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Fallen Earth: Alpha Begins August 14th
Szark
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The folks at Fallen Earth have announced that they will begin alpha testing their post-apocalyptic MMORPG on August 14th.
CARY, NC – August 12, 2008 -- Post apocalyptic MMOG Fallen Earth announced today it will officially begin Alpha testing on Thursday, August 14, 2008. The test is scheduled to run through early 2009, immediately followed by Beta testing to begin in 1Q09.
Fallen Earth Project Manager Colin Dwan said, “During the Alpha test phase, testers will be focused into specific towns so we can have miniature stress tests each week. They will be able to experience all of our game systems including missions, combat, crafting, scavenging, economy, and vehicles. We are extremely excited to move from general content creation to game balance and bug fixing.”
Fallen Earth is a post-apocalyptic massively multiplayer online game that mixes first person shooter and role playing game style mechanics. The game is set in 2156, one hundred years after the world is brought low by a plague known as Shiva that killed 99% of the population. The game takes place in and around the Grand Canyon, one of the few habitable places left on Earth, which makes it a place many are willing to kill to control. Our world is one where mankind teeters on the edge of extinction, clinging to the bones of the old world while trying to recover their lost secrets. It's a world of scavengers and desperation. The players are those who choose to rise above the hardships of this new world and work toward a better world, or decide the old world was corrupt and all signs of it must be erased completely.
Read more here.
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This game is progressing along very nicely, I've been keeping an eye on it for several months now. IT really looks like a great game.
Let's hope these alpha testers actually help and don't use this as a free chance to play the game...
-Mike
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Really cool. I wish them luck in getting real testers. This is one of the few games thinking outside of the box.
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"Anyone posting on this forum is not an average user, and there for any opinions about the game are going to be overly critical compared to an average users opinions." - Me
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"Hello person posting on a site specifically for MMO's in a thread on a sub forum specifically for a particular game talking about meta features and making comparisons to other titles in the genre, and their meta features.
How are you?" -Me
There is currently no place to sign up at, just people spamming the comment box with their specs. Is that how they are picking?!!
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No. Click here for more info
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"Anyone posting on this forum is not an average user, and there for any opinions about the game are going to be overly critical compared to an average users opinions." - Me
"No, your wrong.." - Random user #123
"Hello person posting on a site specifically for MMO's in a thread on a sub forum specifically for a particular game talking about meta features and making comparisons to other titles in the genre, and their meta features.
How are you?" -Me
That link in their post just goes to another forum.
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no there will be a page to sign up on they had some problems and have pushed it back another day
http://forums.fallenearth.com/fallenearth/showthread.php?t=3654
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We had a number of technical issues come up today which have forced us to push back the Alpha registration process until approximately noon Wednesday (Eastern Standard Time for those who are curious).
I know a lot of folks on the forums are frustrated at this, if not outright angry. I know the feeling. After working on something for forty plus hours a week for almost three years, every little stumble is painful. We want this to run smoothly and to get good, solid testers into the game as painlessly as possible. Sadly the process has not been smooth or painless. While y'all are looking at a game you would like to play (hopefully very much like to play) as it keeps getting taken just out of reach, imagine how I feel, seeing my baby get tousled around.
We apologize. We are getting it done as quickly as we can. Please bear with us; we want this as badly as you do.
Lee Hammock
Looking forward to this game, hopefully they won't fail like many seems to do recently.
Fingers crossed.
Wonder how just signing up for the GamSpot account gives you a chance to be in the Alpha test? Guess they pick random people?
You need the gamespot account so you can use the thing that they will use to let you register for the alpha.
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"Chemistry: 'We do stuff in lab that would be a felony in your garage.'"
The most awesomest after school special T-shirt:
Front: UNO Chemistry Club
Back: /\OH --> Bad Decisions
if you can get onto gamespot that is
obviously gamespot doesn't have the hutzpah (eh) to handle the traffic the signup is causing today
What do other people think about having to register with third party sites to sign-up for things like this? I can't say I'm keen on the idea.
if i have to have a paid account then i don't bother even signing up but for this game you just need the unpaid one so i'll live
i just hope if i get in i dont gotta download thru gamespot
You will.
You don't need a paid account.
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"Anyone posting on this forum is not an average user, and there for any opinions about the game are going to be overly critical compared to an average users opinions." - Me
"No, your wrong.." - Random user #123
"Hello person posting on a site specifically for MMO's in a thread on a sub forum specifically for a particular game talking about meta features and making comparisons to other titles in the genre, and their meta features.
How are you?" -Me
another developer with another ridiculous way to sign up for alpha/beta
couldn't get through to the sign up page (already have the free membership with gamespot) as everyone else was spamming too - get home from work to try my luck again and whatever the page was for sign up is gone because apparently all the keys are gone - don't see why you can't still sign up for second, third or forth... round
made a point to attempt this which is more effort than i would normally do - i consider myself a pretty darn good beta tester (in a couple of them now as a matter of fact) and this would have been my first alpha - would have been interesting to see the difference
but...
no more rigamarole for me
after the game releases i might look into it but hopefully (if i can ever log on and the game stays up that long) i'll still be playing Ryzom
I hope the alpha testers realize how lucky they are. I would love to try Fallen Earth out. I really hope they come out with some really good ideas and ways to make it an even more awesome game!