Rounds is a great game.
If you're playing it regularly, it's good fun for a short while. But the real meat and potatoes are found through modding it to have card packs so unbalanced they break the game. Some of the funniest moments I've had in gaming this year are from me obtaining cards that let my bullets wrap around the screen, and explode on impact, and spawn bombs at the same time, all while being fired like a machine gun. And then having the same happen to me, but this time I can fly.
It gets to a point where you stop taking the game seriously and enjoy it for how unabashedly busted and game-like it is. I shouldn't enjoy it, but honestly? It's a refreshing take on a versus game after having spent years of my life playing First Person Shooters, where everything has to be as balanced as Philippe Petit.
In other words, it's my clear pick for the best Multiplayer game of 2021.
If you're playing it regularly, it's good fun for a short while. But the real meat and potatoes are found through modding it to have card packs so unbalanced they break the game. Some of the funniest moments I've had in gaming this year are from me obtaining cards that let my bullets wrap around the screen, and explode on impact, and spawn bombs at the same time, all while being fired like a machine gun. And then having the same happen to me, but this time I can fly.
It gets to a point where you stop taking the game seriously and enjoy it for how unabashedly busted and game-like it is. I shouldn't enjoy it, but honestly? It's a refreshing take on a versus game after having spent years of my life playing First Person Shooters, where everything has to be as balanced as Philippe Petit.
In other words, it's my clear pick for the best Multiplayer game of 2021.