Look, nobody likes to lose in any video game, right? But some online games have such colorfuꦉl vibes and fun mechanics that they help newcomers feel less isolated from the pros, keeping the stakes low enough to not crush your sou🌠l if things don’t go well. That’s why the graffiti and comic-book aesthetic of FragPunk immediately caught my eye, as a pretty casual FPS player.
Let’s be clear about one thing first: my aim sucks. In💙 the past, I practiced and invested long hours into competitive shooters that could help me improve my aiming skills; Counter-Strike, Valorant, Overwatch, Marvel Rivals, Cooking Mama 5… name them, I’ve tried them. And yet I still can’t, for the love of God, shoot people in the face.
Playing With Some Good Eggs
With this in mind, I started playing the first few hours of FragPunk, quite at ease with its seemingly cheerful tone. During one of my first matches, the game regaled me with a card-choosing mechanic that allowe🤪d me to make my e♏nemies’ heads grow bigger while also letting me wear a Turtle as a backpac📖k; in the next game, the King Of Eggs card forced me to see my TheGamer colleagues Sam Hallahan and Allyson Cochran lay some eggs out in a display of public indecency.
Everything seemed fun yeඣt easy to grasp, or at least enough for me to get invested without expecting anything in return nor stakes to get anxious about. A blue girl that can scan the environment for enemies? That’s fun. A cool dude who can summon a rock🙈et launcher out of nowhere? Works for me! I was having tons of fun discovering new Lancers to try, and wondering what silly trick the game would pull next. Then I turned a corner and got shot in the mouth.
Okay, well, it happens, right? As casual as this game is, it’s still a shooter, so it only makes sense - but it still felt like a pretty casual time to me. This is why the next ꦏsixteen headshots 🧜I got back to back were as surprising as the first one.
After some 🌊screaming, something I wasn’t expecting happened to me: I found myself completely locked in, to the point where I eveꦦn became silent. Suddenly, the turtle backpacks were crucial protection against a group of people hell-bent on shooting me in the back, the enlarged heads of rivals were opportunities to obliterate them. And the eggs? The eggs are now a saving grace and a necessity, one of the few ways I could heal myself in times of need.
A Merciless Approach Brings The Most Satisfaction
This is where the genius of FragPunk comes to light; instead of holding your hand for a few hours and making you believe that it gets better with time an🐠d effort, the game immediately throws you to the wolves while laughing at you. Even better, it encourages you to laugh at yourself.
From the vibraꩵnt colors to the aesthetic choices behind every character and weapon design, the game creates a fun atmosphere that compels you to play with your friends, only to see you inevitably get demolished by a rival group. However,ꦰ before you can even react to it, the new match has already begun, which is frankly amazing; FragPunk doesn’t take winning or losing seriously, so why should you?
This, in turn, took me to places I didn’t expect. I started reading every weapon’s stat, meditated on which character better fits my playstyle and even went out of my comfort zone as often as possible to become more versatile. The game didn’t stop being fun and chaotic, and the sill𝓡iness and color that gives FragPunk its personality turned out to be a welcome presence in the face of defeat, and even a better companion on a satisfyingly rewarding victory.
I don’t want to play my shooting games like we’re agents in a mission, military forces, or supe🐲rheroes; all I needed to get invested in the more competitive nature of FragPunk was to see the combat organically intertwined with a welcoming environment and some silly, randomized mechanics🍬 sprinkled on top, so the whiplash of its true nature would hit me harder. In the end, playing with friends while laying an egg on the floor helped me to enjoy being competitive. And no, I’m not touching Ranked matches, I’m fine right here.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网: FragPunk
- Top Critic Avg: 74/100 Critics Rec: 56%
- Released
- March 6, 2025
- ESRB
- 🍨 T For Teen // Violence, Blood
- Developer(s)
- Bad Guitar Studi𓄧o ไ
- Publisher(s)
- ജ Bad Guitar Studio ꦓ
- Engine
- Unreal Engine
FragPunk is a fast-paced 5v5 hero shooter with powerup cards that change the rules of each round! Choose your hero, your weapons, and pick from a selection of cards that dramatically change the rules of engagement!
Bend the rules with Shard Cards!
No two rounds of FragPunk are ever the same. Discover over 70 Shard Cards with an activatable selection that changes every round creating new and unique combinations that create infinite possibilities! Cards can amplify your jump height, reverse the roles of attackers and defenders, engulf your bullets in flame or turn them into chain lightning, and even may resurrect you and your team!
Frantic 5v5 Hero Shooter!
Each round lasts about 2.5 minutes, so get a move on! The short TTK means you have to aim well and react fast to win the fight. Pick between 10 heroes with diverse abilities, customize your weapon combination, choose your cards and get ready for a fight!
Variety that fuels replayability
Pick your favorite hero from a selection of 10, each with their own unique abilities. Find your favorite guns among the 15 available, some which have special abilities, like shooting faster over time, bursts and more! Discover new hero, weapon and card combinations and ༺develop your personal combat style!
- Multiplayer
- 🧸 Online Multiplayer ꧑
- PC Release Date
- March 26, 2025 🍸 ღ
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- 🌟 April 29, 2025 🎐
- PS5 Release Date
- ꦐ April 29, 2025 🐭
- Platform(s)
- PC
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