![]() But even the greatest player in the world can be the first to fall if they stumble into a group of enemies with nowt to defend themselves but a frying pan. Sure, you’ll find your chances of bagging a delicious Chicken Dinner improves the better you know the map, its terrain, its hidey-holes, and the best landing spots (although no matter how many guides try to insist otherwise, Erangel’s school and nearby apartment blocks were only theatres of death for us). You don’t have to sink 50 hours into modes you don’t like to unlock the ones you do enjoy. You don’t have to hit a certain rank to grab a half-decent grenade. Whereas many other games – chiefly live service ones – demand your attention like a pouty toddler, battle royales are the ultimate pick-up-and-play option. READ MORE: The start of a new adventure – Naoki Yoshida talks ‘Final Fantasy 14’ patch 6.1Īs I’ve championed before, the appeal of BRs lies not in the inevitable battle pass or insidious microtransactions but in the fact that the genre completely levels the field. ![]() Like a fresh divorcee at the end of a drunken night out, I like to keep my options open well, you never know when the perfect one will come along. Fortniteand I never really hit it off, admittedly – I can’t handle the building, especially under pressure – but I’ve had frissons with pretty much every other one that’s come since, and yes, that includes Hyper Scape, which I thought was pretty good, even though the publisher gave it just six months before pulling the plug (do I detect a running theme here, Ubisoft?). ![]() This week, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt’s release has her thinking about battle royales.īattle royales and I go way back. The Week in Games is a weekly column where Vikki Blake pulls apart the biggest stories in gaming each week. ![]()
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