2025-03-10 22:17:58

Yeah, ‘FragPunk’ Is a Lot of Fun, but It’s Also the Final Boss of a Live-Service Nightmare

Another day, another moment spent wrestling the moral dilemma between an engaging game and its questionable practices. I spent a bit of time playing FragPunk this weekend, Bad Guitar Studios’ (a subsidiary under NetEase) new off-the-walls tactical shooter. It’s a wild approach to the 5v5 competitive shooter genre. Something akin to CS:GO or Valorant, injected […] The post Yeah, ‘FragPunk’ Is a Lot of Fun, but It’s Also the Final Boss of a Live-Service Nightmare appeared first on VICE.
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