Well most of us as gamers look down Web games as a platform where you can only play bubble shooter 🙂
Well here is Ballistic a first-person shooter built by Brazilian developer Aquiris and published by Rumble Entertainment. It’s free-to-play, lightweight, and has completely awesome browser-based game.
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Ballistic plays a bit like the rock-paper-scissors of Team Fortress 2—there are numerous classes available, each built for an entirely different style of play. As a freeloader you’ll start with a single class, the Vanguard, who’s your middle-of-the-road, default assault rifle class with average armor and mobility. Other classes can be bought individually, or you can subscribe to the game for $10 a month to gain access to all classes at once.
Classes are quite simple and cool 🙂 The task is cut out.
You’ve got a Tank, which runs around with a minigun. There are two sniper classes, each with different perks to choose from. A Grenadier class. A Berserker. There’s even a character that turns invisible when running and that can be armed with a katana once ranked higher.
Classes have very defined roles to fill, and teamwork is key to victory. Each class also has a very distinct silhouette, helping you pick out a sniper or a tank from a distance, and the world is flush with red and blue team colors. As I said, it’s a lot like Team Fortress 2—very arcadey and silly at times.
To conclude the game is highly portable, highly accessible in short Ballistic is a marvel. It’s not revolutionizing the shooter genre, nor is it probably going to take the place of something like Battlefield or Call of Duty or Titanfall. You can give Ballistic a try here—after all, it’s free to play. All that’s required is the Unity Web Player, which is a small download. You can get started here
