The Game Awards 2023 saw the announcement of major releases, among which The Finals was a surprise as a shadow drop; meaning you can download the game right now and hop into the experience.
The Finals had a successful open beta run recently, and millions of players worldwide showed an interest in the close-combat destructive first-person shooter. Developer Embark Studios has shown keen interest in keeping the live-service model for the game alive and interesting, and the game’s Season 1 is now official.
The Game Awards Hosted the Announcement for The Finals Season 1
From the looks and charm of it, you may be wondering what makes this game so particularly familiar. Well, the destructive environments, gunplay, and fast-paced nature of The Finals can be attributed to a vision shared by the developers who worked on Battlefield at some point in their lives.
The game’s website even goes on to explain the game’s unique selling point:
Crash through walls and ceilings, destroy anything and everything in sight, and build bridges and barricades in this fast-paced, high-stakes fight for fame on the world’s biggest stage.
The extremely destructible environments in The Finals make for hardcore close-combat situations where three teams go against each other in a heist-like competition.
All of this is set in a variety of maps, designed in a way that feels like a live tournament being watched by millions. To make this more evident, there are two announcers commenting on the same while the match goes on, adding personality to the entire thing.
To new players, The Finals may seem a little daunting, considering how competitive and fast-paced it can be. However, the different character types and weapons to choose from make the skill-ceiling something more manageable, rather than completely daunting.
Everything to look forward to in The Finals Season 1.
After many months of waiting, the game has officially launched with Season 1 and brings in a variety of changes, fixes, and updates. The free-to-play model is evident, but there are a lot of players who can purchase. Some of the new additions to the game include:
- Reload and Inspect animations
- Emoticons
- Gestures
- Pets
- Sounds
- Watches
There’s also a battle pass that rewards players with new cosmetics, and there are 12 pages of it to unlock. There’s more, of course, and you can explore everything on the developer’s Steam page.
One of the biggest updates with the game’s official launch includes the introduction of Las Vegas, a seemingly shiny map that mimics the real-life city’s landscape and brings about new challenges to the close combat scenarios in PvP situations.
The developers seem to be careful about how they’re updating the game, and putting sentiments into words:
Live service games take continuous work, a lot of listening, iteration, patching, fixing, and balancing. Rest assured, we’re up for the challenge and ready to support this game and its players (that includes us!) through thick and thin. Thank you for being on this journey with us – it means the world.!
This explains the ‘Mixed’ reviews on Steam so far, since most free-to-play online multiplayer games take time to find their tone and polish, and The Finals is no different. The game is now available to play on PC, Xbox Series S/X and PS5.
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