My eyes were wide and WASD fingers nimble as I booted up Concord's closed beta this weekend. I've had my eye on Sony's new hero shooter since its big reveal last month. While a vocal contingent quickly decided that Concord is anOverwatch clone wearing Guardians of the Galaxy cosplay, those brief glimpses of gameplay got me excited forAnd hey, I wasn't disappointed. Concord is very fun so far.
That's made clear by the handful of modes playable in the beta—a grab bag of FPS favorites like team deathmatch , Kill Confirmed , Search and Destroy , and a elimination take on King of the Hill called Clash Point. It's smart to stick together as much as possible, but unlike Overwatch, you're not encouraged to stay in one massive"hero clump" to have any chance of winning fights.
Variants are their own hero slot, which looks weird on the roster screen, but that plays into Concord's"crew builder" system. More on that below.One of the most unique aspects of Concord is also its most bewildering. By default, you can pick from all 16 heroes in a match, but you can also build a custom roster and use some of those slots for hero variants or even multiple copies of the same hero.