My heart is pounding as I rush to the last possible helicopter to escape an increasingly radioactive map. Chopper there I know she’s been sitting for almost 2 minutes but here I am running. I speeded halfway through the map with my truck to outrun the radiation, but I have to defend my position to escape. An armor vest consisting of three plates, a large backpack, a durable gas mask, and at least three or he looted four keys to a locked area.
I rush towards the helicopter, kill some AI, get in… and find the player with his back to me. I raised my sniper rifle and fired a silent bullet. Their armor cracked, and I realized that I had forgotten to fill up the magazines before opening fire in haste. The player turns, I freeze, they kill me, guilty of breaking the basic rules of first-person shooters. All its loot is lost. Still, I’m ready to deploy again.
Boot into DMZ call of dutyupdated battle royale, Warzone 2.0It uses the same map as Battle Royale, but has a very different purpose. The goal in Battle Royale is to survive to the end. But in a DMZ, the longer you stay on the map, the more likely you are to run into problems. Teams of three are tasked with scouring maps, fending off rogue AI armies, collecting loot, completing various faction missions, contracts, and more. This is a highly flexible multiplayer game that tweaks between intensely competitive PvP showdowns, gritty PvE shootouts, stealth gameplay, and open-world quest crawls. CoD It may not be the first property to run this kind of game, but A DMZ is one of the most rational and approachable endeavors ever.And I hope other games copy this mode into oblivion.
DMZ was the first game to break my 20-year commitment to standard team-based FPS matches. While battle royale funny and sometimes fun,I could not do it. Hero Shooter (in my case, siege), but the foundation of team-based multiplayer was still there. And although I’ve definitely logged in for hours, destiny 2, I can’t handle PvP in that game emotionally. I’m also tired of having to track RPG stats when I’m really looking to test my reflexes and know-how with weapons and gear.
DMZ keeps your first-person shooter responsive without having to remember too many stats. It also enables urgent moments of thrilling FPS gameplay. It’s the sort of thing you’d expect from a very well-done single-player his campaign, but without the narrative wrapping. Everything lives on the spot, in the moment. One moment here, the next moment.
Here is an example. The DMZ has trains that run around the map. Boarding is easy and you’ll find great loot there. One evening my friend and I hopped in the car to clean it up. While looking at the map to plan the best route to the extraction zone, I heard (and saw on the map) enemy vehicles driving next to the train. What followed was a shootout between his two vehicles on the move.
Of course, I’ve done this before in games. Uncharted 2 It has probably one of the most memorable “trains running around” scenarios in recent memory. but, unknown, I know I’m playing as Nathan Drake and going through a scripted scenario. In the DMZ, this sort of thing happens spontaneously and (playing the operator with a crude sketch of a name and a fictitious identity) you have to react the best you can from start to finish. is me
at the end of Uncharted 2In the train sequence in , Nathan Drake fires a heroic shot at a propane tank, saving himself and blowing up everything else in the process. The game doesn’t allow you to do that as a player. It’s part of the story, and Drake shows up every time. And there are no scripts to guide you. The chance of failure is the same as the chance of success.
To be honest, my friend and I were completely devastated by our party of three who wound up. My death was at the hand of someone who jumped on the train and stabbed me with a knife. There was no way of knowing this would happen. This particular sequence of events will never happen again either. Sure, a similar situation could play out in yet another round of his DMZ, but timing, quick decision-making, and using (or spotting) the included gear as much as possible are all Spontaneous. No two deployments are the same, even for the same purpose. And I guess that’s why I keep playing DMZ. Because it’s always something new.
You can join in with the goal of getting back information on the White Lotus (one of the game’s faction quests, not the HBO series spoilers), but the presence of ruthless AI and other players can negate that goal. Sex is always there. Abandon it to pick a random contract? Just get better loot and bounce? Do you think I’m lucky to have found better gear for my future trips? Or do I go all out with my Solid Snake and try to hit my target even if I’m outnumbered by flanking and artillery fire?
The constant tug-of-war over important decisions is inspiring.And unlike Battle Royale, which is a showdown downhill until the best or luckiest person is still there, in DMZ it’s wiser to extract with what I have or keep asking for promises I’ll have to make a call as to whether or not. Probably bigger rewards: armor vests, bigger backpacks, better guns, and key to a secret placeAnd “winning” isn’t just about how well you can aim and shoot.Actually like a game Dungeons & Dragons, DMZ has something you can “win”, but the concept of “win” doesn’t really exist. An emergent story unfolds from deployment to escape. That’s what I’m here for.
A successful DMZ run can theoretically be completed without firing a single shot. Unlike Battle Royale and other common he FPS game modes, the gun is both an instrument of murder and a defensive piece of equipment. Sure, you can go hunt AI and other players (sometimes I do too), but often the thrill of navigating maps and surviving requires stopping aggressive advances against me. It’s worth not firing a single shot until there is. And the lessons I learn as I dive over and over again and either die in the sight of victory or flee with the skin of my teeth have nothing to do with which gun is best.
of course, Your loadout makes a differenceBut let’s take the first instance of trying to shoot an unsuspecting player. I know for a fact that if I had gotten close to them and performed a few quick melee attacks, I would have come back to life. It’s even more fascinating that the DMZ teaches such lessons, and those lessons are worth more than any loot I could have stolen. Getting along in the DMZ can’t be reduced to simple in-game items and button combos. I think it transcends that kind of game and resembles what other people appreciate in sports.
But for all the fun the DMZ has brought me, the environment makes me practice intense cognitive dissonance. It’s no surprise that I’m not a fan of the military-industrial complex.yet call of duty It’s just a fantasy about it, and something I’m very proud of. Approximating Real World Conflict and Oppression. (not above Change key details However, it does serve that narrative. ) It is also published by very terrible companyI enjoy this gameplay, but I really hope it has nothing to do with real-world conflicts that are very realistic and terrifying. Now is a good time to remember that ethical consumption does not exist under capitalism.
Key perspectives on the subject of DMZ aside (if you can really put that aside), the game is a powerful surprise and a fresh twist not only for shooters, but open world games and a variety of other games as well. is added. A genre I have enjoyed for many years. Yeah, bots could be a little more fair. You may also need to adjust your spawn points. After all, the DMZ is in beta.
I can’t remember the last time I was really excited to sit through multiple rounds of a first-person shooter despite having room to grow. As an endless story generator that spins randomized action and survival scenarios, few of his multiplayer games capture my time and attention quite like this. Warzone 2.0There is a DMZ for
