Overview

• The Finals, a new first-person shooter game from Embark Studios, has launched with mixed reviews due to perceived changes in player movement speed.
• Despite the backlash, Embark Studios maintains that no changes were made to the movement system or speed since the open beta.
• The game's developers suggest that changes to animations, sounds, and settings, as well as a reset of the Field of View (FOV) setting, may be causing players to perceive slower movement.
• The Finals is a free-to-play, team-based shooter set in a game show-like arena with fully destructible environments.
• The game has launched on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.