THE FINALS

The gamemode is brilliant but oh my god are the players ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ horrible. The matchmaking is non existent (or feels like it). Weapons have a "meta" making all the other weapons worthless. My left toe nail can catch fire and my whole body is in agony for 10 entire seconds and my health crashes to 0. Every time a trailer drops they say how they improved destruction please for the love of all that is holy fix collisions, when an entire building is falling on you it's impossible to get out. Players smirf like hell, I see players with 2 wins playing like they have 2000. I love the maps and gamemodes but the game feels broken.

While playing the game, you gain levels. It gives you various cosmetics items etc. It also impacts the matchmatking. At high levels (I'm 140, my friends are 100+), game turns into a ♥♥♥♥ and ball torture, especially from monday to thursday. First of all, you get paired with the same people multiple games in a row. Im saying, sometimes even the same teams. And secondly, you get the sweatiest, most tryhard players. I'm talking all Emerald ranks (the highest rank in casual mode) or Ruby (top 500 worldwide in Ranked). Of course, they're metaslaves, using the meta weapons, wiping the floor with you at all steps. Yes, I'm a casual player, tho I do have quite a bit of experience in this game and shooters in general. But this is simply frustrating - seeing the same sweats time after time and losing. So much for a relaxing session of gaming. As of game balance - it's mediocre, seems like Embark is vibe-balancing and often making odd or straight up dead on arrival changes - the melee change, which made THE worst weapon in the game (Spear) even worse. I don't know how they managed it, but just wow. They seem to be pushing really hard towards Esports. I personally don't care one bit about Esports (again, I'm a casual player). This however, brings some changes dictated by either pro playing scene or proplayers themselves that also affect the majority of playerbase. It is a slippery slope that I've seen many times in gaming and it never ends well. But oh well, we'll see. As for the artstyle, graphics, cosmetics and music - 10/10. The monetization model is really good. All in all, fun until you hit a certain level. And no, I haven't and will not smurf. More of a mixed review, but man I DESPISE LIGHT AND RUBIES WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING.