Battle royales have an overwhelming learning curve for new comers catching up to seasoned players.
Ray Guan, lead producer at 24 Entertainments gives one tip to newcomers to help them start their journey in the game.
Naraka: Bladepoint is one of it's kind melee combat focused battle royale.
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Naraka: Bladepoint is a hand-to-hand, melee combat, battle royale game. In the highly diversified and brutal battle royale landscape, Naraka: Bladepoint offers a fresh and new way to interact in a battle royale setting. Although there are ranged weapons in the game, mastery is only gained by getting near the opponent and using melee combat techniques.
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However, role-playing battle royale games have a tremendous and often frustrating learning curve, especially for newcomers, given the rank diversity and difficulty in reaching up to the experience that others have already gained after years of playing.
In this overwhelming landscape of battle royales, Naraka: Bladepoint‘s developer 24 Entertainment’s lead producer Ray Guan has the perfect advice that is going to put beginners’ minds at ease.
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One tip from the Boss
In an interview with Den of Geek, last year, Naraka: Bladepoint‘s developer 24 Entertainment opened up about the future of the game ahead of its announcement of making the game free to play across platforms.
Addressing a question regarding the intimidation felt by newcomers joining the game, Ray Guan, lead producer at 24 Entertainment said –
Rule number one: don’t panic and learn how to counter, it’s not that hard to perform a nice counter. A normal attack streak will always follow with a charged attack, and that’s your time to be ready with a counter. And don’t forget to try the one-click Counter function.
Two heroes fight head to head against each other for glory | 24 Entertainment
The tip from Guan helps in understanding the basics of the game, which strengthens the foundation for your growth to persist. No matter how challenging the battle royale gets, players will find a way to gain mastery over it.
The unique world and setting of Naraka: Bladepoint
Naraka: Bladepoint‘s lore is hugely inspired by ancient Chinese mythology and Eastern lore. This helps maintain the uniqueness of the game’s universe.
Commenting on the inspiration for creating the unique world of Naraka: Bladepoint, Guan said –
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The visual is heavily inspired by classic easter lore, Especially Chinese mythological stories. We also tried to restore old treasures from eastern history; For instance, armour from the Qin dynasty, collaboration with Longmen Grattoes etc.
Naraka: Bladepoint delves into the lore of ancient Chinese mythology | 24 Entertainment
No matter where you hide you MUST face others as the environment circle shrinks. And with the ability to grapple, you suddenly have the agility to chase an enemy or retreat. Most important of all the systems we have allows all sorts of play styles feels very freeing.
This game is one of its kind melee-focused battle royale with the players heavily relying on melee weapons and sword-slashing. The game is available for PC, XBOX, and PS5, and is free to play.
Anupam Lamba is an avid gamer and film lover. After completing his bachelors in Mass Communication he started working as a writer in the Indian film industry before his love for gaming made him venture into the lanes of Fandomwire and he started working as a gaming writer here.