Radical Heights Falters in the Increasingly Bloated Battle Royale Genre
Radical Heights Falters in the Increasingly Bloated Battle Royale Genre
Radical Heights, a new battle royale, just launched and things are already off to a rocky start. The new battle royale from Boss Key isn’t even out of early access yet, but already a lot of gamers are declaring it dead.
To be fair, this is an early access release and the game is free, so some of its problems might be forgivable, for now. Still, there are quite of few people on Twitter and Steam who aren’t giving the game any slack.
There have been specific complaints about “The Green Screen of Death,” game crashes, lengthy load times, difficulties adding or connecting with friends online and general bugs. A lot of these kinks can probably be ironed out in the near future, but these problems can leave a bad taste for some people. Plus, there are some accusations that Radical Heights is just a shady free to play game.
Still there are some fans who are giving Radical Heights the benefit of the doubt and there are plenty of positive reviews praising the gameplay and the game’s flashy 80’s aesthetic. It’s too early to tell if the negatives outweigh the positives at this point.
Boss Key, the developer and publisher of Radical Heights, was also the studio behind Lawbreakers, a game that got decent reviews and terrible sales. In order to focus on Radical Heights, Boss Key revealed that they’d stopped working on Lawbreakers. The post also said that the studio considers Lawbreakers to be a failure, and that this previous failure is what motivated Boss Key to break into the free-to-play and battle royale genres.
This switching of gears shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, there are big bucks to made in the battle royale genre. With games like Fortnite and PUBG making money hand over fist, what studio wouldn’t want to get in on the action?
The reviews comparing Radical Heights to Fortnite and PUBG have been decidedly mixed. And no matter what, it might be too late for any new game to break into the battle royale scene regardless of its quality. The space is as competitive as it is profitable and both PUBG and Fortnite have the genre in a chokehold. Any new game is going to have to fight an uphill battle in order to get on the level of these two established franchises.
Boss Key is a small studio founded by Cliff Bleszinski and Arjan Brussee back in 2014 and according to Linkedin, they have between 11-50 employees. With an already fledging product, the studio might not have enough man power or budget to break into the battle royale arena.
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