Hyper Scape: a fun and polished look at the “royal battle”
It’s worth admitting right away: Hyper Scape is very
Problems and failures. Can Hyper Scape Compete?
Amazon Game Studios Crucible shooter withhad its own BR mode, failed a month after launch. But Ubisoft is more established in the market and has a better track record. However, Hyper Scape will have to prove that it is quite unique and more fun than what it is today. The new shooter will have to lure players who have spent hundreds of hours on titles in Apex Legends and Fortnite.
Another complicating factor is that inUbisoft has now appeared in the media complaining of harassment from senior executives. The company promised to solve problems and completely revise its internal culture. And yet this is the entry into the market for a new product.
Background of the Hyper Scape Universe
Unlike most “royal battles”,this shooter has the appearance of history. In the near future, the fictional technology company Prisma Dimensions will be observing a realistic metaverse virtual world similar to OASIS in Ready Player One. It is called Hyper Scape and includes a competitive sport called Crown Rush. Players materialize in cyberspace and fight each other for a chance to win. Ubisoft has even published a nice fake website for Prisma Dimensions. This, of course, is not an ideal story about building a world, but at least it is at least something.
Advantages over competitors. Parsing the game
Today some battle royale gamesare giant, profitable, addictive games like Call of Duty: Warzone, for example. At the same time, there are other quiet, popular and laser-focused genre entries on the market, such as Respawn's Apex Legends and PUBG Mobile. There's also Fortnite, which is largely responsible for pushing battle royale into the mainstream, along with the PC version of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds.
And now there is Ubisoft's Hyper Scape. It contains all the expected elements: the ability to restrain the battle in narrower circles and lobbies for up to 100 players fighting for the coveted first place. Ubisoft also came up with some exciting innovations that make Hyper Scape stand out. It looks like the game will find its audience. Of course, she will have to try to lure fans of more violent “royal battles”, such as Apex Legends and Warzone.
The strengths of the game areunique combat and gaming abilities. As well as changes in the formula of the "royal battle", which provides Ubisoft. Unlike most, there is no rarity of weapons, no mod systems, no unique abilities of the hero or perfect attacks, no consumable health items or armor.
Instead, every player in Hyper Scape canuse any weapon and upgrade it to its maximum potential, finding other versions of it in the world. At the touch of a button, you can then combine the two versions to create a more powerful gun, for example. The same applies to abilities: instead of relying on certain traits of character, everyone can find these abilities as prey and equip up to two abilities at the same time. They include a healing ability that allows you to raise a shelter wall, and another one that wraps your character in a protective ball that helps you be safe.
How long can I live in a game?
All of these abilities are extremely important - likethe number and time of use of healing items in games such as Apex Legends and Warzone, they determine how easy it is to recover and return to the opponent and how long battles can last. In Hyper Scape, you can engage in multi-threaded battles - a combination of sheer luck, clever use of abilities and switching between sheltering in buildings and maneuvering around the roofs will help the character. Easy to jump inside the building; raise the wall to cover; throw a healing well on the ground to recover. It is also easy to find yourself fighting six to nine other people from nowhere. All this creates a feeling of complete chaos.
What helps curb the mess of these fights, sothis is an extreme level of mobility. There is no fall damage in Hyper Scape and every roof is passable. You also have quick glide and double jump. As a result, you maneuver in the air or rush inside buildings with incredible speed. At almost every corner of the street or in a large open area, there are circles of light that lift you high into the air to easily move your character from the ground to the rooftops.
The "battle royale" Hyper Scape is drawn out,the ability-focused feel of an Overwatch match with the speed and sheer impeccable composure of the best Apex Legends and Warzone combat. Plus, you spend half the match literally flying through the air.
What kind of surprise on the last lap?
When the last lap closes, the gameturns into a competition to capture the flag, and the title object in Crown Rush descends from the sky and appears on the map. If you hold it for 45 seconds, you win. But keep in mind that every other team can see where you are on the map. Playing this part of the match, Hyper Scape becomes an almost different game and involves a high level of strategy for success.
Future Hyper Scape
Ubisoft has some interesting streamingideas planned for Hyper Scape. The developer is working on Twitch integration, which will allow viewers to select random map events, such as low gravity and unlimited ammunition. And they will occur for short periods of time. This integration will also allow streamers to instantly queue up for matches with the audience with the click of a button.
It can be seen that a lot of Ubisoft effort was spent onto make Hyper Scape much bigger than trying to make a trend at the end of the game. The biggest sign of his success will be how fast he grows. Apex Legends is clearly Ubisoft's main competitor, and this game has grown to tens of millions of players in one week. Ubisoft cleverly focuses not only on the PC market, but also on the console.
Hyper Scape has all the ingredients for success -it all depends on whether the players are ready to devote to another free game an ever-decreasing amount of their attention and time. It seems like Hyper Scape is worth it.
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