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Rocket Arena launches 14 July on PC, XB, & PS4 with cross-platform play (3v3 hero rocket shooters)
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Yup, and also 30$ on Steam. 22 players in-game currently, says a lot...
I don't understand why are so many developers/publishers afraid to go f2p really, it worked great for many games. I am not saying that going f2p will instantly make a game great or better but asking for 30$ and including multiple currencies and Battle Passes in the game just screams greedy.
It certainly doesn't help but I think this would be DoA even if f2p
New trailer shows off the various arenas. Curious to see how this fares next week. Doesn't seem like it has buzz outside of sponsored streamer videos and that's not the best sign.
So did we get a better explanation of whether this launches on console EA Access or not? I'm seeing conflicting reports. I'm so torn on this: I kinda want to buy it because I've been wanting a good old school-ish arena shooter for a while, and there's a chance the multiplayer population will be gone in a year so either play it now or never. At the same time, buying into a potentially DOA multiplayer game is never good, but EA Access free access for millions of people could help jumping in no risk, and that's something that should help the multiplayer population too hopefully.
Wasn't expecting maps to be this beautiful! I really love the art style. Overall the game looks amazing.
Bleeding Edge was such a mediocre experience for myself, thankfully it was through gamepass. On topic, yeah, this won't have a long shelf life... if any. Another genre saturating the market. Someone needs to bring back Arena shooters though.
Yeah I wish EA Access was clearer cut in what was/wasn't going to appear there and when.
However! The game does have cross-platform play (EA has a support page for how to turn it on). The unfortunate thing is that it appears to be OFF by default, which could be potentially damaging if the game starts out with a low player population anyway. But, 3v3 across SIX different modes divided between "casual" and "ranked" - they really would've been better off pooling everything together.
New trailer focusing on the characters you can choose:
Diabotical is having a few more closed beta weekends this month (supposedly) and going open beta shortly after.
This game is $29.99, and is not alone in being a multiplayer-only title in that price range. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Launch trailer
I figure EA will have a bunch of sponsored streams going tomorrow for the game. Looking forward to watching some of that though I'm still on the fence about picking this up myself.
I figure EA will have a bunch of sponsored streams going tomorrow for the game. Looking forward to watching some of that though I'm still on the fence about picking this up myself.
It's not an unreasonable figure if the game is absolutely stellar, but they are competing with free-to-play games and very established franchises. When I think of new games that have successfully pulled this off... I think of games that picked up an enormous amount of hype before launch.
This is a lot more likely to be a Bleeding Edge than an Overwatch, let's be honest. Though to be fair this looks far better than Bleeding Edge.
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About the game: Official Trailers: Platforms: PC (Origin/Steam), PS4, XB1 Price: 30$ (Standard), 40$ (Mythic Edition) Official site: https://www.ea.com/games/rocket-arena Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/rocket-arena Just a quick, little OT for the members that are...
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I'll definitely give this a shot. I'm always open to trying a new multiplayer game in the off chance that it'll click with me. I like the art.
I want to clear up 2 things:
1) The Battle Passes are free if you buy the $40 version and play it.
2) The reason the game costs money is because the developer split away from Nexon (an absolutely TERRIBLE f2p publisher, if anyone has played a Nexon game...you know.)
1) The Battle Passes are free if you buy the $40 version and play it.
2) The reason the game costs money is because the developer split away from Nexon (an absolutely TERRIBLE f2p publisher, if anyone has played a Nexon game...you know.)
Re: Your first point - Battle/Blast Passes are NOT free with the $40 version. They outlined their content plans, and the Blast Pass will be a separate purchase of in-game currency, though you will be able to earn enough currency for the next season's Pass in the current season. The $40 version includes some exclusive skins, trails, and currency which includes 1000 Rocket Fuel, which you can use to purchase the first season's Blast Pass (950 Rocket Fuel). Presumably there will be other things that you could spend that currency on as well if you don't buy the Blast Pass. And I'm assuming that the real-dollar cost of each season's Blast Pass will be $9.50/$10 for whenever they do start selling the currency - which they are definitely going to do.
Correct, the $40 version gives you enough fuel to buy the first pass.
Each pass has 1500 fuel in it, so you can buy the next pass.
Effectively it's "free" as long as you play the game.
Would have considered purchasing if it weren't online only and had the option for LAN play.
Even Call of Duty gets that right. LAN, offline, splitscreen, bots, private matches, etc.
Even Call of Duty gets that right. LAN, offline, splitscreen, bots, private matches, etc.
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It does have private matches and you can play against bots. But obviously they want you in the online pool.
Lots of "Sponsored by EA" streams and videos hitting today. I wonder if those will land with the audience that EA is trying to target for the game (which I assume are Fortnite-playing teenagers). Sponsored videos are a good way to at least get a game in front of a streamer's audience but it in no way guarantees anything. Even if this game was F2P, it's in a very competitive space, but maybe like PvZ it can carve out a niche for itself within EA's lineup.
Season 1 trailer
Game's been discounted almost everywhere to between $5-10 for physical or digital. Steam version is not on sale yet but I assume that it will be before the start of the season. $10 purchase of the mythic edition basically gets you the season 1 Blast Pass free.
EA sold this as a $30+ SKU for two full weeks before informing anyone that it'd 1) get a price cut on at least one storefront and 2) finally get added as part of EA Origin Premier on PC. That's pretty sketch of them.
115 people on the steam version. Not only is that terrible but it will make other people not even bother cause it looks like a dead game. It really should have been free to play and probably will be in a few months. Hopefully by then it's not too late to save it. Such a drastic price drop so soon after launch is really a blow to early adopters.
I agree. It should have been launched into EA Access. Probably should have been F2P. It's a solid, fun, polished title but it's a crowded market and there just isn't enough about this title to differentiate it or...attract players. EA did a BIG push with sponsored streams and videos but it really has not bought them any goodwill, sadly.
Heck, would've been a good move to launch it straight into Game Pass or something. At least it is cross-play, but, not by default.
I hope that they would do same for Playstation..
Rocket-Ping me when this actually happens.
Is this cross-progression? Might just hop onto the Xbox version for the weekend to knock off some achievements too while I'm at it.
Game will have a free trial weekend on Steam starting in ~2 minutes. Ends August 3.
It's currently free to try this weekend on Xbox One as well.
It's discounted on PSN, Origin, and via places like Amazon for physical - $5 for standard and $10 for mythical edition.
Gotta hand it to them. They are quickly pivoting and trying to give this game some life. Been having fun in Season 1 matches so far. Put together a crossplay party for the first time last night and it worked well.
It's currently free to try this weekend on Xbox One as well.
It's discounted on PSN, Origin, and via places like Amazon for physical - $5 for standard and $10 for mythical edition.
Gotta hand it to them. They are quickly pivoting and trying to give this game some life. Been having fun in Season 1 matches so far. Put together a crossplay party for the first time last night and it worked well.
Yeah, I really am rooting for them to correct the course with these new prices and free weekends. The game is legit good, they just failed to market it right and give it the correct pricing from the start. It's actually tons of fun
Also going into EA Access starting tomorrow. It should have launched there. But kudos to them for the quick action.
I'm not convinced going F2P will make a long lasting impact. There have been games that are a lot better than this one that fizzled out quickly despite being F2P, their best shot was at launch.
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