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RF Online - PC
Wierd Korean MMO. I heard lots of hype about it being different and cool, but the couple of days play I gave it before getting pissed off does not show this at all. It's just another generic MMO with a mildly different setting trying to do the job of original thought.
Graphics Nice enough, but again, not great. Also, everyone looks exactly the same. The fucking Cybermen had more individuality.
Good points ....erm...there's stompy robots....
Bad points ...but apart from the fact that they look stompy, they are just another generic MMO race. Look at the bad points for most of the above games, pretend they are all about this one. Pretty much sums it up.
Joose
Saga of Ryzom - PC
A french developed title, I believe, and you can tell. Its all so undefinably continental. One of the rare MMO's that tries to break from the standard "heres a world, theres magic elves and orks" thing, this has some original races and a pretty original (even award winning) storyline. Also features some interesting technology such as realistic modeling of herding behavour in animals and a rather nice skills system.
Graphics Nice, but fairly bog standard. Not so bad it makes you cry, but nothing that'll make you go "oooh". Some of the creature design is rather lubberly though.
Good things The storyline is both original and good, it tries (and mostly suceeds) to do new things without breaking stuff thats tried and tested.
Bad stuff Nothing specific, unless you have a particular hatred for French things.
Score : 7/10
Joose
Star Wars Galaxies - PC
The star wars setting as an MMO. Be a wookie, go to tatoine and blast things. Or build houses. meh.
Graphics Alright, but nothing special. Not totally awfull, but certainly dated.
Good points Its star wars.
Bad points Its actually Everquest. It just *looks* like starwars. Plus, its a hell of a lot of work to become a jedi, so dont let that tempt you. I fear it is beyond the reach of any 5punkers.
Score : 3/10 (2 of which is purely because its star wars).
Joose
Supreme Commander - PC
Most of you won't have noticed but I have recently bought Supreme commander, and have had time to have a bit of a play test. There are 3 different box sets available from each major online retailer (Play, Game and Amazon). Each box comes with a few bits and pieces centred around one of the factions, such as a poster, a postcard type thing and also a DVD with various videos, pictures etc.
The factions As I mentioned earlier there are 3 factions. There is the UEF (United Earth Federation), Cybran Nation and the Aeon Illuminate. All three have similar tech trees and the only real difference is in the way that the units look. The UEF is basically an Earth government looking to reunite the universe as much of the human population is spread out over vast galaxies. The Cybran Nation is essentially made of cyborg-type people who were shunned by the old governments of earth and escaped to form their own. Also there is the mysterious Aeon Illuminate who are a human cult which glorified an ancient extinct alien race and looked to impress their ways on the rest of the universe.
Gameplay From what I have played of this it feels much like total annihilation. Battles are swift and most units have just one purpose (anti-ground, anti-air and anti-sea). Resources are based around a similar system to total anihilation too with only Mass (collected from certain locations on the map) and energy (created via power plants).
Graphics The graphics are pretty swish, from the missiles to the giant factory behemoth you can build. It does however draw quite a few resources and I found on high settings it was mushing even my ATI1900XTX. Plenty of options to turn down for you penny pinchers (dollar pinchers in deject's case)
Ok, finally to the conclusion... I'd say if you were a fan of total anihilation or of any modern RTS game you will enjoy this. Reasonably priced at £24.99 (for a brand new game) I can see plenty of 5punkers enjoying this game whether its for beating up the AI or fellow gamers.
Killavodka
