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Disc Jam
A fast-paced action-sports game that pits 2-4 players against each other in a unique combination of air hockey and tennis. Players scramble to retrieve and throw a glowing disc while unleashing devastating abilities and defending variable-point end zones. An exciting blend of strategy and skill, this arcade-inspired title boasts a zany roster of ch...
Details
- Released
- March 7, 2017
- Developer
- High Horse Entertainment
How it plays
Up to 2 players
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Some of the best sports games are the ones that take a real sport, boil it down to its essence, and rebuild it as something totally new. The biggest example of this is Rocket League: soccer with cars. Now, a new contender steps out of early access and is ready to be recognized. Disc Jam is a mashup of tennis and air hockey where players scramble to catch and throw a glowing disc to be the first team to 50 points. It’s fast-paced, deceptively competitive, and a helluva good time.
After a brief beta period, Disc Jam has now launched on PS4 as one of March's PlayStation Plus titles. However, is it worth adding to your instant game collection?
The entirety of Disc Jam depends on if you’re into playing Disc Jam competitively online. If you’re not into that, then this game is probably not for you. The Ghost Arcade is the best mode aside from online play, and while it’s nice that it’s there, it’s just the same thing with an offline hat. On the bright side, online runs very well and thanks to cross-play with PC, the player base should stay strong for a while. The disc-throwing action is very fun, but with limited ways in which to do it, Disc Jam is a one-trick sport.
It's time for a new sport to enter the world once again, but this time on the Nintendo Switch! In this futuristic mesh of frisbee and tennis expect some fast-paced matches and a host of different challenges. Do this port and game live up to its exciting idea?
High Horse Entertainment, the tiny two-person team behind futuristic PlayStation 4 frisbee-'em-up, is a big fan of two things: Windjammers and Rocket League. It's hard not to compare the launch of this sphere slingin' sports title with Psyonix's soccer cars – it's launching as a PlayStation Plus freebie and is even structured similarly to the iconic indie, after all. Unfortunately, while the gameplay loop's pretty good, the polish isn't quite there.
Online is hot but offline is not in this air hockey-tennis hybrid.In a 2016 interview, High Horse Entertainment described Disc Jam as
We’ve all probably flung a frisbee at some point in our lives. Most likely at least one person reading this review right now will be claiming they’ve totally gone pro whilst at a picnic one day. But thanks to High Horse Entertainment we can all now be ultimate frisbee champions with Disc Jam, the latest addition to the Nintendo Switch’s online store.