I'm sure that now you can see this game looks pretty cool. The massive multiplayer maps remind me of Battlefield games. The movement is on the same level of Titanfall in terms of speed and traversal. The guns have your typical Halo-esque feel.

I assumed it would be a free-to-play title, but that is not the case. It costs $30, although PlayStation did have a PS Plus member discount for only $23. It has microtransactions along with that initial price tag, two things I do not like seeing together. I figured about $25 would be worth it just in case the game was amazing.

I started with a round of PvE to get accustomed to how the game plays. You have a cable that can attach to pretty much anything and pull you toward it. It reminds me so much of swinging around in a Spider-Man game. If you are looking to cover long distances, there are no vehicles. You do however have a hoverboard, which can take you pretty high in the sky and moves at a high rate of speed.

After I figured out how the game plays, I jumped into what I was most hyped for. PvP. I have been dying for some new type of multiplayer FPS. I enjoyed Splitgate for a while but got tired of it. Ubisoft's xDefiant F2P fps still isn't out. So Leap was one of my best options to satisfy this craving.

The first thing to mention is that there really does not seem to be a large community playing this game. I kept getting put in matches with the same people on PC that have been playing for a year and were godly. I had a few good moments, but it was mostly just me getting raped every time I spawned. You can have private matches, but good luck finding people to play with, maybe on their Discord.

The skill cap on this game is extremely high. Beginners matched up with advanced players is a supreme imbalance and makes the game no fun at all. This is the reason that I think the game will be forced to go F2P at some point if it wants to have any chance of survival.

The gunplay is pretty enjoyable, not the best, but slightly above average. The maps are stunning and absolutely gigantic. The large maps mixed with the fun traversal methods make getting around a jolly old time. That is if you don't get sniped by the campers on top of some rock or building that you can hardly even see.

What it lacks in community, it makes up for in polish. It runs very well on my PS5 and the resolution seems at or close to 4K. I'm sure PC and Xbox are the same. There weren't major bugs like the launch of Battlefield 2042. There may not be a huge variety in terms of the different classes, but they do offer some customization as you level them up. You can certainly find a play style that suits you.

I honestly haven't been playing this game a whole lot. It's just so frustrating. I'm thinking of getting back into the PvE because I did have a lot of fun with that. Fighting hordes of enemies with some teammates can be a lot of fun and also less punishing.

If you wonder whether or not I'd recommend this game, I sadly have to say no. It feels like a big waste of money to me because there just aren't enough new people playing. The beta testers are seasoned and know exactly what's going on, meanwhile poor newbies like you and I are forced to endure constant suffering.

As I mentioned before, I have a strong feeling that the game will eventually go F2P. By that time, yes I'd say it will be worth checking out. I imagine an influx of new users during that time, which I wish would have happened at the launch. They didn't really promote the game all that well and nobody really knows about it. Their Twitter barely has 3,000 followers for instance. I do still have faith though, just not a ton.

Let me know what you are thinking of Leap. I'll leave the link to go checkout their website.

https://www.playleap.com/

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