It’s fun ramming cars into other cars, watching pieces and parts go careening off around the arena. Destruction AllStars Review – Wears Out its WelcomeĪfter a few hours running through all of the modes with various characters, I started to feel like I’d seen everything Destruction AllStars had to offer. The visuals seen outside of the arenas change depending on where you are-London gracing the background of one, while las Vegas shines in another-but the arenas themselves don’t incorporate obvious elements of the cities they are set in and the neon pastiche all begins to blend together rather quickly. It’s possible to maintain control of a smoking wreck on its last legs, but you’ll definitely be aware that another hit will send you scrambling for a new ride.ĭestruction AllStars various arenas have different layouts, each being located in a different city, but aesthetically tend to look and feel the same overall. Fortunately the balance of physics changes never get overly frustrating. Wreckage and pieces of vehicles scatter across the levels. Hoods, trunks, and bumpers bounce as you lose health. Get a front tire blown out and you’ll leave behind a trail of sparks from your rims while your car pulls in that direction. In the ensuing chaos, it’s all too easy to get obliterated thanks to a few players’ special abilities.įor a game centered on vehicle destruction (I mean, come on, the word is right there in the title), Lucid went all out with not only the destruction visuals, but the vehicles physics that change as a result.
But you’ll have to learn to identify and watch out for your opponent’s breakers, which can also shift the direction and catch you off guard if you aren’t careful. Charging these abilities up via gameplay and collecting shards while on-foot allows you to turn the tide of any match with a variety of both offensive and defensive specials, depending on which character you pick. Each character comes with their own unique Breaker for on-foot traversal and Hero Vehicle with its own special ability. I hope to see additional modes in the future that really play up the “on-foot” side of the game a lot more too.Ĭhoosing a character isn’t just cosmetic. While you want to be in a car most of the time, there are certain advantages to being on foot too, and Lucid managed to make the flow feel incredible, leaping from vehicle to running and back into a vehicle again. Game modes range from pure free-for-all carnage to team-based objective modes. The overall controls and gameplay are very simple to learn and execute. While you may have a bunch of near-misses when trying to ram other cars, that’s just down to your own bad driving. Lucid Games did a great job making everything feel easy to do. Driving feels crisp and responsive, a good trait for a game centered on getting behind the wheel. Gameplay is fairly simple to learn, with small changes per game mode, depending on what you are playing. Characters have distinct personalities that are showcased in the menus, match intros and endings, and even in the way they move about the arena while outside of their vehicles. On the character selection screens, the menu music even slightly changes to match the background and culture for each of the 16 different characters.
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What happens when you take the visual flair of Rocket League, turn it into a destruction derby, and then add a dash of Twisted Metal mixed with Overwatch for the character roster? Destruction AllStars is a visual treat, with a dynamic and diverse roster full of fascinating and interesting characters that each ooze their own unique style. It just lacks a sense of depth beyond the surface multiplayer experience, which can wear out its welcome more quickly than anticipated.
In fact, what’s there is a blast, with over-the-top style and exceptional production values. That’s not to say that Destruction AllStars is a bad game at all. This move was for the best, because I cannot see how it would have been successful at the $70 premium it was planned for.
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Destruction AllStars was revealed as one of the PS5-exclusive launch highlights before being pushed back to February 2021 to release free via PlayStation Plus.
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