Archive for September, 2009
Greatdictator reviews : Point Lookout DLC
Welcome to the murky swampland of Point Lookout . Travelers beware for the swamplands lurk with inbred mutated hillbillys and swamp Ghouls…but whats the difference ey ?
The 4th and definitely one of the best of the bunch in the 5 part DLC that Bethesda studio has set out to make is definitely worth getting , for not just being able to explore alot more off a new land that isnt a complete and desolate wasteland as well as getting new toys , perks and enemys to kill ….but do beware for the enemy’s here are without a doubt some of the toughest youll meet so caution is advised .
The hillbillys are as funny as they are stereotypical inbreds with the things tehy have too say , there’s a bigger variety of new quests , and the Maryland swampland is quite an interesting setting.
So save up some caps or use stealth to steal this DLC for Fallout 3
Fallen Earth: Preview
I had to help dictator out with all his preview/reviews so here’s my preview for Fallen Earth: An MMOPG/FPS set in the post-apocalyptic American Grand-Canyon.
Here’s the written review for if you didn’t understand everything:
Fallen earth, no not fallout 3, fallen earth although they may look similar in some way fallen earth is an mmorpg-fps in the post apocalyptic American grand-canyon.
After a series of unfortunate events with viruses and nukes, the American Grand Canyon became one of the few liveable places left on earth.
You start off in a facility and discover that you’re actually a clone. These clones wear a necklace which gathers information and sends it to a database, when the clone dies a new clone is created and will remember everything what the previous clone experienced. It’s pretty original and finally a very good MMO explanation for reviving in cities. After destroying your own facility, you find out that your DNA is damaged and you’ll die soon if you don’t fix it that’s how you start off on the main quest.
Such as in every role playing game you can create your own character. You can chose your sex, face, hair and you have a load of options for tattoos and piercings. However the character creation is less detailed than I’m used to, you can’t adjust muscle mass meaning that all characters have the same torso size and you can’t have, for example slim characters. The preset faces all look kinda similar and only eye colour and tattoos will make your character’s face different from other players. I’m afraid there’s a great chance that you encounter a clone of yourself during your play.
Gameplaywise, the game plays like any other MMO, you go on quests, grind, level up, move on to the next city and continue the main quest.
The creators did put quite some time in building a detailed crafting and scavenging system. Through scavenging you find loot and then you can use this to craft weapons, armor, medicine and more for own or trading purposes. Your scavenging and crafting level up with exercising it or reading books. If you have a high scavenging level you will be able to scavenge better materials and that way craft better weapons.
The FPS perspective is original but also has some downsides for example in some places enemies can shoot through walls while you can’t fire back because there’s no auto lock. And surprisingly you miss your opponent a lot more fighting in melee than with guns. The good side is that your opponent has several weakness points to aim for, shooting an opponent in the face will do significally more damage than in the legs or torso, you can also take out enemies from afar with sniper rifles and even fire from your horse or motorcycle.
The creator’s main slogan is “Are you tired of elves, orcs and pixies?” and they’re right this MMO isn’t the usual fantasy world, more a fictional realistic post-apocalyptic world. Of course the game has big mutated monsters to fight but the weapons and many mounts like horses, motorcycles and cars are all very realistic.
The game has a classless system, you can give attribute points to skills like intelligence, guns, charisma and mutations which are mainly buffs. There are a decent amount of attributes so that you can set up a team of different players each with their own skills.
There are 6 factions you can join, each with their own allies and enemies, joining one will give you an increase in attribute points for the area they excel in but will make the enemy factions and probably also players who joined those factions, hostile to you.
The game does still has a lot of minor bugs but most of them are fixable. The company creating this game does not have any other games released, so I’m sure they will take their time to fix the bugs.
The fun thing with any MMO is the interaction with other players, the game provides several dances and events to interact with other players and make new friends. If you meet the right people or join a fun clan MMO’s like this can be loads of fun.
If you have always dreamed of playing a graphically strong MMOrpg/fps in a wasteland then Fallen Earth is your game. It will be released the 15th of September and will be 15 dollars a month.



