I like this approach as it sets all players off on a better footing, much as arena shooters of old tended to do. We start with the common variety of gauntlet, but in the field it is possible to find the usual array of rare, epic, and legendary types as well, offering up better damage and speed etc. Each has two basic attacks by default the Pyromancer for example has a fireball and an Area Of Effect wall of flame.
Classes include the fire-based Pyromancer, ice-based Frostborn, rock-based Stoneshaper, poison-based Toxicologst, electricity-based Conduit, and the wind-based Tempest. As the name might imply we play as Mages who wield magical gauntlets that can cast spells.
Rather than starting with nothing we get to choose from one of a few classes. Where Spellbreak differs is in the surrounding elements. There’s no points for originality in this aspect, but then why mess with a tried and tested formula? It’s a fairly familiar set up to start with pick a mode (solo, duo or squad of 3) and, once all of the players have settled in, drop from the sky, land in a place of your choosing, and loot as fast as possible while also fighting off other players and avoiding the ever closing circle of doom. Happily I can report that it is not only great fun, but has the potential to rise in the ranks should the community get behind it as it has done for some of the other titles out there. However in recent times I found them to be among some of the most fun times I have gaming, and so when Spellbreak dropped I was keen to give it a try. It’s a popular genre – clearly – and one that I was initially sceptical of. And so, another Battle Royale game comes crashing down into the party.
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