Viewers will also have a real-time impact on the battle by voting on events that affect all contenders within a match, such as low gravity or infinite ammo. Developed in partnership with Twitch, the Hyper Scape Crowncast Twitch extension will entertain viewers by letting them impact the game in real time, creating unprecedented interaction between streamers and their fans.
Hyper Scape is fun to play and rewarding to watch. Players have two different ways to claim victory, either by picking up and carrying the crown for 45 seconds or by being the last player or squad standing. At the end of a Hyper Scape match, the climatic showdown phase starts when the Hyper Scape crown spawns on the map.
Hyper Scape innovates and twists the battle royale formula in many ways, such as the unpredictable Decay which dissolves the map of Neo-Arcadia into different patterns, or the unique Echo mechanic that keeps players active in the battle even when they’re down. All Hacks and weapons can be upgraded through the Fusion mechanic to produce more powerful iterations of the pre-existing item. Laying down a mine, seeking an enemy, protecting the squad with a big wall or turning invisible to sneak up on opponents are just a few examples of the Hacks players can combine and swap effortlessly. Hacks grant offensive and defensive capabilities to suit all playstyles. Hyper Scape introduces Hacks, abilities that players can loot in the world the same way they do weapons. Three-player squads and solo players can dive into the futuristic virtual city of Neo- Arcadia to engage in dynamic firefights, quickly transitioning from narrow streets to open rooftops and deadly interiors. Hyper Scape was designed from the ground up as an intense, vertical and fast-paced battle royale experience. Access will be limited, but additional drops will be made available throughout the technical test. Interested players can try out the game during the technical test by tuning into one of the content creators currently broadcasting Hyper Scape on Twitch with Twitch Drops enabled.
Starting today, Hyper Scape is available in a limited-time PC technical test in many territories across North America and Europe. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Hyper Scape takes place in the distant future of 2054, where up to 100 Contenders descend upon the virtual city of Neo-Arcadia to engage in action-packed and fast-paced matches to be crowned champion. Today, Ubisoft announced Hyper Scape, a free-to-play fast-paced urban battle royale first-person shooter.
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But when everyone on the server has to deal with the random whims of Twitch chat, I just can't see it being anything but a frustrating, unbalanced mess - and a battle royale, where you die once and you're out, seems like the worst possible choice of genre for that type of randomness.Įspecially considering this is free-to-play and made by Ubisoft, does anybody think it won't be full of crappy microtransactions? A game where thousands of twelve-year-olds have the ability to fuck with the rules by paying 99 cents is like the worst case future we could have imagined when microtransactions first started appearing in games.World Premiere Trailer (“Gameplay Trailer”): Spawn a really difficult enemy to troll the streamer? Sounds great. Give the streamer extra health or ammo to help them out? Sure thing. Essentially it boils down to "a battle royale game where every couple minutes the rules change randomly!" The appeal of Twitch integration is its gamebreaking nature, and in singleplayer games that's fine. I don't see how they can make this type of Twitch integration fun for non-streamers.