The Finals players rejoice as devs finally remove its “most hated” game event
Embark StudiosThe Finals players are rejoicing online as the developer has removed the Dead Go Boom event in patch 1.7.
The Finals players have not been quiet when voicing their opinions about that game and Embark Studios has largely been receptive to the feedback. Embark nerfed Recon Senses, which players have been saying is overpowered, and beefed up some lesser-used weapons in patch 1.6.
The game’s second season of content is also on the horizon, so the developer aims to balance its weapons and gameplay for returning players and newcomers.
Embark released another well-received patch on February 8, including removing one of the more hated game events.
The Finals players were overwhelmed with joy
Game events are random scenarios that occur late in The Finals matches to spice up the action. Sometimes aliens invade the arena or meteors rain down on unmoving players.
One game event that fans have not liked is Dead Go Boom, which causes recently eliminated players to explode. Users have pointed out before how this creates a disadvantage for melee players and often leads to their death. The developers seem to agree with this sentiment in a note from the patch.
“We feel this event punishes melee users too much at present, so we’re disabling it for now. We’re hoping to return it to the game, after a re-work, at some point in the future,” Embark said.
Players seem to be excited that the event is out of the rotation, as one person posted on The Finals subreddit rejoicing in its removal.
“Dead Go Boom should have never been in the game,” the poster said.
Other Reddit users agreed and offered suggestions for how the mode should be improved before it’s brought back into the rotation.
“I only hated the mode for the insane amount of damage it did. They should have cut the damage done to players by 75% and increased the damage done to buildings,” one player said.
Embark has not given players a time frame for the event’s reintroduction, but players should expect a quick turnaround as the developer has kept up a fast cadence of content drops and updates since its December 2023 release.