OK - so I am only a few hours in, but I can already feel this is a keeper.

After CO's candy cotton casual fun, and Aion's boring well-trodden path, this game feels large, complex and intriguing. It's been a while since I've had this initial sense of big wide complex world potential in an MMO. What a treat.

After playing for longer, this game just grows and grows on you.

The crafting is very addictive... the game is full of great humorous touches and a sense of place. It's the most satisfying MMO experience - in terms of getting sucked into a world - I have had in a while.

The only problem I see so far is a relative lack of grouping in early levels. But the first few levels you are learning so much... there is plenty of time for groups later I would think.

Originally posted by markyturnip

After playing for longer, this game just grows and grows on you.

The crafting is very addictive... the game is full of great humorous touches and a sense of place. It's the most satisfying MMO experience - in terms of getting sucked into a world - I have had in a while.

 

The only problem I see so far is a relative lack of grouping in early levels. But the first few levels you are learning so much... there is plenty of time for groups later I would think.

You share the kill with other players regardles if you are in groups, so that adds an option to play with ather without the necessity to fast make an invite becase they'll steals your kills. The "only" killstealing would be for the loot.

I recently bought Champions online and Aion, both good looking games but both lacking something that I've been looking for recently, nothing that I can put my finger on but lacking that certain something.

Now I took a chance and bought FE yesterday, I wasn't expecting much at all as the screenshots didn't exactly leap out at me and say "Buy Me" but I was stuck for something new to do.

Well my first impression was "Yuck" this doesn't look all that great, I've been too used to some pretty fantastic graphical MMO's lately and this was definately a step sideways for me, but I carried on and I'm glad I did.

I'm a keen Fallout player and I got that feeling while playing the game, it's no carbon copy but for me it does seem to have the same general feeling about it, and thats what has got me hooked.

Now throw in the skill based system, the immense crafting available and the FPS combat and I can see myself playing this MMO for quite sometime.

However it's not all roses as I've come across some annoying bugs such as the warping mobs, but other than that the game seems solid enough, I just hope that the devs will keep the game updated and squash those bugs as they arise.

Champions has sadly already gone on the back shelf for me I'm afraid , wanted to love it and really tried but just could'nt and Fallen Earth seems to my log in choice over Aion at the moment , its very immersive and has more Depth than anything I've played before ( Except EVE I think ) . Tbh the log in queues have kept me away from Aion a little but FE is growing on me super fast !! 

thumbs up for FE, played the beta and loved it. Unfortunately EVE still got me hooked.

the only thing i hate in FE is the lack of player driven economy, otherwise it'll be awesome.

I do not post much on forums in general, much less in the fanboy/troll filled forums of MMORPG.COM. Still I have to support this game. I bought it on a whim on D2Drive and only installed it 3 days later. The moment I got passed the tutorial I was hooked. 

Now I have played most major MMOs since DAoC and still play AoC, WoW and EvE (tried Aion but it's just WoW with better graphics, tried Champs Online and uninstalled it after a day etc), but I actually feel this is a great game even with the various bugs and the laggy SINGLE server (that's important, the community is all in one place, not divided and scattered like so many other mmos - AoC/WAR I'm looking at you). I take my time, do a lot of crafting and quests and even though I consider myself a powergamer (could've been max level by now if I really went for it) I find myself spending a lot of time enjoying the world and all it has to offer. This has not happened to me since the days of Shadowbane and DAoC - most games have been a rush to the finish to enjoy "the real game".

What I'm trying to say is that this feels special, much like Anarchy Online was special for its time and how SWG felt special before the fall. It's not perfect, it's not beautiful, but it's special. To me.

I am enjoying FE too but why are people comparing it to Aion and Champions Online? seriously? no one is that stupid to see that these games belong to different genres.

The reason people compare them is because these are the "Hit" MMOs of this year. Fallen Earth has slipped under the radar and is thus put in competition with the other 2 Big Name MMOs released at the same time.

For people bored of rehashed games (City of Champions) and remakes on the same formula (Aion), FE is a breath of fresh air. If it will hold or not, time will tell, but for now it's incredibly fun.

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Originally posted by wzedrin
The reason people compare them is because these are the "Hit" MMOs of this year. Fallen Earth has slipped under the radar and is thus put in competition with the other 2 Big Name MMOs released at the same time.
 
For people bored of rehashed games (City of Champions) and remakes on the same formula (Aion), FE is a breath of fresh air. If it will hold or not, time will tell, but for now it's incredibly fun.

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Considering there is only one Superhero game before Champions Online i don't how it can be called rehashed? its more like an improvement on COH. Sooner or later Earthrise would release, you think people will call it copy or rehashed only because FE came out first? I find all these comparisons really retarded.

Originally posted by wzedrin

The reason people compare them is because these are the "Hit" MMOs of this year. Fallen Earth has slipped under the radar and is thus put in competition with the other 2 Big Name MMOs released at the same time.

 

For people bored of rehashed games (City of Champions) and remakes on the same formula (Aion), FE is a breath of fresh air. If it will hold or not, time will tell, but for now it's incredibly fun.

Exactly.

Although today's laaaaaag issues have madethe game currently literally unplayable. I hope this does not damage the launch period too badly.

I too agree, since the untimely demise of Tabula Rasa (A game I loved) I was hunting for a new "fix". One hour of gameplay and I was hooked into FE. Yes it does have issues but again it is the beginning (anyone remember the lovely memory leaks on CoX?) I judge my satisfaction not on the "eye candy" level but on what can be done. I love that you aren't pegged into a specific "role"(no chat spamming for "tanks" or "healers" !!!)  Not since TR have I wanted to get to my system and delve back into the world. To the devs all I have to say is bravo, I cant wait to see what the future brings.

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Originally posted by NJSir

I too agree, since the untimely demise of Tabula Rasa (A game I loved) I was hunting for a new "fix". One hour of gameplay and I was hooked into FE. Yes it does have issues but again it is the beginning (anyone remember the lovely memory leaks on CoX?) I judge my satisfaction not on the "eye candy" level but on what can be done. I love that you aren't pegged into a specific "role"(no chat spamming for "tanks" or "healers" !!!)  Not since TR have I wanted to get to my system and delve back into the world. To the devs all I have to say is bravo, I cant wait to see what the future brings.

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This game sounds really interesting. How big a world are we talking?

Originally posted by markyturnip

 OK - so I am only a few hours in, but I can already feel this is a keeper.

 

After CO's candy cotton casual fun, and Aion's boring well-trodden path, this game feels large, complex and intriguing. It's been a while since I've had this initial sense of big wide complex world potential in an MMO. What a treat.

Well only problem I really see with the game is that there is no incentive to explore. I hoped you would gain some AP for finding special places. However rigth now you have a nice world, but no real reason to explore (unless you an crafter looking for a good place to find resources)

Originally posted by Securion
 
Hopefully they'll hire a graphic artist and/or an animator because seriously, what's up with the graphics?

 

I think the graphics serve a functional purpose - to allow you to interact with the world - and that is all. They are not there to make you ooh and ahh, not there to make you say omg that looks awesome. It is simply a dusty and gritty world.

The pulling power of FE is in the immersive gameplay.

If you don't "get" that, and the gameplay hasn't sucked you in because the graphics aren't LOTRO or Aion, then I suspect you will struggle to stay with this game.

Having said all that, I can't see any harm in the devs improving the animations, and adding diversity in player models down the road. My guess is that it is low on the priority list.

Originally posted by Leodious

This game sounds really interesting. How big a world are we talking?

Well, to get from the  southernmost town to the first town in S2 will take you well over an hour and a half of straight run through on a horse.

Had goten Aion, and im hating it. After reading some reviews and such im thinking about getting FE.

I have it downloading now, was looking for somehting a tad different than wow.  Kinda bored with that now to be honest.  Hope this has the indepth crafting system im after lol.

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Originally posted by twhint

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Originally posted by Leodious

This game sounds really interesting. How big a world are we talking?

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Well, to get from the  southernmost town to the first town in S2 will take you well over an hour and a half of straight run through on a horse.

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That sounds...huge.

Originally posted by Leodious

 

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Originally posted by twhint

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Originally posted by Leodious

 

This game sounds really interesting. How big a world are we talking?

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Well, to get from the  southernmost town to the first town in S2 will take you well over an hour and a half of straight run through on a horse.

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That sounds...huge.

The zones are extremely large, think SWG plant large, plus some.

It is massive, so much so if you run out of gas with your ATV , becaue you forgot to buy a spare can, it is a very very long walk, however trying to find a garage I found loads of stuff I wouldnt of spotted otherwise so sliver lining and all that.

And I have turned into a crafting whore, played mmorpgs for a very long time and have resisted or just hated crafting in nearly all of the MMORPG,s ive played. Vanguards system came the nearest to making want to craft, but it just got bloody annoying after awhile as it was just made difficult for the sake of being difficult into a mini game.

Well I think I will give this game a shot.

Its really large.

From spider hill the northern most town in sector 1 to the very first small rest stop in sector 3 in kaibab waste is 5 hour trip real time...on a motorcycle.

I did stick to the roads, off roading in some of those spots is freaking lethal. Ehh I also kept getting a little distracted by all the road wreckage goodies. Still big as hell.

Sad thing is a large amount of that area is just ...nothing.

It is the desert, it is post apoc...but there is no joy in exploring to find...nothing.

Sector 3 is just...meh.

Now, they are planning on doing expansions rather rapidly, so hopefully they can flesh out the game some more.

Those annoying bugs with the rubber banding, poor performance in towns, disappearing mobs, etc. have all been around since beta months ago. I really don't predict them getting squashed anytime soon.

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I advocate everyone stay in Sector 1 as long as they can. Do all the AP quests, build the ATV(but for god's sake don't use the key). I think it has the potential to turn into a decent game, just don't rush to the end.

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Two major issues for me are:

1. There probably will never be an economy of note. Even if you don't specialize in crafting you can still make a large portion of what you need in consumables. Items don't degrade (at least last I knew) so can be traded ad infinitem.

2. The lack of any need to group. Kingman's Prison and the last You're Dying mission in Sector 1 were the only places I needed to group. That's going to hurt on the community building front.

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Best of wishes to Fallen Earth and it's players!