New FPS game Wraith Ops wants to fix the worst problems in modern shooters

Especially in the wake of Call of Duty 4, we had a surfeit of gray-brown military shooters - Battlefield 3, the rebooted Medal of Honor, and of course Black Ops and the direct Modern Warfare sequels defined the mid-’00s FPS aesthetic. It got samey. But the backlash was too severe. Today’s shooters practice a banal visual maximalism, with loud colors, big shapes, and cartoon characters. Even the ostensibly more-grounded FPS games, like Counter-Strike 2, Far Cry, and present-day CoD, have strayed into neo-psychadelia. And that’s just part of the problem. Loot boxes. Microtransactions. Empty customization. Wraith Ops, a new shooter published by Hell Let Loose’s Team17, is coming to challenge it all. Continue reading New FPS game Wraith Ops wants to fix the worst problems in modern shooters MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best multiplayer games, Best war games

Apr 23, 2025 - 16:16

New FPS game Wraith Ops wants to fix the worst problems in modern shooters

Especially in the wake of Call of Duty 4, we had a surfeit of gray-brown military shooters - Battlefield 3, the rebooted Medal of Honor, and of course Black Ops and the direct Modern Warfare sequels defined the mid-’00s FPS aesthetic. It got samey. But the backlash was too severe. Today’s shooters practice a banal visual maximalism, with loud colors, big shapes, and cartoon characters. Even the ostensibly more-grounded FPS games, like Counter-Strike 2, Far Cry, and present-day CoD, have strayed into neo-psychadelia. And that’s just part of the problem. Loot boxes. Microtransactions. Empty customization. Wraith Ops, a new shooter published by Hell Let Loose’s Team17, is coming to challenge it all.

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