In the cluttered royale genre, you need a long-term hook. Battlefield 5: Firestorm - 4 New Images 4 Images Firestorm incorporates the main game's vehicles too, which feel far more important here than in most Battle Royales. 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. 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. Here, why not watch it incinerate me in a handy impressions video.Īs the title suggests, I'm a tad torn over Firestorm. The titular blaze dominates the whole affair, looming on the horizon, chewing the map into tiny chunks of Frostbite engine and breathing its magma-hot breath down the back of your neck like some creep on the London underground.
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Having now played the mode, due as a free update next Monday, I can see why they went with it. They called it Firestorm instead, which sounds like a terrible Steven Seagal film you'd buy for 99p at a petrol station. The result is a mode that should satisfy both Battlefield and Battle Royale fans - whether it's done enough to tempt either way from their current jams is another story.DICE appeared to drop the ball when they didn't call Battlefield V's upcoming battle royale offering 'Battlefield Royale'. It's another risk-reward system, but don't expect to feel overpowered as a result, as vehicles need to be kept fuelled up - you won't be driving around for the entire match if you don't manage your resources.
The likes of the Panzer 38(t) are hidden in bunkers that need to have their doors manually cranked open, which also set off sirens to warn/attract nearby players as to what you're up to. Come on in and discuss, ask questions, post game clips, squad up, whatever you want. The 17 available include tanks, tractors, even proto-helicopters, with a neat gameplay wrinkle added when obtaining the deadliest of them. Community page for fans of Battlefield V: Firestorm. If you want a less potentially violent alternative, you can also find crackable safes with a measure of loot scattered across the map.įirestorm incorporates the main game's vehicles too, which feel far more important here than in most Battle Royales.
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Capture one amidst the negative attention of other players and you'll be rewarded with a series of loot crates popping open. Aside from the usual destructibility, Resupply Points - this mode's take on the series' ubiquitous control points - will spontaneously appear, turning small circles of the map into flashpoints. Another Battlefield-y touch is in how that map's used as you play. What's interesting here is how Firestorm uses that scale - the circle will only cover around two thirds of the map from the very beginning of the round, meaning you won't have to worry too much about escaping the incoming wall of fire, but every round should feel slightly different, placing you across different, distant parts of the map. Firestorm's map, Halvøy, is 10 times bigger than the previous largest Battlefield map. As per Battlefield tradition, the real difference here is size.
64 players (squad and solo variants are available) parachute onto a single landmass, and kill each other off as the titular, circular Firestorm closes in.
Firestorm is a fairly straightforward set-up as Battle Royales go.
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