That said, with dodges, fake throws, multiple ball types, smart positioning, and more involved, there’s plenty of ways to get an advantage over your opponents. The game’s controls are, as per the developers, easy to pick up and understand, evidenced by things such as hitting opponents being based not on accuracy, but on your positioning. With Knockout City, developer Velan Studios is attempting to strike that elusive balance between being accessible and having a decent skill ceiling.
Meanwhile, funnily enough, players can even roll themselves up into a ball for teammates to use- anyone who’s hit with a human ball is immediately knocked out (rather than the two hits it ordinarily takes), but there’s also some risk involved, since opponents can also get their hands on players who’ve rolled themselves up into balls. There’s the Bomb Ball, which, as its name suggests, is a time bomb that begins counting down the moment it’s picked up, and explodes upon impact. There’s the Moon Ball, which will do funny things with gravity and let you jump higher if you’re holding it, while anyone who gets hit with it will be sent flying. You’ll have several different kinds of balls to work with in Knockout City. There’s also some basic platforming mechanics thrown in for good measure, as well as a glider that can be used to jump across large gaps, or even get above opponents and attack them from a higher position. Of course, tackling opponents who’ve got a ball in their hands is also an option. Meanwhile, if you’re the one who’s doing the attacking, you can even fake throw a ball and work that into your strategy. If a ball is thrown at you, if you’re quick enough, you can dodge the hit, or even catch the ball that’s coming at you. Throwing balls at opponents and knocking them out is the main thing you need to be concerned about, of course- anybody who’s hit twice gets knocked out, and is forced to respawn, but there’s ways to avoid that as well. There’s plenty else going on here though, so let’s talk about that for a bit. The main goal is to knock out players from enemy teams by hitting them with balls, which sounds like a really fun central mechanic to build a game around, on paper at least. What sport exactly? The closest analog would be dodgeball. So let’s start off with the basics- exactly what the heck is Knockout City? Well, in simple terms, its a team-based competitive multiplayer game that throws in equal measures of action and sports. Here, we’re going to talk about some of the game’s biggest key points, and just why it’s got our curiosity piqued. Given that that seems to be the main selling point for Knockout City, it’s going to have to do what it does really well to grab anyone’s attention, though it has to be said that based on what’s been shown of the game so far, it sure seems interesting. Competitive multiplayer games are a dime a dozen these days, and even in that saturated crowd, there’s no shortage of the whacky, zany kind that tries to stand out with its unique premise.
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