I’m just scratching the surface of that after a few dozen games, never going too long without using a trick shot or an Ultimate Throw to gain an advantage in a close game. Some of the more advanced techniques, like passes that charge the ball to max speed faster or dashes that double as powerful tackles that deflect throws and disarm opponents, provide great depth that high-skill players are already starting to make use of. And of course, should you miss with a big Ultimate Throw, you are super exposed to counter attack.
You can be caught like any other ball and thrown back against your team, or worse, thrown off the stage for an instant knockout. These UItimate Throws cause a devastating explosion on impact, knocking out anyone caught in the blast instantly. When you “ball up” you can be tossed to eliminate opponents like normal, or supercharged to become a sort of living, guided mortar shell. If you’re patient and persistent, you can get every cosmetic Knockout City has to offer without paying more than the sticker price.Īmong the strangest and most effective moves is ignoring balls completely, and instead turning yourself into one for your teammates to throw. But they're the largely inoffensive kind: everything that can be bought with the in-game currency, holobux, can also be earned by raising your “street level.” You gain experience points by simply playing matches, but you’ll gain them in far greater quantities by completing contracts, which have you doing things like taunting the enemy right before you eliminate them. Knockout City is only sort of free-to-play – if you want to play past street level 25, you’ll have to drop $20 – so it may be disconcerting to see that it also has microtransactions. Instead, every interaction is a matter of having better reflexes and more devious tactics in focused, tennis-like volley exchanges.
Winning a duel is much more about that choice than it is about precision – since all aim is auto-targeted, having great on-the-run aim like in a traditional third-person shooter is a non-factor. The basic throw can be charged to a faster variation, you can throw a slow lob that can change the opponent’s timing just enough to throw them off, or you can throw wide curve balls to reach around obstacles and exploit enemy blind spots. When a ball is in your hand, you're almost like a baseball pitcher in that there’s a shot selection aspect to every throw you make as you attempt to break your opponent’s defense, which is a simple yet powerful catch.
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