Quake Champions, the new multiplayer shooter from id Software and Bethesda, will be free-to-play with the option to unlock the full version with a single payment, according to it has announced. This fee gives unlimited access to all the heroes of the game; without paying anything you can play with the Ranger (the typical character of Quake III) and rent during a specific time to other characters using the currency of the game.
That currency is Please. You can ‘spend please access [heroes] for a limited time», in the words of the creative director of id Software, Tim Willits, “but you do not spend you real money in it”. In addition to the rental of heroes, please also gives access to some challenges which are to be overcome, something called shrines, which sounds like typical envelopes of letters: an item that has heroes and skins inside.
Grace is in the Champions Pack, a package that unlock at once and for ever all the heroes that will be published Quake Champions; This leaves the door open to characters of payment in the future, but it seems certain that maps and game modes, two things that largely determine the experience of a multiplayer of this style, will be available to everyone without having to pay anything.
The first closed beta of Quake Champions will take place in the coming weeks, it was announced a few days ago. There you can see if the heroes and their skills “are additives for the experience, and not a replacement,” Willits said in an interview with PC Gamer. “We have the feeling that it is a good bridge between our Quake hardcore fans, that would kill us if we liáramos it with the formula,” and the current public, who are looking for something “new and slightly more modern”, according to Willits.
In this beta you will see the « » updated legendary sand redesign » The Camping Grounds, called here Blood Covenant . «Favorite sections of the players, are preserved as the driving platform to the rocket launcher, the central occurrence of quadruple damage point, the protrusion of the rail cannon and the battles in the reduced space of the columns ‘, says the press release. «However, to veterans and new players await new tricks and secrets that will offer a new way to fight, move and use the passive and active skills champions». As little, Nyx, the first heroin that has been announced, should also be available.
Below is the trailer from Blood Covenant.