Global Agenda - Now Subscription less, GW model.

[Mrbloodworth]

New trailer

GLOBAL AGENDA is a fast-paced action MMO using Unreal® Engine 3 set in Earth's near future, a spy-fi world of advanced technology and player-driven conflict.

In the wake of severe global disaster, the political face of 22nd century earth has changed and player-created factions scheme against each other for power. Traditional full-scale wars a thing of the past, factions must rely on covert agencies, teams of elite special operatives able to seize and defend key facilities. The future of humanity is their battleground, where knowledge is power, technology is a race, and everyone has an agenda.

The players control the world of Global Agenda, forging alliances with their peers and executing lightning strikes against their enemies. They determine which factions to aid and which to oppose, while the only thing that stands in their way is other agencies.

    * Develop your agent - Create, extensively customize, and improve your agent character over the course of your career, complimenting your FPS skills with RPG-style progression and high-tech gear.
    * Advance your agency - Join a player-created agency, compete in technology races for advanced equipment, and capture critical locations to increase your influence in the world.
    * Compete in fast-paced PvP combat - Work with your allies to gather reconnaissance data, then raid or capture enemy-controlled facilities during objective-based missions. Equip yourself from a powerful array of weapons, armor, and strategic devices like triggered explosives, deployable turrets, stealth suits, holographic decoys, and remote control robots.
    * Experience a dynamic, player-driven world - Agency leaders navigate through a global conflict of other player-run groups, striving to reach their goals first. Territory, resources, technology, and influence are all valuable commodities, with agencies engaging in politics, intrigue, and outright deception to control them.

We should apply for guild beta. There are many x PS troops here.

[Nebu]

* Advance your agency - Join a player-created agency, compete in technology races for advanced equipment, and capture critical locations to increase your influence in the world.

Sounds like this could present some of the same issues that SB suffered.  Still, I'd be up for trying something like this.  May give me an excuse to improve my FPS skills. 

[Mrbloodworth]

Maybe, id like to see how item/gear progression is done, i hope they paid atention to Planeside’s cardinal rule.

[schild]

It's Unreal 3 Engine-based, will wait to see if it's ever released.

[Mrbloodworth]

Dunno, looks promising, that vid is in game.

[schild]

Huxley had in-game vids, what, two years ago?

[Mrbloodworth]

I hear ya, but on the scale of things, this is smaller in scope, sort of. But yeah, believe it when we see it, this is just some of the first game play video that has come out, so I thought id post it. To be honest, I think I may enjoy this style, more so then Huxley, Huxley looks to bunny-hopping friendly, and I like this art style better. We shall see.

Anyway, that makes, what, 3 FPS-esq MMO's coming out. Perhaps this genre has had its time come?

[LK]

We'll see. If all three launch and crash...

I'm game for joining something like this though.

[Ghambit]

Huxley was a korean FPS-MMO trying to marry western style.  Also, Huxley was produced WAY too early in U3's development cycle.  There's a big difference between U3 pre/post UT3 even.  Hi-Rez seems to have used the K.I.S.S. method here and their meshes dont seem too bloated, which keeps their art time down.  And they have the advantage of starting with a more iterated version of the engine.  Who knows, they might be able to pull it off.  Game seems simple, yet fun.  I like the fact it's being made here in the states for a change and the company isnt too top heavy.  Give a good, small, focused team a good tool and framework (UE3) and let 'em have at it.

[UnSub]

I've signed up for beta.

[Ghambit]

I've got a few guildies in this Alpha and they're saying things are looking pretty good... even for an Alpha.  Definitely not a vaporware title as of yet.

[FatuousTwat]

I'd sign up for a guild beta with anyone here. I had a lot of fun with Bat Country in PS.

[Triforcer]

Please let me in when schild gets the secret guild beta invite that only the cool F13ers get to join in top secret secrecy.  I can be cool too!! 

[schild]

wat

I don't even know what that means.

[Zzulo]

So is this a big world like in Planetside (continents and stuff) or is it much smaller, instanced combat in facilities and such? Are there even vehicles?

It kind of sounds like you get a team going and then enter an instance to raid some random facility location, which doesn't sound much like an MMO.

[ashrik]

I just registered for the Alpha, hope to see how this one progresses as it already looks pretty cool.

We all know how that story usually ends, but I have the audacity to hope otherwise.

I hope you remember all of us poor lower-case name newbloods when the time comes, Schild

And what the hell is with these new ooo shiny MMOs? If they'd slap a HUD on some more of those shots, a guy could think they've got a nearly-done game coming out in 2 months without a problem. Where's the kool-aid?

[Triforcer]

wat

I don't even know what that means.

Wasn't there some sort of secret F13 guild beta invite group in WAR or AoC? 

@Zzulo:  Yeah, that's my worry as well.  I saw the word "scenario" in one preview of the game, which concerns me.  I hope its more Planetsidey than WAR-y. 

[schild]

Wasn't there some sort of secret F13 guild beta invite group in WAR or AoC?

I had all 300 people that signed up for the WAR beta in a spreadsheet. I picked from longstanding members in groups of 30 and mixed some newbies into each group. We got through a few groups after the first beta hiatus stopped and then things slowed down a bit and they announced the date. There simply wasn't enough time to get everyone in, and I've already apologized I think as I wanted to get everyone on the list in. If I hadn't, sorry, was out of my control.

AoC?

No.

Edit: Just looked it up, before the game stopped letting guild beta people in, we got 60 people in. The thread in the hidden forum was basically:

Wave 1: List
Wave 2: List
Wave 3: blank
etc, on down to 6.

There should've been 10 groups in total. But then, in a perfect world, WAR would've been a more complete game at release. 

[Ghambit]

I'll try to get more info. on this thing, but bear in mind it'll be VERY general stuff... just to give a "feel" for the game.  /nda

[Triforcer]

I'll try to get more info. on this thing, but bear in mind it'll be VERY general stuff... just to give a "feel" for the game.  /nda

Much appreciated.  I need a new addition to my long-term fanboism list, given that only SWTOR is there right now.  I think this could make the list...

[bhodi]

For those of you who are hoping this is a new planetside: It's not.

Think of it as more of world of warcraft arena FPS. Or maybe guild wars. It's basically going to be arena matches with a loose clan system bolted on. Don't expect more than a dozen people on a side; I suspect it will end up being half that.

[FatuousTwat]

For those of you who are hoping this is a new planetside: It's not.

Think of it as more of world of warcraft arena FPS. Or maybe guild wars. It's basically going to be arena matches with a loose clan system bolted on. Don't expect more than a dozen people on a side; I suspect it will end up being half that.

Screw this then.

[Triforcer]

For those of you who are hoping this is a new planetside: It's not.

Think of it as more of world of warcraft arena FPS. Or maybe guild wars. It's basically going to be arena matches with a loose clan system bolted on. Don't expect more than a dozen people on a side; I suspect it will end up being half that.

Screw this then.

[Zzulo]

What a dissapointment

[UnSub]

For those of you who are hoping this is a new planetside: It's not.

Think of it as more of world of warcraft arena FPS. Or maybe guild wars. It's basically going to be arena matches with a loose clan system bolted on. Don't expect more than a dozen people on a side; I suspect it will end up being half that.

Similar to Exteel?

[Venkman]

Sounds more similar to Warmonger.

[ashrik]

Hey, still exciting to me. They did say it was small scale squad-type gameplay, didn't they?

[Draegan]

Fury 2.0?

[Mrbloodworth]

    ATLANTA, Georgia – January 8, 2009 – Hi-Rez Studios™ announced today that players can now apply to participate in closed beta for Global Agenda™, an action massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) scheduled for release in late 2009. The closed beta is anticipated to begin in the second quarter of '09 and players can apply by visiting http://www.globalagendagame.com/

    Global Agenda, built using Unreal® Engine 3, is set in a near future world of advanced technology and player-driven conflict. It features fast-paced ranged and close combat, RPG-style character progression, solo or cooperative team missions, and epic, competitive campaigns between player-created agencies.

    "Our alpha testing has gone very well - in terms of game stability and, most importantly, very positive feedback from an active alpha community", said Todd Harris, Executive Producer of Hi-Rez Studios. "Based on these results we are excited about aggressively growing the Global Agenda player community in Beta"

    Features Intended for Closed Beta Include:

    Develop your agent – Create, extensively customize, and improve your agent character over the course of your career, complimenting your FPS skills with RPG-style progression and high-tech gear.
    Join with other agents – Engage in cooperative PvE missions to develop and refine your individual and team tactics
    Advance your agency – Join a player-created agency, compete in technology races for advanced equipment, and capture critical locations to increase your influence in the world.
    Compete in fast-paced PvP combat – Work with your allies to raid or capture enemy controlled facilities during objective-based missions. Equip yourself from a powerful array of weapons, armor, and strategic devices like triggered explosives, deployable turrets, stealth suits, holographic decoys, and remote control robots.
    Experience a dynamic, player-driven world – Agency leaders navigate through a global conflict of other player-run groups, striving to reach their goals first. Territory, resources, technology, and influence are all valuable commodities, with agencies engaging in politics, intrigue, and outright deception to control them.

[Nonentity]

Bah! They always ask for a DxDiag. I should just keep that hosted on my Dropbox or something.

[ashrik]

What the hell did I apply for before?

[Mrbloodworth]

What the hell did I apply for before?

Alpha.

[Triforcer]

Call me when they dump instancing and go shared world.  As I understand it currently, its just BF1942 with a graphical lobby.

[DLRiley]

Fury 2.0?

Damn that's just mean.

[Mrbloodworth]