Loadout

Loadout is a free-to-play multiplayer third-person shooter developed by Edge of Reality, originally made for Microsoft Windows then ported to PlayStation 4, Loadout focuses on arcade-style multiplayer firefights across a variety of modes and uses an over-the-top cartoon gore and wealth of character customization options. Players can alter the appearance of their in-game avatar as well as the properties of their weapons at the cost of some premium in-game currency. The development of Loadout has since been abandoned and many main developers have been laid off for unknown reasons.

Gameplay

There are five types of gamemodes: Death Snatch, Blitz, Jackhammer, Annihilation, and Extraction, most of which are based around collecting Blutonium, a fictional element.

Reception

Loadout received mixed reviews, currently holding a 72 on Metacritic. IGN gave Loadout a 6.9 but stated in their review: "The matchmaking system is straight-up broken, leading to frequent frustrating mismatches, and its four maps aren't enough to keep me around for long."PC Gamer gave the game a 77 and said in their review "Loadout's gun customization and well executed twists on shooter staples make it a free-to-play game that doesn't feel like a compromise."

Let's Play

Let's play may refer to:

Free-to-play

Free-to-play (F2P) refers to video games which give players access to a significant portion of their content without paying. There are several kinds of free-to-play games, but the most common is based on the freemium software model. For freemium games, users are granted access to a fully functional game, but must pay microtransactions to access additional content. Free-to-play can be contrasted with pay-to-play, in which payment is required before using a service for the first time.

The model was first popularly used in early massively multiplayer online games targeted towards casual gamers, before finding wider adoption among games released by major video game publishers to combat video game piracy and high system requirements. Without up front payment, publishers may charge money for in-game items or integrate advertisements into the game.

Categories

There are several kinds of free-to-play games:

Free music

Free music or libre music is music that, like free software, can freely be copied, distributed and modified for any purpose. Thus free music is either in the public domain or licensed under a free license by the artist or copyright holder themselves, often as a method of promotion. It does not mean that there should be no fee involved. The word free refers to freedom (as in free software), not to price.

The Free Music Philosophy generally encourages creators to free music using whatever language or methods they wish. A Free Music Public License (FMPL) is available for those who prefer a formal approach. Some free music is licensed under licenses that are intended for software (like the GPL) or other writings (the GFDL). But there are also licenses especially for music and other works of art, such as EFF's Open Audio License, LinuxTag's Open Music License, the Free Art license and some of the Creative Commons Licences.

History

Before the advent of copyright law in the early 18th century and its subsequent application to music compositions first, all music was "free" according to the definitions used in free software or free music, since there were no copyright restrictions. In practice however, music reproduction was generally restricted to live performances and the legalities of playing other people's music was unclear in most jurisdictions. Copyright laws changed this gradually so much so that in the late 20th century, copying a few words of a musical composition or a few seconds of a sound recording, the two forms of music copyright, could be considered criminal infringement.