Hyper Scape

There is a lot to like about Hyper Scape. Once you're past the fact that the game was essentially announced as a cover for some incredibly PR Ubisoft has been having, it's a very polished, professional battle royale game, and after you've gotten used to most of the games in the genre being early access and rough around the edges, it's incredibly refreshing. Once again, there is a lot to like about...

There are a few elements that separate this battle royale from others but the battles tend to be repetitive, the weapons lackluster, and the map becomes stale quickly. Currently, with how Hyper Scape is structured, there’s little to keep me entertained.

Hyper Scape has some cool ideas, but still feels like it’s in beta even after the 1.0 launch, especially on PC. We’ve seen Ubisoft snatch victory from the jaws of “somewhat underwhelming” before. Maybe they can do it again.

Hyper Scape is a game that you'll probably want to like, but only the most forgiving players will be able to overcome its contradictory design.

Hyper Scape's uninteresting map, inability to make progression rewarding, and its painful combat keep it from reaching its full potential. There are definitely some tweaks that Ubisoft Montreal could make to Hyper Scape's combat to make it a far more entertaining experience, and one has to imagine that the game will evolve based on feedback to Season 1. As it stands, however, the game struggles to...

There sure have been a lot of battle royale games to come out within the last few years, and I have to say, I’m not tired of them. I genuinely enjoy when a game can innovate meaningfully in this evermore cramped space. Hyper Scape brings a lot of concepts to the table that, in theory, I thought were interesting, but the execution… this ain’t it. There's just too much that stifles the fun between t...