To go on with my current path of thought I felt I should write my early impressions of the game "Defiance". So far it is an interesting idea, with great voice actors, and incredible graphics. The world is well made and missions are straight forward with a clear objective in mind.
The Good:
Graphics- I got so lost in the game last night that I forgot that I was straining my eyes at a computer screen and not actually in the action.
Story Line- The story line follows another aspect of the show. Instead of St. Louis you are in San Francisco and following the plights of the people there.
Controls- Playing on the PC I can say that the controls are pretty easy. Buttons to walk, run, jump, crouch, etc... as well as the mouse movement that points your weapon and lets you click to shoot. The only negative is the movement of vehicles but I'll get to that in a bit.
Actors- The speech and dialogue is for the most part on key with what is going on in the game. The voice actors they hired are incredible and the sound mixing seems to be flawless.
Price- I know that $60 is a bit pricey for a game. Especially for those that don't have expendable incomes, but this is a good thing because, as of now the servers are free. There is no subscription for the servers and the one time payment is not bad compared to the constant subscription fees of other MMO games. My hope is that they are able to continue the free servers, but we'll have to wait and see how the game reacts once more players are playing it.
The Okay-
MMO- This is a question mark for me as I have not joined a "clan", really grouped up with anyone, or done any co-op maps. What I can say is that it is nice to have four or five other players going for the same objective since some of the bosses are difficult to handle on your own.
PvP- This will be covered in two places, here and further down the page. If you like the Halo style, run and gun, with limited skill..... this game is for you. If you want something a little more lifelike I would stay away from PvP.
The Bad-
Server- This game has instances that happen real time anywhere in the world. These instances draw anywhere from 2 to 25 people to them and once all those people come together the lag starts to happen. (I guess this is one of the drawbacks of having a free server). The cut scenes are flawless but the load rate on some of the heavier populated portions of the world cause skipping, or jarring in the graphic quality. My suggestion play late at night, or during the day when all the kiddies are at school or asleep.
The Ugly-
Mobs- There is limited artificial intelligence to this game. The bosses stand in the open but are so nerfed that they take forever to kill, the mobs don't coordinate and just fire blindly into your character. The worst part is that they hit you every time, no matter how much you dodge, cover, hide, etc... The mobs accuracy is impeccable.
PvP- I told you this would be covered here again. The matchmaking is a little off on this game. Something I know the developers are trying to iron out but it makes the game not very interesting when you are going up against someone not only a higher level, but with such good gear that you stand no chance in open combat. Best bet is to duck and kite those players but right now PvP is more broken than World of Warcraft which is saying something.
I hope that you all like the review. I actually think I would recommend this game to anyone that wants to give it a try. It is not a must have but definitely fun and worth a look into. I plan on playing this game throughout the television season and will write updates to this blog as new patches and content is released. I hope that it continues to keep my attention but we'll see how things go.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
It has Been a long long time
For the amount of time I think about making posts here, compared to the amount of time actually posting here, this thing should be way full of everything. Unfortunately time and resources create a lag in actually following through on my plans. I decided today that I would start posting on this again and make it worth reading for any and all that may be intrigued by the what I have to say. Since I left you last I have started to embrace my inner nerd. I have played my World of Warcraft, I have read some comic books, some science fiction, and even started to watch a new show called Defiance. On top of all these extracurricular activities, I have been going to school, working two jobs, and hitting stress levels that should not be hit by anybody at any time. I think I would like to take this post and turn it into a review of SyFy's new TV show "Defiance".
Defiance: my thoughts and reactions:
There is a lot of mumbling from the community at large that there is not enough back story, that the use of terraforming creates a misconception of the actual events,and even that the character development sucks. I am going to disregard all these comments being made and tell you what I have seen.
The show is very complex. There are too many different types of races/cultures in the show, which leads to a very complex back story. I am not too worried about this not being covered in the pilot, especially since the show has a bit of time to develop the story as it runs. The idea of a video game that tells half the story as well as a series that tells the other half is amazing to me. If they can do it right this could be either a great success, or a terrible failure. As far as the characters, from what I have seen so far (two episodes) the main character has a lot of depth and intrigues me. He is a war veteran, drifter, and likes to live on the edge of society. He is also somebody that stands up for what is right and will not back down from wrong actions in any way. As far as the female lead, I do not know. I think nobody knows about her at all, she is someone that continues to elude words. She comes off as rash, and for lack of another word, "Bitchy". But she may be the key to all that may lay ahead for the series. The look and feel of the show is great. There seems to be a great budget which makes the show feel real, and believable. The one draw back is that SyFy is known for ruining shows, and cancelling them too early (Battlestar, Caprica, Eureka, etc...) this could cause problems for the soon to be loyal fan base this show will eventually draw.
The potential is huge, the budget is too large, and the actors are great. All equations for a quick cancellation by the money hording directors at Syfy. I hope they prove me wrong, but who knows. I will continue to add blurbs as things come to me through watching this show. I will also do a quick review of the game, which I sadly bought after watching the pilot.
More to come soon, as well as a review on "The Host" once I finish reading that. I see big things for this blog and will do my best to keep it as up to date as I can do so.
Happy Searching ladies and gentlemen.
Defiance: my thoughts and reactions:
There is a lot of mumbling from the community at large that there is not enough back story, that the use of terraforming creates a misconception of the actual events,and even that the character development sucks. I am going to disregard all these comments being made and tell you what I have seen.
The show is very complex. There are too many different types of races/cultures in the show, which leads to a very complex back story. I am not too worried about this not being covered in the pilot, especially since the show has a bit of time to develop the story as it runs. The idea of a video game that tells half the story as well as a series that tells the other half is amazing to me. If they can do it right this could be either a great success, or a terrible failure. As far as the characters, from what I have seen so far (two episodes) the main character has a lot of depth and intrigues me. He is a war veteran, drifter, and likes to live on the edge of society. He is also somebody that stands up for what is right and will not back down from wrong actions in any way. As far as the female lead, I do not know. I think nobody knows about her at all, she is someone that continues to elude words. She comes off as rash, and for lack of another word, "Bitchy". But she may be the key to all that may lay ahead for the series. The look and feel of the show is great. There seems to be a great budget which makes the show feel real, and believable. The one draw back is that SyFy is known for ruining shows, and cancelling them too early (Battlestar, Caprica, Eureka, etc...) this could cause problems for the soon to be loyal fan base this show will eventually draw.
The potential is huge, the budget is too large, and the actors are great. All equations for a quick cancellation by the money hording directors at Syfy. I hope they prove me wrong, but who knows. I will continue to add blurbs as things come to me through watching this show. I will also do a quick review of the game, which I sadly bought after watching the pilot.
More to come soon, as well as a review on "The Host" once I finish reading that. I see big things for this blog and will do my best to keep it as up to date as I can do so.
Happy Searching ladies and gentlemen.
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