At GDC, the team from MMORPG.com got their first look at the upcoming, post-apocalyptic MMO Earthrise as Masthead Studios CEO Atanas Atanasov gave us an overview of some of the game's systems.

At GDC, we had the opportunity to sit down and talk to the folks from Earthrise to get our first look at their game. During the demo, Masthead Studios CEO Atanas Atanasov gave us an overview of a number of the game’s systems:

Armor

“In Earthrise,” said Atanasov, “everything is based on what gear you wear”.

The game makes use of two different major armor types: Heavy Armor and Light Armor. Heavy Armor is more suited toward players who want to play soldier types, both with guns and in close combat while light armor will be used by the game’s equivalent to mages in fantasy MMOs, psionics, cybermentalists, etc.

Equipment is divided into five slots: helmet, vest, gloves, leggings and boots.

Read the First Look Preview

"Atanasov made a point to remind us that the game makes use of RPG style combat and not FPS combat, meaning that ability recharges aren’t instant and that the pace of combat is a little bit slower than in an FPS."

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In Earthrise, you have to enter “fight mode”, which brings up a reticule. Your left mouse button will allow you to attack, and your right mouse button will activate your abilities.

Atanasov made a point to remind us that the game makes use of RPG style combat and not FPS combat, meaning that ability recharges aren’t instant and that the pace of combat is a little bit slower than in an FPS.
 

this kind of makes me feel uneasy...have a reticle lock but dont slow the game down, people need learn some skill not just pressing abunch of abilities... *prays* it doesnt turn out to be some auto aim bullshit like stargate...

on the upside! it looks neat :D

Originally posted by Mrbloodworth

"Atanasov made a point to remind us that the game makes use of RPG style combat and not FPS combat, meaning that ability recharges aren’t instant and that the pace of combat is a little bit slower than in an FPS."

 

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This has been known for months, it was never meant to be an mmofps. It is a pvp-centric rpg.

This game sounds like another tabula rasa

Fallen Earth looks like a better option.

Man...boooring trailer.  Step it up a notch!!!

Originally posted by Zzulu

This game sounds like another tabula rasa

yeah reminds me a lil bit of tabula rasa mixed with some old swg. not sure if thats a good or bad thing either

Originally posted by Zzulu

This game sounds like another tabula rasa

Not from a mile way.  Tabula Rasa had fastpasted FPS style of combat.

It's just a shame they are going for the boring dice rolling type of RPG combat with long cooldowns.

Doesn't suit this type of game at all. It's suppose to be a PVP centric game. So why in earth going for this slow boring combat system *sigh*

The God of gaming " Koster of Mos Eisley " doth approve of the features in this game, all we need now is player housing for the pre-cu Vets and the promise land will be ready!

I'd be interested to see how that combat system works out, since I'll be playing with a fully programmable keyboard I hope it is more of an rpg combat system :)

Originally posted by Guillermo197

Originally posted by Zzulu

This game sounds like another tabula rasa

 

Not from a mile way.  Tabula Rasa had fastpasted FPS style of combat.

It's just a shame they are going for the boring dice rolling type of RPG combat with long cooldowns.

Doesn't suit this type of game at all. It's suppose to be a PVP centric game. So why in earth going for this slow boring combat system *sigh*

"For everyone concerned about the slow pace:

We demonstrated 2 weapons at GDC - a close combat and ranged combat. The one from the video is a heavy gun used for ranged combat, which has 4 seconds cool down time. Think of it as a bazooka or a rocket launcher. This is probably one of the slowest weapons in Earthrise. The close combat weapon had 1 second cool down time, and is much faster. Some weapons in the game will have even shorter cool down than 1 second. We are still balancing the combat and weapons.

To say it in short, yes, we are aiming at an RPG feel, but most weapons will react fast and will have short cool down times. Yes, you can run and shoot too."

http://forums.play-earthrise.com/index.php?topic=4136.15

Don't jump the gun, this is the very first gameplay footage and the game is still in its early stages.

Originally posted by Reno0513

Fallen Earth looks like a better option.

I agree.

Originally posted by mbd1968

Originally posted by Reno0513

Fallen Earth looks like a better option.

I agree.

Different crowds, ER has more pvp and sandbox elements.

Originally posted by mbd1968

Originally posted by Reno0513

Fallen Earth looks like a better option.

I agree.

This doesn't tell anything. I don't think this is the place to comment other games.

Originally posted by vktra79

Originally posted by mbd1968

Originally posted by Reno0513

Fallen Earth looks like a better option.

I agree.

 

This doesn't tell anything. I don't think this is the place to comment other games.

on the countary, the game just lost a potential customer, I was hyped bout this game.. till I saw their "slower RPG based combat" I might be wrong but that looked really boring. I wont say WoW in a Sci fi world because I know theres a lot of differences still.. with that UI and boring animations it tickles my mind..

It just looked dull and boring from the vid, thats it, if thats major or pointless its relative and subjective.

It tells everything and nothing, either theres a fanboy defending his precious or.. he/she/it just thought it was crap and so meantioned a competeter which I myself will pay more attention to now then before I saw the vid, I think thats very relavant to the disscusion

Originally posted by PapaB34R

Originally posted by vktra79

Originally posted by mbd1968

Originally posted by Reno0513

Fallen Earth looks like a better option.

I agree.

 

This doesn't tell anything. I don't think this is the place to comment other games.

 

on the countary, the game just lost a potential customer, I was hyped bout this game.. till I saw their "slower RPG based combat" I might be wrong but that looked really boring. I wont say WoW in a Sci fi world because I know theres a lot of differences still.. with that UI and boring animations it tickles my mind..

It just looked dull and boring from the vid, thats it, if thats major or pointless its relative and subjective.

It tells everything and nothing, either theres a fanboy defending his precious or.. he/she/it just thought it was crap and so meantioned a competeter which I myself will pay more attention to now then before I saw the vid, I think thats very relavant to the disscusion

Papa, you are making a good point that games should be compared. Well after seeing this:

www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/126/view/videos/play/1357/Fallen-Earth-Dance-Video.html

 and this:

www.fallenearth.com/showvideo.php

No thanks, I will stick to Earthrise for the time being. In fact the second video is I think the first Fallen Earth video just like the one of Earthrise which was posted several weeks ago. Lets see what Earthrise gameplay videos are coming in the future and some Earthrise game reviews and then decide. It is too early to tell.

Originally posted by PapaB34R

Originally posted by vktra79

Originally posted by mbd1968

Originally posted by Reno0513

Fallen Earth looks like a better option.

I agree.

 

This doesn't tell anything. I don't think this is the place to comment other games.

 

on the countary, the game just lost a potential customer, I was hyped bout this game.. till I saw their "slower RPG based combat" I might be wrong but that looked really boring. I wont say WoW in a Sci fi world because I know theres a lot of differences still.. with that UI and boring animations it tickles my mind..

It just looked dull and boring from the vid, thats it, if thats major or pointless its relative and subjective.

It tells everything and nothing, either theres a fanboy defending his precious or.. he/she/it just thought it was crap and so meantioned a competeter which I myself will pay more attention to now then before I saw the vid, I think thats very relavant to the disscusion

Saying a game is slower than an fps isn't saying much. Keep in mind that this game is still in early beta (as in, it just started beta), and

Omg, Darkfall take 2? Great features, great looking world but horrible animations and sounds? Wth...? Is every dev thinking we just wont notice? Or care?

Fix the god da** animations and sounds before releasing the game or dont release at all.

And whats up with the combat? "pew................. pew................ *grabs a smoke*........ "pew"...................."

Wtf?!? Wheres my aiming?!? Who took my aaaaaaiiiiii.....aaargh. *dies from a heart-attack*

Originally posted by Securion

Omg, Darkfall take 2? Great features, great looking world but horrible animations and sounds? Wth...? Is every dev thinking we just wont notice? Or care?

Fix the god da** animations and sounds before releasing the game or dont release at all.

And whats up with the combat? "pew................. pew................ *grabs a smoke*........ "pew"...................."

Wtf?!? Wheres my aiming?!? Who took my aaaaaaiiiiii.....aaargh. *dies from a heart-attack*

 

Except the game isn't out, it's still in early testing. There is plenty of time to tweak the animations. As for the slow cooldown, look one post up.

 You guys need to stop wth the assumptions, this is not Adventurine, these are guys who love gaming and love making this game from what I can tell.

I've been keeping up with Earthrise for a long while now, I've always had fears that despite all this PERFECT ideas/concept the gameplay wouldnt be as perfect, but I still think it looks fantastic given that it's very early beta.

The fact that Ostiak cleared up the combat speed for us makes it even better as well. Let's not all get pre-judgy and wait for what this game might actually turn into.