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    More Zero-G Fun With Shattered Horizon

    Free-To-Play First-Person Shooter Hits iPhone

    Dedicated Servers Not Likely for Aliens vs. Predator, Either

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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/03/09

    In reply to Free-To-Play First-Person Shooter Hits iPhone
    So it's like all those games thay Zynga makes for Facebook/Myspace, but with actual gameplay? Neat. #eliminate
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    11/03/09

    @Benguin: I detest all of those games. #eliminate
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/03/09

    @cyberdemon23: Yeah. But I got sucked into playing one for awhile and I have to admit it is strangely addicting. At least this one involves actually doing something. #eliminate
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    Image of cyberdemon23 cyberdemon23
    11/03/09

    @Benguin: That's true, I plan on at least giving it a shot. #eliminate
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    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    11/03/09

    @Benguin: Hehe, yeah, those games are strangely addicting, considering you don't actually do a thing. I got incredibly addicted for a while to iVamps or some game like that and i found myself firing up the thing a lot just to do a quest or to buy some real state to have more blood money or something!

    Then when i got the 3GS I decided not to play anymore of those games, since i have a lot of things to do and many other games to play! #eliminate
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    Image of Asbestos_Underwear Asbestos_Underwear
    11/03/09

    In reply to More Zero-G Fun With Shattered Horizon
    All other shooters will have you die in 3s due to somebody shooting you from the side or behind. I bet this game has you die in 2s from every angle imaginable.

    Although I have to agree, it would make for one hell of a single player campaign setting. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/03/09

    @Asbestos_Underwear: yeah, i love the setting and wish this was a story driven game. that would (could) be awesome. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of Keyelite Keyelite
    11/03/09

    In reply to More Zero-G Fun With Shattered Horizon
    If you have a 3Dmark Vantage serial key, or other 3Dmark serial keys you are eligible for 25% off on their official website.

    I got Shattered Horizons for 15 dollars thanks to a 3Dmark Vantage serial key that was bundled with my GTX 295 when I registered it on EVGA. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    11/03/09

    In reply to More Zero-G Fun With Shattered Horizon
    In space, noone can hear you on Steam.

    Oh wait, what? There's sound? #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of hismastersvoice hismastersvoice
    11/03/09

    In reply to More Zero-G Fun With Shattered Horizon
    Been playing the beta for a while. They still need to optimize the hell out of it, or it will be more demanding than Crysis but otherwise it's shaping up to be a nicely different fps experience. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/03/09

    In reply to More Zero-G Fun With Shattered Horizon
    that looks nice... these random downloadable only titles popping up out of nowhere are catching me off guard.

    what was the name of that western shooter that kinda looked like team fortress? #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of Arassar Arassar
    11/03/09

    @shouryuuken: Lead & Gold
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    11/03/09

    @Arassar: yeah.. i just found it by typing in team fortress western in google lol.. but thanks.. that game looks awesome too. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of HitmonInfinity HitmonInfinity
    11/03/09

    In reply to More Zero-G Fun With Shattered Horizon
    What happened to the realistic approach to sound design? #shatteredhorizon
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    dowingba promoted this comment HitmonInfinity was starred HitmonInfinity was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @hitmonInfinity: I imagine they realized playing a game with no sound was kinda lame. Also it's explained at the starting of the video as some "audio simulation" type thing. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of MosesMonster MosesMonster
    11/03/09

    @hitmonInfinity: Turn your speakers off. :) #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    11/03/09

    @MosesMonster: and hold a clear plastic bowl in front of your face and breathe heavily into it while playing. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of MosesMonster MosesMonster
    11/03/09

    @Yossarian: in a vacuum. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of AnnihilatorX AnnihilatorX
    11/03/09

    In reply to More Zero-G Fun With Shattered Horizon
    Nice. I've always thought Future mark have potential to put its technology into good use other than making 3D mark.

    The 3D combat reminds me of Starsiege: Tribes: still the best FPS in my heart solely because of 3D nature, extremely efficient netcode and pioneer of vehicular use in FPS. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of devincarney devincarney
    11/03/09

    @AnnihilatorX: We REALLY need another Tribes. Few games beat that for sheer pandemonium when you have 10 people in jet packs closing in on you, the poor flag carrier with no backup... #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of AnnihilatorX AnnihilatorX
    11/03/09

    @devincarney: I agree. You don't know how much grudge I held over Tribes: Venegeance. Nearly smached my desk and computer. I've never actually played Tribes 1, since I was too young then.

    Tribes 2 I played online and I can never forget the exhilirating experience I had with all those adrenline rush. It was a game of skill. UT, Quake were like child play compared to playing 64 players game on Tribes 2. People said Tribes 1 was even better. #shatteredhorizon
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    11/03/09

    @AnnihilatorX: It was. Tribes 2 was okay, but part of the beauty in Tribes 1 was that a lot of the perfection of the game was an accident.

    I spent *way* too much time playing Tribes back in the day. Really weird that nobody has successfully cloned it, or done a remake using the IP. #shatteredhorizon
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    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    11/03/09

    In reply to Free-To-Play First-Person Shooter Hits iPhone
    I'm loving this game, it's actually pretty fun and the online is incredibly well handled.

    I've spent 1 buck and i'm not sure i'm gonna bother spending more any time soon, though, since i've been having a lot of fun and winning some matches, even though I suck at shooters in general, even if the ability to upgrade gets incredibly slow if you don't pony up some cash, but for what i'm seeing, having the upgrades doesn't necesarily makes it easy to win.

    I've also seen that you get one free energized game every 20 or something games. And you can totally get all the Plus+ achievements without spending a dime, though two of those are nearly impossible, like getting to the top of the world's rankings. That's one i'll never earn.

    So if anyone wants to play, Falsoman keeps being my nickname on Plus+. I promise I won't be stalking anyone of you, just don't fix or go near that little hole in your bathroom's wall. #eliminate
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    Image of toadstoolporridge toadstoolporridge
    11/03/09

    @Falsoman: Wow, your second paragraph was all one sentence :P.

    I'm going to be home from work for the next few days, so if I download the game I'll be sure to add your name (along with some others in this thread) so I can play with my fellow kotakuites. #eliminate
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    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    11/03/09

    @toadstoolporridge: Haha, yeah, I just go into one sentence rants sometimes :P

    But yeah! I'll expect you on Plus+. I don't fire up the games that often, but it's always nice to have friends to play with. #eliminate
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    Image of p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e. p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.
    11/03/09

    In reply to Free-To-Play First-Person Shooter Hits iPhone
    I'd have to play it before I can make any real judgment about the pricing.

    Reminds me of the EXP boost potions you can pay for on casual MMOs.

    If I can upgrade more than twice or thrice on a buck then it might not be so bad, especially if the game has an interface that allows you to find people to challenge that are around the same level as you.

    *You can still play without the energy right? Just not earn money to buy stuff?* #eliminate
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    Image of Revival Revival
    11/03/09

    @p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.: Exactly. You can still play without energy but you won't earn credits. #eliminate
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    11/03/09

    @Revival: thanks, I thought that's what the article said. #eliminate
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    Image of eduardjm eduardjm
    11/03/09

    In reply to Free-To-Play First-Person Shooter Hits iPhone
    Pricing model is similar to the Zynga games (Mafia Wars, Farmville, etc.) where you pay a premium to access special things on top of the actual foundation of the game, which is free.

    It's actually quite ingenious because someone might not feel bad spending a dollar here and there for special privileges while they can continue the main game for free. Tie in potentials to create revenue from ads, and they can deliver a quality product for free and still make money.

    Now let's just hope this model sticks to the casual phone/web games and doesn't grow to consoles. I don't want to see the day when Madden is free, but the shotgun formation is $5.99, and individual stadiums to play in are $2. #eliminate
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    Image of Hi-Im-Asylum Hi-Im-Asylum
    11/03/09

    In reply to Free-To-Play First-Person Shooter Hits iPhone
    And so the skill curve becomes immediately skewed as those with money to burn on a game like this buy a ton of matches and upgrade their characters to kingdom come, while those on the drip-feed are left to lose the bulk of their matches to those upgraded players who have purchased their matches (thereby ensuring they don't win too much energy back). Sounds a little sneaky. #eliminate
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    Image of Neocorey Neocorey
    11/03/09

    @Hi-Im-Asylum: Well yeah.. They want to make money. Have you never seen ANY korean MMO? #eliminate
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    Image of Hi-Im-Asylum Hi-Im-Asylum
    11/03/09

    @Neocorey: It won't make them money when people realize the only way they can enjoy the game is by paying a dollar for every 6 matches. #eliminate
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    11/03/09

    @Hi-Im-Asylum: There will always be those people who have to be on top. #eliminate
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    Image of JesseZao JesseZao
    11/03/09

    @Hi-Im-Asylum: Nothing sneaky about a free game. Lets anyone give it a shot. If you want to give it a dollar, that just means you enjoyed the game enough to support it. #eliminate
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    Image of fanboyish fanboyish
    11/03/09

    @Hi-Im-Asylum:
    This game puts you against people of similar skill and equipment. It doesn't create matches between "noob" and "1337" players.
    So the people that pay to play more games and, as such, have more credits and better equipment will (almost) always play against people with similar "status". #eliminate
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    11/03/09

    @fanboyish: Oh, well this would have been important to note. #eliminate
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Dedicated Servers Not Likely for Aliens vs. Predator, Either
    Looks like another one bites the dust.

    I think Deanbmmv has some photoshopping on a certain picture to do. #ruhroh
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    10/28/09

    In reply to Dedicated Servers Not Likely for Aliens vs. Predator, Either
    It's marketing speak. he's not saying no, what he's REALLY saying is "We're going to be watching how well IW takes off and might go that way."

    Letting IW be the guinea pig, essentially. He's non-committal because frankly they're non-committal. So, all I can say to people who care about this issue is A). don't break down and buy ANOTHER modern FPS if you feel about this issue B). Keep letting it be known that the reason you are not purchasing this game is the lack of dedicated support. That's about the only way this is going to stop. #ruhroh
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    Image of Ali-Kharazi Ali-Kharazi
    10/28/09

    In reply to Dedicated Servers Not Likely for Aliens vs. Predator, Either
    So basically, I can't play with my friends, unless its a dedicated server. Unless the game matches them with me automatically. #ruhroh
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    10/28/09

    @Ali-Kharazi: You can always play with your friend with a dedicated server. I don't know what made you get that idea from. #ruhroh
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    10/29/09

    @Neko_Tech: That's what i said, I just phrased it differently. #ruhroh
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