{"id":1208809,"date":"2026-02-21T04:04:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nbHA22cTHdNLfrqRK5CKbR"},"modified":"2026-02-21T04:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:04:52","slug":"the-finals-latest-update-adds-a-limited-time-mode-thats-mostly-just-hitting-each-other-with-hammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-finals-latest-update-adds-a-limited-time-mode-thats-mostly-just-hitting-each-other-with-hammers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Finals’ latest update adds a limited-time mode that’s mostly just hitting each other with hammers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve always been a fan of The Finals<\/a>‘ destructible environments, although I’ve sometimes felt its desire to be a proper, grown-up multiplayer shooter<\/a> obstructed the simple pleasure of ripping a building apart Red Faction: Guerilla style. But that looks set to change, at least temporarily, with the game’s newly added limited-time mode. This is a straight-up 5v5 slugfest that mostly involves hitting everyone with hammers, and it’s perhaps the closest The Finals has got to pure destructive chaos yet.<\/p>\n

Described by Embark Studios as a “platform fighter” mode<\/a>, Heavy Hitters takes place in a floating arena that resembles a construction yard. Loadouts in Heavy Hitters are fixed, with players all assuming the role of Heavy builds, wielding weighty melee weapons, as well as jump pads, anti-gravity cubes and goo grenades.<\/p>\n

The goal of Heavy Hitters is to eject your opponents from the arena, and there’s an interesting mechanical twist here. Players can’t be killed by running out of health. Instead, as your health drops, gravity has less of an effect on your character. Consequently, the more you get walloped, the farther you fly, until you’re eventually launched so far from the arena you have no hope of getting back.<\/p>\n

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