Embark Studios Releases New Update for The Finals, Addressing Aim Assist and Community Feedback

Community Feedback and Game Updates

Embark Studios has released a new update for The Finals, addressing community feedback on aim assist and how it works in the game. Frequent updates such as this, whether big or small, haven't been uncommon with the game thanks to its live-service nature, as Embark Studios continues to tweak the overall experience since The Finals officially launched during The Game Awards 2023.

In fact, community feedback has been an integral part for Embark Studios and its journey with this online shooter, not only holding multiple beta sessions prior to launch, but collecting data and ideas from players to later introduce through post-launch updates. While the game has seen plenty of positive word of mouth and high praise, the community continues to dole out ideas and feedback to further improve the experience, with certain aspects of the game like the cloaking device during Finals matches performing a bit too well. Aim Assist has also been a hot topic for players, and Embark has finally made a number of tweaks to the system.

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The New Update and Aim Assist Changes

The Finals players will have a new update waiting for them as they boot the game up, with Embark Studios revealing Update 1.4.1 has arrived. The patch itself is on the smaller side from previous updates, focusing solely on aim assist following what the studio calls an in-depth review of how it works in general. The studio also admitted that this was only possible thanks to such a large player base, thanking The Finals community for their aim assist feedback and confirming a much larger patch is also planned for next week.

With The Finals continuing to break through player milestones, Embark has likely had no shortage of data to test and verify how to make aim assist function better. The patch notes reveal that the studio has toned down the ability to perform rapid 90-degree turns, reducing zoom snapping, and even making player aim less sticky due to higher camera magnetism. Embark has also fixed a bug that allowed aim assist to target invisible players, which was something that was never intended.

Player Reception and Future Updates

The changes were met with plenty of praise from the community, though there seems to be a never-ending list of things players would like to see added over time. Additional content and better cosmetics are high for many players, but another group of Finals players have been pushing for text chat to be added as an optional feature. Some players would appreciate an alternative way to communicate with their team outside of voice chat and the limited ping system, with a text chat option being another way to tailor the experience to how they'd prefer to play.

The Finals Update 1.4.1 Patch Notes Aim Assist changes - Zoom Snapping Angular Velocity now has a max cap, preventing unintended rapid 90-degree turns. - Camera Magnetism will be reduced to 35% from 50%, making player aim less sticky and lowering controller accuracy. - Zoom Snapping Time will be reduced to 0.25s from 0.3s. - Zoom Snapping will be removed from the SR-84 Sniper Rifle, Revolver, LH1, and all Shotguns, as it buffs them more than other weapons. - Aim assist will ignore invisible players, fixing a bug with the existing system. - Clients running key re-mapping programs on PC will not have access to aim assist.