Gary Goat

You should change your name to madhax

I just have too many games to play and not enough time haha. BF3s kind of taken a back seat.

I blame steam sales tbh

Bought this last night from steam. Passed it over before but with that price and all the praise i just couldnt refuse! I’ll start on it tonight 8)

I’ve been playing this game all weekend so I thought I’d give my first impressions. There’s a lot to like about the game but there’s also a lot that frustrates me and that I don’t like. Pretty much all of my experience comes from playing the infiltrator class.

The Good

The map is huge and there are always multiple battles going on. The massive frontline fights can be overwhelming but there’s always the choice to avoid them completely and attack an enemy’s flank or defend some of your territory from a smaller squad. The map screen gives you all the info you need to make an informed choice about where to go and I found it relatively easy to get around (Instant action is a nice feature too). The interface was a bit confusing at first but it didn’t take me long to get the hang of it.

The core mechanics of the game are great. The gunplay itself is as good as you’d expect from a top fps and I haven’t had any issues with the time it takes to kill (even using a pistol). I like the way the spawn mechanics and the base capping works. Squads are large and you can pile loads of people into the transport vehicles which opens up the possibility for some great team play.

I haven’t had much experience with the vehicles outside of the quad bike but they all seem pretty well balanced. There’s lots of variety which is nice.

The Bad

The lack of weapons is a massive down point. With the launch date looming I really hope that they start adding lots of weapons variety’s for each class and even some universal ones. I was so disappointed when playing an infiltrator to find that there is 1 additional semi auto sniper rifle I can buy (48 cert points) and one shotgun (448 cert points!). That’s it. No automatics, no better pistols and no cool gadgets. I also don’t like that I have to spend cert points on these new weapons as cert points seem way too valuable to waste in that way. I want loads of weapons and a second in game currency I can use to buy them with and try them out.

The classes are also really restrictive. I expected a lot more choice within the class itself from an mmo. As an infiltrator, I’m locked to using very light armour with little protection and a cloaking device. Sometimes you are in a battle where this combo just isn’t effective and there is nothing you can do to change it which is frustrating. Of course you can just switch class but I’m trying to progress with the infiltrator and that’s where I’ve spent all my certs so far. I’d love the option to drop the cloak for a jetpack or trade mobility for armour. Just give me some adaptability!

Now for the facilities you fight over, I understand that there needs to be 3 types to tie into the 3 resources but having only 1 layout per type doesn’t provide enough variety. I’d like to see 5 or 6 different layouts for each facility type randomly distributed around the map, maybe more. How about some faction specific ones so you can tell who built it originally? That would really help with immersion and make the place feel like a real world we are fighting over rather than a carefully constructed battlefield.

I also find the resource system over simplified. Why are we fighting over imaginary vehicle or infantry points when we could be fighting over real resources? There seems to be no reason for this war other than to earn magic resources points which you can use to keep the war going. They ultimately serve the same purpose but a real resource is tied into the lore of the game. Having some imaginary points not tied to a physical resource is the biggest immersion killer for me.

Theres enough to keep me interested for a few more weeks so i’ll try some other classes and see how i get on. Its fun but i’m not sure it will hold my interest over the long term.

The guy in question alleges that he got his stuff back as his account was hacked but i don’t buy it. From personal experience, CCP will only refund items that were destroyed, never items that were dropped and looted by other players.

Sounds like he’s just trying to hide his shame.

I am planning to get involved with this as soon as its out. I did apply for the beta a while back but have heard nothing so far! Not holding out much hope of getting in before launch now.

Think I’ll wait for the reviews on this one. Has huge potential but they could also f*ck it right up to cater for the carebares.