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What You Gonna Do When They Come For You

Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Reviewed On: PC Developer: Boss Key Productions Publisher: Nexon America Inc. Singleplayer: No Multiplayer: Yes Good grief I suck at this game! I can’t count how many times I’ve died or simply been annihilated by a much better player. But I want to get better. I want to keep playing and keep learning, and that’s rare in a multiplayer game. Underneath the chaos of 5v5 objective-based combat there’s a first-person shooter that places skill first, testing your speed, accuracy and spatial awareness. For some reason, LawBreakers is getting overlooked and thus low player counts are common, and that’s a genuine shame because there’s something bloody good to be found here. The basic idea is familiar stuff which is why comparisons to a certain Overwatch are common and understandable in many regards, yet to wipe LawBreakers off as a simple Overwatch clone would be a huge disservice to LawBreakers fast-paced and often brutally challenging combat. Unlike Overwa...