I'll put this on my watchlist, but I'm certainly not paying up front to try it. I bought Lawbreakers. I've done my part on getting burned by trying to keep arena shooters alive.
Blizzard could charge for an empty box and sell at least 6 digits. Their legion of sycophants will make anything they release successful, no matter how derivative of other games or mediocre.
It should probably be in the EA Access Vault already if they want to make it easier to build an audience.