![]() The resulting asymmetry makes Battlerite Royale unique, but this disparity is far more pronounced than it should be early on in a match. ![]() Here, before the match begins you’ll choose a champion and purchase two of their set of seven abilities that will fundamentally distinguish you from your fellow combatants as far as stats and mechanics are concerned. Unlike Fortnite, PUBG, and most of their emulators, Battlerite Royale doesn’t start everyone on equal footing. But even if you escape, losing a fight still hurts as a champion’s maximum possible HP is reduced after taking excessive damage, and that’s a problem only finite healing potions and shrines can fix. While I never knew what was around the next corner, I also never felt the pre-combat anxiety or tension of other battle royale games as it proved relatively easy to escape from an unwanted duel. Sound plays an important factor, too: Hearing the cork pop off a distance potion, for instance, sent me into a frenzied state of scouting to find the still-vulnerable guzzler before they could finish healing. Familiar fare like loot chests and airdrops share the space with some less expected, but ultimately fun additions like portals, shops, and even resurrection shrines for fallen teammates in the duo mode. Points of interest like the Glimmering Woods and Temple Ruins feel thematically consistent with the high-fantasy setting and offer welcome visual variety. Battlerite Royale’s large single map, Talon Island, is a respectable arena for the relatively small population of 30 players it currently supports. But the unique and memorable experience it offers as things progress proves to be well worth the trouble. The largest drawback is a messy and confusing early game where the clarity and flow of Battlerite’s usually exceptional combat all but evaporates. But Battlerite Royale’s polished combat and clear understanding of both of its distinct parts make the strange concoction it serves up not only palatable but actually quite good, even in its current early access state. The combination of a MOBA and battle royale sounds like an almost satirical welding of one hot genre to the next.
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