Regardless of solely being introduced simply over a month in the past, at present’s the day that new free-to-play tactical shooter Spectre Divide opens its doorways. It’s been a speedy flip round from divulge to launch date, and with backing and improvement 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. Nonetheless, it’s not all been clean crusing, as server points and lengthy queue occasions have seen it launch to a ‘Combined’ reception on Steam.
On this planet of FPS video games, I’m not often bowled over by one thing that feels genuinely recent and unique. 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 performed simply that. Evidently premise, coupled with its lack of an entry charge, has drummed up an honest quantity of curiosity. In its opening day at present, 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 just a few identified points ASAP” in a brand new submit 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 degree disabled briefly, and a few purchases of in-game forex via Steam are leading to errors.
These opening day niggles are one in every of a few components which have impacted its Steam person evaluations proper out of the gate. In addition to the tech issues, a have a look at the evaluations 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 may possibly’t patch issues up shortly and bitter sentiment spreads, I do fear a bit about whether or not it’ll be capable to maintain a wholesome participant depend and persuade folks to half methods with their money on cosmetics, which will likely be essential for its long-term survival.
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