Following the latest closed take a look at for FBC: Firebreak, recreation director Mike Kayatta from Treatment has revealed among the modifications that the studio is making to the sport primarily based on fan suggestions.
Kyatta stated Treatment has obtained a lot of necessary and useful suggestions thus far, and it will lead to main modifications to weapon stability. “Weapons are upgradable in Firebreak, however we now assume we went too far with how weak they felt on the earliest ranges,” Kyatta stated. “In response, we’re making all level-one weapons radically extra highly effective, whereas adjusting different elements of the sport to take care of the problem stability.”
Kyatta added that it heard from gamers that the double-barrel shotgun didn’t really feel fairly proper, and the studio agrees, so it is making some modifications to “make certain it meets the expectations of its taking pictures type.” The developer additionally talked about how “every little thing” associated to normal fight depth and issue ranges has been overhauled. “Amongst different issues, we’re tying completely different enemy varieties to completely different menace ranges, adjusting wave frequency and composition, and eradicating awkward lulls within the motion,” Kyatta stated.
Additionally within the weblog publish, Kyatta stated Treatment has added “dynamic tutorials” to the sport to assist gamers have a “clear path ahead with out limiting them from discovering alternate methods of going about issues.”
Moreover, Kyatta talked about how the “visible readability” of FBC wasn’t fairly proper. “The chaos stops being enjoyable when gamers can not make significant choices primarily based on what they’re experiencing.” With that in thoughts, Treatment is spending time “cleansing up and lowering plenty of results within the recreation, each on-screen and in-world.”
What’s extra, Kyatta stated it was a identified challenge that the overall in-game audio was too quiet within the early assessments. The studio is now placing collectively the ultimate audio combine for the sport that ought to handle this.
Lastly, Kyatta stated Treatment continues to work on “efficiency testing and enhancements” for PC, which is why the minimal and suggest PC specs haven’t been introduced but. “We’ll share these outcomes as quickly as we’re assured in them,” Kyatta stated.
“We have nonetheless received quite a bit to do to make the launch expertise the very best it may be, however the workforce is feeling actually good about the place we’re,” he added.
FBC formally launches on June 17, and it is included as a day-one launch title for Recreation Cross and PlayStation Plus. Alternatively, it may be bought outright for $40 for console and PC.