Rocket League

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1515 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 1,098 out of 1515
  2. Mixed: 205 out of 1515
  3. Negative: 212 out of 1515
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  1. Alpacalypse
    Jul 31, 2015
    4
    Why is this game so overrated? Rocket Leage got boring REALLY fast for me. Maybe soccer games just aren't for me, but this game really has nothing to offer other than car soccer. There's no variety. Where other competitive multiplayer games like, say, Verdun have many different ways of playing that drastically affect your experience (Grenadier vs sniper, NCO vs melee specialist etc.), thisWhy is this game so overrated? Rocket Leage got boring REALLY fast for me. Maybe soccer games just aren't for me, but this game really has nothing to offer other than car soccer. There's no variety. Where other competitive multiplayer games like, say, Verdun have many different ways of playing that drastically affect your experience (Grenadier vs sniper, NCO vs melee specialist etc.), this game has the wide variety of options consisting entire of "hit the ball" or "use teamwork to hit the ball"After about 30 minutes, it got repetitive and I just had to put it down. That's the risk of focusing on one type of gameplay; it can get boring extremely quickly and you'll likely have nothing else to offer. That's why restaurants that specialize in pasta don't only serve pasta, for example. It's easy to turn off a customer who doesn't like their pasta. In short: A unique little concept, but it doesn't have any variety whatsoever and gets boring incredibly quickly. Oh, and before you say anything, why take the time to play a game I'm not enjoying just so I can get better and potentially enjoy it more? I could easily be spending that time on a better game having more fun. Rocket League is, simply put, repetitive. I don't WANT to "get good", because it isn't fun. I don't give a damn if it's more fun as a pro, but if I have to waste 50 hours getting to that level before I find your game enjoyable compared to using that time to play a BETTER GAME, you've failed as a developer.
    tl;dr: Repetitive, and beyond overrated. It simply isn't fun. Why a 4 if all I've spouted is negativity? Because it controls well, the devs aren't trying to swindle people, and it's taking the piss out of FIFA. BUT, that won't excuse the COMPLETE lack of replayability. Every match is the same. Punt the ball to the goal, or use teamwork to punt the ball to the goal. Nothing more, and it gets old FAST. But, in this day and age, people will FLOCK to a game that's simplistic and repetitive. See: Agar.io. You can say it's "simplistic" all you want, but that doesn't make it LESS DAMN REPETITIVE.

    double tl;dr: overrated and repetitive. I hear that Verdun is on sale. Go buy that if you want an example of a GOOD competitive multiplayer game.    … Expand
  2. damian103
    Jul 23, 2015
    4
    An okay game but the servers are always down and gets boring after a while.There is a big selction of upgrades though so if youre a completionist dont worry. P.S. You cant complete this game.
  3. basques35
    Aug 7, 2018
    4
    One of the worst community in gaming, toxic in almost every game, used to love this game but it has ruined it for me.. Don't buy unless you have a buddy or 2 to play with. Also, Psyonix has one of the worst support in the industry, if you write them an email because they will never answer you, they're busier making new crates to sell than fixing their game. It's a great game, don't get meOne of the worst community in gaming, toxic in almost every game, used to love this game but it has ruined it for me.. Don't buy unless you have a buddy or 2 to play with. Also, Psyonix has one of the worst support in the industry, if you write them an email because they will never answer you, they're busier making new crates to sell than fixing their game. It's a great game, don't get me wrong, but the community and devs have all but ruined it..… Expand
  4. The_Sifi_Turtle
    Dec 5, 2020
    4
    [] Perfect
    [ ] Awesome
    [ ] Good [x ] Good Bad [ ] Fail Wonder how under the weather they must've been to think "Hey dude, you know what be cool? A soccer game, but with cars" P.S I don't hate the unique idea, that part was more of a joke. The game itself is mediocre. Some of the cosmetics are cool. But the fun of this game only lasts for at most 2 weeks and then it feel    [] Perfect
    [ ] Awesome
    [ ] Good
    [x ] Good Bad
    [ ] Fail

    Wonder how under the weather they must've been to think "Hey dude, you know what be cool? A soccer game, but with cars"

    P.S I don't hate the unique idea, that part was more of a joke. The game itself is mediocre. Some of the cosmetics are cool. But the fun of this game only lasts for at most 2 weeks and then it feel repetitive and annoying. Sorry but it's a thumbs down from me. let's hope to get more innovative gameplay and then I can change my review.    … Expand
  5. urmomhehe
    Jan 15, 2023
    4
    The devs dont care about the game and the ranked gamemodes suck so much d its crazy. there are so many smurfs and people boosted into a certain rank that its not based on skill but mostly on luck if you get a good or bad opponent. you can get banned forever just for swearing once
  6. choppy
    Feb 18, 2016
    3
    It's fun to bounce the ball around in a random free-for-all, but try playing seriously, and you quickly run into a bunch of issues. The ball and the cars both obey a totally unrealistic physics, where they hang in the air for periods of time far longer than their weight would allow. The ball kicks like a soccer ball, but floats like a beach ball and slows down randomly, making it almostIt's fun to bounce the ball around in a random free-for-all, but try playing seriously, and you quickly run into a bunch of issues. The ball and the cars both obey a totally unrealistic physics, where they hang in the air for periods of time far longer than their weight would allow. The ball kicks like a soccer ball, but floats like a beach ball and slows down randomly, making it almost impossible for a human to predict where it will land (which is why the devs had to put the white target circles in). This, combined with false camera angles, makes it even harder.
    A bunch of other issues:
    - The devs have lied about car stats, claiming they're all the same, when controlled testing by players has shown they have very different hit boxes, turning radiuses, boost kicks and power slide times.
    - You can play a season in solo mode, but you're not allowed to create a private season with friends - only exhibition games. Why limit our choices to play the way we want?
    - Car AIs behave very differently, and you can't recruit the best AIs onto your team in season mode.
    - The devs have even admitted they use prediction algorithms to 'cheat' by moving the ball and repositioning players in online games to make up for lag and make sure the computers have an advantage. I.e., the computer knows where the ball is going to land, knows where you're going to be in the next few seconds, and can move either thing to make it "right" so the interaction plays out the way it wants it to. No wonder you can drive right at the ball and suddenly find yourself speeding by it.

    In all, the game is cute, but totally rigged against players to increase artificial "challenge". And that gets frustrating quickly.    … Expand
  7. Nessly1991
    Sep 28, 2020
    3
    It is nice that game went free to play but they need to learn how to make system that encourages people to play the game.What you have atm as free to play player is nothing relevant or good as reward if you want play game for longer time and progress in seasson.Rewards are meh,you cant even win currency that you need to be able to craft items in game.Game is fun but not realy motivating toIt is nice that game went free to play but they need to learn how to make system that encourages people to play the game.What you have atm as free to play player is nothing relevant or good as reward if you want play game for longer time and progress in seasson.Rewards are meh,you cant even win currency that you need to be able to craft items in game.Game is fun but not realy motivating to play in long run.… Expand
  8. notbrianblessed
    Apr 4, 2020
    3
    If you're playing with friends, this is a great game which rewards time put into it with improved skill. If you're playing with random people online, you will have to contend with A) Huge amounts of toxicity and B) Vast numbers of brain dead players who work against you even if they're on your team.

    Both points COULD be greatly improved if the developers were interested. They are not.
  9. LMaoTse-tung
    Jul 21, 2022
    3
    Gioco banale e scontato a lungo andare diventa estremamente noioso, il gameplay non è nulla di che e le skin per le auto sono a dir poco orribili
  10. average_
    Jul 11, 2023
    3
    It's bad.
    I've been playing this game since 2019, and oh boy, it has not aged well.
    Back when I bought it, I originally intended to play this game with some friends of mine. It was a blast, because Rocket League, at its core, is *really* fun. It all goes downhill the moment you go play competitively. If i had to give one piece of advice, TURN OFF CHAT. This Community is some of the most    It's bad.
    I've been playing this game since 2019, and oh boy, it has not aged well.
    Back when I bought it, I originally intended to play this game with some friends of mine. It was a blast, because Rocket League, at its core, is *really* fun.
    It all goes downhill the moment you go play competitively. If i had to give one piece of advice, TURN OFF CHAT. This Community is some of the most annoying to deal with. You can't save the ball?
    Prepare for 3 to 9 instances of "What a Save!" in the chat from the enemy team! You missed a shot? "Nice Shot!"
    And you must not say anything back, because if you say something slightly offensive, the other person who talked trash first WILL report you and get you game or chat banned.
    Now, this would all be tolerable if it didn't tie into my next point: The Developers, Psyonix.
    Psyonix, the team behind Rocket League, got bought by Epic Games in 2019.
    This brought:
    -A Fortnite-esque item store where every part of the previously established Market for Items was changed
    -A lot more strict chat rule enforcement (which would be good, but literally any trash talk will get you banned, and the type of ban is handed out randomly.)
    and many more, but the worst of them all:
    Epic Games Store exclusive. This meant that the game would be no longer on Steam, would become free-to-play (one actual positive), and would require downloading the horrible mess that is the Epic Games Launcher and Users were forced into using an Epic Games account.
    This wouldn't be so bad if the Epic Games Service as a whole wasn't a terrible experience.
    Your issue didn't get resolved the first time you opened a ticket with our quite frankly, terrible support staff? Too bad, now you wont be able to request help with the same issue again, because you will actually get ignored.
    Rant over.
    I'm giving this game a 3 because the game itself is good, but the people behind it and the community are terrible.    … Expand
  11. tjohobbit
    Jul 7, 2017
    2
    I dont understand the high scores. Desent gameplay but not all that fun and after every frigging goal a replay that you cant turn of but must klick a button to not see.

    Seems a lot of ppl think its replicate indoor soccer well not any of the 400+ games I played irl.
  12. RuyGTR
    Jan 2, 2016
    2
    Broken multiplayer, unable to login on Rocket League servers, 80% of the fun is gone, maybe when the devs get tired of filling their pockets with money, they will fix the game so everybody could play it online.
  13. AlKappaccino
    Jan 25, 2020
    2
    It's a fun game for a while. Sad that the indie devs turned into a sellout company that screws its customers over for a couple of epic dollars.
  14. ricodecho
    Jul 1, 2017
    2
    The gameplay itself is quite addictive, but unfortunately the player experience is completely ruined by its silly matchmaking system, which is the worst I've ever seen. It will let you play streaks of up to 10 unwinnable games against game champions, and then you will have a much too easy match against complete noobs who can barely touch the ball. Simply search "rocket league matchmaking"The gameplay itself is quite addictive, but unfortunately the player experience is completely ruined by its silly matchmaking system, which is the worst I've ever seen. It will let you play streaks of up to 10 unwinnable games against game champions, and then you will have a much too easy match against complete noobs who can barely touch the ball. Simply search "rocket league matchmaking" on google if you don't believe me. Don't be fooled by the nice reviews, all my friends (and I) have eventually stopped playing this very frustrating game for this reason, despite good first impressions. Stay away from this game...… Expand
  15. KarlF12
    Sep 8, 2021
    2
    An original game with decent gameplay, and would be fun if it wasn't full of cheaters. The game is ruined by people who can fly with unlimited boost and hit the ball midair from any angle and have it magically go straight into the goal every time. It's sad that these people have such poor quality character that they derive enjoyment from doing this.
  16. Hyped
    Jan 9, 2021
    2
    This game is ass, super lazy and boring. I would rather play the WWE games than this uninspired piece of **** Only fun if you really get good and play competitive, but no sane person would ever do that. I only got it because it was suddenly free, yet i still want a refund.
  17. Asandberg
    Feb 28, 2021
    2
    Most overrated game i've ever played, It's really boring, even with friends. The game is so repetitive, boring and toxic that it made me get bored after 2 hours. Unfortunately, i forgot to close the game when I was afk and when I came back, I had 1 hour too much over the refund limit.
  18. thehoang123
    Aug 30, 2022
    2
    Stop playing this game right after it got removed from Steam and switch to the Epig trash store.
  19. galacticgaming8
    May 25, 2023
    2
    This game was fun at first but then the idea of cars gets boring and im not a sports fan.
  20. Razrback16
    Sep 25, 2020
    1
    Was a good game up until Epic bought them out - now it's a MTX riddled mess with server problems, match making issues, and forces you to make an Epic account (Epic's store has many security issues related to identity theft in China - very well documented). Very sad to see what's happened to a once great game.
  21. Viicenrguezz
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    Worst cars game i've ever played since Cars 2, kachau, KEKW OMEGALUL KEKW OMEGALUL
  22. Daffit
    Dec 5, 2020
    1
    I this game ja actually no RNG. Really good, smooth playing. Mechanics, cars, everything is good
  23. EightLogik
    Jan 14, 2021
    1
    Since Epic Games owned this game everything changed and it sucks. Lobby sucks, matchmaking sucks.. just everything.
  24. Danci
    Apr 9, 2021
    1
    Game is not bad but comuniti is tocxi as heall Ruins expiriens plas Game is full of tryharders wich have no life
    And on top of theat theay are smurfing becaus theay cant win in thear renk and ruins oder peapls fund, game is just not fun with dose players
    I don t recomend player theat game becaus of dose resons mostli comuniti, tocxity And some    Game is not bad but comuniti is tocxi as heall Ruins expiriens plas Game is full of tryharders wich have no life
    And on top of theat theay are smurfing becaus theay cant win in thear renk and ruins oder peapls fund, game is just not fun with dose players
    I don t recomend player theat game becaus of dose resons mostli comuniti, tocxity And some times lagy servers    … Expand
  25. Fxtis
    Apr 27, 2022
    1
    The game is fun to play. Though as soon as you start to take it seriously the developers have done so little work. The inconsistency in connection,touches,ball touching the ground in the 1 second,connecting to wrong servers,difference in latency between players. Better find another game to spend your time because all these bugs are irritating and not acceptable for a competitive game.
  26. iYiaz
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    Since the F2P update, I need an Epic Games account to play this game that i've paid for.
    Used to be a great game, but Epic is always ruining everything they touch.
  27. Plissken23
    Sep 7, 2015
    0
    Game just got worse, boring, horrible matchmaking, lag issues, even they destroyed the main theme, i loved the game when they had the patch 1.3, the matches felt equal and fun, now the game takes 2 mins for matching you into a ranked match and later you get matched with people that even aren't your skill ranting, its sad that game that start being wonderful, they get destroyed by horribleGame just got worse, boring, horrible matchmaking, lag issues, even they destroyed the main theme, i loved the game when they had the patch 1.3, the matches felt equal and fun, now the game takes 2 mins for matching you into a ranked match and later you get matched with people that even aren't your skill ranting, its sad that game that start being wonderful, they get destroyed by horrible patches, sadly online games developers never listen to their customers, so 0!!!!!… Expand
  28. Lester695
    Jan 16, 2017
    0
    DO NOT BUY STAY AWAY DO NOT BUY STAY AWAY
    This is THE WORST competitive game EVER.
    1: Ball physics are the worst. The ball makes unpredictable weird bounces ALL THE TIME. 2: Bad map design: The arc is a punishing map. It punishes you for playing good by kicking the ball in your own goal if you hit any wall. 3: The players are the worst: Supersalty, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥s, ... 4:    DO NOT BUY STAY AWAY DO NOT BUY STAY AWAY
    This is THE WORST competitive game EVER.

    1: Ball physics are the worst. The ball makes unpredictable weird bounces ALL THE TIME.

    2: Bad map design: The arc is a punishing map. It punishes you for playing good by kicking the ball in your own goal if you hit any wall.

    3: The players are the worst: Supersalty, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥s, ...

    4: Micro-transactions: The game lets you buy very expensive keys to open boxes with ♥♥♥♥♥♥ items in it.    … Expand
  29. blackblaze123
    Jul 10, 2015
    0
    Servers are always down!! Single-player is boring .
  30. Giglecald
    Jun 22, 2017
    0
    I have more than 2000h invested in this game and I've been enjoying it a lot. However that 'heavy car' bug that was introduced around 2 or 3 months ago has been daunting me. Psyonix are too busy swimming in their pool of sweet, sweet, crate money to fix the game. Oh, and you can add horrible optimized servers and a disgusting community to the pack.
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Awards & Rankings

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#18 Best PC Game of 2015
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#15 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
45
#45 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. CD-Action
    Sep 18, 2015
    80
    Do you remember “Top Gear” episodes in which football matches were played using hatchbacks? The same idea is the cornerstone of Rocket League – one of those jewels that do not care for bells and whistles (though it does look great) and Kevin Spacey in the credits, instead focusing on squeezing every last drop of fun out of a simple concept. [09/2015, p.60]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Sep 15, 2015
    80
    Rocket League is very original and finessed multiplayer arcade game that revolves around football with cars. If you like the exciting explosive games, you can’t choose better. [Issue#255]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Sep 9, 2015
    100
    Fast, stupid and thoroughly enjoyable - Rocket League will eat your life five minutes at a time. [Sept 2015, p.55]
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