THE FINALS Preview: A Refreshing Take On A Multiplayer Arena Shooter

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Multiplayer shooters are a dime a dozen nowadays, so games truly have to do something special to stand out among the crowd right now. THE FINALS is one such title hoping to break the mold just enough to take root among the myriad shooters on the market today.

A multiplayer shooter that sets teams of three against each other in a battle arena where the nature of the battleground will force you to think very differently versus the normal first-person shooter. In a world where verticality and destructibility reign as king, you never know how each match might play out.

The shooter arena reminds me a bit of The Hunger Games, where players are pitted against each other for the spectacle of others as THE FINALS is effectively a game show for the world’s viewers.It’s over the top in the best way possible, bringing some insanely dynamic playgrounds for players to just have at each other.

The gist of THE FINALS sees four teams of three (so twelve total players) jump into a match that plays out like something of an extraction shooter. You hunt down caches of, well, cash, that you then need to extract at select points around the map. Enemy players can see which caches are being taken and where they are being extracted as well, so you’re almost always guaranteed to get into a firefight over the objective. 

This can lead to some incredibly intense moments, especially as players converge on the same location. Defending the cache takes skill, planning, and teamwork in order to make away with the cash prize, while the same can be said for those assailing the extraction point. 

But all that is normal extraction shooter stuff, right? Take the item to the extraction point and fight off enemies until it’s extracted. What makes THE