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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 89.8 hrs on record (46.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 8 Apr, 2023 @ 11:04am
Updated: 21 May @ 1:09pm

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It is a game that the more you play it the worse you relaise it is.

It is very addictive, with the core feel of the game being very satisfying.
But there is little feeling of agency. Yes while you can get better and quite a lot so sucess or faliure is mostly determined by firstly very implicit positionial factors making it hard to figure out why you suceeded or failed. And well luck.
The game is very unpolised with many little annoyences that add up. E.g. there is a hacking event that will randomly generate which when played solo is entirely up to luck as there is no one to defend you so you just have to hope no bugs have spawned within the last 20 seconds to interrupt you.
The fact that sheilds have a delay from button press to throw making flick aiming where you want you sheild impossiable. And many other small issues.
And while it is a core mechanic, the very poor visibility adds to not being able to tell what is going on.

There is some good within the game, such as the ability to stratagise with upgrades, e.g. for maxmium get out of jail free cards gunner with dash and explosive overheat on the lead storm minigun, so you can sheild overheat gun or dash to get out of danger.

But many players will struggle to access this as the game is extremely grindy, with the unlock of the ability to unlock specific weapons and upgrades limited to the class you are currently playing combining to hevially discourage not maining a specific class.

The game is designed for most players to play it multiplayer and it does a very good job of giving a sense of comardary between people. Though personally I find playing with others a lot less fun then going in solo as I find working with other people on the team distracting as a lot of the time it is unclear what roles are being fufilled and what arn't aswell as sometimes being left with little to do as anything importnt is already being done by someone else.

Overall while it is very addicting I feel it is a game that creates the illusion of something better. I thought of myself of at least somewhat likeing it due to the satisfying gameplay. But upon returning to it I slowly relaised that it is not fun more commonly then when it is.
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