ONRUSH

Played a bunch of Onrush today. I think I'm already done with it....

It's pretty much what I expected. But it's even shallower than I thought it might be.

Most, or almost every vehicle ability is passive, or ends up being best played passively rather than trying to attempt them. And then there's a few that are clearly not at all worth the risk of going for because you're very very likely to wreck when attempting to pull them off with a quick turn. And again, most of the other abilities that gain specific vehicles boost are best to just ignore and let happen as you go, because they'll happen often enough without risking attempting to actively do them much.

There is no button to press for abilities (other than stunts with a bike, or... giving the finger). They just charge up and happen, just like your Rush meter, though your Rush can be triggered with Triangle when full. Other powers just happen. Oh and, they don't tell you this, but all vehicles can an extra boost by letting go and hitting boost when landing a jump, not just the vehicle that gets a stronger boost from it.

With all this passiveness, (and talk about "not needing to be in first"), you'd think they'd balance it more towards holding back to help your teammates, but nope... Being in front is where you want to be. It might be a little more difficult with better opponents who have realized the ways to get a little more boost. But keeping your boost going and not slowing to group up with your teammates behind you is still the way to go, even though being next to your teammates gives you boost. In both modes, regular, and driving through gates, you want to be first. Heck if you are pulling ahead, fodder vehicles doesn't even spawn ahead of you, yet you still want to be first.

All of this takes the depth out of it, really. If you're behind, you want to drive up next to your teammates, and try to avoid approaching the enemy team especially when they're in a pack. Then there's the jump landing boost, and do stunts in the air on the bike. Just about everything else is not worth a sharp turn to attempt doing them. This actually even includes taking out fodder and even the enemy team players. If you can follow a fodder vehicle in a clean area, then fine, go for it. But it's almost never a good idea to actively attempt to wreck an enemy player, because you'll most likely fuck yourself over. The best thing to do in this game at pretty much all times is to hold a strong sturdy line and don't attempt any sudden zags. You'll actually see players attempt to wreck you but then get fucked themselves while you are more likely to keep going. Holding stable is the best thing to do.

Ok, then there is the Rush abilities. But I guess.... not really surprisingly... all of them are almost identical in what they do/attempt to do. And actually, the bike seems to have strongest one by a significant margin (as you'd expect, the bike is the least durable vehicle). The bike's Rush trail destroys opponents pretty much immediately, while the others.... all pretty much just end up doing the same thing as each other, but I'm guessing different strengths. One of the medium ones sends out a wide trail that acts like a boat wake, pushing opponents to the side also slows them down like you'd expect. (I'm forgetting what the other medium does at the moment). While the heavy vehicle gets what looks like colored glass rectangles placed behind it. Guess what that does? Slows opponents down kind of and that's about it. Exciting..... The Rush powers go from instakill for the bike, to a somewhat weak opponent slowdown from the heavy vehicle.