Firebreak in response to middling evaluations and participant suggestions

Treatment has shared its plans to enhance FBC: Firebreak, the brand new multiplayer Management spinoff, following a string of less-than-stellar evaluations that criticized the sport’s tough early hours. FBC: Firebreak was announced in October 2024 as the primary on-line multiplayer recreation from Treatment, and one other pitstop on the best way to an eventual Control 2.

The full patch notes for Treatment’s first replace can be found to view on Steam, however in short, the largest change the developer is making is to how missions are unlocked. Beforehand, Firebreak required gamers to play an easier, shorter model of the sport’s missions (like coping with multiplying post-it notes or pink goo, for instance), earlier than a extra advanced model of the mission turned out there. Now these full-fat missions can be found from the beginning, and finishing one unlocks the subsequent kind. Treatment’s replace additionally rebalances the price of cosmetics and makes it simpler to see and discover in-game collectibles, amongst different tweaks.

The developer is planning to make bigger modifications to how FBC: Firebreak explains the synergies of in-game weapons and skills, however these onboarding enhancements will take longer to implement. Future updates including new missions and cosmetics the place already deliberate for the sport, so fixes will presumably be labored into the present roadmap.

We loved our hands-on time with FBC: Firebreak, however reviewers report a much less rosy image after taking part in the sport over an extended time frame. Eurogamer discovered Firebreak charming in Treatment’s typical oddball approach, but additionally inconsistent by way of problem. GameSpot famous comparable messiness within the recreation’s mission design, and in addition the overall lack of clarification for weapons and skills. The extra damning and existential downside highlighted by TechRadar is the dearth of story within the recreation, one thing that Management typically excelled at. Treatment does not seem to have a plan to deal with any perceived narrative shortcomings in FBC: Firebreak, and since it is a multiplayer recreation, the corporate could have totally different targets.

FBC: Firebreak is accessible now for $40 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S and PC. In case you pay for Xbox Recreation Cross Final or PlayStation Plus Recreation Catalog, you possibly can play the sport at no further price.