Veiled Experts

If you love a multiplayer game in a contemporary setting, you might have already been intrigued by Veiled Experts. This online strategy title looks to take a shooter's classical third-person combat mechanics to a whole new level, encouraging teamwork, cognitive skills, and combat prowess to succeed. So why will this game be any different from other similar offerings?

While the upcoming title has a straightforward set of mechanics, Veiled Experts depends on an increased immersion factor with higher levels of detail and a bursting aura of intensity. The game's beta is showing some promise as a game that could warp the masses. But what makes it tick for those who need a little push as to why you should invest time?

Piercing the Veil

Rather than offering anything particularly innovative, Veiled Experts aims to perfect the search-and-destroy shooter by offering a finely balanced multiplayer experience. The whole premise of the game includes being part of a team of ragtag urban warriors poised to take control of decimated urban environments. The general narrative still eludes me, but it's hardly the point as a multiplayer game.

Veiled Experts is a 5v5 strategic shooter where strategy and teamwork come into the fray more than ever. You'll have the environment at your disposal, with characters able to scale walls, leverage protective assets, and seize an arsenal to pick your enemy clean. It sounds like a typical third-person shooter. There feels like there's more to it than that.

The game's ambition of bringing a more immersive, intense third-person shooter to life is on track. The visuals play a crucial role in achieving that goal, detailed in level design, animation, and effects that create a lively battlefield. The nine available agents with different skill set also diversify the experience, where players must strategize with teammates to accomplish their mission.

It's tricky to describe why Veiled Experts could appeal to an online shooter enthusiast, considering more popular games follow the same design. However, the game refines shooter mechanics, so victory feels more important than identifying balance issues or complaints about development flaws. Veiled Experts could be one to watch on full release.

Keeping the Experts in Order

There's no question that Veiled Experts have taken heavy influence from games such as CounterStrike and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series. However, the developers have looked at what's missing from the immersion factor in these popular third-person shooters and improved on what could increase the fun and intensity. So far, they have succeeded.

Round-Up - Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Finely balanced third-person shooter mechanics
• Visuals bring the urban battlefields to life
• Unlimited strategic potential for victory

Cons:

• It doesn't offer anything mechanically innovative
• Hefty hardware requirements for an online game