It's very rare these days to see an indie developer get the resources, platform and timing they need to make their game a success. We've seen some zeitgeist around titles like

The concept is easy to grasp: You have to use futuristic cars to knock a ball into a goal. You can jump into the air to hit the ball with your car, you can use a finite amount of boost to speed up, and there's a handbrake to allow for tighter turns. That's it.

A hallmark of excellence. It may have some flaws, but they are negligible to what is otherwise a supreme title.

A superb multiplayer game that takes a very simple premise and crafts from it one of the best competitive arcade games in years.

The controls and moveset are near perfect for what the game's trying to do, and the range of options and modes impressively complete; Full support for splitscreen multiplayer and bots

The physics can seem a little too floaty at times; and it's sometimes difficult to keep track of the ball in a particularly frantic match

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Back in 2008, I reviewed this quirky little game called Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars . It was a really creative version of soccer where the players were actually little race cars; they'd race around and smack into the ball, with

One of this month's free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers is Rocket League, an exciting new combination of soccer and RC cars that's easy to learn but difficult to master. Rocket League feels like an old Tyco commercial meeting modern day gaming, and quite frankly it's awesome.

Rocket League is one of the coolest video games to release this year. It is soccer done with vehicles. Families can drive, jump, hit the turbo button and more while playing Rocket League. The objective is to get more goals than the other team.

Rocket League is a solid game that deserves significant praise. Its fast-paced nature and high-octane action makes for an addicting experience that is hard to walk away from. Psyonix built off of their previous success to deliver a more sturdy outing, and one can only assume that whatever is...

- Addictive gameplay; - Impressive visuals; - Replay value

- Audio could be better; - Lack of distinctive attributes with cars; - Could have utilized gameplay mechanics in other interesting ways

Rocket League is an odd mash-up. In the simplest terms, Rocket League is just soccer played with cars; players drive their customizable vehicles around a playing field in an attempt to knock a giant ball into one of two nets, while offense and defense both play a major role as players try to...

Frantic and tense multiplayer; Excellent physics; Constantly rewarding

Lack of variety; Frustrating AI