But it does make things smoother...
Rematch has had its first proper patch, though it’s not fixed the game’s ippy slide exploit, nor has it fixed broken Achievements or Trophies.
“We’re about to push the first patch to Rematch – compared to the hotfixes we did until now, which featured code changes to fix specific major issues, this contains many changes in all domains, which should all improve the game in different ways, some significant, some which can seem more minor – but are nevertheless important,” Sloclap said in a post overnight.
“Please remember that some major priorities like netcode or crossplay are the work of specialists in their domains (gameplay replication, server infrastructure, user interface…), and that we can’t put all our resources on these topics to make them happen faster – that being said we are making very good progress on these topics, more news soon,” Sloclap continued.
While the patch note state that Sloclap has “Fixed an issue where pushball would not keep last direction inputted when going quickly back to neutral” — which many Redditors believe was referencing the ippy slide glitch, in which specific directional inputs will teleport the ball and make it extremely difficult to defend against.
“Anything that causes the ball to teleport is an exploit as far as I’m concerned,” one user on Reddit wrote. “I don’t care if they leave it in as long as they can link it to an animation or something that makes it readable. But pushing the ball one way to have it magically teleport back to the player, through my player while I’m body blocking is 100% an exploit and not skill based.”
Those having difficulties unlocking specific Achievements or Trophies — like in my instance, getting awarded for earning three games in a row or getting an assist as a goalie — will need to keep waiting.
“Achievements unlocking issues are still present on all platforms, we are investigating,” Sloclap added.
You can check out the full patch notes here.
Rematch is now available on Windows PC via Steam, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and PS5; it’s also included in Xbox Game Pass.
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