Is The Finals Worth Playing?

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• What Players Are Saying

The Finals is a new team shooter with a lot of unique characteristics. Three different teams must fight against each other to earn a certain amount of money to cash out. Each team consists of three players with customizable skillsets. This game tries to do things a little differently from other team shooters.

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People have already begun mastering the playstyle of The Finals, but is it worth the hype? Is this the new team-based shooter that streamers will be playing for 24 hours? Here is everything you need to know about The Finals in order to decide if you should switch games. Are its unique qualities enough to keep people playing?

Review

The Finals is a unique shooter that tries hard to be different. You have AI announcers that speak on the events that happen during the game, event modifiers to give every team a challenge, and destroyable structures everywhere.

There are some microtransactions such as earned currency called VR that you can use to purchase more weapons and perks. Then there is a secondary currency that you can purchase packs of called Multibucks, for cosmetics purposes.

The truth is, the AI announcers are a disappointment. TheGamer disapproves of using AI over real, talented voice actors who deserve opportunities and pay. AI voices have no personality or likable traits that make them stand out.

AI has no place in gaming for many reasons, most notably because it could put thousands of developers and actors out of work. But the biggest reason that AI shouldn’t be in video games is because it’s terrible. It’s a blight on The Finals, making an otherwise polished game feel unfinished, and it pulls you right out of the action every time you hear an awful voiceline. - The Finals' AI Voice Acting Shows Why Humans Still Need Their Jobs

What makes The Finals worth playing is the fast-paced environment and ability to tweak playstyle. Break the floor beneath the enemy team and barge in with heavy assault rifles, become invisible and slice people with a sword, or play defensive and use Goo and turrets to protect your cash prize.

Another place where The Finals currently fall short is that if you aren't placed with honest enemy teams and a good team yourself, the game won't go anywhere. Players find themselves being placed with hackers or people who are higher level than them. If you have bad teammates, then it's essentially a 1v8. This is a common issue with new team-based shooters, so we can only hope that the developers will address this soon.

If you can look past the annoying AI announcers, the matchmaking, and microtransactions, you have a really good game here with amazing gameplay.

Time Expenditure

The Finals is not a story-based game that has an ending. You can spend anywhere from 24 hours to 100+ hours playing, depending on how much you and your friends enjoy the game. As of writing this, there are three different game modes. Each game mode has a timer of 17 minutes, but the game can be shorter than that if a team wins.

One match has a timer of 17 minutes.

Matches can take a long time if all teams are doing a good job at stalling and preventing progress until the timer goes to zero. Matches can also go by super quickly if one team stomps everyone else and acquires the objective amount of cash faster and more efficiently. Time varies between matches.

If you have another favorite team-based shooter, look at how many hours you have in that. If you genuinely enjoy The Finals, you will be spending 100+ hours on it eventually.

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Cost

The Finals is free-to-play on all platforms. This means that there are going to be some microtransactions to keep the game alive, such as a battle pass. The Finals battle pass has some free items in it. There is also a secondary currency, VR, that is used to unlock more weapons.

Multibucks

The Finals battle pass has free items in it along with premium items. The premium battle pass costs 1,150 Multibucks to purchase.

The Finals Store contains skins for weapons and character models. The free version of the battle pass will contain some Multibucks, but not enough to be able to purchase skins. It would take the completion of multiple free battle passes to be able to earn enough Multibucks to purchase something.

For reference, the first battle pass contains five free levels of 75 Multibucks. That gets you 375 Multibucks by the end of the battle pass. Most cosmetics in the storefront will cost 600+ Multibucks. There are a select few items that will be 100+ Multibucks.

It is not mandatory to spend real money in The Finals. All Multibuck purchases are purely cosmetic.

VR

There is a secondary currency at the top of the screen that displays the icon of a diamond. This is known as VR. VR cannot be purchased with real money. The only way to earn VR is by playing the game. You earn a certain amount per game but will earn even more for wins.

The purpose of VR is to purchase different weapons and perks. Each class has a set loadout as well as access to different unlockable weapons and skills. For instance, Light build will be the only class that can unlock swords and the ability to go invisible.

With VR you can unlock more guns, new special abilities, and extra gadgets.

Using VR currency is mandatory, as it allows you to get better weapons and skills. You may feel behind because of not having access to other weapons in the game.

Item

Price

Premium Battlepass (the cost of 1,150 Multibucks)

10.32 USD 13.90 CAD

500 Multibucks

5.16 USD 6.95 CAD

What Players Are Saying

A Great Time Tainted By AI - Joe Parlock

The Finals is an excellent shooter, with enough diversity between the classes and loadouts to make your role in the team feel nice and well-defined. The movement is fantastic, and the destructibility of the stages really adds an extra layer to the excitement - blowing up the floor to drop an objective onto your team is just brilliant. The big, unescapable downside, though, is the game's use of AI for its commentators, making them feel lifeless and forced - Team Fortress 2's announcer - they most definitely are not.

Can't Beat The Price - Sharnelle Earle

There are faults to every new game. There are even more faults to team-based shooters, new and old. You won't have trouble finding a lobby, everyone is playing this game right now. Whatever small downsides there are to the game can be overlooked by its pricing and gameplay mobility. The mechanics of running around and destroying buildings are unlike other team shooters on the market right now. That, and the game is free-to-play. It's worth a shot.

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