FBC: Firebreak is proof of Remedy Entertainment’s continued effort to expand on and flesh out the rich, connected universe of their catalogue of games. The AAA studio’s latest project expands on its 2019 action-adventure game Control with a smaller in-scope but addictively engaging three-player cooperative first-person shooter.
I got to spend roughly two hours with an early build of FBC: Firebreak, where two others and I were given access to three levels present in the upcoming co-op shooter. As the game takes place within the world of Control, players who jump into FBC: Firebreak can expect all manner of paranormal chaos in the form of the Hiss, which have run amok in the Oldest House. As far as the story goes, FBC: Firebreak takes place six years after the events of Control, with the eponymous building entering a quarantine lockdown due to a state of crisis, due to increased Hiss activity, setting up the impetus of the multiplayer shooter.
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