Synced Gameplay Impressions - Can It Compete With the Big Three Looters?

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The looter shooter genre is largely dominated by the big three — Destiny 2, Warframe, and Division 2. While fantastic single-player / co-op games from the Remnant and Borderlands franchises have earned the love of millions of fans, they do not have the staying power of live service titles. Does Synced have what it takes to rise to the top?

Destiny 2 is suffering from its monetization woes , bugs, and server instabilities. Warframe has a poor early game experience (which DE did try to rectify with Plains of Duviri ) and a lack of true endgame content. Division 2 is possibly in the healthiest state among the big three and has a compelling endgame. Enter Synced, a new title by NExT Studios and published by Level Infinite that wants your attention. Is it worth checking out if you are looking for the next big looter shooter? Let’s find out.

Synced throws you into a world where nanomachines can reanimate the dead and want to take over the world. You can create a party of Runners with your friends and jump into the game world in a bid to stop the nanomachines. 

The gameplay is reminiscent of Borderlands and you can pick up upgrades along the way as you progress through missions. You get access to perks that enhance your combat capabilities similar to how you would receive buffs in roguelike games. The perks can be extremely potent in some cases and help you trivialize content. 

But what caught me off guard is that you do not get easy access to these perks and you are constantly short on currency to obtain these perks. During my limited time with the game, there was never a point in time where I was able to get enough credits to keep picking up these powerful perks. Even without them 

The leveling system for Synced is centered