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The title implies exactly what this thread is for. Before I start on this, I would like to say a couple things. I ASSURE YOU, I'M NOT WORKING FOR A POPULAR COMPANY OR SOME STUPID CRAP LIKE THAT.I DO NOT HAVE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS, THATS STUPID. Since the last thread, I read all the things that said how my thread was considered a troll, and now i'm attempting at improving it. *NOTE*- This is all from the view of someone who didn't play for long (until level 3) 1.) Download: The download is HUGE for mmo's and, from what i've read from other people and from my experiences. Many people have problems with the download speeds, and the download usually takes longer than most other games. My personal issue with this: I normally download MMO installers/MMO's at 1-2 MBS, for this one, I was DLing at 45 KBS. The size of the game is 4.8 G, leaving me with a download time as roughly 31 hours, and then having to patch and install.
2.) Cost: The client its self cost $50, and then there is a monthly fee. My personal issue with this (Opinion): The monthly fee is completely fine, my issue is having to pay a fee for the download it's self.
3.) Community: Active GM's and a bunch of people in the channels. My personal issue with this: While there are many people in this community, and sometimes they are helpful, my personal experience with this is completely unhelpful and in fact, was a huge factor in why I stopped playing so early. 4.) Originality: The only original things that i saw were the different armors and weapons, and the whole concept that you are a clone. The mount's are somewhat original too. My Personal Issue (Opinion): The entire time I went through this game, I felt like there was nothing that jumped out at me as original. Skill System: Leveling and getting skill points for increasing some skills feels like a dumbed down anarchy online skill system with a reference to fall out 3 once again (AP is used for your actions in fall out 3, in fallen earth it's used for increasing skills once you level.) Crafting: nothing really amazing, as far as i'm concerned, Eve still holds the title for crafting. Combat: Feels like virtually any FPS Environment: Everything about the environment looks and feels like a little less polished fall out 3 to me. Fall out 3:
Fallen Earth:
5.) Crafting (again): A lot of things to craft My personal issue with this: Regardless of if you want to craft or not, it feels like your forced to. It is technically possible to not craft anything, but if you do that your going to have to know how to make a lot of chips because it will get rather expensive.
It seems like this is one of those games that is a hit or miss for most people.
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Beware! You might end up having most fun you ever had in a video game. Scary thing I know. |
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So other than your opinion (at least you admitted to only getting to level 3) of the game, which everyone has the right to have, what should the buyer beware of?
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Originally posted by psymon15
I read to this and realized your post has ZERO credibility. |
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Originally posted by rodingo
i agree, buyer beware implies there is something wrong with the company itself like they're out to steal your money or something? all you posted was opinions of the game. |
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DonnieBrasco
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Joined: 7/25/06
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Beware of the OP's opinion! It's completely unfounded, as he has only played 1 single level in an MMO. DB Denial makes one look a lot dumber than he/she actually is. |
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As much praise Eve Onlines gets for its crafting. I am still going to say the best crafting system for me was Star Wars Galaxies (Pre-Cu). Fallen Earth / Lords of War |
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Originally posted by HiGHPLAiNS
I actually liked EQII's crafting. I havn't seen many other mmo that your character can actually get hurt doing it! Funny stuff.
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You know, this guy laid out his opinion trying to respectful. And I appreciate that, but... Come on! Level 3?! Seriously! That means you played the game for an hour.... and then come on to these Forums (which are already flooded with negativity toward company's hard work) and give us more negative viewpoints on a viewpoint that isn't even HALF baked, not even a QUARTER baked. And yeah, don't post a screenshot of a singleplayer game compared to an MMO, they're not the same breed! Incapable of the same graphics, especially from a company of Icarus' scale to a company of Bethesda's scale! Post a screenshot of World of Warcraft's turdfest graphics compared to Fallen Earth's, at least. Just....... play a damn game, or don't say anything at all. |
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Originally posted by psymon15
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To all the people who said i had 0 credibility because I hadn't played for more than 1 level:
To the people who commented on the screen shots i posted: The point that i was trying to prove in posting the 2 screen shots wasn't about the graphics, I could care less about the graphics. What i was trying to prove was that the environment in fallen earth looks painfully similar to the environment in fall out 3. |
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Originally posted by psymon15
You commented about community, which lets face it, you barely even saw or interacted in. You commented about crafting, which, lets face it, you more than likely barely did other than the tutorial ones. You commented about the skill system... Which yeah... At max, you had what? 45 AP to spend? If that? Which would not have been enough to really even upgrade your gear, but that doesn't matter, because you would not have found anything in that short amount of time. |
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Just a general note about my original post, some of the things that I posted weren't intended to be negatives. (Example active GM's) Sorry, should have clarified that a little better. |
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nickelpat
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Joined: 11/07/08
"War isn''t about dieing for your country; It''s about making your enemy die for theirs." - G.Patton |
1) Yes, it is a large game, I got mine through STEAM though so the download was pretty snappy. 2) .... You're not paying for the download.... you're paying $50 FOR THE GAME. C'mon. There are few games that don't charge a box price. You also get the standard free 30 days with that. You're not just paying for the download though, you're paying for the client/activation key. 3) I found the community rather nice and helpful. 4) Yep, definitely. Icarus made this MMO with 5500 quests, a crap load of gear, quite a lot of landmass in roughly a year. You got them, it's all a Fallout 3 clone..... No. Work started on FE before Fallout 3 was announced. Do I think the original Fallout and Fallout 2 inspire some things? Yeah, sure. But Fallout 3 had little to do with FE. They both just have pretty standard post-apoc landscapes. And, please, stick to ONE thread degrading a game for many.... well, dumb reasons. Of course the community with think asking what the reloading hotkey is is dumb because it is... Oh yeah, here's your other thread: http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/257717/page/1 You know, in case you forgot about it. ____________________________ "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but I know World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein |
Originally posted by Rallycart
You commented about community, which lets face it, you barely even saw or interacted in. You commented about crafting, which, lets face it, you more than likely barely did other than the tutorial ones. You commented about the skill system... Which yeah... At max, you had what? 45 AP to spend? If that? Which would not have been enough to really even upgrade your gear, but that doesn't matter, because you would not have found anything in that short amount of time.
I don't see how having many levels changes how you do your skills. I realize that once you max your secondary skills (dodge, melee, etc.) you have to raise your attribute skills to get a higher cap. Is there something that I'm not understanding, because in terms of skills, it seems like level 1-3 is the same as level 45, just more AP. Also, I didn't just go for leveling while i was playing, I spent roughly two days just trying to talk with people via the chat channels/figure things out and explore the different things you could do. So to assume that i barely interacted with anyone or barely did anything as far as crafting is, imo, incorrect. I realize there are more things to make and more people to interact with, but lets face it. If you make one item, you've made them all. (get items to make it, make item) |
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Kyleran
Elite Member
Joined: 9/13/06
"In EVE, no one gives a damn about a fair fight." - chafin |
Couple of mistakes. Most important. If you really only got to level 3, there's no point for you to come to these forums and share your opinion, we won't care. On a lesser note, if you joined these forums and created two threads before you had about 100 posts under your belt (or at least a few months reading the forums) you are again wasting our time, you look like a newly created troll account. There's dues to be paid both in MMO's and on forums to garner even limited respect for what you write.
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon EVE Cult member since May 2007 Regarding EVE: "To be honest, I think God himself created this game." - Shek Regarding new players in EVE: "Think of yourself as a child released into a park full of pedophiles..." - Eleazaros |
Originally posted by psymon15 Yeah your right this game is hit or miss, so far its a major hit for me. But only playing to level 3 really doesn't say that much but hey, if you don't like a game you don't like it. AoC lasted about 2 days on my computer before I got rid of it. Probably the worst investment in my life.
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Originally posted by psymon15 Oh, and I forgot to mention... If you did so much crafting, then you had to do plenty of gathering. A couple of hours (and maybe even less) of gathering and crafting would have gotten you to level 3 easily, as they both give you exp. So, you either did no quests, and killed no mobs, and JUST crafted/gathered, or the other way around. Either way, you spent a minimal amount of time doing either. |
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I still dont get where the Buyer Beware term comes into play here.... You posted your personal opinions which of course you are free to do, despite the fact you made multiple threads on this, but you still show nothing about buyer beware which would constitute that the company is somehow involved in fraudulent practices. As for your original post, I have a few things to say that refutes your argument; 1. This download is not huge, it took me roughly 4 hours to download and patch the entire game. Fallen Earths complete file size is only 5.21 gigs. Aion is 11 gigs and AoC is over 10 gigs, so try to compare games with actual proof before you say its huge by mmo standards when clearly it is less. 2. The free trial was just that, free. If you chose to pay $50 to try the game blindly, then that is your own issue. The keys to this game were very very easy to get and did not run out till 2 or 3 days after they were offered, so if you chose not to wait for a free trial and pay the $50, then again that was your personal choice. 3. The community here was fine and I got all my newbie questions answered even though sometimes I had to ask my questions a couple times, but this was less about the community and more to do with the fact of so many new people in the trial that chat was flying by at a mile a minute and those helping could only see and respond to so many questions. 4. You contradict yourself by saying the weapons, armor, mounts and the fact you are a clone are all original, then say nothing original popped out at you...which one is it? Lets not forget that this game is the only one that currently uses the post apoc setting in an mmo. The skill system is a little basic, but from dev chats it seems they will be addressing it in the future. 5. Crafting was very similar to EvE's just with maybe not as many items to make. You gather materials, start up your queue and then wait and go do other things while your crafting is being worked on, it even goes while you are logged off. My biggest gripe with the crafting was that everyone could do it, making it so you could nearly be 100% self sufficient causing the in game economy to become dead. 6. The scenery is fine, theres only so many ways a destroyed building and cars can look. Lets not get into the WOW WAS THE FIRST MMO thing here with thinking that Fallout 3 was the first to do the post apoc world setting in a game or movie. Again you have nothing here but your personal opinions with no real facts to back them up. You got to level 3 which takes a whole whopping 2-3 hours to get and you come on here and do multiple posts about how no one should play this game. If you didnt enjoy it then move on, you wasted 2-3 hours of a night that you wouldnt of been doing anything better with your time anyways. |
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I got one of the trial keys on this site and I have to mostly agree with the OP: 1) It took forever to download and patch, I was getting no more than 100kb/sec. 2) I don't like the combat. Not because it's FPS, but because my shots "glance" when I'm 10 feet away and aiming at the chest. 3) Crafting is boring. Select the ingredients and wait for it to finish. 4) The environment looks bland. 5) I love how I can use my 360 controller with this game. With the exception of my first problem with the game, the rest are really just my opinions. Obviously people like the things I have a problem with. That's perfectly fine. What isn't fine is that the OP is actually trying to make a decent post and you guys just keep attacking him. Guess what I made it to level 2, ran around for a bit, killed the awesome-looking chicken things, found some mobs that looked JUST like me, mowed them down easily, and logged out because I wasn't hooked. Honestly I'm not a fan of level based games because my friends always out level me. I would much rather a game where I can still be useful even if I can't keep the pace. It's still on my desktop and I still have a few days left, so I'll probably give it a shot once I finish my lab reports and finish designing a lesson on the geography of mexico for a high school geography class (I hate middle of the semester crunch time).
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Originally posted by Rallycart The first part i completely disagree with. There were some things that I couldn't wear because of my skills at the time, which would have increased my damage dramatically. Either way, it doesn't change the fact that it's not unique at all.
The second part:
Third part: Never claimed that the crafting sucked, I merely said that there was nothing amazing about it.
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DonnieBrasco
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Originally posted by Kyleran
That's all what needs to be said about the OP, and this thread. Can add nothing to this. Well done! DB Denial makes one look a lot dumber than he/she actually is. |
Originally posted by mrcalhou 2) Well the way the game works is it hits a random spot with in the crosshairs when you fire, which makes since to me. Now guns like scoped rifles you will get a more accurate shot as well the more you raise your rifle skill the smaller the crosshairs get. IDK what you expect from a low level character of course their accuracy is going to be crap. It would be like me going out shooting stuff. Ive shot a gun a total of like 10 times in my life there is no way im going to go hunting and expect to hit my target with pinpoint accuracy.
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Originally posted by cukimunga
Lets be honest here though. A retarded monkey could hit a guy in the chest from ten feet away... He has a bit of a point, which I never really thought about. At close range, and aiming at the center of mass, a shot would not have much of a chance to "glance" unless the target was SERIOUSLY armored in angular metal. |
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I think psymon15, rumbata1, and AcidWave are all the same person. Seems kinda od that all the accounts are made pretty much same day and all put out same rating and type of post. You FAIL at trolling go somewhere else. Sic semper tyrannis "Democracy broke down, not when the Union |
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