Brawl Stars - 荒野亂鬥 💓💓💓💔

"Brawl Stars" is a free unique mulitplayer game developed and published by Supercell, the same brilliant company that devised Clash Royale, Clash of Clans and many others. 

 "Brawl Stars" utilizes the extremely popular concept of a battle royale game mode and turns it into a special, original twist that is memorable for the player. It also holds the addictive concept of collecting heroes, playable characters that the player can gradually unlock from opening chests and rewards. 

On the other hand, "Brawl Stars" is a very casual game with a simple idea and gameplay. As they say, “it’s easy to play, but hard to master”. If you are the kind of gamer who has a thirst for fast-paced action games with a sprinkle of strategy and tactics, coupled with a massive bucket of salt (sometimes), then "Brawl Stars" is definitely a game that you should at the very least give a go at. 

"Brawl Stars" also has numerous other game modes besides the inevitable battle royale game mode, or as they call it “Solo”. These other game modes are completely original and feels great to play with, although the gameplay gets a little bit repetitive after a while of grinding. Instead the action is relatively flat - in the team matches you know within the first few seconds which way the game is going. However, here's the thing - there feels like there's something missing in "Brawl Stars".


You'll play, you'll unlock new characters, you'll unlock new modes, but you're never having quite as much fun as you feel you should be doing.


For hardcore shooter fans everything is a little too ponderous - for casual players the whole thing is going to feel like walking into a field and having your head caved in. There's fun here, but it's a brief sort of fun. Whereas, Clash Royale had something close to the perfect compulsion loop, there just isn't enough excitement here to make jumping back in a certainty.



Ultimately, "Brawl Stars" has all the swagger of Supercell at its best, but it doesn't manage to back it up with an experience that's essential. You'll enjoy the time you spend with the game, but this isn't the huge step forward for multiplayer mobile action that a lot of gamers were hoping for.

 - by Fulgrim, 07-07-2019 in Sydney