Hardware: Rivals

Critic reviews

• IIGN

  Mike Mitchell · Jan 11, 2016

  5.5

  The novelty of driving around in this tiny selection of tanks and buggies while shooting at other players wears thin pretty quickly. The lack of any original modes or meaningful progression prevents Hardware: Rivals from having any chance at longevity. Aside from the awkward controls, everything works well enough, but nothing is memorable or satisfying.

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• PLPS Lifestyle

  Ben Tarrant · Jan 11, 2016

  5.5

  If someone hooked Hardware: Rivals up to an espresso drip, then we’d certainly have an entirely different game. Alas, there’s a solid mound of squandered potential here, below a deceptively enticing facade.

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• DDestructoid

  Chris Carter · Jan 06, 2016

  6.0

  Hardware: Rivals has a good core concept and engine, but it needs some work around the edges. A lot of little things added up for me the more I played it in an increasingly annoying fashion, most of which can be fixed with proper updates.

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• TTheSixthAxis

  Aran Suddi · Jan 13, 2016

  5.0

  The development team has a lot of work to do before Hardware: Rivals could be considered a great game that has any longevity. There are more maps and vehicles on the way, but what is really needed are more modes, a better party system, useful hit feedback, and the scrapping of the daily salvage limit. While Hardware Rivals is fun to play in chunks it gets repetitive quickly, and its great visual design isn’t enough to cover the cracks.

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• MMetro.co.uk

  GameCentral · Jan 11, 2016

  4.0

  Hardware: Rivals in general is neither of those things, and although you can make the argument that at least it’s free that’s only for this month. After that Sony are going to be wanting £16 for what doesn’t seem like much more than an extended demo. Perhaps next month there’ll be more content, that will make the game seem more worthwhile, but somehow we doubt it.

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• PSPush Square

  Sammy Barker · Jan 08, 2016

  5.0

  Hardware: Rivals is slow and safe – it's a far-cry from the high-octane vehicle eviscerator that we'd anticipated. Its slightest of similarities to Rocket League may have hurt it, but even if Psyonix's excellent on-wheels outing didn't exist, this would still be a pretty darn tedious title. It's a shame because it's not hard to imagine a faster iteration of the exact same game being ten times more satisfying, but ultimately Hardware's only real rival is its squandered potential.

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