Firewalk Studios’ Harmony was introduced final 12 months however obtained its first correct gameplay reveal on the latest State of Play. Regardless of the variations in setting and characters, the truth that it’s a hero shooter spurred some comparisons to Blizzard Leisure’s Overwatch.
Fortuitously, the event crew appears to be taking these in its stride. In VGC’s first look, lead character designer Jon Weisnewski mentioned, “I’m not bothered by it in any respect. Overwatch is a good sport, and that crew did some unbelievable stuff for the style.
“On the identical time, I strongly imagine that our sport has an identification that’s distinctive to itself and that it performs like nothing else on the market.”
Like Overwatch, Harmony is a 5v5 first-person shooter with objective-based sport modes. Gamers can select from 16 characters at launch, every with distinctive loadouts and skills. Nonetheless, the true distinction is clear in its sport modes, like Trophy Hunt, which performs extra like Name of Responsibility’s Kill Confirmed. Conflict Level sees groups battle over a management level, however with no respawns, in stark distinction to Overwatch’s King of the Hill.
Harmony additionally affords an in-game Galactic Information to trace lore (with weekly vignettes additional increasing on the identical) and planetary historical past. Launching on August twenty third, it is going to be accessible for PS5 and PC. An open beta begins on July 18th, although pre-orders acquire entry on July twelfth.
