When it comes to iconic multiplayer shooter experiences, Battlefield 3’s Operation Metro is always towards the top of my list. Going prone in the tunnels as bullets and explosives fly overhead, teammates shout orders, and you crawl ever-so slowly towards the objective is unlike anything else. If, like me, you’re still chasing that high, the incredibly brutal, tactical, and historical FPS antics of Hell Let Loose are here to answer the call. Best of all, you can grab it at a massive discount for a limited time.
Hell Let Loose is all about scale. Across huge maps, two teams of 50 players battle it out for large capture sectors, as both sides push and pull the theater of war to its breaking point. With more than ten roles to choose from, each having different historical weapons and equipment, your squad needs to communicate, move with purpose, and keep a watchful eye for any enemy soldiers. It’s tense, slow, and much more methodical than any other FPS game on the market.
Ballistics, recoil patterns, and the behavior of weapons are all true-to-life, so you’ll be one-shotting enemies from hundreds of yards, accidentally blowing the legs off allies, and collapsing before you even know what hit you. There’s no margin for error, and the focus is almost entirely on tactics and teamwork, so you can’t just go in guns blazing.
Each map even has loads of capture point variations, so your team can build defenses near a barn, in the dense town streets, or right next to a vital road in an effort to protect what’s yours. You might spend what feels like forever snug inside a sniper’s nest, but the moment an unwitting soldier pops their head round a corner, the payoff is instant.
There are also gameplay reworks, feature upgrades, and maps added all the time. In fact, the battle at the city of Tobruk has just been introduced to Hell Let Loose, offering yet another way to play. The game is never short of new content, then, and filled with plenty of persistent progression like new uniforms and loadouts to keep you coming back.
You can snag a Steam code for Hell Let Loose at a 57% discount until Friday April 11 at midnight PT / 3am ET / 8am BST / 6pm AEDT, and expect to pay $21.49 / £21.49 until then. You can click the box above or head straight to Fanatical.
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