7.6 /10 1 Votes7.6
78% Metacritic Director(s) Piers Jackson Engine Decima | 6.5/10 IGN 8.5/10 Destructoid Artist(s) Tom Jones Initial release date 13 October 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Composer(s) Andrew BarnabasPaul Arnold Similar Sony Interactive Entertainment games, Shooter games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RIGS: Mechanized Combat League is a combat sports video game developed by Guerrilla Cambridge and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 console and its virtual reality head-mounted display PlayStation VR. The game was considered a commercial failure, resulting in Sony closing down Guerrilla Cambridge.
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Gameplay
Players take control of large mechs known as "Rigs" as they compete in a professional sports competition set 50 years in the future. The sports competition takes place in an open arena based in real-world locations such as Rio de Janeiro and Dubai.
The overall gameplay consists of a five-minute match divided into two halves. Six players are grouped in two three-man teams. The Rigs are equipped with a variety of weapons loadouts, which players can use to score a Takedown by destroying an opposing team's Rig. There are three playable match types in the game:
There are four Rig classes in the game, each with unique characteristics: Sentinel, Hunter, Mirage, and Tempest. There are a total of 24 Rigs available to players. Each individual Rig also comes with its own weapons loadout and ability, e.g. Nine Lives is a Mirage-class Rig with the Vampire ability which restores the Rig to full health upon taking down an opponent, and a weapons loadout consisting of a warhead missile launcher and a beam laser emitter.
The game features a single-player campaign and online multiplayer mode. The single-player campaign revolves around a three-division league, complete with single-elimination tournament matches occurring between regular season matches, and a number of AI pilots which the player can hire as teammates. The online multiplayer mode includes exhibition mode where the player can challenge another player in a one-on-one match assisted by AI pilots or set up custom matches to play with friends, and "Divisions" campaign mode where the player competes in online matches to move up through ten divisions.
The game also features sponsorship representing fictional companies. There are a number of sponsorship tasks that can be completed on single-player or online matches, and reward a customization item for first-time completion, in addition to cash or follower boost. These tasks range from taking down each opponent once without ejecting to scoring a specified number of takedowns in a single match using a particular Rig class.
Reception
78/100 Metacritic