Riot Games Project A: Announcement Impressions – The Esports Dream
Riot Games announced a competitive FPS during its anniversary celebration, and what the team is focusing on tells fans that esports is the focus.
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Riot Games’ Project A is one of many new titles that the company teased in its absolute whirlwind of a 10-year anniversary celebration. Between diving into the world of digital card games, fighting games, and exploratory hack-n-slashes, Project A is Riot’s take on competitive, first-person shooters. Shaping up to be what looks like the beautiful lovechild of Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch, the game is aiming to cater to those who are hungry for the next big, Esports-ready FPS game.
Each game had a limited showing during the celebration broadcast, and topics that Project A’s developers chose to focus on during their time-slot are very telling – in the best way possible.
Regarding priorities for the new FPS, Riot is simply knocking it out of the park. Throughout the preview footage of the game, characters are shown using flashy abilities. For a competitive player this could prove worrisome, as drifting too far from the core fundamentals of shooting can end up taking away from a game’s potential (or just end up as an Overwatch clone). However, Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent clarified on Twitter that “in Project A, shooting matters.”
In the presentation, anti-cheat measures were heavily emphasized as a top priority for the team; Anna Donlon, an executive producer for Project A, claimed that “from day one, we have put anti-cheat at the forefront of our development.” Hallelujah!
Additionally, keeping lag minimal and fighting “peeker’s advantage” were discussed, further demonstrating the team’s deep understanding for the needs of competitive FPS players. Perhaps most encouragingly of all, Anna emphasized their commitment to the game’s longevity, stating: “just like League, we’re in this for years and years to come.”
If this ambitious list of goals remains true throughout development, then Project A is certainly destined to succeed in the esports scene. The game is already turning heads, as even Nathan “Retzi” Telen, a professional Apex Legends player for Team Sentinels, is already talking about switching upon release.
While a lot remains to be determined, Riot Games’ Project A has made a strong initial statement about its own identity as an antidote for competitive FPS fanatics seeking to bounce from the problems and monotony of Overwatch, Apex Legends, CS:GO, and the like.
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