10 Things NOBODY Wants To Admit About Battle Royale
10. The "Loot, Kill, Die, Repeat" Loop Is INCREDIBLY Fatiguing
It's always the same: You drop in, pick up whatever scraps you can find, pray that you find something decent instead of that same pistol again, run for 5 minutes, inevitably die to someone you didn't even see.
This is your average game of any of the currently available choices on the market.
Sure, there's that 1 in 100 chance you'll win and feel a sense of personal satisfaction that can only come from proving your superiority to a group of strangers on the internet, but most of the time that isn't going to happen. Most games will end with a few kills and hopefully a place in the top 10, but hardly ever that coveted victory.
Then it's time to do it all again. Back to the main menu you go...
Repetition isn't always the end of the world, but in a video game it runs the risk of burning out its player base and making the genre stale. The only reason Battle Royale hasn't fallen victim to this is due to its hugely addictive quality; that "one more game" attitude. It's strong within the likes of Fortnite and Apex Legends' player bases, but for how long?