Garena Free Fire  is known by more than one name but remains the most popular mobile game in the world. You could call it Free Fire or Free Fire Battlegrounds, this battle royale game has 80 million people playing it every day. That’s not an easy feat to achieve but that’s all because Dots Studio and Garena made a masterpiece of a game.

The game is an action-adventure game that can be played exclusively online. It is a shooter game where players have to battle one another to be the lone survivor on the island you fight for more than life and you have to look for weapons and other items to improve your chances of survival. 

An intriguing battle royale

Garena Free Fire is an intriguing multiplayer battle royale that’s filled with good frenzy. At the start of the game players jump down from a parachute and land on a remote island. Gameplay usually has about fifty players, who join the game at different times. Then begins the crazy search by players for tools and weapons to send other players to their graves. As a part of this madness, you have no time to wait, think, or even strategize. You have to get to the work of killing other players or you’ll be kissing the dust before you know it.

However, you can choose a starting position that lets you attack and defend effectively.  When you join the game, your plane hovers around for a while, allowing you to decide on the perfect starting position. When you’ve picked a vantage point, you jump down, and the search begins. Besides weapons there are other items you can find on the island like medical supplies.

Although the island is filled with different weapons, you only have four weapon slots at a time. On the screen you’ll find buttons for targeting an opponent and shooting at him. There are also buttons for evading attacks like jump, crouch and run. If you get hit, there’s the medkit button to heal yourself. Getting a hang of these buttons can be quite daunting at the beginning. But your gameplay will improve tremendously when you eventually master them.

So, what’s the end-point of this blood-filled battle royale? You have to ensure you’re the last man standing, and that doesn’t come easy. You have to kill any other player that comes your way. While doing that, you have to fend off dangers and constantly look for safe places to hide. However, as the game progresses, the safe space becomes smaller, increasing the dangers you have to face. But it’s a battle royale – you can’t expect anything less.

An intense island

One of the reasons for Free Fire’s incredible popularity is the fast-paced gameplay. The game duration cap is ten minutes, and many a time, it doesn’t take that long. While some players may evade direct fights and opt for cover in space safes, that doesn’t last too long either. The game area shrinks every second and the earlier you get into the frenzy the better for you.

The game offers four vehicle types to help players move around the island. There’s the pickup truck that offers the fastest speed, the Tuk Tuk, a vehicle on three wheels, the Amphibious that lets you travel on land and water, and a Jeep, which is likely to outlive other vehicles types. So, you don’t have to spend forever trying to move from one point to another. This helps to increase the pace of the game. 

There Are several types of weapons on the island including some of the most popular ones in shooter games. You have different pistol types including USP, M1873, M500, Desert Eagle, and G18. There are also shotguns and assault rifles like AK, M4A1, SCAR, and M1014. If you’re a fan of sniper rifles, you have the SKS, M14, and VSS to choose from. The game also has Sub Machine guns like MP5 and MP40.

While the most popular game mode is solo where you fight alone, there’s an option for teaming with other players. Known as Co-Op, this mode allows you to combine forces with other players to form a squad. To make communication between squad members seamless, Garena Free Fall has an in-game voice chat. Who doesn’t like the sound of that?

Unique character system

Unlike many battle royale games out there, Free Fire has an interesting character system, which features 10 different unlockable characters. These characters are unlockable in the sense that you can choose any of them at the beginning. You don’t have to get to a particular level before you can access them. To add to the spectacle, these characters each have unique abilities that prove useful in gameplay.

After choosing your favorite character, you can go ahead to customize it. The game has an impressive character customization feature that lets players select outfits for their characters. They can also buy new clothes and even pets for their characters using the game’s premium currency. The only downside to this is that you can’t earn the premium currency anywhere in the game. You have to buy it with some real money. Not everyone wants to spend real cash on a piece of outfits that contribute nothing to gameplay.

Verdict

There’s a reason Garena Free Fall is the most downloaded mobile game ever. The battle royale game experience is second to none. Hardly anything compares to the enthralling 10-minute battle of 50 players all fighting for the same thing – to be the last person standing. Knowing you’re playing with other real players in real-time makes it even more exciting. So, Gerena passes as a very solid and enjoyable shooter game that’s worth your playtime.