Horrendously overpriced for what it is, but dude, the guns in this game feel so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good to use. I was a bit worried when I first started playing it because my build didn’t meet the minimum specs listed on the storepage, but it ran decent even on ultra settings and it honestly looks phenomenal. Most of the performance issues are due to the peer-hosting, which generally means I end up in a server on the other side of the world. I’m constantly being disconnected mid-match due to this, which is annoying enough as it is, but disconnecting from a game in progress also negates all your points for the round, so I’m not making any character progress as a result. That aside, the main issue with the game is that there doesn’t seem to be any skill-based matchmaking or team balancing, so you could potentially end up on a team with only two new players going up against five pros. Some smaller issues include arbitrary spawn locations leading to spawnkilling and directional sound not extending to the z-axis, but that’s really about it. There’s forced upscaling, as with just about every other UE5 game, and it uses marketplace assets, but it’s one of the few games out there I don’t mind doing so because it’s just so damn fun. That said, the devs don’t seem to have done much since the game first released. Bots have been added, which I guess is sort of a workaround for the aforementioned hosting issues, and there are two new maps, but two of the old maps are also missing completely, so it sort of balances out. Aside from a bit of optimisation here and there, those are really the only tangible differences.
The thundercrack of my six-shooter splitting open the skulls of my enemies warms my heart more than it probably should.
