Like any battle royale,Superviveis reasonably more fun when playing with friends. Creating hilarious moments while navigating through a nail-biting encounter is perhaps the easiest way to make unforgettable memories. The social aspect is what makes these games fun, and, thankfully, this game incorporates that aspect into a variety of game modes.
Although Supervive doesn’t support every party size imaginable, there’s a strong number of modes that encourage effective, synchronous team play. First impressions matter, and with six in-game modes, you’ll want to know the pros and cons of each avenue to understand what you’re getting into. After all, the last thing you want is to grind in a dull game mode before learning you may do the exact routine somewhere else and have more fun.
6Squads - Unranked
Maximum Team Players: Four
While it may seem the most fun and intense game mode on paper, a fewkey issues make an unranked Squad match a complete mess. Because there’s no penalty system for inactivity, you’ll often find yourselfteamed up with one or two players away from the keyboard(or AFK.)
The map’s generalnarrow design shows it’s not suited for all-out squad wars. A four-hunter team should, in theory, encourage unique team builds, butcertain team comps are way too overpowering due to the balancing. You could argue that you can eliminate these issues by playing seriously, cohesively, and according to the meta, but then it disregards the purpose of playing casually.
5Squads - Ranked
Once your Rank Points (or RP) are on the line, a Squad match can become much more engaging. The map’s incompatibility with larger team comps is still a complaint, but any other objection surroundingbalancing and such feels toned down because of a concrete meta.
At times, this mode will become as chaotic as anything —tons of on-screen effects and firepowerthat barely make sense, and that’s the best part of it. You’re almostalways amidst action and fighting, and the reward for effective team communication truly shines here.
4Practice
Maximum Team Players: One
When looking at a game’s practice mode, there’s much more to consider besides the usual “fun” aspect. In Supervive, this mode is surprisingly well-built and highly detailed,especially for beginners, giving youevery tool you need to understand the mechanics. You can summon and practice with any hunter, even the ones you haven’t unlocked, withevery ability and equipment at your disposal.
If you want to practice on live targets, you can do so withhostile and non-hostile monsters in different map areas. However, the real highlight here is how you canspawn intelligent hunters just to get a taste of the real battle. Overall, this mode effectively does its job of teaching you the basics.
3Arena
Team Deathmatch is a mode almost any FPS player is familiar with, and the Arena isSupervive’s version of a standard first-to-five 4v4. Rather than camping in a corner, the mode incentivizes you to push forward and reach the map’s center, where you cancapture the base to gain better vision and armor.
The Arena mode’s uniqueness is what sets it apart from the rest.The comeback opportunity is fairly generous, but you must be tactical enough to avail yourself of it. Unfortunately,a lot of the core concerns hold it back— no AFK penalty, a ton of balancing issues, and a few performance dips in effect-heavy moments.
2Duos - Unranked
Maximum Team Players: Two
The difference between Duos and Squads is as minimal as expected —teams of two rather than four and up to 20 teamsinstead of ten per match. Despite these obvious changes, though, the matches feel much smoother, primarily because of how themap layout encourages small brawls over large-scale battles.
For casual fun, this is arguably the go-to modebecause of its swiftness. Once the automatic respawns cease, teams begin dropping off quickly, and it becomes a test of survival. This is also a great way tolearn the map and develop helpful lineupssince it’s unranked and not as haphazard as Squads.
1Duos - Ranked
Like Squads,Duos feel much fiercer when played competitively. The lower players-per-team means you not only get more loot but also have a strong chance to make a comeback. Additionally, you can play many more meta-defining pairs, making each gamedynamic and strategic rather than being forcedto play a specific team.
If you want to showcase your dominance and progress through the ranks,this is the most polished ranked mode in Supervive. With smaller teams in larger quantities, you can’t just sit on the sidelines and mindlessly shoot in one direction —focus on your movements and targetsto ensure you or your teammates don’t get cornered or outnumbered.
