Riot Games brings a new game mode to Brave and longtime players of first-person shooters may feel at home. Escalation, which begins on February 17, is Brave‘s version of Gun Game, a mode that has been a staple of franchises like Call of Duty and Counter-Strike for years.
“In designing Escalation, we wanted to create a fast, low-voltage Team Deathmatch mode with high uptime that is fun to play socially with friends,” said Kyle Leach, an engineer and designer of Bravesay Modes team, said in a statement. “We hope to give players the opportunity to practice weapons throughout the arsenal and experience some skills in new ways, while providing a shared goal that benefits from a degree of coordination but does not require it. for a team to succeed. “
Rounds in standard game modes start with players buying weapons and abilities. That will not be the case here. Instead, you have a randomly generated set of 12 weapons and abilities that both teams must work through, from the deadliest tools to the least effective. The idea is that the more you get killed, the worse your kit gets, so the game gets harder and harder. If your group uploads a lot of kills quickly, the opponents will download better (at least on paper) and get a decent chance to catch up.
It may all seem familiar enough to experienced Gun Game players, but Brave take a different approach in that Escalation is team-based. You will be able to help your teammates advance to the next weapon in the cycle, but only players who kill at least once will move on to the next gun or skill. However, when your team reaches the final stage, the entire team will have the final weapon / ability. TL; DR: Just kill the enemy team.
If ten minutes have passed and there is no winner, the team will achieve the victory at that point. As such, players who may not have at least 30 minutes left for a competitive match will be able to use Escalation to quickly Brave fix. It should also give you a fun way to try out different weapons and abilities in a low game.