Fallen Earth - Welcome to the apocalypse

[Pyksel]

Fallen Earth is a massively multiplayer online game mixing first-person shooter style action with traditional role-playing game design.

Set near the Grand Canyon in 2156 after a deadly plague wiped out most of humanity, the game features six factions, a classless advancement system and a unique crafting feature in which players can make 95 percent of game items.

With 70 towns, real-time settings and interesting character modifications—woven together in a post-Apocalyptic plot—Fallen Earth provides ultimate player-versus-player and player-versus-environment experiences.

Where will you stand in the fight for Fallen Earth?

*Key Features*
Mature rating
Classless/Skill-based system
1st and 3rd person views available
FPS based combat with RPG damage applied based on skills, stats, resistances, armor, etc.
95% of items are crafted
Crafting will also level your character
On-line and off-line crafting
22 paper doll slots for gear
Consenual PvP comprising 1/3 of the game world via Conflict Towns that can be captured, Raids, Arenas, Factional PvP, and Clan Wars
Dual advancement system (Typical XP coupled with an AP system - Advancement points)
Zoneless which means instances were used sparingly
Six main socio-political factions
Clan (guild) levelling
Gameworld is 83.89 km per side in size
Planned server events
Vivox voice chat feature in game
Enter team voice channel via landline or cell phone
External instant messaging can be used to contact people in game
Mounts are crafted, customizable with armor, paint, weapons, etc. and can be sold provided they haven't been used yet
Mass transit system in game
Thousands of missions available at launch
Planned expansions (some free, some not)

Fallen Earth Info Terminal Website This is apparently the best website thus far for current info on the game.

FALLEN EARTH VIDEOS
In-Game Tour Part One: Setting and Character Customization
In-Game Tour Part Two: Gear, Combat, and the Tutorial
In-Game Tour Part Three: UI, Factions, and PvP
In-Game Tour Part Four: Starter Towns and Crafting

I didn't see another thread regarding this so I figured I would get one started.

[Tyen]

Grand Canyon = Mountains.

Running up mountains/hills in any MMO is always the worst thing ever experienced.

That is all.

[Pyksel]

Originally Posted by Tyen

Grand Canyon = Mountains.

Running up mountains/hills in any MMO is always the worst thing ever experienced.

That is all.

There's not much in the way of mountains save one particular sector. Mountains are typically leveraged as the borders so you won't be doing much rock climbing that you're so deathly afraid of.

I forgot to mention that there were several people playing Aion on the Kidorun server that were there due to the Fallen Earth servers being down and they were constantly ranting/raving about how awesome the beta was. I don't put a whole lot of stock in that but after reading the games features it sounds pretty sweet.

[DJk_zero]

I just got in this today, stupid shit won't install at all on win7 yet so it's been an entire evening of running an XP vm and dloading a 1.3 gig patch at less then half a meg per like 8 seconds ;|

Anything a newbie should know?

[Pyksel]

Originally Posted by DJk_zero

I just got in this today, stupid shit won't install at all on win7 yet so it's been an entire evening of running an XP vm and dloading a 1.3 gig patch at less then half a meg per like 8 seconds ;|

Anything a newbie should know?

Dunno, I'm not in the beta yet. If you have a code toss one my way.

[Teljair]

Originally Posted by DJk_zero

I just got in this today, stupid shit won't install at all on win7 yet so it's been an entire evening of running an XP vm and dloading a 1.3 gig patch at less then half a meg per like 8 seconds ;|

Anything a newbie should know?

Did you install in compatability mode?

[DJk_zero]

Originally Posted by Teljair

Did you install in compatability mode?

Compat won't work, as the downloader and patcher won't connect if running under win7 in any shape or form. The only way to run it on a win7 beta install is to copy the entire folder after it's patched into wherever your win7 program files is.

I'd imagine that it won't be that way for long, but after only a half of a day of reading, it seems there is no other work around.

I'll probably just reinstall my vista64 image and run off that if it keeps up past a week.

[Inconsiderable]

I saw screenshots on betaleaks half a year ago and lost all interest in the game for some reason. First time screenshots did that to me.

[Hachima]

Originally Posted by DJk_zero

Compat won't work, as the downloader and patcher won't connect if running under win7 in any shape or form. The only way to run it on a win7 beta install is to copy the entire folder after it's patched into wherever your win7 program files is.

I'd imagine that it won't be that way for long, but after only a half of a day of reading, it seems there is no other work around.

I'll probably just reinstall my vista64 image and run off that if it keeps up past a week.

Windows 7 beta has been around since January, so they have ahd plenty of time to fix it...

[Digits]

Originally Posted by Inconsiderable

I saw screenshots on betaleaks half a year ago and lost all interest in the game for some reason. First time screenshots did that to me.

I actually enjoyed the screenshots, at least on the official site, but seeing the game in motion in those videos made me feel embarrassed for the company. The models look like they're straight out of poser, and while the environment looks well enough the models (most likely all models) may not even match Vanguard's shit animations. Not that I expected any sort of quality in that regard, but all I could focus on during this youtube videos was how poor the art direction and implementation was.

And it's a shame, as I like their design philosophy they displayed in those videos.

[Cadrid]

I have to agree with the sentiment concerning their art direction. A lot of their ideas are fantastic, and the highly-flexible UI made me wonder why UI customization right now is so clunky and complicated, but the animation looked like it was straight out of Goldeneye for the N64; the models weren't exactly awe-inspiring either.

I signed up for the Beta anyways, since the game is offering a shake-up compared to what I'm accustomed with in MMOs, but I'm afraid without a major retooling of their art & animation their game won't find any sort of mass appeal.

[DJk_zero]

The tutorial is kind of bland, the video interlude before you actually start playing in the newbie areas is pretty funny at the start.

I only managed to run around for a few minutes before I hit a crash to desktop, but I'm hesitant about how the crafting system works, taking 8-10 minutes to make a single shirt ;\

[spentmotiff]

This game sounds like it's a Wasteland MMO, which would be pretty cool, imo.

*If* everything that they mentioned in those videos and on the wiki is actually in-game and working on release, I could look past the animations all day if their crafting, PvP and exploration was as fun as the videos made it sound.

Too many times I've seen promotional videos and features lists that look interesting and exciting only to be broken, removed at the last moment or pushed for a future release.

[Sharmai]

Originally Posted by Tyen

Grand Canyon = Mountains.

Running up mountains/hills in any MMO is always the worst thing ever experienced.

That is all.

Ever played Tribes? Not an mmo but still....

[Spontaneous Cumbustion]

Screenshots don't seem so bad from what I've seen. Curious about the gameplay though.