What is this?! Details about an upcoming PlayStation 5 game?! Wow! Yes, Sony has finally decided to tell us what Destruction AllStars is. However, it's through the PlayStation Blog rather than with a simple gameplay trailer. That is said to be coming in the near future so, for now, we'll have to make do with the power of text. The latest title from Lucid Games will arrive alongside the PS5 at launch, and community manager George Rule describes it as "a global sports entertainment event where stars & cars collide".
You'll be able to compete in matches either on your own or with teammates in a variety of vehicles that all prioritise different aspects. "While behind the wheel, you’ll want to react to the match as it unfolds around you. Driving into opponents’ vehicles will do plenty of damage, but a well timed slam will annihilate them. Master using slam attacks to wreck, dodge and boost your way through the competition."
Once your car is wrecked, the match will continue as you play on foot — gaining access to new skills and abilities. You can even nick your opponent's vehicle, and those abilities are detailed over on the PlayStation Blog. Destruction AllStars will be supported after launch with free content drops and more modes, which quickly gives way to the topic of microtransactions. The game's Digital Deluxe Edition comes with 10,000 AllStar Coins, which does mean it'll have some sort of economy. It's not much of a stretch to suggest you'll also be able to purchase them with real money. And don't forget that this is already a $70 game.
Does Destruction AllStars sound like it's up your alley? Crash into the comments below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
Comments 38
So it’s Rocket League x WWE Crush Hour except not free to play and riddled with MTX. Alrighty then.
Sounds like something that could be an enjoyable PS+ freebie at some point down the road.
An online multiplayer title with mtx which looks like it's trying to be Fortnite, for seventy quid?
Good god I hope this fails so, so, hard.
This is sounds like a terrible week at $70. Heck, it sounds like it should be a PS Plus game at launch. I doubt it’ll find any footing otherwise. This is the first we know what it is and no one is excited. It’s gonna be so dead as an MP game.
Wow. Screw this. $70 for a live service that hawks microtransactions. This should have been free-to-play. I hate to sound like an *****, but I hope it fails. Sony's really farting away this team's hard work.
Trying to jump on the Rocketleague bandwagon but charging a lot more. I don’t really mind the “economy” if all items are merely cosmetic, although it is hugely manipulative to those who don’t know the value of money (such as children).
That went down well, then! Another score for the PlayStation marketing team: effectively confirming microtransactions for a $70 game before showing any meaningful gameplay footage.
Not to add to the negativity but why have Allstars in the title when it's seemingly just generic players/cars? It's like they're trying to evoke Playstation Allstars but without, like, actual notable characters.
Maybe it's just me.
But I thought Microtransactions only existed because games weren't priced high enough.... Lol.
Shows up the price hike for what it is, utter greed. Either have Microtransactions or higher retail prices, having both is pure greed and not great from Sony. Honestly, I could do a better job than they are at this point.
Also "We take what we can get" should just be the new playstation fan mantra.
@zupertramp We're just thrilled to be able to write about something.
Looks like it could be fun. Will wait til its a bit cheaper though.
This sounds awful. Don't get me wrong, that game would be straight up my alley, but full price and MTX for a rocket league battler is ludicrous.
@get2sammyb No doubt, I hear you. It's just with every new let down (from Sony) in the back of my mind I imagine us all collectively chanting "Thank you sir, may I have another."
This clearly has PS Plus written all over it and should have been part of the IGC on day one.
It boggles the mind that anyone would spend money on it - the first trailer shows everything you need to know. It will get repetitive very quickly and at 70 pounds its dead on arrival.
Games like this really start to demonstrate the true value of gamepass and is yet another misstep from Sony that they can ill aford at the moment
Who in their right mind would drop £70 on this? It looks like it should be free on ps+
$70 WITH MICROTRANSACTIONS!? At least with Miles Morales Ultimate Edition, it includes 2 games with no microtransactions and is optional as there's also the option to get one game for $50.
My interest in this game has gone away quicker that the coronavirus spread.
They haven’t even released the system, yet they’re already showing their greed about the price hike of games combined with Micro-transactions lol
70 for THIS!? This look like it should be a f2p game who would actually want to buy this especially at that price i'd gladly pay 70 for games like Demon's Souls, Spidey, God Of War, Horizon etc but this? You're off your nut O__o
Wow...who else thinks the $70 games won't stay at $70 for long? Guess I won't be getting either system at launch since my kids will come first, but hopefully down the road when the games go down in price.
Other than that, why are we having to pay a high price for an 'online only' game that also gets you to purchase more (and you know it won't be small fee transactions)? Hope this isn't going to be the way forward with the next consoles.
This shouldn’t be a $70 games 😕
I have a small hope that this might be fun. Anyone remember Destruction Derby on PS1? That was so much fun, as was Twisted metal. Here's hoping.
$70 multiplayer game with microtransactions and on a brand new console with a small player base and all without even showing us what its all about. I think unless Sony have something special up their sleeves then they have got this badly wrong and this could die off pretty quickly.
Surely this should have been a PS plus game and use microtransactions to make up the difference
A shame about the whole economic side of this game. I bet as a free to play or on a 20 to 40€ price it would have done well and recover with the microtransactions...
For 30€ as a multiplayer launch title it would have a better opportunity to suceed
Honestly I think this could be a really fun multiplayer game, but I've yet to see anything that justifies the price tag. Not really sure what to think of it at this point, but I do know that £70 is looking very steep right now.
DOA
Rocket Arena Part 2
@Quintumply I don't think you'll have anyone to play with, launching the same day as Cyberpunk, Spider-Man, Demon Souls etc. I'm not even sure you can sell an online multiplayer game these days with so many free to play, Fall Guys got away with it by being cheap and getting exposure through plus
70 euros and then be filled with MT? No thanks....there are a ton of good games to buy for PS5, so this will go to the end of the list
This looks like a 25 quid game. Unfortunately, even if its really good, and it should be with the pedigree it has behind it, it'll flop because it's vastly overpriced.
GOTY right here y'all.
@Ryno Devs were like - "1 2 Switch for $60? Hold my beer."
I think there is a rule that every console launch has to have a sacrificial game who's only job it is is to make all the other games look good. This is obviously that game.
Whoever decided a new console with a severely limited install base needed an online multiplayer game should be fired.
Anybody remember when Driveclub was going to be a PS4 launch game free for PS+ and then it released a year later? Maybe this game should wait it out a year.
To be honest, the article doesn't actually say paid MT, but that you can earn currency by playing online, however It will be disappointing if it does have paid MT too. I don't think this game should be anymore than £50 or like others have said it would have been a good playstation plus game
Say it once, i'm going to say it a 1000 times, Sony going the wrong way under Jim Ryan. $70 game with mtx out the gate. I expect that from trash Publishers like Activision. Not only are they doing this, but they're sending a game they took the time to fund/make(and it's a launch game too so that makes it even worse) out to die by not promoting it(or doing as little as possible to). Instead we are finding out this stuff from a blog AGAIN. All this stuff reeks of Jim Ryan's influence.
@-Sigma- The Last of Us Remastered and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End both released at full price with microtransactions. Was that the fault of Jim Ryan too, despite him not being in the position he is now?
A lot of hate from a bunch of kids whom I'm sure don't know anything about how great destruction derby and twisted metal were back in the day.. I think this is going to be a blast
@Quintumply I've yet to see anything that justifies a purchase
In terms of style, the game struck me as one of these with micro transactions, but knowing it's price and a game featured and backed by Sony, I really would have thought they would know better.
I've officially lost all interest in this game, will be removing from both wishlist and my mind.
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