The developers of Destruction AllStars have announced an update that will address, among other things, the matchmaking of the PS5 game. Empty matches are set to be filled with bot players soon.
This is Destruction AllStars: Destruction AllStars was originally supposed to be a launch title for PlayStation 5, but its release was postponed to February 2021. It then released directly as one of the PS Plus free games, exclusively for PS5.
In Destruction AllStars, wild multiplayer car battles take center stage. You will be thrown into an arena as a driver, where you need to quickly grab one of the waiting cars. Depending on the mode, the goal is usually to wreck your opponents. You can rely on the momentum of your vehicle, as well as various special abilities and cars of your drivers.
If your car is reduced to a pathetic pile of metal, you can continue to move through the arena on foot using cool parkour moves until you find a new vehicle. Overall, the game is quite fast-paced and filled with wild actions that players can use against each other.
However, it seems that the matches in Destruction AllStars are not always as full as one would hope.
Bots are set to fill empty matches
What’s happening right now: In an update on reddit, the developers from Lucid Dreams reached out to their players and presented several points that are set to be implemented in Destruction AllStars soon (via reddit.com). One of these features involves online bots.
“With a community the size of Destruction AllStars, spread all over the world, we have peak times as well as times of low player activity for online matchmaking,” the developers explain. These peak times are said to be in the evenings during the week (between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m.) and on weekends between 4:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m.
However, it seems that these fluctuations already three months after release lead to times when there aren’t enough players to guarantee full matches – which is why they want to rely on bots: “We want to ensure that matches are filled with as many real players as possible. But if X players are missing in the queue for a match, the remaining spots will be taken by AI bots.”
The exception is the Blitz mode, which is a competitive mode. There, bots should never be included in matches.
What else is planned? In addition to the bots, there are further features in mind to enhance the gaming experience. Among other things, there will be global parties for better play with friends. Moreover, the playlists will be adjusted to make it easier to access the mode you want to play. Furthermore, balancing will be worked on, along with some driver abilities and certain gameplay mechanics like slams.
How can you play Destruction AllStars? The game is a PS5 exclusive – which means you definitely need a PS5 to enter the car arena. However, even that is not so easy to accomplish (help in finding a PS5 is provided by the MeinMMO PS5 live ticker).
There is currently no version of the game for PS4 either. Moreover, Destruction AllStars is no longer included in PS Plus, but currently costs 19.99 Euro in the PS Store.
By the way, the monthly games for PS Plus in June are already known. You can find the PS Plus games for PS4 and PS5 in June here.
