Review: Crossout (PlayStation 4)

Rating: 7.8
Author: Jim Smale

by Jim Smale · Published June 10, 2017 · Updated June 19, 2017

Craft your unique battle machines from dozens of interchangeable parts, ride them into combat and destroy your enemies.

Pros:

Nice graphics.
3.64GB Download size.
Opening tutorial.
Vehicle combat gameplay.
Fast loading times.
Build your own vehicles, Get your parts from playing and crafting and make your own vehicle by clicking pieces together.
Shoot enemy parts off their vehicle.
Daily missions for bonus loot.
Daily login bonus.
Earn EXP from playing and level up to unlock new parts/crafting/factions and game modes.
Three control layouts.
Test drive area to try out your creations.
Season-Fortnightly missions for bonus loot and EXP.
Exhibition-Look and vote on player creations.
Three game modes: Mission-PVP withe multiple options as you play certain ones to earn certain parts as a reward. Raids-PVE defend bases. Brawls is PVP free for all. All modes use fuel which replenishes over time.
Market-Buy and sell parts on the market place.
Five factions which are all unique and have different parts etc. Engineers, Lunatics, Nomads, Scavengers and Steppenwolfs.
End of game breakdown with team leaderboard.
Easy to get into.
Simple idea but well executed.
Huge varied landscapes.
Creativity of the players really shine through.
Online leaderboard support.
Very Mad Max feel to it.
Free to play.
12 Trophies.

Cons:

No Platinum trophy.
Nothing really gets explained in great detail like the crafting and marketplace.
Controls still feel a bit off.
UI is a nightmare to use thanks to awkward controls and random options having button presses and some requiring a click with the cursor.
So much grinding for decent parts. Grind for coupons to get parts or grind matches to level up and unlock new factions.
Having to unlock game modes and factions is a bit annoying.
Camera control when building is very counter productive.
In app purchases.

The Numbers:

8/10

Graphics - 8/10
7/10

Sound - 7/10
8/10

Length - 8/10
8/10

Accessability - 8/10
8/10

Fun Factor - 8/10

7.8/10

Summary

Crossout is a decent free to play game. The ability to build huge massive vehicles is what really differentiates it from other vehicle games. At first you think its a Twisted Metal clone but it soon becomes apparent its a different kettle of fish. Fast loading times and powerful creator mean you are in games really fast. Shooting off enemy parts and guns is also very satisfying. The grind is real though, Expect to be playing it for a long long time in hope of decent parts so you can start to hold your own in the later game modes. Aside from wanting to be the best, You can get a lot of fun from just dropping into it every now and then.