danielpholt Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Football meets Distruction Derby. This game is fan-effin-tastic. It's available on PC and PS4 (where it's currently free on PS+) and its got cross-platform multiplayer. If you enjoy short, action-filled PVP I think this is worth a look, especially for free. I think we stand a chance of making this a regular XPOD thing too. It'd be perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Pardon my French, but how the fuck has nobody else replied to this. I'm not exaggerating here – Rocket League is a GotY contender. it's an all time classic. It's some of the most fun I've had in years. We need to get a team together. Add me up, DPH. I'm pretty sure you're online on PSN right now actually, we should match up. I'll invite you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I'll be joining in tomorrow. Assuming it's still up on PS+ (though I think cos I clicked "Download" on the PS3 that activates it for PS4 either way?) It better live up to the hype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Excellent. It didn't click for me until I did the training and played 2-3 matches online. Initially I played split screen with my cousins, co-op, and it was kinda nice but not great. Playing competitively is the only way to go. Such fun, such chaos, so many moments of glory packed into every 5 minutes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I've been too busy with Destiny and Batman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 How had I not heard of this until you guys started mentioning it? Looks awesome. Another plus side, is that our "four man Destiny fireteam" can actually play a game together now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Funny thing. I saw some of it and figured it looked like a clone of the "Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars" thing from PS3. And guess what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I'll probably give it a try when it's a bit cheaper. Seems like the sort of zany thing that just might make cars and sports entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 I got it a few days ago from PS+. You really can't beat free, and it definitely is a fun game. I get a bit frustrated when I can't hit the ball as intended, even worse when you happen to help score for the other team. Then one match you get two goals and chuckle how your opponents helped you score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 'I've got this guys.....still got it....don't worr....FUCK' That's basically my experience on this game so far. And I love it. When they finally fix the god-awful servers this game is going to be very popular for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 I've just played a few exhibition matches with pro-difficulty bots and loved it. Had a really close first game, where the clincher was scored right in the last second in an agonising "from kick-off" bounce off the roof. Lost the second game because it seemed like one of the bots wanted to score an own goal... Third game was another 3-2 victory, but with all three goals early on. Teammate bot totally sabotaged my long, slowly bouncing in goal by knocking it into the ceiling at the last second! Great fun though. I think I just need to master switching between ball cam and free, so I'm not constantly facing the wrong way after a clash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hey guys guess what. The Rocket Servers are down for 'Scheduled Maintenance' I didn't pay for the game, but that still makes me a consumer of their product, and frankly, I've spent more time trying to get into games than I have actually playing in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 So I made a good choice in having stuff like InFamous as a back-up then? p.s I'm available around 7:30 onwards tomorrow if you want to hit me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 I may or may not have stayed up until 1:30, playing Rocket League. I fell into the vicious cycle of not wanting to go out on a loss, so kept playing, wound up with a really well-matched game skill-wise, so we did a few rematches until some quit and then I lost and so on... "It's only another five minutes, give or take..." Had this great 12 goal game yesterday (8-4), in which I scored a hat-trick as well as getting not only a save but an "epic save" (raced the whole length of the pitch to clear a wandering ball). The really tense overtime matches we had were awesome, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 I am very good at scoring goals. Now to learn how to have those goals be in the other players goal. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Oooh, a thread for it! I'm having a great time with it so far. I played a little bit of its predecessor on PS3, and liked it, but it got kind of lost in the shuffle. I don't know if this one is that much better or if I'm just giving it more of a chance, but I'm feeling this one a lot more. Feel free to invite me if you see me playing. If I don't reply it's probably because I'm either afk or just playing 1P at that moment because I need to be able to pause at will. I'd love to get some team play going though, despite my limited schedule in coming weeks. In the meantime I'll just be building my little library of sweet goal videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Am I mental, or are we able to play cross platform? http://www.psyonix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=11396&p=222000&hilit=cross+play+party#p221998 I am not mental. Hope it gets sorted soon so that we can invite PC'ers into the rocket fuelled madness, rather than trusting to the matchmaking gods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Cross-platform play is a bit of a holy grail of online gaming in my mind. Any developer that pursues it is A-ok in my book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post danielpholt Posted July 17, 2015 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 My experience trying to play goalie. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Played again at lunchtime (yay working in the games industry!) Split screen online multiplayer?!? Could this game get any better? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 What vehicle is everyone using? At first, I didn't think there were differences, but definitely the case. I used to only get along with the Road Hog, but it always struggles to rush kick-off (which can cause problems) so I started giving Breakout a go and have been doing alright. I like the look of stuff like Paladin, but never really got on with the steering, I think. I will keep experimenting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Uh, maybe I should look into the exact differences... I had Paladin for a long time, but I recently switched to a different car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 I wasn't sure if there were differences or not until now either. My choice of car, when I decide to change it, plays out as follows: 1. Try and fail to figure out what those little orange icons are in the corner of most of the cars' windows. 2. Look at which cars have 0 wins under their belt, and wonder why some of them remain that way despite me winning ranked games with them. 3. Pick a cool-looking car. I'll have to experiment with them in practice mode though, and get a feel for some of the differences. By the way, anyone check out those leaderboards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted July 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 I'm actually not sure there are any differences. I've seen references on Reddit to a certain tweet from the devs that implied the only real difference was the car's respective hit-box, and even that was negligible. Even the aesthetic stuff is just that, aesthetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 See, I could've sworn the Road Hog doesn't accelerate quite as fast or jump quite as high and the Paladin had a touch of "oversteer" but I guess there could be other factors when it gets chaotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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