The following is not a full fledged review, but merely my
initial impressions to Lawbreakers.
Before I start, let me explain where I come from with this
game. Sadly, I missed all of the betas and played it for the first time on the
day of the launch (7th August, 2017). That’s pretty much it. I haven’t
played many other arena FPS games except for Overwatch, which people are
comparing to Lawbreakers.
Now, let’s start explaining my first impressions.
I haven’t played very much of the game yet (under 10 hours),
but I must say, Lawbreakers is amongst the most fast paced and difficult FPS
games I have ever played. The game relies to heavily on individual skill, yet
accuracy isn’t everything. The movement of the game is insane and the zero
gravity sections are like mission impossible for me to tackle right now. I can’t
seem to grasp the entire picture of the game as it is throwing so much action
into such a fast game.
When I launched the game I must say, I am guilty of skipping
all tutorials. I will get to those another day, but the trailers hyped me up
for the game way too much that I just wanted to throw myself right into the
action and with that, right under the bus. I got destroyed. I didn’t know how
to play any of the classes and barely understood the objectives in each game
mode. My mistake. After I had played the first game, I sorted out my key
bindings. It is my preference to have my melee attack (a kick) on my mouse
thumb buttons. I also needed to find out which controls did what, so I sorted
that out too.
My second game was a lot better. I started to understand the
movement and some of the characters. I did experience a bit of an odd feel to
the game. It seemed like a lag issue, but that resolved itself after a while. I
still don’t know what was causing that. I read the chat and others had
experienced the same issue. Anyways, the game continued. I successfully got a
few kills as the assassin class and was loving the movement. I figured that
there is no point trying to play the game in a sneaky manner with the
assassins, as you should get in close and personal before they can start
shooting you. When I got shot at, I died pretty quickly. Suppose that may have
just been because I suck at the movement, but it may also have been due to the
little health that the Assassin has.
What have I enjoyed about the game so far? I love how little
it held my hand. Although, it may have held it a bit if I had done the
tutorials, I loved how the game set the scene for itself. It instantly told me
it was a skill based FPS that was going to be nuts, and indeed it was. I have
enjoyed how every class can 1v1 against any other class and still have a chance
at winning. There is a great sense of balance and a wonderful unique feel to
each character. I love the unpredictability of how the games might turn in favour
or against me. It truly felt like a unique experience.
I will clock in a few more hours into the game and write a
full review on the game in a few days. I hope you enjoyed reading my first impressions.
-X_Pilot
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