There's too much occurring in Cobalt. Like, quite a bit.
In reality, as a lot as I detest "it is like this but this," I really feel like that is the very best place to start. One of the best ways I can describe Cobalt (the first third-party launch from Minecraft's Mojang) is as a curious mix of John Woo, Super Meat Boy, Contra and (most prominently) Super Smash Brothers.
Like I mentioned ... so much occurring.
minecraft servers -131035%You control a diminutive, adorable, blood-thirsty robot battling others of your kind in a 2D, neon-drenched battlefield. Aside from the weapons all robots have at their disposal (batteries, hatred of flesh-males), these bots have a fast arsenal of explosives, power weapons and good old fashioned robotic punching.
While the modes I played at PAX had been fairly standard (capture the flag, loss of life match), their pace was much more accelerated than what you'd anticipate. Kills and captures occur fast, and one effectively-positioned grenade can flip the tide.
It was clear that there was definite technique to this robotic madness.
The truth is, the one time the game slows down is when an enemy projectile is nearing one of many bots. As time slows, the bulky beam or bullet is highlighted, and the goal has just one chance to deflect the shot by rolling into it (cool) or punching it away (supremely cool).
The impact of this slowdown is that a bunch of players meeting in the middle of a map rapidly transitions right into a gradual-mo gunfight that might be precisely described as a bullet ballet if the robots weren't so stubby and if numerous the "bullets" weren't rockets/grenades/vitality beams. It is probably not elegant, but it surely sure is a heck of a number of fun.
Although chaos outlined my transient play time with the sport, there gave the impression to be deeper systems that players could discover as time goes by. The truth is, I used to be unable to complete the "superior tutorial" which taught strikes like getting extra grenade distance by throwing mid-roll.
Whereas the speed and frantic motion was quite a bit to wrap my mind round in a crowded expo corridor, it was clear that there was definite methodology to this robotic madness. I for one am looking forward to exploring it when the sport arrives on Laptop, Mac and Linux this fall.