Team17 announced that developer Black Matter’s World War II shooter Hell Let Loose will be releasing on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in October. Accompanying the announcement is a new trailer specifically for the console ports.
The trailer doesn’t really go into detail on the game’s features. Rather, it establishes the tone of the game as a gritty, realistic shooter that doesn’t spare the player on how hellish the battlefield can be. The music, a combination of organ and electric guitar riffs, furthers the hell motif.
Deceptively, the gameplay in Hell Let Loose stands apart from other war shooters by having you directly controlling a small squad while coordinating with other squads in 50 vs. 50 battles divided into smaller squads. Each force has a commander, and the squads have squad leaders. This adds a layer of strategy that’s absent from many shooters on the market, making for a refreshing take on the WWII shooter genre. And that’s not even considering classes, supply chains, and fortifications, all wrinkles that add to the strategy of every game.
