Finally a fair fight.

Unfortunately, its hard to make one of these games stand out in the shadow of Overwatch.

At best, itll be an object lesson to future devs.

Art for Gears 5, Doom Eternal, and World War Z Aftermath.

What makes it a tragedy was that, by most accounts, the game was fine good even.

However, in a year full of great games in an already saturated genre, Concord stood no chance.

The game was set in ashiny dystopian futurewhere clones battled it out in the titular bloodsport.

on the left is the medic from Team Fortress 2, in the middle is an assortment of characters from Valorant and on the right is Mira from Rainbow Six Siege

The servers for Monday Night Combat are still up, though they are likely empty on any given day.

Still, if you might gather some friends, you might experience it yourself.

The heroes in this case were character classes like the swift and silent Assassin or the well-rounded Assault.

Star Wars Dark Forces on the left and Marathon 2 on the right

They were full of personality, even the former, who doesnt even speak.

Not all heroes wear capes.

The map design encouraged this chaotic gameplay with plenty of verticality and even areas of low gravity.

Left to right: The Assassin points in Monday Night Combat, Agito poses tough in Foamstars, and Sunflower smiling in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

But even then, the game failed to flourish.

However, it sets itself apart by having giant fighting robots from the long-runningGundam anime franchise.

Unlike Splatoon, where knockouts are in service of covering territory for the win, its the opposite.

The clones from Monday Night Combat

Foaming the stage serves the goal of outmaneuvering and eliminating the opposition.

Foamstars is still running but will no longer receive updates after January 17, 2025.

These FPS games might be 30 years old, but they’re still great.

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