Amazon has grown its expansion into the gaming industry with Wednesday’s release of Crucible.
The free-to-play shooter, which is similar to popular games like Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch, Epic Games’ Fortnite, and Riot Games’ League of Legends. It is the first major title from Amazon Game Studios. They are also working on a multiplayer online game based on the “Lord of the Rings.”
Amazon Game Studios created in 2012. They have finally deviated away from the tablet-based games with the release of Crucible. Crucible first announced in 2016 as part of Amazon’s move into gaming, which also includes the streaming platform Twitch.
Crucible may be a hero shooter, like Overwatch, at its foundation. But fans of the Blizzard hit or any other popular shooter of the moment, like Apex Legends should not expect a similar experience. Crucible is highly derivative and designed with a rather bland aesthetic, but it ends up being surprisingly unique when you’re playing it. That makes all of its well-worn game modes, including a mini-battle royale and one inspired by e-sports heavyweights like League of Legends, feel more like new experiences rather than remixes of popular classics.
Much like how Riot Game’s new hit Valorant mashes up Counter-Strike with hero shooter design and aesthetics. Crucible presents a similar blend, but with the ever-popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre.
The crucial difference with Crucible is that you’re doing so in the third person within a large, open objective-based map, as one does in games like Dota.
Crucible comes with 3 Game Modes
Heart of the Hives
The game’s hallmark mode is called Heart of the Hives, and it involves two four-player teams competing to strategically capture three items on the map, all while leveling up by defeating AI-controlled enemies and holding capture points to speed up the process of getting stronger.
Hives are lethal drone-spitting terrors that spawn across the battlefield. Capturing the hearts, they leave behind as they die is your key to victory. Each match is a four-on-four fight to be the first team to capture three hearts.
Alpha Hunters
There are no safety nets in Alpha Hunters: once you fall in combat, that’s it. Eight teams of two fight to be the last team or solo hunter standing. If your teammate dies, you can form a temporary alliance with another hunter, but that temporary truce will be broken if both of you make it to the final three.
Harvester Command
Essence harvesters are scattered across Crucible’s surface. Each one you control generates Essence points for your eight-player team. Each harvester your enemies hold will cancel out your own. You’ll need to control a majority of harvesters to rack up any Essence—the more, the better. You can also take out enemy hunters for points. The first team to 100 points wins!
The developers call Crucible a “team-based action shooter driven by the choices you make” and that “you and your teammates will need to work together to take down alien creatures, capture objectives, and pursue your opponents in search of victory.”
Crucible will simply release for everyone on May 20th. The game also has all the free-to-play business trappings to ensure it can make money over time. There will be a battle pass and a cosmetics store, most similar in overall design to Apex Legends.
Crucible system requirements
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