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[Firefall] Borderlands, Halo, Tribes, and Starship Troopers Had a Baby
Suriko
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Red 5 Studios is made from former Blizzard employees, and this is their first game.
Premise:
Earth will never be the same. After the Crystite Wars, humanity inadvertently invited the worst enemy ever conceived: THE MELDING. It surrounds us. It forces us to live in pockets of land protected only by the accidental discovery of repulsor technology. We continue to fight for land. For technology. For power. For our very survival. JOIN THE FIGHT.
Gameplay:
Firefall is a team-based action shooter combining deep character progression with an open-world cooperative campaign that can be shared with hundreds of other players. Firefall will also have a rich competitive multiplayer component incorporating built-in features such as clan support, ladders, tournaments and stats.
Gameplay Trailer - 3/8/2011
Look like anything? Yeah, it's Borderlands. With jump packs. And armour (dammit Borderlands...). And funky combat moves. And more multiplayer game modes. And an art style that's a bit less awesome, but you can't have everything.
More information is available from their official forums. Registering there automatically registers you for possible entry into the closed beta.
And finally, the payment model:
How much will Firefall cost to play?
We are so excited about Firefall that we want to make sure everyone can play it and join their friends in the game. When Firefall releases, it will be available online for download and play for absolutely free.
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How do you plan to make money?
We plan to offer a marketplace for Firefall that will offer players items to enhance their gaming experience. We are adamantly against selling anything that might compromise the skill-based aspect of the game.
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Or do I?
Im sold.
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I just hope it won't compromise the shooting part with lag.
But goddamn, cinematics lady, wear some clothes
edit: I mean seriously you see buttock at several points, that is not appropriate combat attire
I may have to rewatch this cinematic
And too bad this wasn't out this year.
And reading the forum sticky answers my Q: They're having issues.
Yes the terrain seems very similarly done to WoW...though I've spend years playing that game so it won't really slow me down any.
Uh, okay. I guess It could be cool. For free, I suppose the cost of finding out is fair...
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gimme
if you sign up for the beta can you download and play or have they not released yet
No beta yet
[tiny]Tofu wrote: Here be Littleboots, destroyer of threads and master of drunkposting.[/tiny]
I wonder what kind of stuffs they will be selling for the game?
And it's free?
Who the fuck are these people
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they are incredibly nice
This is what's tempering my excitement for this game.
Instead unbridled, frothing demand, I'm thinking they gotta be selling something other than pimp canes to make this work, right?
Who am I kidding? If it's half as fun as it looks, I'm totally on board. I'm betting it's going to have something along the lines of Guild Wars. Character slots, unlock packs and pimp canes.
that's what i was thinking
they said that they won't sell anything to infringe on the skill based part of the game, so that basically rules out armor, weapons, damage boosts, etc
but convenience is probably their market, in game bags, exp boosts maybe? stuff like that i'm guessing
we'll have to see
so i'm optimistically skeptical
Oh man. Gold mine right there...
This game was made for me! [/amigara]
I don't know, man
The words "absolutely free" don't leave much room for debate
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Noooo, it means they're going with a microtransactions model. Supposedly nothing to unbalance the game (mostly cosmetic I guess), but we'll have to wait and see.
I fail to see how they can make money doing that....
They'll just sell
I could def see them selling map packs / campaigns.
[tiny]Tofu wrote: Here be Littleboots, destroyer of threads and master of drunkposting.[/tiny]
Yea, oh well, I guess I don't care either way. I'm sure they have business types smarter than me who have worked/are working out the details. The game looks phenomenal though, they deserve my monies.