Regardless of solely being introduced simply over a month in the past, at this time’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 growth enter from star streamer Michael ‘shroud’ Grzesiek and a staff 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 ‘Combined’ reception on Steam.
On this planet of FPS video games, I’m not often shocked 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. It appears that evidently premise, coupled with its lack of an entry payment, has drummed up a good quantity of curiosity. In its opening day at this time, 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 put up 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 foreign money by means of Steam are leading to errors.
These opening day niggles are considered one of a few components which have impacted its Steam person opinions proper out of the gate. In addition to the tech issues, a take a look at the opinions 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 tackle the criticisms, as a result of gameplay-wise it’s a actually sensational shooter. If it might’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 folks to half methods with their money on cosmetics, which might be essential for its long-term survival.
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