Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Rumbleverse finds the right mix of nonsense and excitement
I could lose myself in the details of this game forever, but I’ll try to sum it up: Rumbleverse surprised me and has kept me hooked on the controller for days now.
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Rumbleverse finds the right mix of nonsense and excitement
I could lose myself in the details of this game forever, but I’ll try to sum it up: Rumbleverse surprised me and has kept me hooked on the controller for days now.
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Rumbleverse finds the right mix of nonsense and excitement
I could lose myself in the details of this game forever, but I’ll try to sum it up: Rumbleverse surprised me and has kept me hooked on the controller for days now.
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Rumbleverse finds the right mix of nonsense and excitement
I could lose myself in the details of this game forever, but I’ll try to sum it up: Rumbleverse surprised me and has kept me hooked on the controller for days now.
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Rumbleverse finds the right mix of nonsense and excitement
I could lose myself in the details of this game forever, but I’ll try to sum it up: Rumbleverse surprised me and has kept me hooked on the controller for days now.
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Rumbleverse finds the right mix of nonsense and excitement
I could lose myself in the details of this game forever, but I’ll try to sum it up: Rumbleverse surprised me and has kept me hooked on the controller for days now.
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Rumbleverse finds the right mix of nonsense and excitement
I could lose myself in the details of this game forever, but I’ll try to sum it up: Rumbleverse surprised me and has kept me hooked on the controller for days now.
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Genre: Battle Royale | Developer: Iron Galaxy Studios | Platform: PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S with Crossplay | Release: 08/11/2022
Rumbleverse looks like a cartoon, features muscle-bound wrestlers as main characters, and the moves are completely over the top. Yes, the approach is pretty silly. But if you have a thing for crazy games, you should definitely check out the new Battle Royale, finds MeinMMO author Max Handwerk.
On the street below me, all hell is breaking loose. A pumped-up muscle man is smashed against a wall, while a lady sprinting in a zigzag picks up a street sign and slams it into a skinny guy’s face.
The guy just activates a spherical shield in the nick of time to intercept the swinging traffic sign. But he is powerless against the brutal “Chokeslam” that his opponent sets up next.
She grabs the poor guy by the neck, yanks him up with a powerful leap, and hurls him at breakneck speed towards a car roof. From there, both bounce back up into the air, only to crash down on the street. The impact is so hard that a small crater forms. This is my moment.
On the ledge of my rooftop, I take aim – and jump! My wrestler catapults himself up, spins in the air diagonally, jabs his elbow and dives down like a hawk in a vertical dive.
One floor. Two floors. Eight floors.
If you can lurk from above in Rumbleverse, you have the advantage
With the weight of a crashing comet, my wrestler’s elbow drop crushes the poor guy, who was already hammering into the ground without being prepared. The shockwave also drags the lady who set him up for me along with it. The guy is history – but she is still a threat.
I turn to her to set up the next devastating move. But suddenly, someone grabs my wrestler from behind, spins him around and hurls him like an Olympic hammer thrower into the eternal hunting grounds. Or, more precisely: into the water. But it comes to the same thing because anyone who lands in the sea is eliminated.
Thus ends one of many chaotic rounds I have spent in “Rumbleverse” in recent days. And even if I rarely emerge victorious from it all: I have an insane amount of fun with this game.
Here you can watch the gameplay trailer:
Suplex from the Roof Directly into Hell: Rumbleverse is Silly, but Not Stupid
What kind of game is this? Rumbleverse was released on August 11, 2022, as a free-to-play game for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X | S. It is a Battle Royale – but not an ordinary one.
Yes, there is an island with a big city, a circle that keeps getting smaller, and you want to be the last one standing out of 40 players. You can also collect loot, and the apparently now obligatory battle pass is available too. But this is where the similarities to established titles largely end.
Developer Iron Game Studios, together with publisher Epic, takes a different approach than the big players like Fortnite, Call of Duty, or Apex Legends.
You are not soldiers who have to pick up firearms. No, you are goddamn wrestlers who want to wipe the floor with your enemies! And they are obviously insane, as they do not shy away from crazy heights or completely exaggerated attacks from their opponents.
The whole city is your ring
But let’s go in order. Your primary weapon is your body: You can unleash combinations of light attacks on your enemies or try to break through their defenses with a heavy attack. You also have objects from the environment at your disposal that you can slam in your opponent’s face. Examples include:
Street signs and garbage cans (Logical, since you fight on streets, they are just lying around)
Wooden planks (Yes, such things can always be found in cities)
Steel chairs (Well, it’s a wrestling game. What would a wrestling game be without repurposed steel chairs?)
In addition, there are numerous special moves of different rarities. You find them in the form of books that are found in loot boxes. So they are the equivalent of the main weapons of other genre representatives.
Your wrestlers can learn up to two special moves at the same time, which you can swap out when you find better ones. These moves are simply wonderfully over-the-top: every chokeslam, every “spear tackle,” every “diamond crusher” comes with colorful effects and hard impact animations.
The wrestler just learned the “chokeslam”. Apparently through math.
There’s also the absurd exaggeration: You don’t just grab your opponents and throw them onto their backs. No, you jump eight meters into the air, spin around twice, and then kick them with a heavy kick towards infinity (or into the nearest wall).
With its cartoonish look, it feels like a playable Saturday morning cartoon from childhood. But, and this is important: Even though everything looks silly on the surface, the game is not stupid. It requires a lot of skill to survive.
A Surprisingly Complex Combat System for a Battle Royale with Wrestlers
This is how matches run in Rumbleverse: When I first started the game, I expected a few fun power moves, blunt fights, and a quick fun time that I would quickly delete from the PlayStation.
But I quickly realized: If you just run around mindlessly and hit, you’ll eat a lot of dust and get kicked out quickly. The game demands a lot more skill than I thought.
On one hand, you have four slots for items that you can carry around. These can be weapons, but also chicken pieces for regenerating health points or stamina potions. In addition, there are three different “powders” that you can collect. They improve
Stamina
Health Points
Attack Power.
You should also collect these throughout a match, because in the end, you need such advantages against your enemies.
There are various consumable items
The combat itself demands not just muscle but also a bit of brains.
A few examples:
Every action costs stamina. This applies to attacks, sprints, jumps, special moves, everything. If you run out, nothing works anymore. You have to weigh carefully.
There is a shield. This blocks strikes and jump attacks but not grabs.
You can only evade grabs. But if you time it wrong, you are left exposed for a moment.
If you attack empty space while your opponent dodges, it’s your turn.
If you slam opponents to the ground, they can’t be hit for a moment – except with an elbow drop from above. That works almost all the time.
If you smash an opponent against the wall, you can unleash more attacks – but timing is crucial here too.
You can climb any wall in the game – you look like the Incredible Hulk, your hands just grab into the wall. You just need stamina for it.
Furthermore: The higher, the better. A devastating “suplex” from a building to the street deals more damage than a suplex that’s executed when standing at the same height.
Conversely: Just be careful not to get thrown off roofs.
Then there’s a “Superstar” meter. You fill it by collecting stars and engaging in fights. When it’s full, you activate superstar mode and are instantly faster, stronger, and regenerate health points. On the flip side, it seems like there’s also a spotlight directed at you all the time – anyone can see you very well, making surprise attacks harder.
You can climb any wallThe super attack is absolutely devastatingIn the finale, things get chaotic quicklyYou can customize your wrestler, but many cosmetics are only available for money
Additionally, you gain access to a super attack that not only looks powerful but also deals massive damage. There may be times when you can take out your opponent’s entire health bar with a heavy throw from a great height. But, as I said: the spotlight. And when a glowing wrestler comes charging at you, you generally know: Now you should take to your heels.
Fortunately, you can learn quite well on a tutorial island. I would actually recommend that. I started the game without explanation, and it didn’t end well.
Oh, and you also have to pay attention to the circle. If you are outside of the ever-shrinking combat area for too long, you will get counted out and will be eliminated as well. This creates a wonderful chaos in the “finale,” when enough players have survived for long enough in a small area.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
Max Handwerk
Author at MeinMMO
Rumbleverse finds the right mix of nonsense and excitement
I could lose myself in the details of this game forever, but I’ll try to sum it up: Rumbleverse surprised me and has kept me hooked on the controller for days now.
Especially at the beginning, I lost very often and very quickly – because I underestimated how much you really need to think when playing. But once you get a feel for the mechanics, every fight becomes an exciting exchange of blows.
A Rumbleverse match then feels almost like several fights of a beat’ em up back to back. You find an opponent, duel, and either get knocked out or get to continue.
Because of the small map, it doesn’t take long before a new challenger appears – and then the next fight is on. Plus, there’s a chaotic component because you never know when a motivated third party will come crashing in with an elbow drop from the thirteenth floor.
The mix of cartoonish exaggeration, exciting fights, and a touch of chaos results in a really entertaining battle royale that quickly motivates you to get better. Essentially, I currently have only one point that I find really frustrating.
The search for a new match sometimes drags on forever. Often you have to wait several minutes in solo mode before a new match is found. One evening I wanted to play a few rounds in duo mode, but the countdown sometimes took over 5 minutes. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially at the beginning when you die early in the match, want to start another attempt and then can only wait.
But: I’m just hoping for improvement here. Because once you’re in the match, you can have a lot of fun with Rumbleverse.
