Hi everyone! I’m Max Rea, founder of Black Matter and game director of Hell Let Loose.
We’re extremely excited to celebrate the arrival of Hell Let Loose on PlayStation 5 on October 5 through November 1 as part of the October 2021 PlayStation Plus lineup.
Hell Let Loose is a large-scale, online strategic first-person shooter featuring teams of 50 vs 50 with combined arms of infantry, tanks, and artillery; a dynamically shifting front line; and a unique resource based real-time strategy inspired metagame.
We know this style of hardcore FPS may be new to some PlayStation players, so before venturing into the game’s authentic and brutal battlefields of World War II, we wanted to put together some top tips to guide you during your first hours!
Fight in some of the most iconic battles of the Western Front, including Purple Heart Lane, Omaha Beach, Foy, and many more. This is combat at a whole new scale, with lumbering tanks dominating the battlefield and crucial supply chains fuelling the frontlines, and individual players are key cogs in the machine of colossal combined arms warfare.
Hell Let Loose puts players into the chaos of war, complete with deep player-controlled vehicles, a dynamically evolving front line, and crucial unit-focused gameplay that commands the tide of battle.
Featuring nine sweeping maps modelled on real reconnaissance images and modern satellite data, each battlefield is divided up into large capture sectors. These allow for emergent and unique gameplay that pits the two forces into a fight to the death across fields, bridges, forests, and towns on an ever-evolving front line. When a sector is captured, resources are generated for your team, creating a complex metagame that will influence a team’s march to victory.
An epic theatre of war
Take to the battlefield in 50 vs. 50 multiplayer* gameplay across huge maps. Choose one of 14 playable roles within infantry, recon and armour unit types, each equipped with different weapons, vehicles and equipment. Play as an Officer, Spotter, Machine Gunner, Medic, Engineer, Tank Commander, and more to experience every aspect of World War II combat.
Vehicle Driver Controls – This and more to be added in the Complete Community Console Guide coming soon.
Fight together – win together
Hell Let Loose is not about any single soldier’s performance — teamwork is central to gameplay. Communication is essential. Players work together beneath the leadership of officers and their Commander to take strategic targets on the battlefield and dominate the opposition. Hell Let Loose is a game that demands teamwork and communication not only to win, but to survive.
Unique meta game
Fight for victory by breaking through the enemy lines on a large, evolving battlefield. The unique sector capture metagame requires teams to make continual large scale tactical decisions as to how to attack or defend through managing resources and supplies to call in support, bombing runs, new vehicles, strafing runs, and to reinforce strong-points or flank enemies. Strategy is key to success.
![Artillery
Alright soldier, is getting in the thick of the action too much excitement for you? Do you still want to support your brothers in arms while also taking it to the enemy? Then head to your center HQ and report to the artillery battery.
A team’s artillery is a great support tool to use against a variety of targets with varying effectiveness. Artillery is well suited for destroying infantry and trucks. Garrisons and Ops are note destroyed by artillery but do provide target rich environments. While it’s able to deal damage to armored vehicles, there are better suited roles and weapons to respond to tanks.
Each gun can support a crew of 2:
Gunner L1 : Responsible for aiming and firing. [Right Stick side to side] traverse the barrel left and right while [Right Stick Up and Down] adjust distance. Press R2 to fire.
Shells take 24 seconds to Land: hits will be indicated with an auditory cue.
Loader L1: Loads gun and can also pivot the gun beyond the gunner’s limits. Loading shells [Square] pulls munitions from the team’s munition pool. So, get those nodes up.
HE= 3 Munitions Smoke = 5 Munitions
To change shell types, press [Circle]. Moving [Left Stick] turns the gun.
Operations
Aim at map markers by lining them up in the center of the gunner’s sight and use the distance to the marker in order to range the gun. Linear distance needs to be converted to mils either through use of provided chart or 3rd party calculator.
Whiles running artillery, it is important to be communicating with your team. Not only can you coordinate targets and precision strikes, but communication limits resource waste and friendly fire accidents.
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PS5 specific features
Haptics: Experience haptic feedback on DualSense wireless controller with the following:
- Unique haptic feedback per weapon for shooting and reloading
- Getting headshots
- Environmental explosions based on distance and direction
- Feedback when inside a vehicle for engine starting/stopping, driving, taking hits, shooting, turret movement, and reloading
- Feedback when near a moving or firing vehicle based on external proximity and direction
- Melee attacks
- Crawling and jumping
- Receiving damage as infantry
Listen for DualSense controller audio feedback from the in-built controller:
- Reloading weapons
- Vehicle/Artillery/Anti-Tank turret movement
- Vehicle/Artillery/Anti-Tank reloading
- Melee attacks
- Using items including crates, medical equipment, tools, grenades, and building
- When receiving damage as infantry
- When bleeding out
The DualSense controller’s adaptive triggers immerse you during the following actions:
- Shooting weapons
- Driving vehicles
- Shooting vehicle weapons
- Note: Adaptive triggers can be disabled in-game based on preference
Hell Let Loose hits PS5 on October 5 as part of the PlayStation Plus lineup. See you soon on the frontline!
*Online multiplayer requires PlayStation Plus subscription; fees recur until cancelled. Age restrictions apply. Full terms: play.st/PSPlusTerms.
Source: Playstation Blog
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