Naraka Bladepoint World Championships highlights a budding esport ready to take off
Staff, 2022-12-19 03:55:24,
❘ Published: 2022-12-19T09:41:38
❘ Updated: 2022-12-19T09:41:55
Naraka Bladepoint may be in its early years as an esport, but it’s clear the sky is the limit.
Over the weekend, I was lucky enough to attend my first esports event in person (sort of, but keep reading), the Naraka Bladepoint World Championships.
A battle royale that sets itself apart from its contemporaries with a focus on melee combat as opposed to standard-fare guns and grenades, Naraka Bladepoint as an esport feels similarly fresh and exciting – both for spectators and for players.
A new perspective
It all starts with the game’s third-person camera which makes it much easier to parse the world around the player.
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That’s particularly important because many of the Naraka Bladepoint World Championship matches were predicated on quick escapes, tiptoeing around mountain ranges, or grappling to safety.
Naraka Bladepoint’s maps are gorgeous, too, eschewing the browns and grays of most battle royale titles in favor of verdant plains and snowy peaks. A third-person perspective certainly helps showcase that and provides a backdrop for what can be considered the closest thing to a multiplayer martial arts movie.
Move like WASD-ter
Naturally, with high-level play, there’s an element of playing the game in a way newcomers like me couldn’t possibly manage.
For example, Naraka Bladepoint players almost never stand still, often…
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