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Amazon’s Crucible launched with some pretty essential features missingVoice chat? In my team-based shooter? It’s less likely than you think.
Voice chat? In my team-based shooter? It’s less likely than you think.
Let’s talk aboutCrucible’s launch. Amazon’s hero shooter landed on Steam earlier this week, and honestly? It was a bit of a mess. In fairness, a lot of brand new online games face similar issues to what the new third person sci-fi shooter did, with matchmaking and connectivity issues plaguing players as they tried to play their first matches. And thoughthese are fixed now, there are still a couple of pretty obvious features missing from the game that really shouldn’t be. I mean, who launches a team-based shooter with no in-game voice chat?
WhenI attended an online Q&A with the Crucible devs last week, one point no one thought to ask about was whether or not Crucible would have some sort of in-game voice chat. I guess everyone, including myself, just assumed it would have one - why on Earth would you release a team-based game without those sorts of communication features, right? But no, Crucible really has no in-game way for you to talk to your team, aside from a simple ping system. Is this an oversight from the devs? Surely it can’t be intentional? I’m baffled. Voice chat! Team game! These things are just supposed to go together!
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Despite these issues, I really do think Crucible still has potential. And I don’t want to excuse any of the obvious problems, parts of the game clearly need work - namely the voice chat thing, which I’m still amazed at. It’s early days for the new hero shooter.The game is currently in its preseason, so the devs do have a chance to address the problems before the proper first season kicks off.
Crucible is free-to-playon SteamMatt is currently in the process of whipping up RPS’s Crucible review - maybe he’ll agree with me, and be able to find some redeeming qualities amongst the launch issues.
