I don’t know if this microtransaction paywall was put into the game in a hasty decision after it was decided this would go onto PS Plus, but it doesn’t feel good and it doesn’t motivate me to a) play for very much longer than I have to related to this review and b) recommend it to others. If I had paid £70 for the game, I would be very disappointed as I think it only held my attention for a few hours and offered me little incentive to come back. The game was initially going to be a launch game, presumably at £70. The launch and subsequent discovery of this feel off. This feels like a bit of a drag considering the rewards don’t feel worth it and there’s essentially a massive paywall to potentially some of the best content in the game. Initially, you get one challenge for free which you have rewarded some basic cosmetics, then if you want to do the challenge of another character you have to pay. It’s kind of a career or story mode which includes some cut scenes between characters, but to progress, you have to pay for it. Currently, the game has three in total, and you have seven unique challenges across the variety of game modes. Talking of spending real money this brings us to the Challenge Series mode. Personally, I’m not going to be sinking any money into this game. There’s a shallow customise mode too, which has your classic emotes and skins, which you can buy through in-game currency or purchase via real money. There are three maps in total at the moment, but it’s pretty difficult to say which one is the best because they all feel the same. This isn’t Valorant or CS:GO, there’s not going to be a lot of tactical play – just hop into a car and try and cause as much damage as possible in the shortest space of time to win.Īs well as the online play you can hone your skills in arcade modes which will let you practice any of the other four game modes against bots instead of real-life players. The lack of thinking in this game is perhaps one advantage. Some are much more powerful than others, so it’s really down to which character you choose, which makes the tactical play feel like it has even less depth than before. The best bet is to try and get your hero car mode as soon as you can. In terms of tactics, the game is pretty light. The trick to the game is to hop into a car, use it until it’s about to be junked and then jump out into another one before it explodes. Cars on the map are pretty much weapons to use which can be linked to weapon classes like light, medium and heavy attacks. There are vehicles dotted around the map and you’ll find yourself jumping in and out of them on a regular basis. To get the points you have to smash into each other and take out opponents, plus taking out other players if they decide to get out of their vehicles. Mayhem, which is your standard free-for-all player vs player mode, and it’s down to scoring the most points for a win. There are four main game modes which cater for up to 16 players. The arenas also feel similar to each other and don’t have the depth of Mario Kart Battle modes. There’s a slow-mo which gives some weight to impact, but otherwise, it doesn’t feel as good as it should smashing into other cars. The game falls a little short when it comes to smashing into each other though. The cars feel pretty good to drive and manoeuvre around the arenas. When you’re in the car the game is pretty fun, albeit for a short spell. Fill up the super meter and release that while you’re in your car and you’ll unleash the ‘hero car’, which can be very powerful and lead to plenty of destruction. The one benefit of jumping out of the car is that you’re going to need to collect shards, which build up a super meter. When you’re out of the car and running around on foot you do have ‘breaker’ special moves that give you a boost to your mobility that includes speed and additional jump abilities, but when you’re faced with cars these feel a little weak. Jumping out of the cars sounds like fun, but this leaves you very vulnerable to attack as there are multiple cars in the arena so you’ll have to have eyes in the back and to the side of your head. You have a few moves, boosts forward and to the side, to increase the intensity of the smashes plus you can hop out of the cars and try to perform hostile takeover moves on other cars. It’s fun at times, but after a few hours into the game you’ll probably be relieved you didn’t pay for this one.ĭestruction AllStars is an arcade arena game where you get to drive around a number of vehicles with the main goal of smashing into other players and destroying their cars. Originally this was slated as a launch title for PS5 but the release was pushed back. If you have this service then you can pick it up for free, which is probably the best for this game. Destruction AllStars is a new smash ’em up driving game from Lucid Games recently released on PS5 via PlayStation Plus.
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