It’s provided some of the most entertaining sessions I’ve had online in recent memory, and it has a lot of potential. But without a larger community things like user-generated maps –something I see as the backbone of the title - will be next to useless.ĭo I recommend Blockstorm? Yes, I do. The more we played, the more people got comfortable with each other and the more entertaining the matches became. In my time with the game, I often came across the same names day after day. The creator also extends to the players themselves, allowing them to create whatever voxel-based monstrosity they can imagine and use it as their avatar.īlockstorm is game all about the players and, sadly, that’s the one thing it’s lacking. Again, it’s never too hard for players to find games for the more popular (and infinitely more fun) Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch game types, but it’s still a very small, if dedicated, community. This provides endless amounts of content so long as the community keeps with it. Luckily there’s an in-depth map creator, allowing players to build and distribute their own maps to the community. The game also boasts a number of secondary weapons, such as a bazooka, C4, claymores, or grenades, just to add a bit more to the chaos.Īt the moment there are only a handful of maps on offer to players. Its admittedly small arsenal offers a good deal of variety between the different weapons, and all of the guns have a satisfying kick to them. While it doesn’t compare to the elites of the genre, the gunplay found here is actually rather satisfying. It also happens to be one of the more friendly communities I have come across in the shooter space, though people’s experiences will vary in that regard.Įven if the game doesn’t make a point to push its competitive aspects, Blockstorm still proves itself as a proper shooter. While small, the Blockstorm community is active, and it’s never too hard to find a game. This is not for the hardcore gamer looking for their next competitive fix, this is for the everygamer looking to have a good time. At least that’s how the community handles it at this point. For a competitive shooter, it isn’t trying to take itself seriously. The game is random – fantastically so.īlockstorm’s chaotic randomness is what sets it apart and gives the game a certain charm over many other shooters currently on the market. Those plans can then very easily be thwarted as the enemy players dig in from the top of the building to exact revenge for the frustrating delay. Sometimes, the blocks are just used to spell out epithets directed at the opposing team.
This often results in players barring themselves in houses, using the blocks as makeshift barriers from the enemies and placing themselves in the best possible position for the inevitable assault.
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Every player is handed one-hundred blocks of their corresponding team’s color, and given full freedom to build with them what they wish. This is where the real fun of the game is to be found. Nor do they actually allow for you to add to the environment, creating structures and barriers in the middle of combat. It’s a feature that’s been popping up frequently these last few years, but not many games take it to this extent.
Destructible geometry is nothing new to the shooter space.
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