There’s Destructibility, Firestorm Included
The firestorm is different from other battle royale circles in another key way, and that’s in how deadly it is not just to players but the entire landscape. Battlefield V Firestorm features a fully destructible environment, and the circle itself is a ring of fire that obliterates everything in its path.
Trees, buildings, players: the firestorm literally incinerates, crumbles, and kills anything in it touches.
Not only does this look totally badass, but it also can play a key role in the endgame. You won’t, for example, want to be hiding in a building or taking cover in a densely forested area when the firestorm approaches.
And if you’re the solo or squad doing the hunting, you can use the firestorm’s destructibility to your advantage, using it to level buildings and expose enemies.
Of course, the destruction isn’t limited to the firestorm. Tanks, heavy weapons, and explosives can all be used to reduce buildings to rubble.
This is something we’ve seen in Battlefield games for years, but among popular games in the battle royale genre, it’s totally new territory, and it makes a huge difference to gameplay.
You simply can’t use the terrain to an overwhelming advantage in Firestorm, particularly if your enemies have heavy weapons or tanks. And obviously, just the nature of environments that can shift and change depending on damage adds variety to each match.
