| Fallen Earth |
[Oct. 19th, 2009|01:04 pm] |
So, I decided I needed a new MMO to try. I've been reading about this new game called "Fallen Earth," and I decided to try it out. I'm going to try to outline my thoughts here and give it a fair review.
First off, it's part MMO and part FPS. The combat system is just like an FPS, so if you don't like that, it won't be fun. There hasn't been a ton of combat yet, so I don't know if it gets more intense at higher levels. But thus far, it hasn't been too bad. Things don't seem to have a huge aggro range. However, mobs do persue you for friggin' ever if you run from them.
There are no classes in this game. Everyone starts out the same, and you can build your character however you'd like. You DO need to focus some of your points on some kind of combat skills, obviously, but not entirely if you dont want to. As you gain xp, you gain points to add to your skills. You skills are capped by your stats. each time you gain a level, you gain a point in all your stats. It costs 5 points to raise a stat, while it only costs 1 point to raise a skill. I kind of like this system, honestly.
Eventually, you will probably join a faction. There are 5 factions in the game, and each faction deals with different talents. So you need a high faction rating to obtain some mishions, recipes, and gear. When you gain reputation for one faction, you gain half that value with it's allies, and lose DOUBLE with it's opposing faction. If you try to be a fence, walker, you'll miss some of the best parts of the game it seems.
Much to my pleasure, the game is very crafting heavy. Unlike other MMO's, this game doesn't seem to limit the number of crafts you can do. I think I have about 8 different kinds of crafting I can. Some of them are typical, such as armor, weapons, medical supplies, and cooking. However, I can also make strange science things, mutagens to give boosts, etc. At some point you learn to make an ATV with weapons, but i'm not that high yet. Some weapons are a lot of fun. I made myself a golf club and am using that as my close combat weapon.
Crafting not only allows your crafting skill to go up, but it also gives you xp! The more complex the recipe, the more xp you get. I think that's very cool. It's not the same level of XP you get killing things, but there are a lot of crafting quests which can give you xp as well.
Thus far, there are a LOT of quests, and a lot of content, at least at the lower levels. I will see if I continue that thought at higher levels (if I get there). I'm a little disappointed that for the most part, most of the quests are still of the typical MMO type. Kill X, gather X, make me X, deliver X. THe only thing I've seen that's different, for me, are some of the spying missions. You go to areas and have to stay tehre for a certain amount of time to spy on groups. AS long as you don't have to run out of the area due to attacks, you'll be okay. Thus far I haven't noticed any problems with those quests, and thus I'm okay with them.
Being a new MMO, it suffers from one of the biggest issues that MMO's have: Lag. WHen you get to an occupied area, it slows down a TON. It's like when WoW was released and everyone would go to Ironforge. It can make for a very herky-jerky playing experience. I hear they are working on that, and most MMO's have suffered through something similar at launch But it DOES make me wonder how much of a stress stest they did.
I'm still unsure about combat. I'm playing on a laptop with a touch pad, and that is NOT the way to play this game with combat. With no ability to use Tab to select your target, you really need a mouse. I plan to get one and see what I think then. I have a very hard time with ranged combat right now, and I almost never use it. INstead I sneak up on people from behind and give them a 9-iron to the head. There are combat abilities as well that you can learn. I've been focusing so much on crafting that I've not really focused on those as much. And for now, I'm surviving.
The graphics for the game are okay, but not stunning. They do have a really cool tutorial though. Probably one of the best "how to play" tutorials I've seen. Or at least the most fun.
Overall, for a change of environment, I think it's a great option. i hear you can PVP in certain areas, but I don't know much about that. I am still trying to figure out some of the interface issues, but I'm hoping it wont' be too bad. The otehr bad thing in this game is that there is no /stuck command. You have to kill yourself and respawn if you get stuck. I'm not a fan of that solution at all. I do find this a fun game, if you decide to check it out, let me know. I can at least send you some weapons and armor most likely. |
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