The games had been structured competitions between two teams. It was organised, and everyone had the same amount of knowledge about and control over the situation.
The fight during the mission to the city of Frankfurt had been a mindless slaughter, after the assumption of danger from the Hellbound Hounds who had taken up residence in the abandoned library.
The mission to Algos had been initial chaos which they soon managed to find some control over.
But, despite the circumstances of the previous scenarios they found themselves in, this was the closest thing to a warzone they had experienced so far.
Between the almost suffocating amount of smoke that clouded the room, the sounds of gunfire that exploded almost immediately after, and the chorus of loud shouts from those on either side, this was their first experience of what many considered to be a true battle.