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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 4,447.3 hrs on record (608.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 7 Jul, 2015 @ 2:14am
Updated: 13 Oct, 2015 @ 12:03pm

edit: I wrote this prior to becoming an employee at Psyonix

Let me start by saying that I have been playing the preview of this game since June 26th, I also was a part of the alpha in 2014 and part of multiple betas.

Simply said, this game is the most fun that may ever exist. You find yourself constantly saying "Just one more game" over and over and over again because you literally cannot just put it down. It"s simple: a car arena like showdown on a soccer field with one giant ball and a bunch of boost to fill your rocket powered dreams, but don"t be fooled because this game is much deeper than it will originally look. Psyonix takes a very simlpe core idea and allows us to do whatever we want with it because of its purely physics based gameplay.

What does this give us though? Let me tell you. Satisfyingly tight controls, action packed multiplayer, awe inspiring aerial goals, sniper tactics, competitive and casual matchmaking, hours of laughing and enjoyment, TONS of explosions (Mr. Torgue aproved), an incredibly balanced game, all future maps will be free, PC to PS4 crossplay, over 150 items for purely cosmetic customizations, and over 10billion of said combinations.

I can really only say so much about the game itself (partly because English was my worst course :P) but what I really cannot stress enough is that you won"t be staying for just the game alone. You"ll be seeing Psyonix as one of the only developers left that actually understand what we want as well as falling in love with the community.

The community of Rocket League (and SARPBC for that matter) is probably the most open, friendly and supportive community I have come accross. Of course this is being said before release and I really hope that you new players please uphold our standard of ingame complements, willingness to help out anyone that wants to learn, and general good sportsmanship. If you find yourself running into a few bad apples, don"t worry about it, as you climb up the ladder into the ranks with the rest of the long time players you"ll notice the warmer atmosphere to say the least :)

Now I suppose I should say that within the last week I"ve apparently played nearly 90hrs and that"s just playing private matches with the same people constantly. Some would think that I"d be bored after that, but you"d be so so wrong. I can play all day, get into bed and watch some Rocket League videos, and then immediately want to play more (I may or may not be addictive :| but don"t think you"re immune).

Anyways, I"m going to play some more Rocket League. I hope to see you on the field, and remember... Nice shpt! And never let the ball touch the ground (Rule #1)
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13 Comments
reverb 15 Mar, 2021 @ 11:06am 
Why do you keep GrunzJr as mod on RL forums? He"s clearly a mentally ill person going on an ego trip lol
Nadir de Laferrere 28 Oct, 2020 @ 8:11pm 
I need help, urgently
Space NINJA 40,000 11 Oct, 2020 @ 5:20pm 
Hey! Any news on fixing the game crash problem? It is unplayable, I am having 1/2 crashes per game, for more than 400 hours I had no problem, it began to happen since it was announced that it was going to be free to play and it got worse every time.
neroli 8 May, 2020 @ 3:12am 
beating #1 <234
Bjorn Ironside 27 Aug, 2019 @ 1:50pm 
Hi bro. We want new arenas/stadiums! We could have arena in space, in the forest, in the snow, in the city. What do you think? Let"s go!
Arashenstein 23 Apr, 2016 @ 1:08am 
you just locked my topic which was about region restriction due to USA sanctions over those 7 countries mentioned in forums.

i am confused with one thing, how come this game is using steam account to play online but it is going to get connected to google? when you play the game you see your steam profile picture and ID in the game menu like csgo or other valve games so how come an steam account is trying to connect to google and then it gets blocked because the IP is from one of those countries?
Sakinanin 9 Jul, 2015 @ 11:56am 
beğenmedim.
Denekrid 8 Jul, 2015 @ 11:44pm 
The servers are back up and working wonderfully!
bird daughter 7 Jul, 2015 @ 8:14pm 
If I had the money to buy this game, it would be a no-brainer