Having been told about this game from an old clan mate, I decided to give the trial a go. Everything I have read about it says the same thing: Great idea and game play, lack of content.
So far I think I agree with it. Although the trial doesn’t allow you to engage in AvA (Alliance vs Alliance, effectively clans fighting against each other for control of certain positions), it does allow basic PvP and what looks like a reasonable amount of PvE. I haven’t tried pvp yet for a few reasons.
Firstly I live in Australia, often under looked for decent regional server support. There doesn’t seem to be many playing in my region, at least I couldn’t find anyone to join a basic PvE raid in my dome. I had to get in sync with the Americans for raiding purposes. It also seems there are more playing the harder PvE missions than the basic ones, which makes sense, so I might give it more of a go tonight.
Graphics are…interesting. They feel a bit plain, especially since they are using the Ue3. Character animations need a bit of work, or more to the point, need more animations. Some extra detail in everything else would help too. One good thing though that I have seen is some of the armour on offer. They seem to be working on specific content, armour included, because fully kitted out people stand out in the crowd of newer players like a Goth at a wedding ceremony. Some of it looks very cool. There also seems to be a heap of extra fittings and items you can add, although I haven’t had much of a chance to fully explore some of this.
Something I do like at the moment is the raid system. You simply go up to the main computer and join a queue for a raid. Then wait for all the slots to be filled, accept the mission, then away you go to the area you’ll be raiding. It’s just a pity that the areas don’t feel or look any different from each other. Again, a content thing.
There are currently four classes to play as; Assault, Medic, Recon and Robotics. And they all have their own different skill paths to follow under each class. I am, of course, going the recon (he has cloak and a bloody awesome sword). The trial is not time limited, only rank limited so I could start a new character and try other classes if I wanted.
So, at the moment, not too sure what to make of this game. Seems like it has promise but still some work ahead of it. As the player base grows I can see the AvA side of the game becoming quite large and popular too. Worth checking out the trial if you’re into online class based FPS.
