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    Feedback Based On Beta

    Below is my feedback whilst playing Roller Champions, i have adding categories to these for ease of use. After this is my suggestions and my final thoughts.

    Creation
    1 Character Creation - There doesn't seem to be a proper demarcation between creating a male or female character, which would be super useful, rather than just straying along the line to find that your character has now changed gender.
    2 Character Creation - The creation suite is very very limited without any options to fine tune any particular facial features or hair etc, this is immediately disengaging to me, if you look at say the WWE you can really minutely edit your player
    3 Character Creation - The character models are not great, the biggest sin of all seems to be the knees which are horribly round and knobbly
    4 Gear Stats - There doesnt seem to be any stats and all gear seems to be entirely cosmetic, what is the point of adding more and more gear if none of it adds benefit to the player.

    Music
    1 The music for this game is an absolute abortion, all very similar, and just doesnt play in some areas like the practice arena.

    Gameplay
    1 Practice Arena - During playing in the training arena, the ball melded with one of the jumps for a few seconds
    2 Marking - Sometimes not entirely clear which player is which in the frenzied colour palette of the arena
    3 CRASH - Shocking at this stage in the development that when i tried to go to the 'Skatepark' the game just utterly crashed(Quite to play station report an error page), which i reported, tried again to see if it was a one off, it was not.
    4 Attacks - tackling another player has no real impact and does not feel satisfying at all, no sense of impact
    5 Attacks - there seems only to be one attack and there is no real depth, this could be varied to make more satisfying.
    6 Attacks - The attacks themselves whilst taking the opponent down for a few seconds, seems to have no real lasting effect.
    7 Longevity - Game just has a general lack of variety and really does not encourage much extended play.
    8 Location - sometimes very hard to see where the ball is, again lost against the colour palette
    9 Win Animation - When a point is scored, iit is not possible to stop the win animation and it becomes boring really quickly.
    10 Use Of Language - The commentator at one point says "What a Beaner" i dont think this is really acceptable is it
    11 Commentator - Boring, irritating and monotonous.
    12 LOOT BOXES!!!!! - After all of the talk around games and their use of 'loot boxes' these should not be a thing, especially in this sort of game that seems to be aimed at young players
    13 Matching Times - During the time i played the blurb said average match time would be 15secs, this was failed on more occasions than it was successful, was this not tested in the real world, or is this just not being updated.


    Suggestions
    1 Maybe a upload a face from photo would be good.
    2 Many more body options shapes, sizes to modify, maybe an option for in depth styling, or simplistic.
    3 Add jukebox system with varied music, so players can turn off what they dont like, which currently is all of the tracks in the play list.
    4 A damage system when attacking players that could lead to a player being removed if they become too injured.
    5 Actual damage to the players attacked with effect for the game.
    6 Needs a decent story
    7 Needs to tone down the colour palette, to stop people vomiting

    Summary

    The game was not really challenging form the get go, the design of character and the way the mechanics are set, make it play very much like something that you could find to be played on a mobile phone and not the kind of title that should be being put out for PS4.
    The action in the game was very limited and seemed to just be incredibly repetitive, I know more tracks will be added and different shapes, well i hope. But there is nothing that would hold anyone's attention for more than an hour. There are no option seemingly for gear to be leveled up, the need to always have online teammates feels to lack any real depth also.
    If this game did appear on the PSN, i would expect it to be free or for sale for no more than £5.
    Finally, i cannot stress how much 'loot boxes' are foul things which ruin games and give people a false impression of what games are for, they have no place in todays world.

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  2. #2
    Oh forgot about this point until reading along further.

    This game in essence seems to be calling back to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollerball_(1975_film), that film was good because of the story and brutal violence, this game has neither. If you added something like this in you could really have something for people to latch onto. Maybe add in cybernetic elements so people can get an advantage in some things and make more elaborate tackles to make a spectacle.
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  3. #3
    I understand your ideas, but the attacking thing is just dumb. No fornt, but tackling another player does have a very lasting effect! In fact that often is the difference between your team making the whole round and scoring or getting denied at the end or tackled while going. It can decide on wether a pass will hit or your team can snatch the ball when they try to pass. And then do you really believe getting tackled should have a lasting effect??? I dont think so, would be kinda bs if you are hurt and move slower or something. Youre already stunned for a crucial amount of time. Also there is like 4 different types of tackling...
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  4. #4
    Also the game was created to be free, atleast for PC, and do you really want to level anything up? Like in Clash Royale or Fifa where there is a nice pay 2 win gap because Cards or palyers or here gear isnt same and chances arent even? Then better stay with cosmetic lootboxes although the only thing i can really agree on with you is that lootboxes are bs
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  5. #5
    I want a game with sensible improvements to players based on attributes and stats, the whole pay to win thing needs to die
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  6. #6
    Four different ways wow, such variety. No there should be something that feels more impactful, the ones in there right now are lousy. There should be some kind of injury status and attacking and missing should also count. Just makes it feel more alive, currently it feels detached
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  7. #7
    Sounds like the game is not for you unfortunately.
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