As a fan of any video game gun finest described as “endearingly crap with a real knack to it”, I’m delighted that the newest non permanent occasion mode in Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds focuses on its worst sniper: the VSS. Y’know, that one with a wood inventory and built-in silencer, the one which plings lazy 9mm bullets like a toddler throwing pebbles, the one which is so dangerous it’s a thrill to really kill somebody with. That one. It’s the star of the ‘Silent and Violent’ occasion, now dwell, which drops 40 gamers over a small nook of Sanhok for group deathmatch with respawning – armed with a VSS. I’ve loved getting to make use of it a lot.
The ‘Silent and Violent’ War Mode variant places 40 gamers into squads of 4 (matchmaking fills you up) to battle in a tiny secure nook of Sanhok, locked to about 350 metres huge. You might be geared up with: one stage 1 vest; one stage 1 helmet; 5 bandages; one vitality drink; one stun grenade; one smoke grenade; one VSS with an prolonged quickdraw journal; extra 9mm ammo than you’ll possible use earlier than somebody murders you. No airdrops, no different weapons to seek out, no higher gear, simply what you begin with and no matter you may nick off corpses.
As is the War Mode manner, every squad is combating to hit the objective of 150 factors or, if not, at the least be closest when the spherical hits its 15-minute time restrict. One level for a knockdown, three factors for a kill. And a aircraft flies by each 30 seconds to drop respawning folks.
I’ve solely performed this mode with randos to this point, not the laaads, but it surely’s been surprisingly pleasing. Yeah, some rounds can simply be a large number and the novelty will put on off quickly, however that’s why it’s not a everlasting fixture. And whereas War Mode can decide dangerous spots for fights, the truth that the VSS is dangerous at each lengthy and short-range does go some technique to night it out.
Not that I feel the VSS is terrible. It is nice sufficient that I might be mildly happy to seek out it early in an everyday spherical. But additionally dangerous sufficient that I’ll drop it the moment I discover a correct gun. Ah, however I do prefer it! Its bullets fly slowly, dropping in the direction of the bottom earlier than they’ve even bought far, making it an actual problem to make use of effectively. For some time, I put within the time to discover ways to learn its scope markings and decide distance, to really hit and hurt folks with it. And that inbuilt suppressor is so alluring. The VSS nonetheless sucks and I do know it sucks, however I’ve a delicate spot for it. This excuse to make use of it a lot has been welcome.
This occasion mode began in the present day within the wee hours and can run till 3am on Monday the 10th of September (that’s 7pm on Sunday the ninth for our Pacific time zone buddies).
