UAL: Universal AIM League

I saw the game, thought it looked pretty fun, saw that the logo looked pretty cool, as well (a faux pas sports logo, like this was gonna be a sports-like game) and decided to give it a try... the keyword here is TRY, because I couldn't actually CONNECT to a game. The game itself looks pretty nice. It seems to run pretty smoothly, too. Aesthetically, it's Counter-Strike characters in a world constructed with themes from various popular Battle Royale games like The Culling, PUBG, Apex Legends, etc. It's like if you dropped Ukrainian soldiers in a shoe store Drake would go to. Something like that. Getting into the gameplay, it seems to be pretty well-built for a military shooter-type game. The controls do what they're supposed to do (from what I can tell, at least). All I can do is shoot and destroy moving targets in Training mode, but from that alone, the game seems to play fine. The music is AWESOME! Funky, EDM rock plays on the title screen... and it's EDM rock done RIGHT! A blues rock jam seamlessly weaving over a four-on-the-floor disco beat. I love it, and I wish I could find it somewhere on the Internet! At least the game tells you what song it is, which reminds me of N++ or Rocket League, so kudos to the developer for at least doing that! Unfortunately, here comes the crux of the main problem: matchmaking doesn't work! People seem to be playing the game, but CERTAINLY not through matchmaking! There seems to be a fatal issue with it right now; the developer even tells you upfront on the matchmaking page. When matchmaking is fixed, I'll update my rating accordingly, but until then, I'm gonna have to give this game a negative rating. A game like this can't be based on friend invites alone; plus, I don't know anyone, Steam friend or non-Steam friend, who's playing this game right now, so doing friend invites only is a total bust. Pro tip for the developer: make sure your game is OVERALL FUNCTIONAL, THEN worry about ways you can bilk dollarydoos out of suckers. It doesn't bode well for you when getting currency and guns in the game seems to work better than THE GAME ITSELF. Also, in order to "claim" creator skins, you have to go to a non-Steam link and fill out a suspicious-looking form. I don't like that that's in the game in the first place. I'm not gonna send my information to a sketchy form, even if it is a nice-looking form made with Google Forms. Get outta here with that nonsense! UPDATE 1 [1/28/2022] Apparently, matchmaking works now, but it's only available in a 4-hour time slot! Now THAT'S what I call progress! Well, if your idea of progress is moving TO THE SIDE, then yeah... progress! Anyways, me... this game... tonight. Let's go! UPDATE 2 [1/28/2022] Couldn't get any matches. Uninstalled the game. Tired of trying. Also, textures on buttons flicker when you first start the game, so that's annoying, too.