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control points that can be captured to gain a temporary damage buff and add to the team score, similar to Blitz. There is also a
Jackhammer, which can be captured and used to kill people. Adding to the team score will give the player a growing supply of personal Blutonium, which can be used to purchase upgrades for their character. There are three types of upgrades. The first is attack, which buffs one's amount of damage dealt, the second is Tank, which increases the amount of damage a player is able to withstand, and Health, which increases the healing that player can give to others and adds to the effectiveness of health packs. Once a team has reached 10,000 points, the team must take the enemy's hammer back to their base, and charge it. Then, the team must take the hammer back to the enemy's base, and smash it inside the base, destroying it, finally winning the match.
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Annihilation is a game mode that combines elements from other game modes. The goal is to get a team score of 10,000. Several things can add to the team's score. Players drop
Blutonium vials on death, similar to Death Snatch. The vials can be picked up to gain team score points. As well, there are two
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a 69, stating in their review: “Loadout attempts to compete with Team
Fortress 2 at its own game, and it performs admirably thanks to great weapon customization options, strong map design, and a generous free-to-play setup that charges mostly for cosmetics. But the matchmaking system is straight-up
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wasn’t an ordinary shooter. It’s an amalgamation of sorts, melding comedy, cartoon violence and competitive multiplayer seamlessly. Edge of
Reality seems to be well aware of the genres' over saturation, and contribute very little to the nimiety of mediocrity. Shooters may be all the craze now, but
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Domination is a game mode where the player captures points, and each team starts at 0 points. Twenty points are awarded when a point is captured, and 5 per second while the point is captured. Each team must capture the point once it is captured by the other team. If there is a red arrow under the
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Blutonium wins. At the start of a match a player is designated as the Collector. Collectors travel around picking up Blutonium and depositing it in the provided baskets to increase their team's score. The Collectors are chosen
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worth its weight in dismembered limbs. So why wait? There’s simply no better time to kill your friends than the present. Although the game modes may not be innovative, innovation doesn’t always spell fun, and that’s something
179:. On September 26, 2020, Loadout Premium's servers were shut down due to inability to afford the server cost, leaving no servers of the game available. However, a fan project is currently attempting to revive the game.
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firefights across a variety of modes and used exaggerated cartoon gore. Players could alter the appearance of their in-game avatar, as well as the properties of their weapons using in-game currency.
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872:"Loadout Review - Gun Porn"
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