It requires a lot of split-second tactical manoeuvring as you try to get both ball and opponent in position for your coup de grace. They’re probably not going to just stand there waiting for you, of course, so you’ve got to aim for where you expect them to be, not where they’re currently standing. You could, for instance, bounce the ball off the borders of the arena to get it behind the other player, catching them off-guard. There’s a bit more to landing a hit than just leathering the ball really hard. Ultimately, you’re trying to plant the ball right in your opponent’s smug face. But you don’t want to get stuck in a rally forever. If you keep hitting that ball back, you’ll stay concussion-free. It might be a baseball you’re knocking about, but Blaze frequently conjures up tense rallies that are more evocative of racket sports. When you smack it, the ball is tagged with your colour and can’t hurt you, but the other player can avoid taking damage by simply smacking the ball back, changing the colour again. Simple controls and an absence of elaborate combos means you can pick up a controller and just start swinging.Įverything orbits the ball, and the player with the most control over it wins. Like Smash Bros, its closest relative aside from the original Lethal League, it’s a party game. With one hit, the baseball can become a WMD. With the flick of the stick and the press of a button, I can launch a supersonic, earth-shaking strike that bombards my opponent from every direction. Few other games make hitting things, either balls or people, this immensely satisfying. The ball is a relentless, physics-defying missile that, at full force, can almost be everywhere at once. In these duels, the baseball is the sole weapon. Imagine baseball, but then strip away all the parts that don’t involve whacking a ball, replacing them with violent duels between two to four brawlers. Lethal League Blaze is a springy, frenetic future-sport played by an underground league of robots, skaters, mercenaries and a sentient boombox.
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