I actually wasn’t anticipating the subsequent sport from Sloclap, the developer liable for martial arts video games Absolver and Sifu, to be a soccer sport, and but right here we’re. As revealed throughout The Sport Awards, Sloclap’s subsequent challenge is a 5v5 on-line multiplayer soccer sport referred to as Rematch. The sport depends on the exact hitbox tech and fluid actions developed in Absolver and Sifu to craft a high-action and strategic soccer expertise.
The colourful blue and orange colours, lack of fouls or off-sides, concentrate on acrobatic performs, vibrant purpose explosions, and skill to cross the ball off the wall and ceiling give Rematch robust Rocket League vibes, and I’m all for that. The sport options slightly extra construction than one thing like Rocket League–each group in Rematch has a set goalie, for example–but FIFA or EA FC this isn’t. You are not controlling an entire group and enjoying by precise soccer guidelines; you are enjoying as a single individual and doing all of your finest to look as cool as potential whereas working alongside 4 different gamers.
Have you ever ever learn or watched Blue Lock? As a result of that is the vibe this sport is giving. This is hoping it will probably pull that fantasy off.
Forward of The Sport Awards, a preview occasion for Rematch delved into the sport, showcasing the way it emulates a aggressive group shooter by encouraging gamers to drag off sick performs collectively, specialise in explicit roles on the sector, and intention and shoot the ball such as you would in a third-person shooter. Just like Rocket League, matches appear fast-paced and quick–you and your pals queue up, play, resolve you wish to play only one extra match, after which earlier than you already know it, it is 3 AM. Presumably, anyway. I have not had an opportunity to play Rematch, nevertheless it seems to be a lot like a sport that my buddies and I’ve needed for just a few years now.
The one potential concern I may see myself having with the sport is the way it handles the goalie, the one place that retains a member of the group on one aspect of the sector. I may see that being much less enjoyable than enjoying as a striker who can rating targets and nonetheless retreat again to their very own purpose to defend. Nonetheless, through the preview occasion, Sloclap co-founder Pierre Tarno informed press that it “feels actually nice and satisfying” enjoying because the goalkeeper and that “you will have stronger skills as a goalkeeper than the opposite gamers,” so I could possibly be frightened for nothing.
“The completely different tackles you will have, the truth that you may put your physique into place to shadow your opponents, the truth that you may dive to try to intercept excessive balls,” Tarno stated. “I will not go too deep into the mechanics however how these mechanics really feel [and] the way you place your self [add strategic enjoyment to the goalkeeper position]. It is actually satisfying once you cease an assault as a result of each time you try this, the path flips.”
Rematch will assist seasonal post-launch content material and some modes aside from the 5v5 at launch. The sport is ready to launch for Xbox Sequence X|S, PS5, and PC in Summer season 2025.