After two years
Magic martial arts, grapple hooks and rooftop-hopping makeNaraka: Bladepointone of thebest battle royaleson PC. Now it’s going free-to-play next week on Thursday, July 13th.
“All in-game content is available to free players, including all game modes, events, cosmetics, character customization, etc.”, saystheir free-to-play FAQ. You’ll need to unlock cosmetics and all but four starter heroes with Hero Coins, however. Free players can earn a maximum 35 Hero Coins per-week through play, with a single character costing 100 Hero Coins.
Or, of course, you can spend real money to purchase Standard, Deluxe or Ultimate editions to lift the limit, gain a bundle of in-game money, and unlock characters faster.
Existing players who bought or buy the game prior to the switch will receive in-game currency as a “reward”. There was also a new character, a new weapon and a handful of other events announcedduring the Naraka Fest stream.
Naraka Bladepoint pits up to 60 players against one another while a contracting ring of death gradually shrinks the arena, but otherwise doesn’t feel much like other battle royales. As Matt (RPS in peace) explained in hisNaraka Bladepoint review, it’s not a game about hiding in the long grass, and its melee sword combat is “much more Tekken than Chivalry”, complete with combos and animation cancelling.
