Not Recommended 144.9 hrs on record (7.8 hrs at review time)

Early Access Review

What I have seen with most reviews so far is they are a knee jerk from two groups:



A) A Planetside franchise veteran that is understandably upset in the direction they are going with the franchise.



B) Or a person that sees potential and wants the game to make it out of its infancy so they pre-preemptively put a great review on it even though the game is still very unfinished.



I am just going to give you a list of pros and cons, and if the pros outweigh the cons for you, then you should play.



Pros:



-Jetpacks in Battle Royale is fun. Makes it faster, makes getting around easier. Ever try climbing rocks in PUBG? Yeah it blows, no problem with that here.

-Having a pocket vehicle is nice. You never get caught in a fun fire fight near the edge of the zone, only to win and die to the painfield. Here you can always escape even if you have to fight.\

- The gunplay is fun, its not for everyone, but it is good gunplay.

- You can respawn friendlies like Apex or Fortnite.





Cons:



- There just aren't enough people. You have to wait around for awhile, to get lobbies that are only 20%-30% full. You will get more people in a PUBG match.

- It is very much an early access game. It's unfinished no doubt. Early access covers such a range of titles at this point from barely playable, to well polished titles that just use Early Access as a hype thing. This game is about half-way through that process. Still needs polish.

- Tanks don't play so well with battle royale.

- It's not Planetside 2, fights are small, disappointing in comparison.

- Bring a pre-made or go home. No reason to play this game if you don't have a group of friends playing.

- No ping system. Especially in a Squads based game that should just be standard now.



If it can finish developing, bring more game modes or something, then maybe its worth it. But right now its just one more battle royale that doesn't have enough to set it apart. I would recommend PUBG, Fortnite, or Apex Legends before recommending this one.



Edit now that they have CTF:



Capture the Flag mode is more fun then Battle Royale. Sort of feels like you have completed it after a few hours of play and I can't see myself logging back in for it.

Posted 21 September, 2019. Last edited 19 November, 2019.