While maintaining a charming simplicity, Rocket League is one of the most re-playable games I own, having steadily played it over the past few years. It's appealing to all ages and skill groups, and can entertain you for as little as 5 minutes, to well over hours on end.

Rocket League quickly became my go-to game when nothing else sounded fun. Most people I introduce to this game think I'm crazy for enjoying a "soccer game where you play as cars with rocket boost," but everyone who has given it a chance has usually thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a concept that isn't exactly new, but has definitely been perfected by Psyonix.

I don't review many games, but when one has carved so much time out of my life, I feel it necessary.

Onto the bad stuff:

Honestly, there's not much to say here. The matchmaking system is far from perfect. You often get matched with the same exact team you just played against, defeating the purpose of rotating competition, but it doesn't happen but maybe 20% of the time. It's easily avoided by simply leaving after each match and restarting your search.

The servers are also a bit unreliable. They are quite quick at getting you into a game, but regardless of your upload/download and ping, you may experience some serious rubber-banding that comes from seemingly nowhere. That being said, the servers aren't much better or worse than most other dedicated-server games.

Overall: 9/10

Rocket League is a fantastic, well-polished game with huge replay value, which is the BIGGEST trait for a game to have, at least for me. No matter how into gaming you are, Rocket League is a safe choice for a lot of fun. Highly recommended.

While maintaining a charming simplicity, Rocket League is one of the most re-playable games I own, having steadily played it over the past few years. It's appealing to all ages and skill groups, and can entertain you for as little as 5 minutes, to well over hours on end. Rocket League quickly became my go-to game when nothing else sounded fun. Most people I introduce to this game think I'm crazy for enjoying a "soccer game where you play as cars with rocket boost," but everyone who has given it a chance has usually thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a concept that isn't exactly new, but has definitely been perfected by Psyonix. I don't review many games, but when one has carved so much time out of my life, I feel it necessary. Onto the bad stuff: Honestly, there's not much to say here. The matchmaking system is far from perfect. You often get matched with the same exact team you just played against, defeating the purpose of rotating competition, but it doesn't happen but maybe 20% of the time. It's easily avoided by simply leaving after each match and restarting your search. The servers are also a bit unreliable. They are quite quick at getting you into a game, but regardless of your upload/download and ping, you may experience some serious rubber-banding that comes from seemingly nowhere. That being said, the servers aren't much better or worse than most other dedicated-server games. Overall: 9/10 Rocket League is a fantastic, well-polished game with huge replay value, which is the BIGGEST trait for a game to have, at least for me. No matter how into gaming you are, Rocket League is a safe choice for a lot of fun. Highly recommended.