Shrapnel shows off gameplay for UE5-based multiplayer FPS
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Last week, Shrapnel released the cinematic trailer for its first-person shooter multiplayer game Shrapnel. Some people were skeptical that the real game would look that good. And so today, the team that spun out from HBO Interactive is releasing its first gameplay video.
And it looks pretty. Last week’s trailer promised that the cinematic was built using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 technology, which uses features like Nanite to cram an insane number of polygons into a scene, said Mark Long, CEO of Shrapnel, in an exclusive interview with GamesBeat.
That fast-action trailer showed how the competitive multiplayer was a lot like Escape From Tarkov, built with stellar graphics. The gameplay video released exclusively today for GamesBeat shows a very similar scenery atop buildings in a neon city. But you can tell it’s real multiplayer gameplay because somebody’s aim isn’t really spectacular and some of the enemies make the mistake of standing still without cover.
Not bad for a blockchain game. So far, the hardcore gamers haven’t hassled the company about that, as it is clearly focused on outstanding gameplay first, Foran said.
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“No one else led with why you could do something different,” he said. “For us, the value proposition of blockchain was very simple. You get to keep your stuff. We’ve all seen game development done the wrong way. The promise of the studio is that this is a once-in-a-lifetime
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