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Crucible, Amazon's Free Shooter, Launches This Month - IGN
Amazon has revealed details and a May release date for its new PvP shooter, Crucible.
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Amazon Games' Crucible will launch May 20th
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Valorant really couldn't be closer to Overwatch, huh. It even has its own Battleborn-like punching bag.
Huh, I'll give it a try. This is pretty out of no where, but it's cool to have the release be so close.
I can't exactly quantify it, because there's definitely a clear line between hero games that look unique and hero games that look completely forgettable & samey.
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Reminds me more of the gone-too-soon Gigantic, but yes it's a hero shooter MOBA type. The gamesradar preview gives a solid taste of what to expect.
According to the New York Times article about the game, it was originally going to release in March, and then mid-April, but was pushed due to covid-19.
I feel like new development teams need to release either a a single player or use an established IP for their first release nowadays. I just can't think of any multiplayer game released by a new AA or AAA studio that has released in the last 5 years that weren't poorly received.
Obviously, Single player games carry a different type of risk. But at least your game wont fade into oblivion when you only have 150 active players.
Obviously, Single player games carry a different type of risk. But at least your game wont fade into oblivion when you only have 150 active players.
Honestly same. I wish Amazon would've stuck with the other one they had, which had a kind of Monday Night Combat feel.
Gamers in 2015/2016 when these games probably entered development
He's saying that this is to Valorant what Battleborn was to Overwatch.
But the comparison doesn't make sense. Battleborn vs Overwatch was funny because they were both very similar games launching on the same day.
It looks visually stunning but it looks way too close to things like Evolve, Bleeding Edge, and other stylized shooters/melee PVP games we've seen, totally.
I wish them luck because it's always nice to see another really great looking game in this general PVP space, I just think it's particularly crowded right now.
The alliances mechanic sounds interesting but if it's popular I could see other BR games adapting it and taking away that small unique selling point from Crucible.
Also, good luck competing with Destiny for the SEO term "Crucible".
Can we just get Gigantic back instead?
I'll probably try it since it's free, not expecting a whole lot. Also don't really want to play another multiplayer game with events, season passes, etc. which I assume are coming.
I'll probably try it since it's free, not expecting a whole lot. Also don't really want to play another multiplayer game with events, season passes, etc. which I assume are coming.
This looks rather interesting from a gameplay perspective. But man, why always go with that generic ass cartoony style. At this point they really all look like the same. But at least it doesn't look like a game from the early 2000s like Valorant (which on top of it's artstyle also looks like shit on a technical level). I will try this. It's free anyway. And it looks like we won't have to idle-stream Twitch to try it for ourselves ...
Paragon looked pretty nice IMHO, but Epic killed it after Fortnite became a success.
The thing that sets valorant apart is that it's actually trying to go after CSGO not overwatch, sure it's got the "overwatch look" and it's got heroes with abilities but those are more accessibility / ease of understanding systems. The core gameplay is entirely modeled on CS. High emphasis on setup and execution of big plays that end the round quickly and decisively.
To be honest after that video I don't know what Crucible is going after.
To be honest after that video I don't know what Crucible is going after.
I liked Paragon, but I was never super into the artstyle. Not that this looks much better, sort of reminds me of Firefall.
Not saying that I was "super into" the art style. But it at least tried to look a bit unique. Some nice character designs as well.
Speaking of Firefall. I was super interested in that game when it was first announced, but then it kinda vanished for me. Did it ever make it out of early access/Beta or whatever state it was into? Was it any good?
I watched the trailer again and was reminded of how cool some of the animations and stuff were at the time. Also Blizzard totally ripped it for Echo.
You know, I played Firefall back in the day, but I don't remember much of my time with it. I don't think it did too hot but I don't remember what happened to it at all.
Can't say it looks particularly unique or exciting but it's a free shooter, definitely giving it a fair shot. I'm liking Valorant a lot more than I expected so who knows.
You guys act like amazon via twitch isn't going to have every major streamer playing it on day one and force feed it's audience the marketing for the game
This guy gets it.
Who knows if its going to have staying power but you can guarantee that shit is going to be all over the front page of twitch for at least a few weeks
Is there any indication of massive a la valorant twitch push???
It's a parent company game after all.
It's a parent company game after all.