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A cult classic shooter is back after years‚ and deserves more players
Originally released in 2017 as a free-to-play game‚ the 5v5 hero shooter and MOBA hybrid Gigantic has become a cult classic of sorts‚ changing up the hero shooter format by combining it with MOBA elements to create a legitimately unique experience‚ even when compared to later competitors like Overwatch and Valorant. Splitting matches into two phases – an objective based‚ familiarly King of the Hill-esque phase followed by a more MOBA-inspired space-control Rampage phase – was novel‚ and nothing has been similar since. When Gigantic was shuttered by Gearbox in 2018‚ it was a loss for the genre and fans of the game made their feelings clear online that it was sorely missed – that was‚ until its eventual relaunch.
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