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Destruction AllStars |OT| Party’s Over
- Thread starter Noisepurge
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Yeaaa played two matches...I think that's it for me. Maybe with a group it be fun but this one multiplayer game I ain't vibing with
Yea, it seems alright but pretty basic. If it focused on racing with some clever use of jumping out of vehicles, I'd be more interested. These arenas are pretty samey and the loop already kind of grew stale for me after a couple sessions.
Likely will be uninstalled to make SSD room soon.
Likely will be uninstalled to make SSD room soon.
Really enjoying this. Not a huge online fan, but this is really easy to get into and try and find different characters that you like.
Fwiw you absolutely do not go from zero to sixty in half a second in the heavier cars, so I think that can play in as well.
Apparently it is a big deal, because I hear people farting and screaming to their kids in every online match lmao
Woof. Is there anything more going on here? Seems incredibly shallow. And what the hell are the seemingly completely random hits to one side or the other? And no I don't mean the right stick left or right evade. I assume I'm not the only one that is getting those?
I don't want to judge too quickly, but Rocket League it ain't. I feel like I've already seen all the game has to offer one match in. Guess I'll play a few more.
I don't want to judge too quickly, but Rocket League it ain't. I feel like I've already seen all the game has to offer one match in. Guess I'll play a few more.
Once you're in a match, press the playstation button. On the first playstation card you hit square to mute voice chat for that match.
Fairly shallow but enjoyed what I played. I haven't had any lag issues at all (UK) but matchmaking could do with being speedier. Gridfall can be over in a minute, with little post KO presentation or fanfare but it take almost twice as long to get back in a game. It should at least show the remaining match and let you decide whether to stick around or move on and as has been mentioned, make It far clearer/simpler to mute individuals or the whole lobby. I'll give it some more time tomorrow evening with my brother.
I played a few games last night and had a stupid grin on my face. Great call to release it on Plus, as I had no problems finding games at 9:30pm Pacific US. No idea if it was a mix of bots and players, but since I got into games quickly, it was all good.
I feel like there's more depth to uncover in between the unique characters, on foot & car interactions, grabbing the crystals, your special car/move, the different types of vehicles, and learning the map's traps...and I have only played Mayhem so far.
It's just silly fun, which is exactly what I needed right now.
PS: As I was looking through the Character Screen I noticed the main musical theme subtly changes depending on which one you have highlighted. Nice touch. 😊
I feel like there's more depth to uncover in between the unique characters, on foot & car interactions, grabbing the crystals, your special car/move, the different types of vehicles, and learning the map's traps...and I have only played Mayhem so far.
It's just silly fun, which is exactly what I needed right now.
PS: As I was looking through the Character Screen I noticed the main musical theme subtly changes depending on which one you have highlighted. Nice touch. 😊
If you want to go faster quickly though you can just use your shunt. It's better than being caught dead.
I wonder if the shunt plays into that mechanic, too... Hope someone with more time on their hands can spell it out for everyone, haha.
Hit the PS Button, go to the active activity card for the match and press Square to mute it. Thankfully a fast process but it would be nice to have a setting in the game.
Ever since the Grindstone thread where a guy said it sucked because he played it for 10 minutes and didn't understand the mechanics, I'm wary of Era's "Welp, I played one match and this game is bad!" type posts. Looking forward to trying it myself this afternoon!
the game has some problems but i really like the core gameplay.
between the not easily mutable voice chat, no background music and that annoying anouncer, i feel like it´s best to mute the complete game and put on music or podcasts.
between the not easily mutable voice chat, no background music and that annoying anouncer, i feel like it´s best to mute the complete game and put on music or podcasts.
I definitely think in-game needs some music or something. The game's weird because it's simultaneously lacking in presentation but also excels in it.
Like all the drivers are pretty cool and have a lot of character, the match intros are cool, and the menus and tutorials and stuff are great. But then the after-match stuff is super lacking and basic, and it missing stuff like music in-game makes it feel a little empty.
Like all the drivers are pretty cool and have a lot of character, the match intros are cool, and the menus and tutorials and stuff are great. But then the after-match stuff is super lacking and basic, and it missing stuff like music in-game makes it feel a little empty.
Trying not to echo what other have already said, there's quite a few issues. I played it for a good 3 hours last night, it finally clicked a bit and I won 4 in a row.
There really needs to be more actions you can do in this game. I understand they want the simplified "pick up and play" aspect, but in the car all you can do is boost forward, and boost to the side. Once you use both of these, all you can do is simply drive while you wait for cooldowns, so it's pretty boring during this moment. Sure, someone can hop onto your car and you gotta fight to stay in, but the controls for that are not clearly explained. I don't know what I'm doing when it flashes square or circle. Mashing the left stick to shake off is self explanatory though. You can also jump out of the car temporarily to collect gems to build meter, but I don't really want to do that if I can instead spend more time hitting people and building up my score.
On foot can be kinda fun, but I find that the melee attack and special move isn't very useful because you're almost never near someone else on foot. It feels good to wall run and jump, but a lot of gems and platforms are *barely* out of reach which is very frustrating. I get that those areas are reserved for people who went the "correct" route and platformed their way to those areas, but it's sometimes hard to tell where you can reach from the ground.
Minor nitpick, but make the damage counters increments of at least 10. Getting 1 point for a light hit feels very underwhelming. If it said 10, I'd feel better about it.
Stage hazards aren't very fun or interesting. Big hole in the ground, huge spinning blade, cylinders that pop out of the ground, they all just feel like they're in the way. I want boost pads, or ramps, or something like that. Though it may make it more difficult to hit people if there are movement enhancing hazards, so I get it if they didn't want to put those in.
There's so much focus on the characters and not the vehicles. Sure, the vehicles are expendable in this game and you only get your hero car once in awhile, but it would be nice to at least see a model of the hero car at the character select screen. The background video of the hero car isn't as crystal clear as just a slow, rotating model of it like other car combat games. I had to go to the practice mode character select to see what all the abilities are, since there's not enough time during an online match to read every character/car's abilities. Then I had to go to customize mode to actually see the hero car models. It would help if there was just a "Characters" mode where you can just look at them and their vehicles to see what they do. Or just put their abilities in the customize mode.
I know this game started as a Destruction Derby project somewhat, and as someone who enjoyed these types of games back in the day, it's a mixed feeling. They do have some cool ideas in here, but it just needs more polish and gameplay elements. I'm a huge Twisted Metal fan, and it would be cool if they looked at that game a bit for inspiration as well. There's very few dull moments in Twisted Metal. You're always trying to do something, be it looking for items, boosting, shooting, chasing down, ramming, healing, deciding what weapon to use, etc. I'm not expecting all of this in Destruction All Stars, but the idea of always having something to do would help.
There really needs to be more actions you can do in this game. I understand they want the simplified "pick up and play" aspect, but in the car all you can do is boost forward, and boost to the side. Once you use both of these, all you can do is simply drive while you wait for cooldowns, so it's pretty boring during this moment. Sure, someone can hop onto your car and you gotta fight to stay in, but the controls for that are not clearly explained. I don't know what I'm doing when it flashes square or circle. Mashing the left stick to shake off is self explanatory though. You can also jump out of the car temporarily to collect gems to build meter, but I don't really want to do that if I can instead spend more time hitting people and building up my score.
On foot can be kinda fun, but I find that the melee attack and special move isn't very useful because you're almost never near someone else on foot. It feels good to wall run and jump, but a lot of gems and platforms are *barely* out of reach which is very frustrating. I get that those areas are reserved for people who went the "correct" route and platformed their way to those areas, but it's sometimes hard to tell where you can reach from the ground.
Minor nitpick, but make the damage counters increments of at least 10. Getting 1 point for a light hit feels very underwhelming. If it said 10, I'd feel better about it.
Stage hazards aren't very fun or interesting. Big hole in the ground, huge spinning blade, cylinders that pop out of the ground, they all just feel like they're in the way. I want boost pads, or ramps, or something like that. Though it may make it more difficult to hit people if there are movement enhancing hazards, so I get it if they didn't want to put those in.
There's so much focus on the characters and not the vehicles. Sure, the vehicles are expendable in this game and you only get your hero car once in awhile, but it would be nice to at least see a model of the hero car at the character select screen. The background video of the hero car isn't as crystal clear as just a slow, rotating model of it like other car combat games. I had to go to the practice mode character select to see what all the abilities are, since there's not enough time during an online match to read every character/car's abilities. Then I had to go to customize mode to actually see the hero car models. It would help if there was just a "Characters" mode where you can just look at them and their vehicles to see what they do. Or just put their abilities in the customize mode.
I know this game started as a Destruction Derby project somewhat, and as someone who enjoyed these types of games back in the day, it's a mixed feeling. They do have some cool ideas in here, but it just needs more polish and gameplay elements. I'm a huge Twisted Metal fan, and it would be cool if they looked at that game a bit for inspiration as well. There's very few dull moments in Twisted Metal. You're always trying to do something, be it looking for items, boosting, shooting, chasing down, ramming, healing, deciding what weapon to use, etc. I'm not expecting all of this in Destruction All Stars, but the idea of always having something to do would help.
played a couple of match of mayhem and gridfall
- This game need music ASAP!
- more players on match or smaller maps
- some mechanic to wreck cars while on foot (launch grandades or something)
- more custom(specially on cars)
- more variety in the maps
BTW Gridfall is fun
- This game need music ASAP!
- more players on match or smaller maps
- some mechanic to wreck cars while on foot (launch grandades or something)
- more custom(specially on cars)
- more variety in the maps
BTW Gridfall is fun
Yup, this game is stupid fun. Making it a PS+ game was a good move since not many would have paid $70. Looking forward to seeing how the game grows over time.
Use triangle. I does not always seem to work, though. I've been able to do it while jumping and while dodging, but haven't figured out how to trigger it reliably.
I'm actually thankful not being able to play in its current state. Details like you mentioned take me out of the experience. Thread seems to be a mixed bag as well. Can't be bad that DS allstars exists but I'd exchange it with a new Destruction Derby or Motorstorm if I could.
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I really like the gameplay allot . It's very fun and even if you die, you feel like playing again. I really really love this game.
Is this game developed by Sony ? Is it a first party title ? Or just time exclusive like how rocket league was ( I think it was exclusive I forgot )
I read it was made by Lucid .. don't know these guys . Are they Sony studio ?
Is this game developed by Sony ? Is it a first party title ? Or just time exclusive like how rocket league was ( I think it was exclusive I forgot )
I read it was made by Lucid .. don't know these guys . Are they Sony studio ?
lucid is a third party studio but the game is published by sony
Makes me long for a new Twisted Metal or the like. Say what you will about the tone or aesthetic of that series, but the gameplay had depth in spades.
Here I'm just following a very basic pattern. There's no ebb or flow to the match. It just maintains one constant kind of dull level.
Here I'm just following a very basic pattern. There's no ebb or flow to the match. It just maintains one constant kind of dull level.
press the home button on the dualsense and then square. in game chat shows up as an activity card
When the voice chat starts, press the PS BUTTON, then press SQUARE on the Activity Card related to voiche chat
What makes me laugh is they bin off the Driveclub devs who made a pretty decent game and then proceed to have this made by an internal studio which is utter garbage and will probably try and charge €80 for it. its insanity.
Is there a mute button?
I literally just played a match where someone was just blasting porn through their headset
I literally just played a match where someone was just blasting porn through their headset