Games

The Finals

Embark Studios

2023•Shooter•PEGI 12•About 95 hours

Taste attributes: actionfasttried & testedunsavourylightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA breakneck, larger-than-life shooter: light and wide-ranging. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: very fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

77 / 100

297 ratings

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About This Game

The Finals is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!

Summary: IGDB

Story

The Finals takes place about 75 years in the future, roughly around the year 2100. It is the greatest virtual game show on the planet, with a large, global fan base, and is considered a window to a bigger world outside of the real one - known as the Meatspace. Virtual reality is where most people spend their time, and THE FINALS allows them to join as contestants to play in hyper-realistic arenas and fight for fame, money, and the favor of generous seasonal sponsors, who want exposure to the show's massive audience for their brand and products. The game show has been a target of rogue hacker...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

DestructionCharacter customizationCompetitivePhysicsPvpOnline co-opClass-basedArena shooter

Where to play

Details

Developer: Embark Studios
Publisher: Embark Studios
Released: 7 December 2023
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 60h rushed, 95h normally, 1500h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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Games are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands, from your film and TV taste. Game scores are estimates, made by fixed rules from IGDB genres, themes, keywords and descriptions.