Treatment has introduced plans to repair FBC: Firebreak and restore the nice will of shoppers after a tough launch earlier this yr. Lots of the points surrounding the launch have been relating to the onboarding course of, which the corporate acknowledges by saying that “many gamers come into the sport and depart throughout the first hour.”
Treatment is attempting to make that opening hour extra welcoming to new gamers, so they do not “really feel ineffective and confused as to what to do.” It has already positioned an introductory video within the sport with a story to clarify the world and the way it pertains to the developer’s hit sport Management, as FBC: Firebreak is about in the identical universe. Treatment guarantees extra of such a “narrative onboarding” will come to the sport later this yr.
It is constructing a playable tutorial degree, because the developer acknowledges it wants “to do a greater job” educating new gamers the core mechanics and options. It is also taking a web page out of Nintendo’s playbook and introducing extra “pop up” ideas that can seem at “related occasions” all through the primary couple of hours.
The forthcoming updates aren’t nearly onboarding. Treatment can be including three new heavy weapons to the arsenal and introducing a modding system for weapons. The corporate will share extra about this method “earlier than September.” It is also introducing “large modifications to the best way” gamers entry missions and beefing up the missions themselves.
The developer says it is refining a number of parts to extend the enjoyable issue, happening to say that it is going to be “hunting down our least enjoyable expertise” and “specializing in our greatest experiences.” There’ll even be new sport modes and missions down the road.
A lot of that is coming within the sport’s first main replace, with a deliberate winter launch. For the uninitiated, FBC: Firebreak is a multiplayer FPS that locations an emphasis on cooperative motion. It is out there on Sport Go and PlayStation Plus, so it might technically be “free” to take a look at any progress the dev has made since launch.
