You fly away, your opponent earns a score, and you're pulled back into the action. But there's no respawning or anything like a character dying. You can either survive waiting for the slow regeneration to take effect or, if you get hit again, find yourself "megablasted" out of the invisible arena bubble. Instead, if your hero's health gets dangerously low, you enter a kind of last stand mode. In Rocket Arena, there is no blood, no swearing, no mention of kills or even more modern replacements, "eliminations". It's oddly nostalgic for a new IP, but that seems to be the composer's intention as it further solidifies the game's all-ages approach to hero shooter. The music has a sort of 1990s flair, like something you hear in a Sega Saturn game. Even though Amphora's characterization isn't obvious at first glance, once you start throwing water mines and grabbing enemies with her Hydro Form, it's clear that she's meant to be an analogue of 'Aphrodite. The overall audio-visual experience remains a charming aspect of the game round after round, and once you start using them, the characters stand out much better. Yet others, like Sea Queen Amphora, Magic Mysteen, or Ice Princess Kayi, don't really have a signature look about them. Some of them, like Adventurer Boone or Pirate Blastbeard, immediately give off their essence when you first see them. Vocal lines and cosmetics do a lot of the leg work in this genre, and in that respect Rocket Arena falls short compared to the others.
Sure, only one is a small child and another is an old man, and the list is split halfway between male and female, but visually these characters often don't have any characteristic looks that tell their stories. While no heroes look much alike, they all fit a basic “human with Rachet and Clank-type weapons” template. Their unique abilities are ultimately what sets the roster of heroes apart from each other. Sometimes it can be quite difficult to hit your shots as everyone is flailing, jumping off walls, sliding around the map and hitting jump and boost ramps to more flair, but aided by each character's other abilities, combat is able to be mastered after a few hours with each character. As most rounds are under seven minutes, it's an incredibly important part of a jump and float match, but that's exactly how Rocket Arena wants to be played, and it's best for that.Īccuracy is then a high maintenance aspect of the game. Every hero can triple jump, and the addition of staying afloat with rocket jumping means you can pass a minute or more without touching the ground if you're really skilled. They can often feel pretty crowded horizontally, but Rocket Arena isn't designed just for the X axis. Maps are designed to accommodate small teams. Coupled with the animated cartoon style – admittedly a popular trend right now – and it's not long before the new IP stands out from a growing field of contenders in the genre. In terms of sights and sounds, it perfectly captures the family-friendly approach it advocates. This Oprah-esque approach to equipping each contestant with rockets reveals the game's Looney Tunes-esque commitment to explosions, which quickly gives Rocket Arena its own unique aesthetic. These ubiquitous rockets therefore look more like different classes of more conventional weapons, just with a more explosive effect when they hit. Plink fires her burst style for minor damage per turn, but with high DPS for the most accurate rockets, and Amphora charges her rocket shots to hit her opponents like a crashing wave. Each of the game's 10 colorful launch characters uses these rockets in different ways. It may seem revolutionary from the start, but this distinction is ultimately more of a cosmetic choice.
Rocket Arena Review: A Hero For Every AgeĮvery player in every part of this 3v3 third-person shooter is equipped with rockets. Ultimately, this distance only benefits Rocket Arena, which manages to stand on its own as families of effervescent and explosive hero shooters can comfortably play together. The final slice of this kind of pie is Rocket Arena, an EA Original with an equally colorful art style, but nothing else in common with Blizzard's behemoth. The hero shooter continues to evolve in interesting ways, branching off in unpredictable directions as each new contender tries to carve out their own niche. It's been a good year for the descendants of Overwatch.
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