Future 2’s summer time seasonal occasion, Solstice, is again, and it’s largely a dud exterior of some beauty gadgets.
Essentially the most thrilling cosmetics which you could decide up are paid, unsurprisingly, that means you need to fork over some real-world cash for them, together with a foolish new beachgoing armor set for every class. However actually, the paid cosmetics are all fairly superior, and the most effective a part of the playable occasion for me. The 2 standouts are a brand new car and a Ghost Shell.
The Megalodasher Skimmer car is principally a flying surfboard that appears like a bad-ass shark, and the Grillmaster shell equips your companion with a chef hat and apron, but additionally some cute animations as it’ll often toss across the tongs and spatula in its little palms.
The car (1,200 Silver) and Ghost Shell (800) will be bought individually, or as a part of a bundle with extra gadgets for two,500 Silver, which works out to $25, or greater than half the worth of the current The Fringe of Destiny enlargement. However they’re each extra attention-grabbing to me than the occasion this 12 months.
In earlier years, Solstice had a particular exercise performed in a singular space known as the European Aerial Zone or EAZ, the place you’d group as much as kill enemies and executives in waves as quick as you would. This 12 months, it as an alternative makes use of the brand new Portal function, which is one thing like a shuffled playlist of random actions all through the sport, and they’re actions that Future 2 players have performed advert nauseam. However now, they’ve modifiers.
I took one take a look at the hunt for this 12 months’s occasion, nodded my head, and closed the sport.
The Portal is just not for me. I’ve been taking part in these missions, Strikes, Battlegrounds, and different actions for years already. EAZ was sporting skinny, however not less than it had its personal identification. Perhaps the hunt will get extra attention-grabbing after the first step, however I’ll have to seek out out via associates to see if it’s value turning the sport again on once more within the close to future. I see there are new weapons to unlock, too, however I don’t suppose I care, sadly.
With Solstice coming to an finish on Aug. 19, I don’t suppose I’ll be dipping my toes again in earlier than then.
