Originally posted by Benrix
I'm interested, but the price point needs to be low (less than $10/mo.) for me to really get in and stick with it. I played Rift for a while, but the price was a bit too much for me.

IMO there won't be a sub.  The fact that the game will be on 360 in addition to PC limits their optioins.  It probably won't go F2P since it's not an in-house Microsoft project.  So far the only F2P game on 360 is Happy Wars which MS published.  So that leaves the buy to play option.

Seriously, this is nothing like Borderlands.

Borderlands is what it is, because of it's black humor, sarcasm and violence, allthough I hate the fact that BL2 doesn't have as much bloodsplatter as the first one had.

We'll see.  I wish the author could have played on the PC version.  I'm sure Trion is trying to push how great it works on the console, but how great will it work on the console and the PC.  That remains to be seen.

It's worth watching though and if it is B2P that would be a huge plus.

I prefer strategy to twitch so a shooter holds little interest to me, but this will be a very interesting release.

Certainly looks high quality, and its potentially an untapped market.  Trion advertises significantly better than SoE so it will be the first of its type that most people hear about.  Dont see it being a hit among the MMORPG market but it could very well be the start of a new market.

Originally posted by Nephaerius

Originally posted by Benrix
I'm interested, but the price point needs to be low (less than $10/mo.) for me to really get in and stick with it. I played Rift for a while, but the price was a bit too much for me.

IMO there won't be a sub.  The fact that the game will be on 360 in addition to PC limits their optioins.  It probably won't go F2P since it's not an in-house Microsoft project.  So far the only F2P game on 360 is Happy Wars which MS published.  So that leaves the buy to play option.

 

XBox had had a sub game for 10 years or so now.

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Originally posted by SlickShoes I guess the cross platform will exclude the xbox? so far microsoft have been reluctant to do anything like that. Currently the games that have cross platform play are PS3/PC, I think maybe shadowrun on 360 and windows was cross platform multiplayer?

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And I guess you didn't read the whole article:

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Originally posted in the article In our preview, I was playing the 360 version, and the game felt wholly natural on a gamepad, with mostly responsive controls and shooting elements.

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"Defiance is a third-person shooter based on massively multiplayer open world gameplay, with quests, dungeons, PvP, guild and social features, huge co-op battles, and an evolving online world. Based in a sci-fi, near-future setting, the game and show follow groups of human and alien survivors working together to build and rebuild Earth."

"The game and the show are visually complementary, and share vehicles, characters, story, and settings -"

What PS2 should have been like, most mmo's for that matter.

this is MMO how? looks more like multiplayer Online

i mean, if they can make it as huge as PS2, then yes i would definitely join in

open world opt-in PVP

this could be the 1st proper virtual world shooter.  

and that could really rock the MMO world.

unlike other supposedly similar "mmofps" games.

Combat looks great and engine seems to run well with many players on screen.

It seems that the game has it's PVP strongpoints, but I wonder how well developed will the PVE part be (classes, character progression, crafting, world size etc.)

Originally posted by apocoluster
  Ill give the game an honest try but Im really excited about the show...

For what ever reason I absolutely love anything SciFi related when it comes to TV and Movies but absolutely do not like SciFi games (unless its post apocalyptic).  I can not wait for the show but will most def pass on the game.

Hmm...I like the cross between TV series and gameworld but...

I think the game looks,...cheap ...Stale animations and rather ugly graphics..and from what I seen from TV Show it looks rather cheap aswell..

And No it doesnt look like Borderlands gameplay or othervise..Only thing that is rather alike is the fact that it takes 3 magazines to beat one foe at times..

Originally posted by SlickShoes
I guess the cross platform will exclude the xbox? so far microsoft have been reluctant to do anything like that. Currently the games that have cross platform play are PS3/PC, I think maybe shadowrun on 360 and windows was cross platform multiplayer?

he wrote the article after playing on an xbox.

Originally posted by TweFoju

this is MMO how? looks more like multiplayer Online

i mean, if they can make it as huge as PS2, then yes i would definitely join in

It has the same sort of massive open world as Trion's other MMO, Rift.  It also has match-made PVP, and open-world PVP, as well as PVE.