Highlights

  • The lack of text chat in The Finals is seen as a major oversight by players, limiting communication options for those who can't use voice chat.
  • Many players support the idea of adding text chat as an alternative communication method to give instructions and enhance the overall gameplay experience.
  • The game has been plagued by cheating issues, with aimbots and other unfair play methods ruining matches, especially in ranked play. Updates have been made to address this, but the problem persists.

Many players within The Finals community are growing increasingly frustrated over the game missing a text chat feature for communication. Since its official launch back on December 7 during The Game Awards event, The Finals has become a major success for Embark Studios. Riding on positive feedback during multiple beta tests, the free-to-play shooter has seen tons of growth as The Finals has already passed major player milestones just weeks after it was first made available.

However, for all of the positivity surrounding the experience, it hasn't always been perfect. Thankfully, as a live service style game, Embark has continued to release updates and patches to fix ongoing problems as well as add in new content including one that was holiday-themed which saw The Finals get a snow-themed Monaco map, new cosmetics, and other balance tweaks. Even now, fans continue to highlight some of the bigger missing features in the game, including a growing group of players who want to see Embark add in a text chat feature to help communication for those who may not be able to use their voice.

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The discussion began on The Finals subreddit by a user named angrylegalthrowaway who felt that the game's current lack of text chat is a massive oversight by the developers. One of the biggest reasons is due to the fact that they're only really able to play at night when others in their house are sleeping, meaning voice chat is all but unavailable to use. Without an alternative way to communicate outside of what they feel is a limited ping and chat wheel, they're left feeling frustrated. Ideally, the user feels having a ext chat with an option to disable it or mute players is the proper way to go, letting players decide how they want to tailor their experience.

The sentiment seemingly found a lot of support online, as other comments agreed with being able to have an alternative communication method like text chat. Others gave a variety of reasons why having an option to enable text chat is more helpful to improving the overall experience, including providing a way to give teammates simple instructions, such as holding out at an objective when the game is on the line. At the very least, most people agreed that The Finals could use an expanded and more robust ping system, while there also seems to be a small subset of gamers who want the Call of Duty: Warzone style death coms and proximity chat to arrive as well.

While there's been no update on the chances that text chat will eventually make the game, Embark has been in a battle with a rising tide of cheating going on in The Finals. The studio has continued to add new anti-cheat methods through new updates, but as it stands, matches are getting ruined by players using aimbots and other methods that subvert fair play. Even players in ranked have experienced matches where a hacker has caused harm through account boosting, with higher ranks in The Finals seeing more cheaters taking part.