Fall Guys season 5: should we still fall into its trap?

Last week Fall Guys, the battle royal with Dragibus™ sauce, offered new content with the release of its fifth season. Yes, five seasons already, the “containment game” has come a long way since its release on August 4, 2020.

If he was on all twitch channels when he was released, he quickly became more discreet. However, the players are still there and the rooms of 60 people are filling up very quickly, in particular thanks to the arrival of new "material" on a regular basis. So, in season 5, are we (re)playing it?

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A really nice aesthetic
A memorable final event
real challenges

Unattractive level rewards
No really innovative mechanics in the new events

After the knights, snow and space, it is in the jungle that we find our multicolored men. Here, no lasers and tampered with gravity: say hello to rivers of trampolines, temples and inflatable palm trees! Mediatonic has gone all out on color, for fluorescent maps that amaze us. It's beautiful, it's funny, but does it work?

Water lilies-trampolines and rhino fights

Functionality more than appreciated, the game offered during the first days a mode containing only the new events, in order to be in total discovery. Tropical Twirl and Culbut'arbres are quite classic for Fall Guys, since they are typical of the obstacle course. Often intervening at the beginning of the game, they however require time to learn to master them, and therefore constitute a real challenge. The first, for example, offers a series of trampolines, which you can literally fly over… provided you are clever.

Some events are more innovative in their concept. It's heavy with a little taste of Interville: rather than cows, it's big pink rhinos that rush at us to try to push us into the void. Bubbles Accumulating is also pretty well done, with a large play area populated by fans, bouncing balls, and inclines, where popping bubbles appear.

But the star event of this new season is the Lost Temple. A large labyrinth presented by Mediatonic as the most ambitious test since the creation of the game. The path is full of traps and false doors that do not open, enough to make the most zen of players lose their heads.

Finally, Pool Party of the penguins uses a system already implemented in the past, within a map with a very pleasant aesthetic. Overall, the events are pretty, fun, and represent real challenges. But they lack audacity compared to previous seasons. Season 4, for example, offered zones with tampered gravitation. The second season featured trials with moving platforms to move around, allowing for the worst of tricks. Here, we lack new original mechanics, which would give a real boost to the game.

Warn your 59 friends!

Who says new season says new events, but also new features. This update adds duo matches and private matches. The first is very useful when you play as a couple, for example, or when you only have a few friends who play Fall Guys. Recall that until now it was already possible to create a team of four people.

The second on the other hand requires to have at least twelve participants to function (and always sixty maximum). It will therefore be more useful for streamers, for example, who will be able to create exclusive games for their community. A feature intended to bring the game back to Twitch? Possibly! The streaming service can be a real boon for sluggish games. And even if all is well at the moment, Fall Guys cannot afford to be short of players, since it works on the principle of battle royal.

The level rewards, specific to this new season, are contrasting. You probably won't rush the game to get the rider costume, available at level 36. On the other hand, you might fall in love with the SPELUNKY costume!

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Fall Guys season 5: the opinion of JVFR

Is this fifth season a good excuse to come back to Fall Guys if you had let it down a bit since its release? Let's say that it still adds new content to a game that, casually, is renewed regularly. The game will soon blow its first candle and has already offered four big updates, not counting the mid-seasons. In addition, the events of previous seasons do not necessarily fall into oblivion, since we can find them over our classic games. Aware of the potentially repetitive aspect of the game, the team also relied on random elements. You're in the middle of a sprint on an event that you know by heart and PAF: a giant hammer, where there has never been one, mows you down in your tracks.

Along with new social features, Fall Guys is good entertainment, which knows how to surprise and renew itself. This new season is a good reason to restart the game if you haven't touched it for several months. Who knows, maybe you could get addicted?

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With its new fun and colorful events, this fifth season can give you a good time. Don't expect revolutionary new mechanics, however: Mediatonic hasn't reinvented the wheel, but has installed new hubcaps anyway.