Worth buying now!
Especially with the 50% discount. Don't let other people decide what games you play, try for yourself. They've come a long way since beta and it now feels like a step up from KF2 in most regards.
People forget KF2 was awful for a long time on release (and "doesn't feel like KF", a game they claim to love deeply yet don't even play since years and has like 100 daily peak) and now it has a higher daily peak than Marathon (lol) despite being ~11 years old
Level design is better, no more invisible walls or small objects you can't get on top of (not counting zed spawns). Bigger and more open maps that also have verticality because you can climb. The movement system in general is so much better with directional dodging and sliding under obstacles or away from an attack.
Gun progression makes sense, the upgrades are actual mods you craft and upgrade, no more magic +1 stats. Most guns have bigger magazine mods, ie Sharpie's m14 can have a drum mag and even full-auto fire.
Different ammo types that have different effects like incendiary/freeze/bleed buildup which actually makes sense given it's set 70 years in the future rather than just being magic neon guns like in KF2.
Wishlist: (order of importance)
1. Keep improving on performance and add a low-end laptop mode like Dune Awakening, many people who play KF2 have older computers and won't buy this because they can't even run it. I think that's why there are so many console players, it doesn't really make sense to build a computer right now
2. Player hosted servers, people like having a community, custom maps and not random people every time
3. Add more real world guns, a good start would be some of the DLC guns from KF2.
4. Make it so you can see your lower body when you look down, it's 2026 on Unreal 5 and we are also spending real money to unlock cosmetics
5. Add dances like in KF2 (and have them carry over from the previous game)
6. Add STEAM market items like in KF2 (the system wasn't all bad, just the CSGO style loot boxes)
7. Add more outfit options and let us have multiple layers, we shouldn't have a step down (head/body) from KF2 where you had multiple slots
8. Voice line binds, using a radial wheel just isn't very convenient
9. Figure out a way to get rid of zip line cooldown, it doesn't make sense
10. Please get a better font lol
