Red 5 Studios unveils Firefall f2p shooter MMO - Page 11

On March 25 2012 11:33 aike wrote:
This game looks so fun. I hope I can get into the beta soon to play it! (if you have an extra key send it my way ;D ) The combat looks excellent in this game, hopefully the rest of the game will be just as good. One thing I have noticed when games try to cross genres is that one of the genres in the game is far better than the rest Like in Borderlands, the shooting was much better than the RPG aspects.

On March 25 2012 13:11 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:


To be fair, to keep competitive balance playable, I think the shooting HAS to be better than the RPG elements in this kind of game. Especially since Firefall seems to be being marketed as a skill based shooter. It becomes a fairly difficult argument to make if by upgrading eq/leveling you could get powerful enough that it becomes unrealistic for people who havn't played for as long to overcome it via shooter skill.

But hey, maybe Red5 will show us that I'm wrong and that in fact we can have our cake and eat it too :D

On March 17 2011 03:25 acker wrote:


No it isn't. In general, it's only a required payment if you want to be competitive or special at the game. The majority of people out there are casual players. Dead Space sells Rivet Guns and other gameplay-affecting weapons off the side, but no one says that would be a required payment. Of course, Dead Space is single player, but the same principle applies for Navyfield (a multiplayer game) and...well, almost any other F2P-multiplayer game.

That said, they said that the microtransaction stuff would only be cosmetic and not impact gameplay.

On March 26 2012 00:10 Stropheum wrote:

The reason you play a competitive game is to compete. If you can buy the best weapons that other people can't even get with months of hard work, it ruins the fun aspect. There was a f2p game called exteel a while ago. Had the microtransaction model, and the gear you could buy was all fine and dandy, but the best gear could only be bought with NC coins, and lower level players (most games were vs players in your level range) who spent 50 dollars on coin items would tear through legit players no matter how well you could play. Coiners ruined the game and I believe was a reason the game went under due to lack of popularity. Same thing with Genesis A.D., another NCSoft flop f2p/microtransaction model.

On March 26 2012 00:01 Dubzex wrote:
The game was fun, but one of the quests bugged out on me and I couldn't complete it or find a way to restart it even though I had all of the items necessary for completion.

On March 29 2012 05:50 YunhOLee wrote:

the game is under NDA.. you are not allowed to speak about it other than in the official forums -_- the only thing we're allowed to talk about is the fact that we're in the closed beta..

On March 30 2012 20:56 nanospartan wrote:
Where can we sign up for a key?