Matches usually go to 42 people,' says Proletariat Inc.

'We're playing with a smaller group of people. There battlemages fight in last man standing brawls, albeit slightly smaller than other battle royale titles. The Hollow Lands, where all the fighting takes place, is a region that was destroyed by a magical calamity. Who needs guns when we have magic? | Proletariat Inc.

The class' secondary ability is Flash Freeze, which freezes the area around the Frostborn and slows enemies caught in the spiraling winds. The Frostborn has the Ice Lance, a precision attack that can be charged for more damage, but also creates paths of ice for quick ground movement and leaves puddles of water behind. Your chosen class determines your basic attack and one additional ability. Each has a different feel, with the Conduit doing smaller, more sustained damage, while the Toxicologist aims to hide from conflicts and whittle down opponents with poison. Instead, you start each match as one of six classes of elemental battlemage: the shocking Conduit, an icy Frostborn, the burning Pyromancer, stoic Stoneshaper, the high-flying Tempest, and the poison-dealing Toxicologist. Spellbreak wants you flying through the sky, causing massive explosions with a wave of your hand. But even Fortnite and Apex Legends don't step too far from the 'people with guns' bedrock established by PUBG. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds remains para-military, the most grounded of the bunch, with no mechs, no building towers out of thin air, and no special abilities to pull out of a clutch situation. Spellbreak is a game trying to pull away from its genre: the battle royale.

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