I nonetheless can not inform you why Battlefield V‘s battle royale mode is not named Battlefield Royale, but I can tell you that this so-called ‘Firestorm’ has launched as we speak. It’s a battle royale game, proper, however in Battlefield – and with a graceful ring of fireplace closing round you, an inferno on the horizon that eats via buildings in that pleasing Battlefield destruct-o-tech manner. I wouldn’t say I’m motivated solely by cool explosions, however don’t video games exist primarily as a result of at a sure age it’s thought-about inappropriate to chase your pal with Roman candle, put a Catherine wheel in your bike’s wheel, or launch bottle rockets out of your shoulder out a size of copper pipe you discovered down the again of the backyard? That query was rhetorical.
Firestorm is now stay, free for all Battlefield V gamers as a part of EA’s rolling lineup of post-launch content material. You and 63 different gamers drop right into a abandoned place to assemble weapons, trip tractors, discover extra-fancy loot and automobiles via attention-grabbing bonus targets, and shoot one another to items.
This mode has been made by Criterion Games, the studio who’re principally recognized for a number of Burnout and Need For Speed games however have additionally chipped in on a number of of EA’s multiplayer shooters too.
Our Matthew played a bit final week, coming away undecided.
“It’s out the gate in a very polished state and has all the key ingredients for a solid anecdote generator: crumbling masonry, a liberal scattering of explosives and zippy vehicles, the latter lent some extra spice (and tractors) by the petrolheads at Criterion. But there’s something deadening about the way it slots in among Battlefield V’s other modes and begins to contribute to the same XP-powered trudge towards cosmetic items and whatever else XP unlocks. In the cluttered royale genre, you need a long-term hook. Is it enough to just remix what Battlefield offers on tap elsewhere?”
He carried out some shifting photos too, which reveals off that crumbling masonry and, much more importantly, a wonderful helicopter accident:
