It's fun, But....

[TwinkleToes]

I think the game so far is fun. It does well at keeping you engaged. But there are a lot of flaws.

It's doing the same thing 2042 is doing with the "Hero Shooter" elements of operators. Personally not a fan, but this does it better for sure. It's less of a focus/main gameplay feature than in 2042. Spotting enemies can be difficult at times as everyone looks the same so in those bugged out moments when that enemy tag isnt appearing over someone's head, I often find myself not seeing them or mistaken them as friendly until it's too late. Very annoying when you're on the last push and there's so much chaos you can't tell who's who. You end up wasting ammo shooting friendlies and/or getting killed by 1 dude who look like friendlies standing in a circle of you and all your team and no one recognizes hes enemy. Not a fan of it for this type of "battlefield esk" game.

Desync is a huge issue. I can't count how many times youll just be killed by people who you couldnt see pop up in a position for a split second and on your end he never appeared. Or some guy looking in the complete opposite direction does some weird jump hop 180 and smacks you down no even looking in your direction. The desycn is kinda insane at times.

Tying into the Desync i'm noticing a lot of hit registration just not being consistent. something about it is just off. It's not bad enough to not play, but bad enough that you notice it in those chaotic fights or one of those good flanks and it just pisses you off just enough. Definitely needs to be worked out.

On a good note, weapon progression is fun (minus the weird weapon xp tokens, but im sure thats going to be some monetization thing, and if so, bad move.) with lots of customization, the gunsmith is done really well with calibration of components. Theres lots of weapons and unlocks for you to grind through.

the game mode havoc is pretty fun. the extraction based gamemode sounds cool but if i'm being totally honest... I'm just not interested in it. It's got a DMZ vibe but with a few things i'd say done a little better. But overall, im just not that into it. Much better option than a Battle Royal mode though (far too overplayed these days, NOT EVERY DAMN GAME NEEDS TO BE A B.R. SHOOTER). I think it's one of those "trendy" modes that after 100 more games start doing the extraction thing. it will eventually die off for the next big "trend".

Overall it's not bad. But it certainly needs work. It's got a great platform to be a good F2P shooter.