Summary
Pushing the destruction capabilities to its limits,The Finalsplayers attempt to level the entire map during a match. Following its release in December during The Game Awards,The Finalshas been enjoying a good amount of successand positive word of mouth from fans. The online shooter takes the form of a futuristic game show where teams of players compete in various objective-based modes that typically involve banking money either from stealing vaults or earning cash from defeating other players.
Outside of the unique presentation, one of the other standout elements toThe Finalsis the level of destruction the game engine grants players. Considering that Embark Studios was founded by former DICE employees, a studio known for theBattlefieldfranchise that also allowed players to destroy portions of its maps,The Finalsseemingly pushes that further with fully destructive buildings, as well as somelimited construction abilities like the Goo Gun, which not only provide emergent gameplay, but add a number of variables that could dynamically impact a match at any given time. One team attempted to push this engine to its limits by seeing how much chaos and destruction they could cause.
In a clip posted by Sanizoor onThe Finalssubreddit, one player stood on the highest remaining building on the Seoul map showcasing that everything else has been leveled to the ground. Outside of a handful of base structures, the team was successful at removing the rest of the map, with only the base level left behind, giving the stage a much smaller feel than it was at the start. Helping in the effort was a special map event called Alien Invasion, which sees a UFO appear at random and use a tractor beam to cause even more destruction.
People reacting to the post noted their own experiences with others attempting to destroy large portions of the map, including one player who saw twoFinalsteams composed of three Heavy Build playersgoing around and attempting to destroy any and all buildings, only stopping to kill the other team before resuming their mission. Others likened the clip toBattlefield Bad Company 2, a fan favorite DICE game that gave players the freedom to truly change maps by breaking walls and bringing buildings down during the course of a match.
While the emergent style gameplay is definitely a highlight for many players of The Finals, not everything has been positive to this point. Cheating has become a main topic for many players as aimbotting and other methods have interfered with all sorts of matches, including Ranked sessions. Even as Embark Studios continues to add anti-cheat systems, other players have highlightedmissing features inThe Finalsincluding Text Chat, something which many have requested as an alternative to voice chat to help communicate with teammates during matches.
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Viewers at home, here’s the news you’ve been waiting to hear: THE FINALS is accepting new contestants, and that means YOU! That’s right, soon the world could be watching YOU tear apart our newest dynamic arenas and seize everlasting fame!As you know, THE FINALS is the world’s greatest free-to-play combat game show! Our contestants plug in to our virtual world and join teams in escalating tournaments. They fight it out in our beautifully-rendered arenas based on real-world locations that they can alter, exploit, and even destroy.Sure, you may aim and shoot, but contestants that add our carefully curated virtual environments to their arsenal are more likely to advance, so do anything you can imagine in the name of victory! Burn arenas to the ground! Send wrecking balls crashing into your opponents! Don’t just pull triggers - pull down buildings!
