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Fall Guys: 10 Survival Tips
With these beginner tips, your capsule buddy will soon be able to grab the first crown!
Fall Guys is the summer's big multiplayer hit. The colorful take on the Battle Royal genre has wowed gamers all over the world and instantly became a viewer favorite on Twitch. With a gameplay that is reminiscent of Takeshi's Castle or American Gladiators, watching is almost as fun as playing.
But if you should throw yourself into the arenas and races, we have a few tips for you to get started:
1. Get used to the controls
That may be super obvious, of course. Learning to control a game is always key to getting better. But that's not what we mean here. Just by watching you get a different picture of how Fall Guys controls itself. Anyone who expects control on the level of common 3D platformers will be surprised. Your wobble capsule controls itself more like it looks. Sacrificing the first few rounds to get a feel for the physics of the game is no shame.
Your jellybean capsule buddy has a mind of its own.
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2. Try to avoid a crowd
It is almost impossible not to move in a group of other Fall Guys. But you should try to avoid dense, large piles. In these you will not only suffer an immediate loss of control due to the push, some levels - such as See Saw, punish dense gatherings of players with their mechanics.
Run away from a crowd.
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3. Do not give up! The chaos punishes everyone equally
It's a bit like Mario Party: Even if you have the feeling that nothing is working and you're just chasing midfield - keep playing. Because you are not the only ones who will suffer a sudden burst of chaos. We have often seen players make a small mistake just before the finish and get thrown out of the race. It is not too rare for your opponents to celebrate too early and you can snatch the qualification from under their (non-existent) nose.
Never give up.
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4. The last can be the first!
... or at least not be eliminated. Most of the levels are not about who will cross the finish line first, but rather who will finish last before the limit for qualification is reached. There are advantages to being at the head of the group. So, you have a lot more freedom. But especially in games in which the correct path has to be uncovered (door dash, tip toe, ...) you benefit from letting your opponents do the work.
Fall Guys is relatively safe in the lower midfield
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5. Tail Tag / Royal Fumble: Stick to other tails
In levels in which the goal is to steal the tail of other players, you should always be close to other players who have already been able to get hold of a tail. In Tail Tag especially when it comes to players from other teams. On the one hand, no Guy who already has a tail can steal one, on the other hand, you can be picked out less than a single target.
Hide your tail in a group of other players
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6. Egg Scramble / Hoarders: Plays defense
It is certainly more exciting to play offensively and to get hold of opposing balls and eggs. However, if your team is in first or second place, it is important that players also defend their own score. It's surprisingly effective just to get in the way of your opponent when they're trying to steal eggs or roll balls off. In Hoarders in particular, a little bit of a contra can lead to opposing players giving up quickly.
After you've grabbed enough eggs, you have to defend them
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7. Dizzy Heights: move with the discs
At this level you can already gain a big advantage with small optimizations. As soon as you have to move over the surface on which the numerous rotating disks are located, always move in the direction of rotation of the disk. This tip may seem perfectly obvious too. However, the prevailing chaos can quickly ensure that one does not think about these simple things. You always watch players trying to fight the direction of rotation.
Pay attention to the direction of rotation of the discs
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8. See Saw: Wait until the seesaws tilt back
This level is the prime example of the fact that you shouldn't move around in a large crowd with other players. If a group of capsule colleagues jump on one of the seesaws, this can not only block one's own progress, as the jump to the next platform is not possible. In the worst case, the angle becomes so steep that it is inevitable to slide into the abyss.
Seesaw - A trap for gatherings of players
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9. Jump Club: Stand as close as possible to the obstacle
One of the final games. It is relatively easy to stay alive if you keep an eye on the rotation of the two spinning obstacles. There is only one scenario that you should absolutely avoid: If the rotation of the rod on the bottom is synchronized with that on the top, it is almost impossible not to be thrown off the platform. Always position yourself so that you have enough space behind you to evade, and to give the bars the opportunity to separate again.
Pay attention to the synchronization of the bars
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10. Hex-A-Gone: Set yourself apart
There are different strategic approaches to Hex-A-Gone. Some players purposely fall to a lower level to create holes for their opponents to fall through. The safest technique at the beginning is to define your own area and then work through your hexagons unhindered. Jump between the individual plates to minimize the time you spend on them. This allows you to stay on one level even longer.
Distance yourself from other players in Hex-A-Gon
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