Rocket League
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
The cosmetic item store rotates its stock and a seasonal Rocket Pass expires, creating limited-time availability.
Opposing cars can be 'demolished' by high-speed contact, bursting in a brief cartoon explosion with no blood, wounds, or characters harmed.
Real money buys cosmetic-only items such as car bodies, wheels, and decals through an in-game store; none change how a car plays.
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What it is
Rocket League is an online multiplayer game of soccer played with rocket-powered cars. Teams of up to four drive, jump and boost around an enclosed arena trying to knock an oversized ball into the opposing goal, with alternate modes based on hockey, basketball and power-up rules. The only 'combat' is bumping into rival cars, and hitting one at high speed with boost 'demolishes' it into a quick spray of sparks before it respawns seconds later — no people, injury or blood appear. Matches connect players across platforms with quick-chat presets and free text chat, and the game is free-to-play, selling cosmetic car parts for real money and offering a seasonal pass and a rotating item shop.
How it's framed
The game frames its content purely as fast, competitive arcade sport; car-on-car collisions are stylised spectacle with no consequence beyond a respawn, and there is no narrative, gore or mature subject matter. Its commercial framing centres on customising your car through timed passes and a rotating shop of cosmetic items.
Details
- Developer
- Psyonix LLC
- Publisher
- Psyonix LLC
- Released
- Jul 6, 2015
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