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Hands-on: Radical Heights is a free battle royale game oozing '80s neon and early access bugs |
April 11, 2018
Last week Boss Key said it was moving on from Lawbreakers to a “passion project.” Now just a handful of days later that passion project is out on Steam. I didn’t expect such a fast turnaround, but the game is called Radical Heights, and it’s a free-to-play, ‘80s game show-themed battle royale shooter. Basically, it’s The Running Man.And you know what? I like it.Smash and grab
Okay, "like" is maybe too strong a word for what's here. I think it has potential though. Radical Heights cribs a lot of its best ideas from the arcade classic Smash TV, but I’m hardly going to complain about that. There’s an over-the-top announcer yell-talking bad jokes at you, there are “prizes” to pick up. It’s very much that sort of game show aesthetic, and it fits well with the low-stakes setup of battle royale matches.To read this article in full, please click here
Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3268487/gaming/radical-heights-battle-royale-preview-boss-key.html#tk.rss_all
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