Behaviour Interactive’s asynchronous FPS Meet Your Maker (opens in new tab) earned a spot on our checklist of 2023’s most promising FPSes (opens in new tab), and fairly quickly you can strive it out your self. The studio introduced at this time {that a} week-long open beta will start on Steam on February 6.
Introduced in August 2022, Meet Your Maker is ready in a post-apocalyptic world the place the final remnants of humanity do battle for management of the sources which may truly save humanity. It sounds foolish if you say it out loud however that is actually human nature in a nutshell, is not it?
Anyway, what it comes right down to in sensible phrases is basically a two-part recreation: Constructing and fortifying a base to guard your stuff, after which busting into different gamers’ bases to steal their stuff. However don’t fret, the stakes aren’t too excessive: You will not truly lose something when gamers beat your stage. In reality, development is partially tied to gamers giving accolades to ranges for being enjoyable or artistic. Together with numerous sorts of devious and horrific traps, you may additionally be capable to place armed guards after which set them up with custom-made patrol routes utilizing an “revolutionary AI recording system.”
The open beta will characteristic plenty of modifications and enhancements over the closed beta check that passed off within the fall:
New social and development methods:
- Champion Outpost: A curated system which places ahead Outposts which have carried out effectively
- Social Raid: The social raid menu will enable gamers to seek for and raid outposts set to the Social energetic state
- Rating: Gamers earn Rating Factors by Raiding Outposts and Activating Outposts within the World Map
New Constructing options:
- Drag and Drop: When constructing, gamers can rapidly place a number of blocks of the identical sort suddenly
- Lure Vary Preview: When constructing, gamers can set off a preview showcasing entice vary / space of impact
- Delete every part: When constructing, gamers can delete blocks and different parts suddenly
The beta may even characteristic plenty of enhancements to matchmaking, tutorials, the restore system, UI, and different methods, Behaviour Interactive mentioned.
Builders will present a better take a look at what Meet Your Maker is all about with a livestream on Twitch (opens in new tab) that can begin at 11 am ET, one hour forward of the open beta kickoff. “You may sit up for a crash course on the sport with practically your complete stream devoted to pure gameplay,” the studio mentioned.
Everybody who takes half within the open beta will likely be given a free “Chimera’s Selection” decal to show within the full recreation. Meet Your Maker is ready to launch on April 4.