Fun and practical consumables like a deployable turret, summonable meteor, and even ninja hook that steals enemy loot present a variety of options no matter who you’re playing as. Finding a legendary skill can alter the game plan when it comes to combat in a way that feels right at home in the battle royale setting. The legendary version of Sirius’s Crescent Gale, for example, turns the ranged missile into a boomerang that returns after being cast, effectively inflicting double damage along the way. Uncommon, rare, and epic abilities offer increased stats, and the legendary rarity even adds an exciting modifier.
But in Battlerite Royale, besting an opponent is a far more lengthy and deliberate process, and as such champions with only half of their abilities stand virtually no chance against geared foes.Īfter all, the rest of the loot is interesting enough without the prospect of finding basic skills. In PUBG, finding a single measly shotgun can be enough to take a well-equipped enemy’s life and loot in an instant.
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The act is so trivial in most games, and so debilitating in the ones that it’s not, that I’m totally baffled as to why everyone doesn’t just start with their full kit of basic abilities unlocked. Looting up to this baseline of performance on slow-to-start champions feels bad, like hunting for the wheels of a sports car one at a time while most of the opposition is riding motorcycles. Others, like Rook, simply lack the starting tools to deal with common tactics such as kiting, and therefore have a difficult time contesting early loot. Some, like Raigon and Jumong can skate by on their two starting abilities due to either one particularly versatile move, or just by virtue of being a ranged champion. Learning the ins and outs of seven new abilities on the fly in a Battle Royale isn't easy, and neither the frustrating early game nor the standalone nature of Battlerite Royale are any help in this department. That’s because champions feel like they’re balanced with their entire kits in mind, and any abilities you don’t buy before the match must be found or purchased as you play. The resulting asymmetry makes Battlerite Royale unique, but this disparity is far more pronounced than it should be early on in a match. Here, before the match begins you’ll choose a champion and purchase two of their set of seven abilities that will fundamentally distinguish you from your fellow combatants as far as stats and mechanics are concerned.
Unlike Fortnite, PUBG, and most of their emulators, Battlerite Royale doesn’t start everyone on equal footing. But even if you escape, losing a fight still hurts as a champion’s maximum possible HP is reduced after taking excessive damage, and that’s a problem only finite healing potions and shrines can fix. While I never knew what was around the next corner, I also never felt the pre-combat anxiety or tension of other battle royale games as it proved relatively easy to escape from an unwanted duel.
Sound plays an important factor, too: Hearing the cork pop off a distance potion, for instance, sent me into a frenzied state of scouting to find the still-vulnerable guzzler before they could finish healing. Familiar fare like loot chests and airdrops share the space with some less expected, but ultimately fun additions like portals, shops, and even resurrection shrines for fallen teammates in the duo mode.
Points of interest like the Glimmering Woods and Temple Ruins feel thematically consistent with the high-fantasy setting and offer welcome visual variety. But the unique and memorable experience it offers as things progress proves to be well worth the trouble.īattlerite Royale’s large single map, Talon Island, is a respectable arena for the relatively small population of 30 players it currently supports. The largest drawback is a messy and confusing early game where the clarity and flow of Battlerite’s usually exceptional combat all but evaporates. But Battlerite Royale’s polished combat and clear understanding of both of its distinct parts make the strange concoction it serves up not only palatable but actually quite good, even in its current early access state. The combination of a MOBA and battle royale sounds like an almost satirical welding of one hot genre to the next.
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