I think it's worth to try it just to spend 5 whole hours playing around with the physics of the destructible environment 😂

the concept is pretty cool, some gigantic skyscrapers in a city for example with a destructible environment

My only worry with this one is Nexon, their microtransactions are obsessive. If it's anything like most Nexon games, they were some of the first to do microtransactions. Most cosmetics are basically rented for 30 days or so and some cases they are permanent.

It appears interesting, but personally, I'm yet to feel the hook that gets me interested... Also, I am admittedly way too jaded from seeing advertised games get heavily scaled back. You pointed it out that there's a lot of visual noise which can frankly come off off as obnoxious for some folks, or be an issue for people with visual impairments. I want to see them succeed, but I'm going to watch from a distance.

I'm definitely excited about it because it's the first game released by the most well-known studio in the Rust game dev space. They have been extremely beneficial to the ecosystem of open-source Rust game dev tools and libraries and I'm willing to support them for that alone whether I like the game or not!

Tbh, this is the most exiting and most "active" games I've ever seen. I crave some clutter on the screen, to make it feel like I'm in some high-end blockbuster. I'm hyped

As someone who's played the previous playtests and is playing the current, I love it. The TTK can be long but it really doesn't feel all that long if you hit your shots.

If this game had some settings or options to clear out the visual clutter and particle effects (Which i suspect its going to have, just to appeal to a wider audience), i would definitely pick it up

This looks interesting, If the microtransactions are cosmetic only I am all for it!

Time to kill is amazing I would say, cause it gives more of A teamwork kind of aspect to the game, which nowadays we don't have much "Teamwork" type shooters.

2 out of 3 of your points is what I’m hype for actually. Big Michael bay explosions that aren’t scripted leveling, change the terrain drastically, and look visually stunning, coupled with lots of explosives to blow shit up to my liking sounds awesome. Open ended gameplay adds ton of replayability to maps too. This is looking to be spectacle - the game and I’m strapped in for it. As for monetisation, if they keep it to weapon skins and urban street clothes that’s pretty fine to me, since enemies show up with health bars anyway and no p2w mechanics will keep things fair. And the visual style of the game is my cuppa tea, the city looks like Mirror’s Edge a bit which makes sense considering the devs here are ex-Dice

With all the coins and some other elements, the trailer scenes (at least the ones seen on this video) just made me think of an ad for a casino or something like that :D

embark is a studio made by the past battlefield devs and most of them have years of experience especially with destruction and fast paced action and so it kinda caters towards those sorts of players too

Looks like a great game but I'll play only if my lappy can run it

Been waiting for this game since the first reveal. Hyped for sure!

Biggest thing I can say. The game was built from the ground up as a esport centered fps game, the visual clutter is a big part due to the graphical settings because as cluttered as the scenes can get, they look stunning for marketing. The game includes many options to disable these effects and while it makes the game less "pretty" of course it's MUCH easier to see. Also added colour vibrancey from software helps a ton, similar to how some use in valorant. Tl;Dr: turn the settings down, the game becomes much cleaner and easier to see players

I think the visual clutter will probably be refined at launch. It looks very nice in gameplay trailers/content in the same way loud pop music is enticing, but impacts gameplay. They toned down the muzzle effects for MW2 after launch because it made targets in gunfights harder track. Hope same goes here

I honestly really like this visual style of this, very action film feeling, and puts you at the center of action it looks like, sacrificing the e-sports playability for something that looks absolutely insane. The real deal breakers for me are going to be anticheat (as a Linux gamer, kernel-level anti-cheat is the bane of my existence) and implementation of pay-to-win means. Paid cosmetics are just that, cosmetic, a fancy 3D model or texture slapped over it, I can live with that, perhaps even purchase a few knowing it supports the devs who are making this free to play. If they put effort towards functionality on Linux, I'd be very happy to give it a go, even if I'm lacking in terms of skills with multiplayer shooters

1:55 My brother in Christ, I wasn't visually impaired but I feel like I just got it after seeing that HOLY.

Played it for like 4h today with a friend and it was the most fun I’ve had in a while. The server was also surprisingly stable, especially with everything blowing up around us. Not sure if I’d play it solo though, it seems to be like apex where you can’t really do much unless you can properly communicate with your team

It feels like the kind of game you convince your friends to play for a day, have a ton of fun and never touch it agin, tho the phyics and animations make me wish the game finds a way to keep me hooked for longer, seems to have potential

I tend to like a mid-long time to kill - I feel that for me it's more frustrating to get deleted with 0 chance to do anything than it is for you to get first hit and the enemy wiping you nonetheless because of their skill with movement shooting etc on noob-tubes - having a ton of explosives makes sense in a game which features destructible environments. ofc idk how good they are against players, but the high movement and high TTK seem to me to mean that hitting a noob-tube will *hurt* but not *kill*, allowing the victim to get shoot you as you switch back to a gun and get into cover a few frames before you can shoot. Again, not sure, but here's hoping I do hope they simplify the visuals somewhat, and maybe they'll implement gamemodes with faster TTK etc etc

to summarize this game, its for the people who are in-between wanting a casual and competitive game. the core elements are casual and for fun, but the games movement, abilities, and modes cater to a more competitive audience. Things like visual clutter dont bother me as much if the spectacle of it is big, and the longer ttk is what I like. For others this might not be it, but if theres one thing I can say, its that I hope this game turns out good, we need more serious competition in the fps market.

Been playtesting this game since alpha and it's an absolute blast. That's coming from someone who mainly plays games like Tarkov and Squad haha. So much chaos and destruction. The TTK is between CoD and Halo. Headshots definitely matter. The movement depends on which build you pick. I would compare it more closely to Team Fortress than Apex. Healing happens via a gadget exclusive to the medium class or by avoiding damage for about ten seconds.

its so cool that i can have a review done by a dev, he can see things id never see, ty sm

Really appreciate this review / first look takes into account the accessibility. I'm not low vision but I do have a lot of issues with motion tracking that this game would super exacerbate with all the clutter. (Plus the fact that you mention it here means that it's probably something in the back of your mind as you develop your own game, which is exciting!)

Played it during the last playtest, wasn't a huge fan, but I'll see if it gets better next update. Has some cool ideas 🎉

man I love your videos, they are short enough to watch them even if I dont care for the topic

looks cool!!! *gets hyped nexon logo *approaches with caution

would love to see a followup video kind of as a retrospect on this video after you played it a bit! :)

its weird how cautionary this video is while making me this hyped. every point made was like gabaj: heads up this game has a long TTK me: no, thats good, i want that

This is the type of game that get's slightly popular at launch and after a week you forget it exists

That city/building looks like the first and second Mirror's Edge games got combined, vibrant colors of the OG indoors, general layout of Catalyst.

I question if it'll deliver as promised, and I'm unsure if it'll be as balanced or extensive as might be nice, but I'm happy to see some interesting use of destruction and physics since that hasn't been a thing in the forefront for a while.

Another amazing video bro!

i love the destruction and the reloads

Building: *Explodes* My computer : *Explodes aggresively*

Definitely looks really interesting and worth at least trying, regardless of how you feel about high TTKs and such, since it looks pretty unique (at least from this video which is my first time hearing of it)

I totaly agree with you by the preferences! but I'm still hyped anyway, I can quite adapt to whatever

i don't even normally play fps games but this sounds like a dream, long gunfights, moving surroundings, fast movements? thank you for letting me know

First time I’ve heard about it, it looks well made! I always like trying games at least one or a few times

Two uploads in a day? Nice!

I wouldn't say I'm excited for it but I'm curious and hope it does well

I've never seen anything about it before and I love it! Also I already see my GPU having a stroke while I'm just watching this video with so much of different stuff flying around..

This was a really well thought out analysis of the game and was unbiased. I commend you for how well you present information like this

2:09 Core memory unlocked

Thought you were gonna talk about the Counter Strike Source 2 thing going on now lmao. I haven't heard about this title yet but now I am definetly gonna give it a try when it comes out. Great video as always

I hadn't heard about this, but now I'm hyped

excellent points, i agree with everything

Im a fan of longer Time-To-Kill in games, because longer TTK means more time IN-GAME and less time in menus looking at the spawn timer to go down. Longer TTK = More Gameplay

you can req to play on steam rn, it takes about a day to accept but it works (and you get beta rewards)

Bro if it’s plays exactly like game footage not gonna lie it’s fire with all that effects and explosion physics

Completely agree with this. The visual clutter alone is enough reason to be worried.

this is my first time seeing this game, and im pretty excited now. it definitely seems like my type of shooter

See some of my favorite gaming moments involved being in a giant Battlefield lobby and there's just so much going on that you can hardly even focus on the gunplay.

I tried it during the beta and I liked it. Cool concept and the destruction played well into the gameplay

I've been playing the closed beta and it's really fun! I hope it continues to be played and some of the little issues get fixed up.

Im impressed that a game like this even exists.

I've been playing it recently, it's actually not bad! Still playtesting so there's a lot of crashes but most of the crashes for me has been at the main menu and in the tutorial world. Personally, I think they could definitely expand it with more game modes and it would be a full on blast!

i just randomly saw this at my home page 34 seconds after release, didnt realise i dont have notifications on

I've wanted a game set specifically in only a sky scraper so feels like a dream come true for my very specific wants

C4 and destruction physics in one sentence just sounds fun already

This looks pretty cool

I am reminded of a convo I had with a much younger cousin of mine. We were talking about Valorant and CS, and he said he tried CS but missed all the colourful effects and how much happened especially sound-wise, that CS was too quiet of a game. I thought he meant because of the skills, but after seeing him playing in a single round it was clear, all the characters have catchphrases, the talk when reloading, pushing, planting, using skills, when you kill there is a happy chime, everything is noisy. I guess I am officially a boomer, I would like a lot of movement and long ttk - but the scenes you showed were absolutely unintelligible to me. Everything shines and explodes, I couldn't even see what the player was shooting at.

I got to play the closed beta for the last 5 days of it. All I can say is 1. Performance is horrendous, i'm running a 5800x + 3080 and barely hitting 60fps. even on DX11 with everything on low. 2. The game has amazing concept, it's like KOTH, CP, Capture the flag and TDM all combined in one. I don't get bored playing the game and it's a very thought out design. 3. Too much stuff is still happening all at once, UI elements blocking the objective and shooting, character movement is wonky, nades going off everywhere, it's just hard to play the game sometimes. 4. The cosmetics in this game is awesome, they got that cyberpunk, ready player one style outfits down to a tee, and you can customize by picking pieces for your outfit. I really enjoy the art direction of this game. Overall, I'll give it 8.5/10, would play again. just need to dial everything back. even the main menu colors started to hurt my eyes after a while

first ive heard about it. im praying its great

As with any F2P game, there's no harm in giving it a shot. I personally think the gameplay looks really fun. I just hope that eventually they add new game modes. Idk if just the Cashout game mode will keep me super invested for a long time.

was definitely worth being hyped for its kind of amazing.

I played it when they had an open playtest for a weekend and it was actually quite fun and a fresh breeze from all those battle royale shooters

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW GAME WITH A LONGER THAN AVERAGE TTK WITH GOOD MOMENT! I hope this game is good

Game looks awesome, excited to play

I played a lot of BF3 and BF4 hardcore Team Deathmatch in my days and, at a first glance, I felt like this game had a similar vibe to my beloved mode within my beloved games. I will investigate it further, but with caution though, as I already learned that nostalgia is a hard mistress to please.

It looks fun the gameplay seems amazing as well

looks mad fun

I love me some garbaj in the morning

i will be playing it for sure

oh boy, you hit the points of all my concerns

im so hyped, real gaming is back. the spy backstab is the only feature i needed im hooked

The "Final" FPS game we'll need (I think)

I’m getting ‘Brink’ vibes here. Have a feeling that it will join the over-promise pile with ‘CuberPunk2077’, ‘No Mans Sky’ and ‘Killzone 3’.

youve got explosions articles flashes my pc on fire...

New great youtuber unlocked, great video man I will try it but, I like my shooters with high damage quick kills one taps.

I really hope it's good

Damn I actually got to play this during the alpha, it was fun but I think it'll take a lot of work and development before it's a real contender in the multiplayer fps scene

A bit of a controversial opinion, but I think the F2P model with COSMETIC ONLY microtransactions is honestly a great one. Way more people have access to the game, more people are willing to try it since there is literally no risk, and those who care about Cosmetics can buy whatever they like. I personally almost never care about Cosmetics so to me this is a win win, I see no down side. Id happily take this over having to pay 60$ or whatever for a multiplayer game that will have a substantially less player base than if it was free.

Fast movement, long time to kill, and good projectile weapons and a huge plus to me! I'm so hyped for this game🤩 Slow movement, short time to kill games with no projectile weapons already covers 90% of shooters out there so I'm so glad to see something buck the trend.

So essentially… give it a spin and see how you feel… this goes for anything

Hey Garbaj, I really like your content, and keep up the good work, but I have one suggestion, when you do videos like this maybe include a smaller intro like thing and put a text there saying: "WARNING FLASHING LIGHTS", just for the people who need it. Its a really small change but it does worth it. :)

i watched gameplay and honestly it seem fun

if there is some sort of sandbox mode, id love to just mess around with the terrain.

I've played it, and it was pretty fun

I have a question about your game is it going to be a competitive scene or some type of rank system just add some level of grinding ability to it and maybe even a top 100 at the end for the super sweaty players that really want to be number one

The AK in the thumbnail makes it look like CSGO

Managed to watch to the two minute mark of this video and hope to never see any footage of this game ever again. Thanks though for putting it up, this is a great video! 👍

i played this game for the past decade, so fun!!

lets see how well the destructible environment will pan out. i heard in a podcast how much went into apex netcode to accomodate players with bad networks. seems quite a challenge

I wonder if the high ttk is an attempt to balance against the large amount of explosives that come with the whole environmental destruction thing?

i think a game like this is right up my alley. unrestricted mobility, physics based gameplay, and a huge emphasis on style and spectacle baby. it looks like operation locker and mirrors edge had a baby coming out the womb drinking white monster.

I get the feeling that as soon as players find a meta with the destruction, the game will devolve quickly, but I could be very wrong.

I like it all the things. The only thing I'm a little worry is the muffing of the waeapons and the particules as you said. Verything else is good.