Radical Heights Players Look to Be Making a Switch Back to Fortnite

Radical Heights is the latest challenger to Fortnite in the battle royale genre and is now available for players to download and play on the Steam. The new title thrusts players into a futuristic world in 2023 where players compete for fame and prizes in an 80's themed batle royale game show. With the cosmetics, game show mechanices and dialogue reminiscent of the era, Radical Heights offers a very unique take on the battle royale genre compared to its competitors in Fortnite, Player Unknowns Battlegrounds and H1Z1. However, the majority of players that have taken to the virtual battelfield of 80's game show inspired game have not been impressed with the majority of reviews being left on Steam are of a negative manner. 

At the time of this writing, only 36% of the 946 reviews of the game are positive with players citing a variety of reasons for why they are unsatisfied with the new battle royale game. It is important to note that Boss Key has stated that the game is in "X-TREME" early access and is nowhere near a finished product, which is the same route that Fortnite, PUBG and H1Z1 have taken in their development paths. Nevertheless, the very early outlook for Radical Heights is not looking extremely gnarly. 

One issue that some players have been experiencing is a flickering green screen that the game produces on their monitors that does not look to be an aesthetic experience the developers were trying to provide. 

Here is a camera capture of our own Jesse Collins' experience when logging into the game. The flickering is so rapid that a smart phone camera couldn't pick it up. This video have been slowed down to 50% to show. Warning: this shouldn't be viewed if you're prone to seizures.

Other negative reviews of Radical Heights point to poor optimization, incomplete features and mechanics and unfinished textures of many areas of the map. These issues could be argued as things that are to be expected of an extremely early access title or to the fact that Boss Key needed to spend a great deal of more time developing the title before making it available for the public to play. 

However, not every review of the 80's style battle royale game is of a negative nature with players citing the unique style and gameplay of the title, and the promise of many improvments based on player feedback, due to it's "X-TREME" early access status, points to a much brighter future.

While the overall early negative reception to the new battle royale game on the market is not what Boss Key was looking for, there is still plenty of time ahead to where Radical Heights can fix its errors and have a chance to draw players away from the virtual battlefields of Fortnite, PUBG and H1Z1. 

(cover photo courtesy of Boss Key Productions)