With so many different games in the battle royale genre on the market right now, it can be hard to see a new one pop up and not dismiss it. Once you?ve dived down from the sky to slowly build an arsenal once, you?ve done it a million times after all. I fully expected to feel the same way about Spellbreak, to have a few matches of it before shrugging and moving on. That wasn?t the case though. I?m very happy to say that Spellbreak is one of the first battle royales in a long time that has me excited about the genre and with some more content I?m sure it?s going to shine.
Spellbreak has you and 41 other players diving into a map to slowly upgrade your equipment and pick each other off until one player remains as the winner. The big twist here is that you and all the other players are mages, using magical spells to get around and attack. That may just sound like a thematic change, but it really changes up how you play from the traditional shooter. The most immediate change is the ability to fly in short bursts which makes traversing the map a breeze. You start off the match being able to pick one main offensive spell to use, with the opportunity to find another whilst exploring the map. Each of the spells acts like a different weapon. For example, the ice spell mimics  a sniper whilst the thunder spell does high damage-per-second provided you can keep aimed at a target. Best of all, there?s no ammo to worry about as both attacking and flying work on a really fast mana meter....