There are definite advantages to picking characters specifically for a mode and team composition. Treasure Hunt is the most unusual, and arguably the weakest mode, alternating between phases where you try to capture and hold onto a treasure chest and where you run around grabbing coins that spawn all over the map. Knockout is the most self-explanatory, Rocketball is all about grabbing and delivering a ball to your opponent’s goal, and Mega Rocket is an explosive take on King of the Hill. There are several different game modes in the game on day one, each with two teams of three characters battling it out. Artifacts have to be unlocked through play, and give decent percentage buffs from the off, but can be boosted further by levelling them up to level 3. Struggling to avoid KOs? Well, the Hunter’s Idol that reduces damage and impulse combined with the Rocket Radio to decrease the delay of health regen will surely help out. Finding it difficult to close in on enemies for Boone’s shotgun? Increase ground and air movement speed with the Gemstone Elixer and Boost Capacitor to make him extra spritely. It’s not always necessary to have a deep back story, especially not for a multiplayer game – see Overwatch’s disparate roster or League of Legends – but Rocket Arena’s roster feels a bit too scattershot and just didn’t really capture my imagination, even when the core gameplay is enjoyable.Īcross the characters there’s an Artifact system, letting you select a trio of modifiers to your character stats. The theme of rocketry has been stretched so far as to be almost meaningless when there’s a magician, an Aztec-ish warrior and a pirate on the same team. Or there’s Mysteen, who can create a shield around herself for a few moments and create an AI-controlled double, and the floppy-haired kid Plink, with short-ranged homing rockets and a teleporting device that’s great to get out of trouble.Īs you can see, there’s a lot of contrasting characters, but behind their smiling family friendly appearance, there’s no real feeling of character to them. Other players might lean toward Rev instead, with her hoverboard letting her get around more quickly than others, or Amphora for her ability to turn into a pool of water, move around and then cyclone upwards. You need to pick and choose when to target them because a moving target will be out of the blast radius before it lands, but it deals a lot of damage. He ditches the triple jump that all the other characters have for a jetpack, while he has more direct abilities than some, able to send a line of bombs out in a direction or lock on and target on an enemy’s position. When ever Boone uses his scope while airborne, his animal companion Zik will flap his wings allowing Boone to float in the air for a few seconds minimizing and deviation before descending.It doesn’t take too long to find your groove though, and figure out which characters work best for you, especially when considering their unique abilities. Fire rate is pretty decent, enough to compete with Kayi's cross bow, fully charged. Rockets fired while aiming down sights have a relatively fast speed, so the amount of shot leading that must be done isn't too high.
Turns Boone's primary fire into a single, sniper shot that can pick off opponents from any distance with pin-point accuracy. It's overall effective range is pretty immense and can Mega Blast an opponent from half way across the map if not more. Blunder Blast rounds also ricochet of every surface, so anyone fleeing around a corner or hiding behind it is in for a world of hurt.
Players on the other end of the barrel might find themselves already spinning off into the air due to the sheer force and damage it does to their Mega Blast meter. Much like a shotgun, Blunder blast has a huge spread and high damage. Boone can enter the fray like other aggressive characters but maintaining a healthy distance during most situations will allow him to use his abilities effectively. Boone covers long and mind range tactics pretty well, by warding off enemies who get too close and sniping them from afar.
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