Fallen Earth Open Beta?

[drnuncheon]

Apparently Curse is giving away keys. Anyone checking this out?

[Ziven of Nine]

I gave it a shot. It was fairly Fallout 3 in feel, some neat storylines. The combat was smooth and very forgiving of someone like me with a movement disorder and visual issues as long as I was careful about what I engaged. I had to stop playing because my machine could not handle the more populated areas at minimum settings. I run an Athlon 3.2 ghz with 4 MB DDR and an ATI Radeon 1650+ FX Pro with 512 ram. It was very freezy when I played, but it was early Beta. I did not get into PVP, cause I don't do that, and never made it past the first starting areas. Hopefully someone who went a bit further will come along to give more info. :)

[BlakeT]

Being a lover of all things post-apoc I wanted to love this game. I've been in beta for quite a while and have yet to find myself enjoying playing the game. It just feels overly clunky. The interface, the movements, combat, etc. They all just feel like they're from a game put out in 2002.

I figured maybe my system was underpowered but really it isn't (2.8 ghz dual core intel, 4 gigs of RAM, Geforce 275 with 1 gig of RAM) as I play just about everything I've tried maxed out at 1680x1050. The game just feels clunky.

Sigh. I really wanted to love this one. :(

[drnuncheon]

OK, time to start recording my own impressions.


Apparently this is going to be some sort of Fallout-esque post-apocalyptic MMO with a heavy flavoring of FPS. We'll have to se how that goes what with the lag and all.
The site indicates that it seems to ping a lot of things I've wanted to see in an MMO for a long time - skill-based not class-based, multiple factions with interrelationships (even if they are kinda simplistic), and NJAGFG (Not Just Another Goddamn Fantasy Game). Also, some of the descriptions of PVP made it sound like Warhammer Online, which has been surprisingly fun so far.
The launcher seems pretty buggy. It never did connect me to the 'create an account' screen (even if you asked it to), I had to tool around on the website to find the option and then put it in. I also seem to be getting stuck on 'Initiating Download Sequence' during the update process. Time to mess with ports I guess.
I'm not sure why but it doesn't seem as…immediately accessible as WOW, or WAR, or COH. The experience reminds me a bit of the time I tried Anarchy Online.