![]() While less of an issue while Enlisted was a closed beta, where access to the closed beta required the purchase of at least one premium squad, in open beta, there is a clear divide between free and premium squads and free-2-play players are at a serious starting disadvantage when playing against premium squads. While I am glad that Enlisted now benefits from the skill, camaraderie and experience that 8th-generation console owners can bring, I cannot help but wonder how enjoyable the experience will be for them or others who play alongside them with 8th-generation consoles being limited to 30FPS and 9th generation consoles being capped at 4k/120FPS. It’s this uniqueness that will ensure Enlisted remains active long into the 9th generation and hopefully beyond.ĭespite launching as a 9th-generation exclusive, Enlisted was released onto 8th-generation consoles in October 2021. It was immersive, engaging, rewarding, and, frankly, the best large-scale battle I have participated in. We were almost driven out three times before finally securing the objective. We picked up weapons from fallen friend and foes alike. ![]() Players who ran out of ammo fought with their knives. In one of my first matches, my team were beaten back to our final objective and looked set to lose the battle, we had fought long and hard to defend each of the previous objectives, utilising buildings and terrain to slow the enemy’s progress, but it was here at our final line of defence that we fought our hardest. Unlike more traditional shooters, camping is actively encouraged a well-structured defence is finally as important as a strong offence. It’s Fun to Play.Įnlisted could be the start of an entirely new sub-genre that brings elements of party-based roleplay and squad management into a first-person shooter with the scope of a mil-sim.īeing able to select individual soldiers from your units and customise their personal loadouts is something we don’t get in the FPS genre it is something more commonly seen in single-player roleplaying games, and it’s refreshing to experience it in a different genre, especially one as fast-paced and social as an MMO FPS.Ĭommanding a squad of soldiers allows players to tackle objectives alone or alongside other players in a coordinated assault, the additional bodies on the field ensuring that battles are both engaging and ultimately rewarding. ![]() Players are able to select different soldiers to fill their units, however at this time, that does not include female units, which while the developers have said they are coming, they will be limited to factions and units which historically saw female service members, which implies female soldiers will be almost exclusively part of the USSR which saw over 500,000 women join the Red Army, with many seeing combat, such as the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment and Aviation Group 122. ![]() The developers are clearly proud of their work, and they should be offering maps of this scale while supporting bullet penetration physics and destructible environments is no easy feat, doing so while ensuring the map performs well and is pleasing to the eye in something else entirely. TL DR: Enlisted is well optimised on 9th generation consoles, but the 8th generation ports are unimpressive.ĭarkFlow Studio has taken great care to ensure that every weapon, building, vehicle and uniform is as authentic as possible when traversing the massive maps, I am often impressed by how detailed seemingly trivial items are. However, In light of the Playstation 4/Xbox One release of Enlisted, I am concerned the developers will be forced to cut corners when designing future content to avoid overburdening 8th generation consoles, which are already being pushed to their limits to maintain a stable 30FPS as is. Optimisation.Įnlisted was originally envisioned as a title that would remain free of 8th-generation hardware restrictions, and as a result, it is one of the few FPS able to offer full 4k/120 FPS support this early in the 9th generation. Enlisted feels more like a battlefield game than Battlefield 2042 the fact it is free-2-play is just icing on the cake. ![]()
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