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Quick transitions between vehicles and knowing how to evade others – while also taking over their cars – is paramount in this mode.ĭestruction AllStars is currently free on PlayStation Plus for PS5. Interestingly enough, you need to wreck vehicles to get the gears and then leave your vehicle to acquire them. The team with the most banks also wins if the timer runs out. It’s essentially like Hardpoint in Call of Duty, except the match ends when all three banks are captured. Stockpile involves gathering gears and depositing them to control three banks. Try to find a middle ground, perhaps depositing 20 to 25 gears at a time and remain consistent. But if you lose those gears, you risk giving an advantage to the enemy team. You can either gather some gears and drop them off, bit by bit, or attempt to bank up to 80. Drop the gear there to score points for your team. Once collected, you drive to the center where a big tornado is in place.
You harvest gears by dealing damage and wrecking vehicles. With limited respawns, the player who survives last wins (but you can take out others for more respawns).Ĭarnado is where you’ll need to think more about objective play. Gridfall is also free for all but in an arena where the floor is constantly disappearing. Mayhem is a free for all that awards points based on wreckage, KOs, dodging, Takeovers and whatnot. There are four modes to play in Destruction AllStars. Be careful not to hurt your allies and avoid ramming into them whenever possible. It’s also worth noting that friendly fire is on by default. Also keep an eye out on the Double Points powerup since this will give an edge in your overall score. If there’s a mix of balanced and agile cars, consider getting a tankier vehicle for extra survivability. When selecting a new vehicle to commandeer, pay attention to what your opponents are driving. Check here for tips on taking over enemy vehicles. While dodging cars, you can also take them over (or wreck them).
You’ll want to collect Shards in the meantime since these go towards charging your Hero Vehicle and Breaker ability. While on foot, focus on evading other players and finding another vehicle quickly. Hitting X will eject you, which is good staying away from rival cars. Most important is exiting a vehicle before it’s completely destroyed since your character will at last survive. One way or another, it’ll be wrecked and you’ll need to find another. Of course, you won’t be sticking to a single vehicle while racing. Vehicles are divided into three categories – balanced vehicles that are fast and have decent health agile vehicles that maneuver very well and are faster and tanky cars that can have more health but are less maneuverable and fast. Make use of the Circle button since it can act a handbrake when held down or for drifting when tapped. Each has their own cooldown so you need to use them wisely (though ramming an opponent normally will still give points). Vehicles have two functions – side-swiping and slamming. Upon using their Breaker ability on-foot, they can double-jump which is especially useful if a car is out of reach. They can evade, wall-run, jump and melee. Otherwise, every character has the same basic set of movement abilities. Hana, on the other hand, gains the ability to one hit kill characters on foot while her vehicle Sabre can create a blade that instantly kills cars upon ramming them. Jian can use proximity mines on foot, which deal damage to both vehicles and other characters, and his vehicle Morningstar can sprout spikes to dish out pain and act as a strong defense. While we’d normally say to pick the one that fits your play-style best, some characters are clearly way better than others. After the tutorials, head into a match with AI bots to familiarize yourself with the gameplay.Įach character has their own unique ability and Hero Vehicle. First, it’s important to learn the controls and basics of the game.
Though jumping into a few games will be enough to learn the ropes, let’s go over a few tips and tricks that can help you improve. Lucid Games’ Destruction AllStars may seem simple on the surface with its destruction derby-style combat but there’s a lot going on.