Originally posted by infofront

Originally posted by zymurgeist

Originally posted by tman5

Originally posted by Sora2810 

Trails keys are coming oct. 23, you'll be jumping in during "day's of the dead" event. See you there. Just remember this game is new and done by an indie company. They're fairly new to this genre. Give them some slack, and credit.

 

Credit, yes, for what they have managed to pull off as an indie, which seemed quite impressive 

 

But as someone else correctly noted on another thread, the $50 box price and $15 month fee means they are competing with the big boys and need to be judged as such.  No slack given that is not offered to NCSoft, SOE or Vivendi.

 

The game really doesn't need the slack. As many flaws as it has, and there are many, they still released a better game in better shape than 90% of the recent big buck titles.

 

I agree. However, if I were reviewing FE objectively, say for a magazine or something, I could not, in good conscience, give a rating of more than 4.5/10 to FE at this point. Some of us love this game, but I think we're some kind of niche audience. 98% of WoW players would hate this game, for instance.

 Which is why it will work, since nobody in that remaining 2% wants to be in a game where there is a ranty childish WoW player ruining it for you. 2% of the market is still a valuable amount.

Yeah. I really enjoy the fact that this game has attracted a more mature audience than most.

Originally posted by Lord_Ixigan

So I've been reading some pretty positive things about FE lately. I've also read some negative things. What I'm wondering is if anyone can give me as objective a verdict as possible on things so far.

I played the beta for a little while and it seemed to be going well. It did seem to be missing a little....something though. Combat just felt like it was stiff and missing that certain organic element.

Less worried about crafting since all I've heard on that has been positive. Mostly just curious about combat, latency and the general feel of the game. And do be honest. From what I've read the general sense seems to be 'wait a little more and it should be much better'.

The game is incredibly laggy. Even when you are out in the middle of nowhere the enemies will rubber band. Also the way they move is kind of weird and jerky. The animations are just terrible. As for the feel of the game it is pretty nice if you keep the help channel off. The moment you turn the help channel on you will be bombarded by spastic warnings from the gm's. Constant threats and whining is about the sum total of their chatter on the #help channel and it is very annoying.

One more thing you should note. There was a major AP exploit that allowed many players to possess incredibly powerful characters. So good luck dealing with that in pvp. Also, whatever you do, don't dare discuss this exploit in public or the gms will mute you.

Originally posted by entropyjones

The game is incredibly laggy. Even when you are out in the middle of nowhere the enemies will rubber band. Also the way they move is kind of weird and jerky. The animations are just terrible. As for the feel of the game it is pretty nice if you keep the help channel off. The moment you turn the help channel on you will be bombarded by spastic warnings from the gm's. Constant threats and whining is about the sum total of their chatter on the #help channel and it is very annoying.

One more thing you should note. There was a major AP exploit that allowed many players to possess incredibly powerful characters. So good luck dealing with that in pvp. Also, whatever you do, don't dare discuss this exploit in public or the gms will mute you.

Wow, dude are you for real?  Your sole purpose today so far has been to create an account and talk about how you were treated?  Anybody with even a little common sense can see you more then likely deserved what you got.  Someone that has nothing better to do then troll a games boards has some issues they really need to dig deep down inside themselves and work out. 

I guarantee you, learn some patience, work on the attitude and life will be much much simpler for you.  It's as simple as that, honestly.

Edit:  To the original poster, grab a key if you can.  There is something about the game that grabs me that I can't place.  I guess one of the biggest is the potential for Icarus to add so much more to what they already have.  It's one of those games you've got to try for yourself for a true feel.  A key would be perfect.  There are some new MMO issues, it's not perfect, but the way the Devs are working, that's enough for me to stick around and see how it pans out.  I do know this is the first game in a long time where I hate to log out and I find myself staying up later then I should on work nights.  It's been a looooooong time for that.  Good luck!