Firefall - Red 5

[Simond]

Haha, excellent! Overrated writer who happens to be a religious zealot and psychopath!

Screw you, I thought Ender's Game was great!

Will be keeping my eye on this game...

Ender's Game was about Hitler. No, really

[Kitsune]

That woman's essay is about fifty percent insane.  The half about the story being simplistic at heart and parallels between Ender's life and Hitler's, okay.  But when she takes a perfectly reasonable statement that understanding an alien species is hampered by their different physiognomy and tries to draw a parallel with eugenic racism and budgie breeding?  That's off the rails.  Her comments about genetics in general are very dated, as befits an essay from 1982.  I don't see the concept of a grim fascist future with a plethora of genetic meddling to be remarkable or at all sinister of the author.

[DLRiley]

That game looks fun as hell.

Yeah it does. It seems too perfect though, something has to go terribly wrong.

It did said open world on the first slide.

This game looks awesome. And its free, and it looks awesome.

[DLRiley]

Didn't play TF2

If you like FPS at all you should. It an example of a brilliant design in so many aspects that  it should be thought in schools.   - It manages to balance wide variety of interesting classes within a framework of FPS shooter. Being accessible to people of wide range of skill levels without sacrificing skill element itself. Really MMO designers could learn quite a bit about class design from TF2 imho.

Look at it this way. If they are smart medics and snipers will work out with little or no balance issues as a tf2 sniper and medic.
If wrong you end up with global agenda.

[Typhon]

Didn't play TF2

If you like FPS at all you should. It an example of a brilliant design in so many aspects that  it should be thought in schools.   - It manages to balance wide variety of interesting classes within a framework of FPS shooter. Being accessible to people of wide range of skill levels without sacrificing skill element itself. Really MMO designers could learn quite a bit about class design from TF2 imho.

Finally got around to downloading and playing it.  Initial impression was that I was going to like it (artwork, world design).  Then I started moving around and shooting and hated it.  FUCKING HATED IT.

I despised COD-series and counter-strike, loved Doom 3, anything Unreal and Tribes.

Other than how the characters move and shoot I honestly cannot put my finger on why I hate TF2 so much, but I do.

[DLRiley]

Thats because you don't have a soul.

[Malakili]

I despised COD-series and counter-strike, loved Doom 3, anything Unreal and Tribes.

I liked all those series, at least mechanics wise. *shrugs*  Actually, Doom 3 engine was a bit clunky, but that was coming from Quake 3, arguably the best shooter in terms of mechanics ever made, so they had a tough act to follow.


Anyway, it seems like you like faster paced shooters, and TF2 is definitely slow paced.  Luckily, new Tribes game incoming 

[DLRiley]

Wouldn't not liking CoD means you like slower, HP based shooters?

[Malakili]

Wouldn't not liking CoD means you like slower, HP based shooters?

Not really, CoD doesn't have a particularly fast pace.  Compare it to Quake 2 or 3, for example.

[luckton]

Apparently this is coming out in December?

[Mrbloodworth]

Wouldn't not liking CoD means you like slower, HP based shooters?

Not really, CoD doesn't have a particularly fast pace.  Compare it to Quake 2 or 3, for example.

I don't think those games are in the category he refers to.

[luckton]

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/jggo5/iama_ceo_of_red5_makers_of_firefall_and_original/

The CEO of Red 5 Studios and the father of WoW Vanilla did an AMA thread on Reddit.  Talks a lot about the new game.  It sounds pretty epic...why is this not getting more attention?

[Vaiti]

Because I signed up for a newsletter/beta something almost a year ago it feels like and I've heard nothing from them?
I just want the damn game to go live already. We saw gameplay footage along time ago.
This is starting to feel like D3.

[Mrbloodworth]

Uh, not really.

Firefall already released, rolling out exclusive beta invites

"We already consider ourselves 'launched.' We will not have a traditional beta, open beta, launch process," Kern toldThe Escapist Magazine. "We no longer feel this [cycle] makes sense in a modern, online, service-oriented business, especially a free to play game. Instead, we have modeled our launch after Gmail's invite system."

Also more game play footage!

[Amaron]

If he's actually trying to go for a google style beta release does that mean there is no wiping?   Pretty sure I'll be skipping this if that's true.   Release month is pretty much the thing I enjoy most about MMO's.

[Segoris]

I thought I read in the IAMA that there will be a wipe. The invites/google thing is more a way to be able to test with friends since that is how the game is meant to be played - with friends and guilds/clans/whatever

[RUiN 427]

Says they are giving out beta keys at PAX?

says so here... http://firefallthegame.com/community/threads/read-first-firefall-beta-information.674/

[Segoris]

Where does it say that? All I see about PAX and beta is this:

Do PAX attendees get guaranteed access to beta?

The people that picked up badges at the booth have special codes associated with their accounts that give them access to unique items when the game launches. Bringing these badges to the next show we attend or host will get them even more cool stuff. They are not granted guaranteed access to the closed beta.

Which is saying PAX codes just get free in game swag but not guaranteed beta access.

[Draegan]

These guys have a huge presence at pax.  Huge.  Any info requests?

[Morfiend]

These guys have a huge presence at pax.  Huge.  Any info requests?

I would really like to know the numbers for an unused beta key.

[Lantyssa]

Ditty.

[Mrbloodworth]

Raises hand! ( x 2 )

[Trippy]

Scratch that, wrong thread.

[Segoris]

Definitely want some info (and beta, though they have the gmail beta system so long as some around here get in and want to share, it's all good :) )

[Ghambit]

I sense another Draegan beta lotto incoming.   

[LK]

I would appreciata Beta access. I got a snippet at the show and I'm genuinely interested in seeing more. I will check out the website here soon, still on vacation for a week.

I think they've got something pretty solid...

[Nija]

Unlikely at this point but i'd like an invite as well. This looks pretty neat.

[Mrbloodworth]

For the past two months, the Red 5 team has been hard at work preparing for the launch of our beta while at the same time travelling the world spreading the word of Firefall. We stated in previous posts that the beta would begin shortly after PAX Prime.

Well, PAX Prime is over. The current plan is that by the end of this week, we will begin sending out invites to participate in the upcoming scheduled beta tests. I wanted to take some time to clarify a few things that I’ve seen come up on the forums, on twitter, and on other websites regarding the Firefall beta.

Those of you that signed up at PAX, GamesCom, or any other event we have done, have the same chance to get into the beta as those that signed up on our website. Date of registration or number of posts will not have any impact on your chances. We still need to merge the database of all those that signed up at PAX, so expect to see an e-mail to confirm your account in the next day or two. Those of you that registered at GamesCom should have received your e-mail verification already. If you haven’t, please register on the website.

Our initial invite wave will be very small. I will announce on the forums once the first wave of invites has been sent out so that you know when to check your e-mail. After you receive an invite, you will need to follow some additional steps to be included in the beta. More information will be provided to those invited.

This is a very exciting time for all of us at Red 5. While we have been beta testing with our Friends & Family for multiple months now, we are now ready to expand the beta and start getting feedback from all of you. Thank you for being a part of the Firefall community and welcome to the next phase.

[Musashi]

I am key whoring.  If you get in and get a spare, tally ho.

[Draegan]

I sense another Draegan beta lotto incoming.   

I'm just a spectator on this one.

[Ghambit]

I sense another Draegan beta lotto incoming.  

I'm just a spectator on this one.

I may have something going through another (more fps-oriented) community, similar to what I did with Global Agenda's alpha.  I'll let you guys know if I score.

[Draegan]

Execellent

[UnSub]

I am confused. Does this mean we should play the game but ignore the content, or not play the game at all?

You may want avoid Card's lore, at least in certain areas. His revision of Hamlet is a case in point:

Here's the punch line: Old King Hamlet was an inadequate king because he was gay, an evil person because he was gay, and, ultimately, a demonic and ghostly father of lies who convinces young Hamlet to exact imaginary revenge on innocent people. The old king was actually murdered by Horatio, in revenge for molesting him as a young boy—along with Laertes, and Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern, thereby turning all of them gay. We learn that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are now "as fusty and peculiar as an old married couple. I pity the woman who tries to wed her way into that house."

Hamlet is damned for all the needless death he inflicts, and Dead Gay Dad will now do gay things to him for the rest of eternity: "Welcome to Hell, my beautiful son. At last we'll be together as I always longed for us to be."

I wouldn't be expecting any same sex relationships in this game. 

[Lantyssa]

He seems a little obsessed with the Gay.

[LK]

Haven't seen much on the game since PAX.