Premature Evaluation is the weekly column in which we explore the wilds of early access. This week, Fraser s trying to win prizes and also senselessly fight strangers in ’80s battle royale game show, Radical Heights.
With Lawbreakers being left to fend for itself after failing to seduce enough players, Boss Key Productions has pivoted to something that s undeniably more popular: battle royales. There s been quite a bit of cynicism regarding Radical Heights and Boss Key’s 180, but not from me, a man without a cynical bone in his body. And as someone who was five at the end of the ’80s, I have an incredibly strong connection to the era. The Poll Tax. The miners’ strike. My first day of school. All the highlights. But how high are the highs of Radical Heights? There’s only one way to find out.