Beautiful Light

Beautiful Light is a PvPvP extraction shooter set in a devastated world. You play as an operator in a Quick Reaction Force, searching an intervention area for artifacts or completing quests, while rival operators and monstrous anomalies threaten your raid. You can also play as an anomaly and hunt operators before they escape.

Raid and extraction

The main mode, Raid, is an asymmetrical match for 24 players: six squads of three operators and six anomalies. Operators search for an artifact, secure it and try to extract, or attempt to complete their other objectives. Anomalies hunt the operators, killing and eating them to stop them from escaping with the artifact. Players can also eliminate all the humans to win the match.

Before entering a raid, you gear up with weapons, protection and gadgets. In the hostile environment, you explore areas filled with lore, obstacles and hazards, while rival operators and anomalies try to take you down. Artifacts have different properties that can be exploited, and their resources can determine whether a city survives or collapses. If another player has taken an artifact, you can try to bring it back.

To call for extraction, you fire a flare and wait for a helicopter. You can leave with or without the artifact, but dying means failing the mission and losing everything you brought with you. Other threats may be waiting when the extraction vehicle arrives.

Progression

You progress by completing quests, securing artifacts and escaping alive. Traders assign jobs and reward you for completing them. You can spend those rewards in an RPG-like progression tree to level up your character and improve skills, or buy weapons and equipment for future raids.

As an anomaly, you earn experience by hunting and eating operators. You can improve your skills, gain abilities and unlock new monstrous anomalies.

Raid features

The game emphasizes tactical first-person combat, an oppressive atmosphere and immersion. Audio details include breathing, realistic footsteps and heartbeats, while gas masks are realistic. Its diegetic HUD draws on military interfaces and appears on a forearm PDA. The game also has an advanced inventory system, lasers, tactical lights, night vision and detailed maps.