You have no idea how much I've wanted to love The Finals since it released in December. It checks all of my FPS-obsessed boxes—slick guns, fun gadgets, absurdly pretty maps—and goes beyond with genuinely innovative destruction tech that lets me make Swiss cheese out of any building and somehow sync it across a 12-player lobby. The fundamentals are great, but it's that 3v3v3v3 format that's been dragging me down. With small squads, long respawns, and the constant threat of getting third-partied, the "default" Finals experience is just too sweaty and unpredictable for my taste.
That "default" will be challenged in season 2 with the arrival of The Finals' first 5v5 mode—Power Shift, a "casual" take on payload with a brilliant Finals twist. It's really good, and I hope it takes off with fans.
