With a subtle release, smooth gameplay and lots and lots of demolition, The Finals may play to a need that players of other Battle Royales, such as Call of Duty: Warzone, didn’t know they had. Namely, to raze the entire map to the ground.
Many free games that appear are a variation of the well-known battle royale. Especially when the games use a battle pass system with which, cosmetics and gadgets can be earned. After the beta a while back, The Finals is now officially available. It is a free-to-play shooter for Playstation 5, Xbox series X/S and PC.
Some label the game as battle royale. In doing so, it definitely does not do justice to The Finals’ smooth gameplay. In popular battle royales, such as Call of Duty: Warzone and Fortnite, you collect weapons and shoot your opponents in an ever-shrinking arena. The fact that The Finals also takes place in an arena may be the cause of the confusion. The nice thing about this new game is that that arena does not shrink, but can be knocked down to the last brick.
How does The Finals work?
In The Finals, you compete with your group of three against two or three other teams. There are two gamemodes, both of which revolve around money. In the first mode, you try to secure an ATM while others try to capture it.
The second game mode is all about speed: shot players drop coins that you must aim into one of the changing cash registers as quickly as possible. In terms of theme, then, The Finals differs from Call of Duty: Warzone or Fortnite. Not be the last one standing, but cash in quickly and bang.
At The Finals, you return to the arena. Is that something supernatural? No. The game takes place in a kind of E-sports tournament, including commentary, which at times is very reminiscent of Ready Player One.
We mentioned it before: the entire arena can be razed to the ground. So you won’t be bothered by campers or groups hiding in buildings like in Call of Duty: Warzone.
Different classes
The Finals has three different classes, each with its own weapons, gadgets and abilities. Light-class is fast and deadly, but has little health. Medium is for support, with a healing beam and a turret. For true demolition, the heavy class is the one that can smash through walls like the Hulk.
Those three classes, combined with several maps that can be completely destroyed, offer The Finals a speed and dynamism that other battle royales and free-to-play games are less able to deliver.
Especially if you play with friends, there are many possible combinations. Do you divide the heavy, medium and light class fairly for a diverse team, or do you smash everything short with three heavy players? Multiple play styles are possible, which keeps the meta varied and fresh.
Call of Duty: warzone or still The Finals?
There is also a tournament mode where you compete against other teams in tournament style for several rounds. The rules of the game have been slightly modified, for example, you can get money in different ways and you can only respawn a limited number of times.
Those looking for survivability and hunting down other players are better off with Call of Duty: Warzone after all. The Finals does send a nice signal that online shooters can get fresh winds from unexpected quarters.