New Game on The Block #1: Crossout

      Many PC gamers will know that when it comes to free to play games there's not many that can surpass World of Tanks.  WoT is known for it's large player base and tank battles where players play as the tanks and fight against other opponents within an arena.  What's interesting about world of tanks is that it is entirely free to play, this means that anyone and everyone can start playing the game with no entrance fee.  However, this does not mean that the whole game is free, there are some micro-transactions within the game that but that is all the income that they make on WoT.  Crossout is going to be the same thing, except that there are a multitude of differences between WoT and Crossout.  For starters, Crossout gives the player the ability to customize their vehicle anyway that they want to make it.  Once they have smashed some parts together into an assemblage that looks like a vehicle, they then take it out into the battlefield and test it against other opponents.  World of Tanks on the other hand does not allow for this customization and instead prebuilds the tanks for the player, this works for WoT though because it is mainly a tank battle simulation game.  Even though there are many other differences between the two games than just that, there really isn't much else that differentiates the two games from one another.  Granted this mechanic adds such a large difference between the two games that it makes a clear stance on the difference between the two, but other than that they are very similar.

The funnest thing about Crossout so far is the range of vehicles that you can build.  You can build a melee class that is good at conducting ambush attacks as well as ramming people.  There are missile vehicles which act as the snipers within the game and do a ton of damage but have a limited number of shots.  Then there's the mid-range vehicle type where the vehicle has machine guns to give a constant amount of damage to an enemy.  The list can go longer but these are the main kind of builds that people make within the game.  Although this is a creation game, there are several limiting factors on what and how you can build something.

List of Build Limitations:

1.  Power Score
2. Item Limit
3. Weight Limit

These three things are the main limitations on what and individual can build within Crossout.

Power Score Limitation:
   This limitation is used to "rank" how powerful certain items or weapons are.  This score determines the kind of people that you are matched with.  The higher your power score, the more difficult your opponents become.

Item Limit:
    You are only allowed however many items on your vehicle at one time.  For example, if you have a limitation of 40 items you can only attach a maximum of 40 items to your vehicle in order to make it bigger, better, faster, stronger.

Weight Limit:
    The weight limit is used to limit the amount mass of your vehicle.  There are some items within the game that are extremely heavy and provide a ton of armor, this limit makes the player carefully decide which items they are going to use depending on the weight of the item.

The Gameplay:
    Most of the gameplay revolves around competitive competition between you and other players but there is also a PvE element as well.  Within Crossout these PvE events are mostly known as raids and can involve races, defense and attack goals where the player has to defeat AI in some kind of system.  The player's reward for completing these tasks mainly come in the form of materials that they can use to gain more parts within the game.  There are certain limitations to a player's progression within Crossout too which are materials.  These materials are used to build parts in order to make your vehicle bigger, better, faster, and stronger.  You can also sell these materials or your parts onto the market and make a profit if you feel it is more beneficial for you as a player.

Conclusion:
     I would like to leave you guys on the note that Crossout is an extremely fun game and has a tremendous amount of replayability within it and is only in closed BETA at this point in time of writing the article.  I can only assume that this game is going to become extremely popular in the near future on the date of it's full release and can't wait for it to happen. I highly recommend that you go and check it out, you can either pay $20 to get an access key or signup on the waitlist, either way I believe it's worth experiencing at least once.  Here's a link to the website and good luck in Crossout guys!