SYNAPTIC DRIVE
Thousand Games · 2020 · Action, Multiplayer, Competitive, Sci-fi, Cyberpunk
PC
Mostly Negative32% · 66
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About SYNAPTIC DRIVE
【About】
1-on-1 3D online shooting battles with fixed camera angle. While players attack straight ahead with guns, they can also fire and steer homing bullets with wires, and time-lag attack to shave down HP with trackers. The sizes of the battle arenas are just right, and stopping for a moment can become your downfall. You'll need to push yourself and awaken synapses to handle the speed.
【World Setting】
Set hundreds of years in the future, diverse fighters from space have assembled on one planet to battle in competitions. Some want to show off their abilities, some live to fight, while others are after prize money... Whatever the reason may be, they're all aiming to come out on top. To attain superhuman reflexes, these fighters have mechanized their bodies to activate synapses in the brain. Such are the origins of Synaptic Drive™.
【Customization】
The key to victory lies in customization.First, select a body, then customize to your liking by choosing from over 100 types of trackers, wires, and guns. Zip around with a light body and machinegun, or go with a durable heavy body to take on hits from bombs,it's all up to you.
【Gun】
Your main weapon, and the one that attacks straight ahead. This will act as the core of your attacks since it fires faster than the other weapon types.
【Wire】
A homing weapon that can have its trajectory controlled after firing. Fly it towards evading enemies, turning corners to efficiently land it.
【Tracker】
Put pressure on your enemies with auto-tracking bullets. Use in combination with other weapons and chase them down with time-lag attacks. There are various types of trackers, with some that install onto the ground and others that follow along.
【Body】
This part determines not only durability and speed, but how your character looks. Choose a body by tactical abilities, or just focus on how cool they look. There are also apparently bodies that are hidden away... Play and find out for yourself.
【Battle Arenas】
The beautiful scenes that make up the various arenas are enough to heal the minds of players grown tired from fighting. However, don't forget that these are rigorous battle grounds, and arena walls will turn into shields for machinegun bullets once battle begins. There are also blocks within the arenas that will break, so which arena you go with is vital to increasing the number of victories you land.
【Cross-platform Match】
You can play online matches against users all over the world including Nintendo Switch users. Experience the battle across platforms.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I'm sorry, I've tried really hard to like this game but I cannot recommend it right now to anyone. It may have some pretty good controls and ideas but it lacks a LOT of polish. The online sadly isn't that good at the moment and the game's balancing is iffy (but then again, what Custom Robo game doesn't have iffy balancing). Maybe in due time, it will improve but where it stands right now, you're better off waiting. YEARS LATER lol this game still sucks and it has been abandoned6 found this helpful
Wanted to like this game but just can't. It's way too unpolished. Idk if I would forgive this even if it were early access. There's no impact to anything. You wonder half the time if you even hit your opponent. Unlocking everything is a tedious slog. Without any sort of story mode, you're forced to grind out arcade battles vs AI opponents. IMO some combinations put so much stuff on screen that it's basically impossible to dodge it which makes the game feel sort of mindless. Overall, I do think the game had some potential but given the unpolished visuals, the tedious unlocking process and the poor balancing I can't recommend it in its current state.5 found this helpful
I really wanted to love this game. In a lot of ways, I do. Mechanics are solid, loads of customization options, there's something for everyone, playstyle-wise. I like how the game looks, the arenas are good. Good stuff. The game FEELS good to play, and it's a lot of fun trying new parts to refine your own playstyle. ... But I absolutely cannot recommend the game in it's current state. There's only battles with CPU's or online play. No story mode or anything like that. Which while it wouldn't do much for a fighting game, the online play is just so messed up. Even in a local game with both of us connected to the same router there was lag. Netplay over wifi isn't much better. tldr: Game is fun and has loads of promise, but doesn't have much to do, and online play is not good. I hope the devs continue working on the game and improve on it, like Battle for the Grid did3 found this helpful
Holy cow this game is unpolished. Your connection is unstable3 found this helpful
Synaptic Drive successfully brings back the old Custom Robo fun with a fresh reimagining of its old mechanics. The complexity required to create a "good" set of equipment brings a lot of challenge to the game before the player can have fun in a sense, but its backed by solid gameplay. My major complaint is unlike its ancestors, Synaptic Drive has no RPG elements- it is solely an arena fighter. And to my friends in the U.S.- it may be hard to find a game online.1 found this helpful
This game is a lot of fun. It definitely appeals to Custom Robo fans in a nostalgic way. The game is very fast paced and always feels like a slugfest of attacks. Homing on parts is really strong meaning the game focuses more on hit confirms and trading than Custom Robo did. As of the writing of this comment, devs still need to fix some bugs and possibly the damage output of ults. If you are not a die hard Custom Robo/3D projectile Arena Fighter fan, you might want to wait a little while before purchasing. I do not regret my day one purchase at all as I have been having a lot of fun with this game.
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