The Cycle: Frontier

Yager Development · Jun 8, 2022

Rating pending

About

The Cycle is a competitive match-based first person quester, from the makers of Spec Ops: The Line. On Fortuna III you compete against other Prospectors or collaborate with them to claim as much resources as possible and escape before the planet crushes the life out of you.

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PC

Critic 5.3 (3 critics) · Gamer 7.5

Critic reviews

PC Gamer
Sam Greer · Jul 04, 2022
5.5
There aren't tools or utilities to unlock that can change how you play. No traps or decoys or any other gadgets that might open up ways to overcome well equipped players. Without any kind of narrative hook or any kind of subversiveness at all, and little moment to moment reward, a list of unlocks can't possibly compel me to invest that kind of time.
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NME
Nic Reuben · Jun 13, 2022
4.0
There’s a great game somewhere inside The Cycle, and lush world design, clever environmental layout, and solid gun feel all point towards it. Unfortunately, it’s all rendered into tedious, cynical nonsense by a mobile-game style approach to progression and monetization, and a thin, repetitive core loop.
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Game Grin
FluffyAxe · Dec 14, 2022
6.5
Overall it simply feels like an unfinished, early-access game that just doesn’t have the early-access tag. It is free-to-play and a fun experience so can’t be too harsh on it. Not to mention the developers do seem to be tackling the game’s various issues and are actively improving it over time, so there’s hope.
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