TL;DR- You have to pay in, for the privilege of fighting 1500+ hour players in their home turf. AVOID for SOLO.

If you've got a friend or squad asking you to pick up this game, ignore the 👎 in this review and understand that these pain points are severe enough during solo play for this condition.

This is a stylish, well-made game that can be quite a thrill ride, especially in team modes.

When first playing the game, I was hoping for something more lighthearted that matches the game's theme and tone. The game as it stands today consists of highly competitive winner-take-all rounds and headshot-focused gunplay, as well as a Hero/Operator paradigm that does nothing but create balancing headaches.

I'm all for improving my gameplay and hardening up, but there's a combination at play with no death recap, matchmaking issues, and at times tone-deaf balancing that can leave me scratching my head after a round, unsure what exactly the lesson to be learned is.

These issues are more prevalent when playing alone, relying on a spectate camera that doesn't even allow first-person, tells you nothing about the loadout of the person you're spectating, hell, if you don't see them drop cover you know even know who they're playing as!

The game is still under active development, so things are subject to change. Some certainly will enjoy the hard-as-nails combination that these factors provide.

Unfortunately, as it currently stands it's not something I can recommend as a solo experience.

TL;DR- You have to pay in, for the privilege of fighting 1500+ hour players in their home turf. AVOID for SOLO. If you've got a friend or squad asking you to pick up this game, ignore the 👎 in this review and understand that these pain points are severe enough during solo play for this condition. This is a stylish, well-made game that can be quite a thrill ride, especially in team modes. When first playing the game, I was hoping for something more lighthearted that matches the game's theme and tone. The game as it stands today consists of highly competitive winner-take-all rounds and headshot-focused gunplay, as well as a Hero/Operator paradigm that does nothing but create balancing headaches. I'm all for improving my gameplay and hardening up, but there's a combination at play with no death recap, matchmaking issues, and at times tone-deaf balancing that can leave me scratching my head after a round, unsure what exactly the lesson to be learned is. These issues are more prevalent when playing alone, relying on a spectate camera that doesn't even allow first-person, tells you nothing about the loadout of the person you're spectating, hell, if you don't see them drop cover you know even know who they're playing as! The game is still under active development, so things are subject to change. Some certainly will enjoy the hard-as-nails combination that these factors provide. Unfortunately, as it currently stands it's not something I can recommend as a solo experience.