Regardless of solely being introduced simply over a month in the past, right now’s the day that new free-to-play tactical shooter Spectre Divide opens its doorways. It’s been a speedy flip round from disclose to launch date, and with backing and growth enter from star streamer Michael ‘shroud’ Grzesiek and a crew of devs with a love of Counter-Strike, it’s no shock to see it launch with sturdy participant counts. Nevertheless, it’s not all been easy crusing, as server points and lengthy queue occasions have seen it launch to a ‘Blended’ reception on Steam.
On the planet of FPS video games, I’m hardly ever greatly surprised by one thing that feels genuinely contemporary and authentic. However with its novel Duality mechanic, which helps you to take management of two our bodies on the identical map to make this 3v3 recreation really feel extra like a 6v6, Spectre Divide has achieved simply that. Plainly premise, coupled with its lack of an entry payment, has drummed up a good quantity of curiosity. In its opening day right now, September 3, it has peaked at simply over 30,000 concurrent gamers, however that’s regardless of the truth that Spectre Divide has been hampered by some early points.
These have been acknowledged by developer Mountaintop Studios, which says it’s “working to repair a number of identified points ASAP” in a brand new publish on X. Chief amongst these points are “matchmaking errors and lengthy queue occasions in some areas,” which is inflicting some frustration amongst some FPS followers. It has additionally had its tutorial stage disabled quickly, and a few purchases of in-game foreign money by Steam are leading to errors.
These opening day niggles are one among a few components which have impacted its Steam person critiques proper out of the gate. In addition to the tech issues, a take a look at the critiques and feedback being made on the sport’s subreddit present that gamers aren’t thrilled with the costs in Spectre Divide’s in-game retailer. There’s additionally some disappointment on the lack of a ranked mode, regardless of this being a full launch.
Hopefully Spectre Divide can bounce again from these early points and deal with the criticisms, as a result of gameplay-wise it’s a really sensational shooter. If it could possibly’t patch issues up rapidly and bitter sentiment spreads, I do fear a bit about whether or not it’ll have the ability to maintain a wholesome participant depend and persuade individuals to half methods with their money on cosmetics, which will probably be essential for its long-term survival.
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