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My only issue with whats happening here...its been what..one year since shutdown?
I played this right before it went down. I sat there and i ignored the lack of other players, the client stability, rubberbanding and desync issues, all the bugs i encounters..the water texture that looked like low rez paint....whatever....i tried to focus on how the game plays ect.
I really found that the combat was incredibly boring, the weapons were stale, had no feeling, no life about them. Mob fights were boring as well, though challanging given everything was hard to hit since the mob drawn was never where the mob actually was.
Had a great world look, unique music that ranged from over the top deathmetal to techno. Added a unique flair to the game.
What makes me nervous...yeah they are going to beta soon ....but what excatly has been done, what has changed? If they simply fixed stability and sync issues....great....the game is still going to be dry and boring. If they put in a proper combat system, and fixed the playability issues...we might have something fantastic here.
MastHead studios still lists Earthrise as their game. The domain registration information hasn't changed much since 2007 so I would guess that the new company is at the very least very chummy with MastHead. They did update the information today, but Daniel Schemann is the registrar for both the old and the new sites...I would guess nothing has really changed. They might be developing things on their own time or something, but it doesn't really seem like a new company.
Which is sad, because MastHead did a horrible job. A new company is about the only way this game is going to turn into something worthwhile.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
The idea of the game is still a good one. Maybe this time they'll listen to their alpha/beta testers
so they got rid of full loot and the company that is suppose to be turning this game around is possibly just an extension of the company that did so well the first time around.
Great to hear. Why cant a normal, well run company make a damn full loot sandbox for once...
i was excited to see earthrise on the map again as i liked the concept,
so i tryed to get my forum account back from the support team at the new company, they can see my account but are unable to unlock it :P
so... if they cant run a forum i dont hold much hope for an mmo.
it tanked the first time and the game appeal was that its full loot and now they remove that then its just another mmo same old stuff just with a crap engine
if they get this working i will eat my words
to bad the account creation screen is bugged. I tried to sign up and there is no capta to enter and it says you did not enter it. I tried both chrome and IE and it is not there.
So until they fix that I don't think they will get many signups.
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan
Sorry for that, we just noticed, that Google not automatically had SSL url. The account creation should work now.
Current Games: WOW, EVE Online
Any possible way you could address any of the rumors floating around here?
I notice the SF logo so im assuming your with the company who is working on the game now.
Are you guys in any way affiliated with masthead? Also whats your vision for the game as you intend to launch it. Are we getting a workable and playable Earthrise as we remember, or are you doing some major overhauls to the mechanics?
I was in ALPHA the first time and someone who played from then until the doors closed, its funny if I post anything with an opinion on there site they delete it, and I don't even get asked to test there game, I have a degree in Game Production and I been a Paid tester for years, also tested games on my own time, and I been treated like dirt by this company.
I asked them what games they made and they dodge the question, this tells me either A its the same company which the game is still on MHS site, or B they have not made anything. Or C they do not want to show us any games because they all failed..
So being a game designer myself, you should be showing on your site what you have done before, I even told MHS they should of worked the Andriod market, dunno if they listen but they are working on smaller games now, because thats what I was trained to do, and other smart devs do as well, the market for mobile games are huge , also facebook, then after 5-10 games then go for the big dog, like an MMo.. That is why most indies fail...
This company I feel and is my opinion and I never say this , I think its full of BS...Its MHS employees...because why are they hiding....I won't touch this game nor will my guild because of how they treated Vets they used to play....Some will come back, thats there choice but I will not ...I give it 6 months it will go back offline, when your in any business you need to learn to talk to your community learn the business aspects and market, they have done nothing..... If you go to there forums, they removed so many posts and it was just stuff asking stuff like, what did you make before, or why did you go this route asking legit questions and Keo there deletes your posts... Never in 20+ years have I seen so much BS from a company before...
I do wish them the best of luck.
PS Keo if you want to make it in this field you need to learn how to talk to people...and deal with a forum, not all gamers, are just gamers, you never know what people are doing for a living and who they work for....Alot of DEVS like to game to and play other games..
I was Earthrise's biggest fan from early beta to just so the trolls know...
Well, aren't you the brave one? While forum moderation here has some guidelines, I'm betting they are outside the parameters game developers use for their own forums. :-)
Anyway, you should submit an article or blog post on the game to MMORPG.com (and other sites of course), with the intentions for the game, what players can expect to be different, and what players can expect to not change.
I can say, without a doubt, that my first experience with the game was not great. It was, in fact, pretty horrible. Good ideas and interesting setting, but the implementation was just awful. Everything else aside, can players at least expect the game mechanics to work better than the last go around?
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
Completely agree with DarkCrystal.
Stay away at all costs. It's not even Earthrise any more.