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THE FINALS What is this? The Finals is a F2P FPS based around 4 teams of 3 trying to secure an objective and protect it in small, heavily destructible maps. Chaos is the name of the game here with lots of destruction and gadgets being used in each match. Who is making this? Embark Studios, which is made up of several ex-DICE employees including former DICE CEO Patrick Söderlund. For those that don't know,  are the ones that make the Battlefield series, so they have a lot of experience with janky fps games and destructibility.What makes this game unique? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAK5xFWA3pk The maps are extremely destructible. Old Battlefield games have a very static form of destruction where once you've seen a building blow up, it will always blow up like that every time. The Finals is different. The destruction is handled on the server-side and appears to be completely dynamic. This allows players to approach problems and objectives in unique ways that will play out differently each time. If there's an enemy barricaded in a room with the objective, the player can blow through a wall, blow up the ceiling, or even blow out the floor and drop the objective to the next level. Time will show just how dynamic the destruction really is, but it looks fun. What is the game objective? Every match, 4 teams of 3 players will try to capture a cube and deposit it at a station to get cash. When the cube is being processed, other teams will be notified so that they can try to steal the cube for themselves. The game revolves around capturing a mobile objective and trying to extract its contents while defending against other players that may also be fighting amongst themselves. Whatever team has the most money by the end of the round wins. It looks like it will be very chaotic. What kind of weapons are there? For the primary weapons, it appears to be pretty standard stuff; AKs, RPGs, LMGs, SMGs, etc. The gadgets, though, are a bit more unique. So far, I've seen deployable cover, energy shields, anti-personnel mines, deployable ziplines, grapple hooks, invisibility cloaks, the goo-gun from Prey, healing guns, sentry turrets, and even deployable jump pads. It seems like there's a ton of fun toys for players to experiment with and see what they like. When can I play it? NOW ITS OUT NOW!! What does it look like? Here's some videos that give a decent overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYQLw2b__qA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGRoborkkw4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nf8l0M_8Z0 Here's a discord for playing The Finals with goons: ScootsMcSkirt fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Dec 14, 2023 |
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ya, it does seem like it might be a flash in the pan kinda thing, but the gameplay looks really solid so there may be a chance it catches on. Either way, Im gonna give it a shot and see how it goes. Would love to get some goons together and get up to some shenanigans cause it does seem like the kind of game where a dedicated team can pull off some funny stuff
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Mar 6, 2023 22:50
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here are the PC specs for the betaquote:Minimum: seems pretty reasonable, was expecting a bit more for the minimum specs due to the destruction. I wonder if that being server-side helps with the optimization
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Mar 7, 2023 03:34
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truther posted:I really like how the money banks can be on moving platforms, elevators, etc. The gameplay is going to be absolutely nuts. i dont follow, do you mean the UI or menus? Cause the art design looks nothing like Overwatch. Its realistic-ish characters with real-world weapons, not nearly as stylized as Overwatch imo i guess some of the fancier gadgets could fit in with Overwatch, but I get a more Apex Legends vibe from those ScootsMcSkirt fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Mar 7, 2023 |
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Mar 7, 2023 05:10
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now that I think about it, this game does give me heavy Brink vibes... hopefully it will avoid a similar fate
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Mar 7, 2023 05:14
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looks like the beta has started. Anyone get in?
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Mar 7, 2023 15:27
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i tried doing that but their email verification seems broken. They wont let me verify my account so I cant get the key
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Mar 7, 2023 15:49
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pootiebigwang posted:Yeah verification was very slow. Took me like 30 minutes to get an email but it eventually came through. 
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Mar 7, 2023 15:54
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all right, got a code through SteelSeries so that still works. It did take several hours for the email verification to go through. unfortunately im at work so I wont be able to give it a shot for a bit. Pretty excited though!
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Mar 7, 2023 18:44
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ive been watching some streams too and it seems like it comes down to the players themselves. The opportunities for cool flanking plays through walls is there, its just that most ppl arent thinking that way yet cause its not something that is immediately apparent. Every time someone had the idea to go through a wall/ceiling/floor, it works just like you think it would. The problem is that everyone has decades of fps games training them to go through doors and up stairs instead of making their own entrances Also, a lot of ppl I watched werent including any kind of explosives in their loadouts. I bet a coordinated squad could drop an entire building in moments and it would be really cool to see
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Mar 7, 2023 21:43
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I said come in! posted:Fair point! In future updates of the game during beta, I hope there will be more encouragement to level buildings to the ground in order to win. In this regard Fortnite does environment destruction better. the game gives players infinite ammo for their weapons and gadgets. the objectives also spawn in buildings and are affected by physics. I dont see how they can encourage ppl any more than they already are. Players just need to git gud and start blowing poo poo up
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Mar 8, 2023 00:04
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this games dope. Made a heavy "gently caress walls" build thats rpg, c4, and the Kool Aid man ability that lets you run through anything. Very satisfying to blow through a wall and flank enemies from what they thought was a safe angle also nice for a hasty retreat. Im using mines too so i leave behind little surprises if anyone tries to follow me through the building i just trashed
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Mar 8, 2023 01:55
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really want to get some goons together for some squad fun. Playing with randos is pain
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Mar 8, 2023 18:02
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open beta starts today and runs to the 5th looks fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_HX5JyT18o
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Oct 26, 2023 16:29
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frag grenades definitely destroy walls/floors, but theyre very weak against those so i wouldnt rely on them for a quick escape
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Nov 7, 2023 00:35
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the promise has been made
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Dec 7, 2023 16:58
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its out
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Dec 8, 2023 04:52
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only win so far was when one of my teammates left at the beginning of the match and my other teammate was a sniper lol
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Dec 9, 2023 21:02
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the 1887 is insane. got 15 kills the first time i used it
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Dec 9, 2023 22:00
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ive been having good success with the turret. makes a great distraction and does enough damage to potentially tilt a fight in your favor the start-up time is really slow, so you cant panic drop it, but it works well enough for its intended role imo
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Dec 9, 2023 23:53
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CuddleCryptid posted:That really should be universal imo. As it stands right now in quick play it doesn't matter who grabs or delivers the box to the bank, it only matters who caps it within the last 20 seconds. That's two of the three stages of the mode made irrelevant with a bonus feature of being the first to cap the box in the third stage meaning you'll likely die and need to end up re-capping it back anyways. i think quickplay is supposed to be a heavily simplified version of the main mode and in order to maintain that feeling the devs keep it at 2 cashouts = win I also dont think theres OT in quickplay for a similar reason. In the main mode, they will give you partial money if your team holds the objective when the round ends before the cashout can happen, which can put you over the edge to make it to the next round makes sense to me. Just like in real sports, you gotta make it all the way to the goal to get on the board. I think it would suck if teams got partial credit for holding the objective before it was fully cashed out by someone else
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Dec 10, 2023 06:01
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the best setups ive seen so far are to place mines to slow ppl down and blow a hole in the wall so your team can camp a nearby rooftop and still have LOS to the box camping the box itself is a bit of a trap since its so easy to break the floor i also like using the goo gun heavy to completely box in the cashout box. A surprising amount of ppl dont have explosives to break through. You can also light the goo on fire to buy yourself a bit of time while it burns the whole area the goo gun in general is really handy for the heavy. It forces teams to use their explosives to make an opening instead of shooting your team. The goo can also make handy ledges and bridges to help the heavy get to places they normally would have trouble reaching
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Dec 10, 2023 16:41
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rpg works just fine for busting down walls
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Dec 10, 2023 17:47
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the throwing knives skin that is a pair of playing cards is pretty sick doubt ill make it that far through the pass tho. no way im buying that unless i already have enough fake money unlocked that it pays for itself
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Dec 11, 2023 20:23
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gotta get used to smacking ppl to finish them off when you run out of ammo
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Dec 11, 2023 21:07
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updated OP with discord info, please play nice with each other
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Dec 14, 2023 21:56
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Embark stays winning
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Jan 11, 2024 19:51
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i like having crossplay cause not only does it increase the lifespan of a multiplayer game, but it also allows me to play these kind of games with my non-pc gaming friends much prefer Embark trying to balance out the platforms than just giving up and keeping everyone separate
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for heavy, the dome shield is incredibly useful for taking cashboxes or reviving teammates i dont recall who has gas mines by default, but i get a ton of usage out of those
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