Saturday, August 22, 2015

Rocket League

Rocket League

A Top Gear Special without Clarkson

I am rubbish at Rocket League. Genuinely terrible. Most of my matches are something akin to watching an under six soccer team play. There’s a lot of running around in random patterns trying vainly to touch the ball with whatever flailing limb has the longest reach interspersed with moments of stillness and confusion. Of course, I’m playing a game of PC car football but you get the picture. I’m genuinely terrible at the game, so much so that I think with enough practice and time I could only progress to being really bad. But it doesn’t matter. There is a competitive spirit at the core of Rocket League but so far that doesn’t seem to boil over into the actual experience. It’s ridiculous, fast and most importantly fun, win or lose. It’s a sports game that boils down the appeal of sports without featuring any of that actual sporting crap.
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