This is a pretty solid game for a small developer. Anyone who was expecting the next big MMO title naturally would feel dissapointed.
Some areas are indeed lacking and those are exactly what I expected them to be:
1. Artwork - very limited and generic in it's feel - there is no uniqueness to it - could have used more proper artists and less 3D designers.
2. Graphics - does not compete with other new MMO releases. Also pretty retarded to even compere against FPS graphics from 90s. Compare MMO graphics from early to mid 2000 would be more accurate.
3. Animations - second rate at the best. This is area that lacks the most because it affects the immersion so much.
4. Overall polish - average, will probably get better over time.
5. Combat/driving - slightly annoying UI and feel. First impressions are important and the system leaves a lot to be desired for.
"The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in."
5. Combat/driving - slightly annoying UI and feel. First impressions are important and the system leaves a lot to be desired for.
Ya I missed commenting on the driving. ATV/Motorcycles kinda buggy and hard to move with, the developers wanted to give mount options but so far the horse is so much more viable than the rest IMO. Needs work.
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I played beta a while ago and it was unplayably bad and buggy. will have to give it another go. I wasn't that bothered by the graphics but the feel of the game was just really bad
Thank you, Wes. All these posters screaming "90s" or "mid-90s graphics" are exaggerating just a little I think.
Besides, mid to late-90s MMO graphics was, drumroll, Ultima Online. I think FE has advanced just a little bit.
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Also something you d00dz have to realize, this forum is completely not in touch with any reality ever. This forum is its own MMO. You guys that complain (example I read today) about your "shit" computer that only has the five billion MB ram, six trillion Ghz gpu from last season -> you must realize that not everybody out there, at all, is constantly upgrading for minor, yes minor, improvements. Please get over yourselves. If you won't play a game because of the graphics, please make a list and post a sticky so I can know where to go and avoid you (and no, my graphics aren't this season but they still play everything cranked up all the way).
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I couldn't get past the horrible 90's graphics myself.
Clearly written by someone who did not suffer through the nineties. Now, if you had said, "This game is soooo 2006" I would have been totally with you on that.
I couldn't get past the horrible 90's graphics myself.
Clearly written by someone who did not suffer through the nineties. Now, if you had said, "This game is soooo 2006" I would have been totally with you on that.
Lol /
Kinda like how an 8 year old would think a 25 year old is "REALLY OLD". It's a perspective thing :P. Either that or exageration.
---------------------------------- MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.
I couldn't get past the horrible 90's graphics myself.
Clearly written by someone who did not suffer through the nineties. Now, if you had said, "This game is soooo 2006" I would have been totally with you on that.
Lol /
Kinda like how an 8 year old would think a 25 year old is "REALLY OLD". It's a perspective thing :P. Either that or exageration.
Perspective, Exaggeration, or Retardation? I am gonna' go with the latter.
I've posted my impressions of this game elsewhere, I don't think it has any longevity and my initial impressions upon beta testing were that it would fail, especially considering the popularity of Champions and Aion, which also release in Sept. Fact is, that if the vehicle physics were any good, I could enjoy this game just by driving around like some MMO-Motorstorm, but instead the focus was on making the game more mmo-like, which has ultimately destroyed the game's promise...
If Fallen Earth was more FPS, and less MMO, it'd be more like Borderlands and would stand a much better chance...as is, its nothing special, except regarding its setting and (at times) crafting.
I've posted my impressions of this game elsewhere, I don't think it has any longevity and my initial impressions upon beta testing were that it would fail, especially considering the popularity of Champions and Aion, which also release in Sept. Fact is, that if the vehicle physics were any good, I could enjoy this game just by driving around like some MMO-Motorstorm, but instead the focus was on making the game more mmo-like, which has ultimately destroyed the game's promise... If Fallen Earth was more FPS, and less MMO, it'd be more like Borderlands and would stand a much better chance...as is, its nothing special, except regarding its setting and (at times) crafting.
Well honestly there are alot of SWG refugees out there who've finally found a Sandbox game to fit their style out of FE, and those same people really wouldn't bother with WoW with flying(Aion) and another superhero MMO(Champions). It's not as if FE is competiing against something utterly awe inspiring. FE manages to appeal to a niche market that's been left in the dust for a very long time, and with that they may very well succeed indy or not.
---------------------------------- MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.
I say take a year or two to polish down everything.
I was disappointed.
I couldn't even make it all the way through the tutorial 75% of the time. Literally. The stupid soldiers wouldn't heal when I clicked the skill and it made me use up all my bandages.
Really all they need to do is get better servers so the reaction time between action and reaction isn't so bad.
I wasted all of my free time the other day just trying to get past the tutorial. Even deleted characters and made new ones 4 times. In the end, I wasted all my free time and I was very very frustrated.
Combat system is almost unresponsive. I say take a year or two to polish down everything. I was disappointed. I couldn't even make it all the way through the tutorial 75% of the time. Literally. The stupid soldiers wouldn't heal when I clicked the skill and it made me use up all my bandages. Really all they need to do is get better servers so the reaction time between action and reaction isn't so bad. I wasted all of my free time the other day just trying to get past the tutorial. Even deleted characters and made new ones 4 times. In the end, I wasted all my free time and I was very very frustrated.
Combat is responsive. I don't think that word means what you think it means.
As for healing the solders, you could have tried selecting them to use the patch on them, like the dialog said to do.
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Above I defended the concept of what Beta means to the heavy antagonists of this game.
Now that I have finally played this game ...
I would now like to retract my previous statement, hold hands with these heavy antagonists, join their guilds, church, slow-pitch softball team, book club, AA meetings, and sing a death march with them as they are the wisest people on the planet.
The title of this post "I thought this game was going to suck."
Above I defended the concept of what Beta means to the heavy antagonists of this game. Now that I have finally played this game ... I would now like to retract my previous statement, hold hands with these heavy antagonists, join their guilds, church, slow-pitch softball team, book club, AA meetings, and sing a death march with them as they are the wisest people on the planet. The title of this post "I thought this game was going to suck." Damn. I thought this game was going to be good.
Cool how did you play while the servers were offline? Leetzor.
The combat was what turned me off this title. And they refused to put anymore polish on it.
Its not he mechanics of it that were bad. It was the implementation. The camera snaps when you kneel or prone, mobs run up to you to melee range...so there is no point in ranged combat. And cover doesn't exist in this game at all. The delay in shot > Target react was the last straw. Its to unrefined and clunky for FPS players, and RPG players are simply going to be frustrated by its lack of polish or tactics. It essentially boils down to "I will stab you with bullets".
I completely missed the boat on this one. Is there still some form of beta running or will there be a free trial once it's released ? Considering the very mixed reviews here I'm not gonna splash the cash without playing it first.
Combat system is almost unresponsive. I say take a year or two to polish down everything. I was disappointed. I couldn't even make it all the way through the tutorial 75% of the time. Literally. The stupid soldiers wouldn't heal when I clicked the skill and it made me use up all my bandages. Really all they need to do is get better servers so the reaction time between action and reaction isn't so bad. I wasted all of my free time the other day just trying to get past the tutorial. Even deleted characters and made new ones 4 times. In the end, I wasted all my free time and I was very very frustrated.
Odd, the game ran well for me although the engine is definitely unoptimized. The reason they are pushing back to the 22nd is to add more servers I bet.
Combat system is almost unresponsive. I say take a year or two to polish down everything. I was disappointed. I couldn't even make it all the way through the tutorial 75% of the time. Literally. The stupid soldiers wouldn't heal when I clicked the skill and it made me use up all my bandages. Really all they need to do is get better servers so the reaction time between action and reaction isn't so bad. I wasted all of my free time the other day just trying to get past the tutorial. Even deleted characters and made new ones 4 times. In the end, I wasted all my free time and I was very very frustrated.
Odd, the game ran well for me although the engine is definitely unoptimized. The reason they are pushing back to the 22nd is to add more servers I bet.
Pretty sure that they're only going to have 1 server at launch... They have said that several times now.
There is only going to be ONE server at launch, they are NOT changing this.
However, they ARE thinking about getting a European server, but a no where near close to when they want to get it. They plan on waiting a month or two AFTER release to determine the number of European players and if they need a secondary server.
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This game is awfull i cant even put into words how bad it is. Just stay away from it and dont listen to fanboy's like the op.
Now unless you like game's with bad controle's bad combat system bad crafting system and really bad code ontop of terrable performance please enjoy.
This is a pretty solid game for a small developer. Anyone who was expecting the next big MMO title naturally would feel dissapointed.
Some areas are indeed lacking and those are exactly what I expected them to be:
1. Artwork - very limited and generic in it's feel - there is no uniqueness to it - could have used more proper artists and less 3D designers.
2. Graphics - does not compete with other new MMO releases. Also pretty retarded to even compere against FPS graphics from 90s. Compare MMO graphics from early to mid 2000 would be more accurate.
3. Animations - second rate at the best. This is area that lacks the most because it affects the immersion so much.
4. Overall polish - average, will probably get better over time.
5. Combat/driving - slightly annoying UI and feel. First impressions are important and the system leaves a lot to be desired for.
"The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in."
Ya I missed commenting on the driving. ATV/Motorcycles kinda buggy and hard to move with, the developers wanted to give mount options but so far the horse is so much more viable than the rest IMO. Needs work.
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MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.
MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.
MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.
I played beta a while ago and it was unplayably bad and buggy. will have to give it another go. I wasn't that bothered by the graphics but the feel of the game was just really bad
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Thank you, Wes. All these posters screaming "90s" or "mid-90s graphics" are exaggerating just a little I think.
Besides, mid to late-90s MMO graphics was, drumroll, Ultima Online. I think FE has advanced just a little bit.
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Also something you d00dz have to realize, this forum is completely not in touch with any reality ever. This forum is its own MMO. You guys that complain (example I read today) about your "shit" computer that only has the five billion MB ram, six trillion Ghz gpu from last season -> you must realize that not everybody out there, at all, is constantly upgrading for minor, yes minor, improvements. Please get over yourselves. If you won't play a game because of the graphics, please make a list and post a sticky so I can know where to go and avoid you (and no, my graphics aren't this season but they still play everything cranked up all the way).
How dare you present him with logic! Don't you understand? He fights epic fights, in epic games, with epic toons....eats epic food and takes epic dumps! He has more e..pic..icity...ness in his little finger than you have in your whole unepic body! - ChicagoCub
Clearly written by someone who did not suffer through the nineties. Now, if you had said, "This game is soooo 2006" I would have been totally with you on that.
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Clearly written by someone who did not suffer through the nineties. Now, if you had said, "This game is soooo 2006" I would have been totally with you on that.
Lol
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Kinda like how an 8 year old would think a 25 year old is "REALLY OLD". It's a perspective thing :P. Either that or exageration.
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MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.
MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.
MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.
Clearly written by someone who did not suffer through the nineties. Now, if you had said, "This game is soooo 2006" I would have been totally with you on that.
Lol
/
Kinda like how an 8 year old would think a 25 year old is "REALLY OLD". It's a perspective thing :P. Either that or exageration.
Perspective, Exaggeration, or Retardation? I am gonna' go with the latter.
I've posted my impressions of this game elsewhere, I don't think it has any longevity and my initial impressions upon beta testing were that it would fail, especially considering the popularity of Champions and Aion, which also release in Sept. Fact is, that if the vehicle physics were any good, I could enjoy this game just by driving around like some MMO-Motorstorm, but instead the focus was on making the game more mmo-like, which has ultimately destroyed the game's promise...
If Fallen Earth was more FPS, and less MMO, it'd be more like Borderlands and would stand a much better chance...as is, its nothing special, except regarding its setting and (at times) crafting.
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Well honestly there are alot of SWG refugees out there who've finally found a Sandbox game to fit their style out of FE, and those same people really wouldn't bother with WoW with flying(Aion) and another superhero MMO(Champions). It's not as if FE is competiing against something utterly awe inspiring. FE manages to appeal to a niche market that's been left in the dust for a very long time, and with that they may very well succeed indy or not.
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MMOs Retired From: Earth and Beyond, Project Entropia, There, A Tale in the Desert, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, City of Heroes/Villains.
MMOs Currently (worth) Playing: None.
MMO hopefuls: Age of Conan.
Combat system is almost unresponsive.
I say take a year or two to polish down everything.
I was disappointed.
I couldn't even make it all the way through the tutorial 75% of the time. Literally. The stupid soldiers wouldn't heal when I clicked the skill and it made me use up all my bandages.
Really all they need to do is get better servers so the reaction time between action and reaction isn't so bad.
I wasted all of my free time the other day just trying to get past the tutorial. Even deleted characters and made new ones 4 times. In the end, I wasted all my free time and I was very very frustrated.
I'm thrilled that the tutorial for my new favorite game is acting as a filter for idiots.
My hats off to the developers!
To those players that managed to figure out the combat system, read the quest text and generally figure out the game, I'll c u on the 9th.
Trevor Goodchild - Traveler - Crafing/Pistols
Sapo Loco - Rifle/Melee
Combat is responsive. I don't think that word means what you think it means.
As for healing the solders, you could have tried selecting them to use the patch on them, like the dialog said to do.
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How are you?" -Me
Above I defended the concept of what Beta means to the heavy antagonists of this game.
Now that I have finally played this game ...
I would now like to retract my previous statement, hold hands with these heavy antagonists, join their guilds, church, slow-pitch softball team, book club, AA meetings, and sing a death march with them as they are the wisest people on the planet.
The title of this post "I thought this game was going to suck."
Damn. I thought this game was going to be good.
LOL! I know what you mean..
Nothing is really coming to mind to help you out there Vyeth.
I have to take this back.
They have come a long way.
Can you explain why?
I completely missed the boat on this one. Is there still some form of beta running or will there be a free trial once it's released ? Considering the very mixed reviews here I'm not gonna splash the cash without playing it first.
Odd, the game ran well for me although the engine is definitely unoptimized. The reason they are pushing back to the 22nd is to add more servers I bet.
Odd, the game ran well for me although the engine is definitely unoptimized. The reason they are pushing back to the 22nd is to add more servers I bet.
Pretty sure that they're only going to have 1 server at launch... They have said that several times now.
There is only going to be ONE server at launch, they are NOT changing this.
However, they ARE thinking about getting a European server, but a no where near close to when they want to get it. They plan on waiting a month or two AFTER release to determine the number of European players and if they need a secondary server.
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