PlayStation 4 Critic Reviews

Kill Strain is a nice attempt at the action MOBA genre, but the game only offers limited content for now and suffers from some questionable balancing choices.

Kill Strain has a lot of cool ideas, but many of them don't translate when mired by the sluggish pacing of each round. I think it definitely needs some further optimization, but the uneven fun factor between the Merc and Mutant camps may take longer to iron out.

Kill Strain is a multiplayer arena with a peculiar asymmetric formula; even if this type of team play is pretty original, it cannot guarantee a perfect balance and it also inappropriate for a competitive ambience. The game is free but prepare yourself to farm for a long time if you want to unlock all the characters.

Kill Strain was conceived as an "asymmetric MOBA" with a Twin Stick control scheme. It is an unbalanced battle arena with a sloppy graphic and an impressive scarcity of contents.

Despite its attractive idea of teams in initial numerical disadvantage to force an imbalance, Kill Strain is a game where you have only a sense of fun playing like beasts.

It would be hard to say that Kill Strain isn’t at least ambitious. The game was a studio’s first outing in a relatively immature genre, which attempted to take a dramatically different approach to many of core mechanics that define MOBAs. Though carefully calculated, these risks fall flat in execution, resulting in a confusing and joyless experience.

Some good ideas are hidden behind several aspects that feel unfinished. It's a shame, because the core mechanic works, but its lack of content and shortcomings are just too obvious. Still, it's free, so it's worth a try.

Kill Strain may find its following as a free-to-play game, but I expect more polish and stability from shooters that we’re asked to play for long periods of time. I can’t revel in the odd matchmaking decisions, nor the way Kill Strain sabotages teamwork by encouraging lone wolf playstyles.