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Defiance |OT| If Borderlands was a B2P MMO with a SyFy TV-series half-sister
- Thread starter SquiddyCracker
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spandexmonkey
Banned
Yeah, after the tutorial you can access the store. On PC it's assigned to 'P', you can claim items once on each character.
The UI feels like a mix of PC/Console design. You assign gear to slots rather than drag and drop like a pc, but the actual inventory screen is the standard grid (think wow bags) rather than a list (like borderlands).
The interface works well with a mouse, haven't encountered any Click Enter prompts where a Press X prompt should be.
VGrevolution review - 7.9
"A small step in the right direction"
http://www.vgrevolution.com/2013/04/defiance-review-a-small-step-in-the-right-direction/
"A small step in the right direction"
http://www.vgrevolution.com/2013/04/defiance-review-a-small-step-in-the-right-direction/
Reckless Onion
Member
This is an absolute blast if you can play with some buddy's!
Playing this makes me even more hyped for Destiny.
Playing this makes me even more hyped for Destiny.
Same here. I may wait, but I will eventually pick it up. That is for sure.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Console -> PC definitely. The UI is atrocious, and I mean that in all senses of the word.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Atrocious on PC or console?
Servers crash? Just got booted and can't reconnect.
Yeah, go to the in game store and check your claims.
Yeah, go to the in game store and check your claims.
Late scheduled server update at 9:30pst according to their twitter.
Still haven't been able to log in today at all.
That is a better price. I'm in the US though. GMG is european based right? Wouldn't that lock me into the Euro servers?
When I saw the UI it reminded me of the UI for DC Universe Online. The thing that really stood out and sent up a red flag was the "quick chat" option I saw. Now if that is just so you can toss out pre-defined commands to a group that's one thing. If it means there is no actual chat system at all (why I do not play DC Universe Online. I couldn't get used to what they had in the game. Made socializing a pain having to shout all the time.) that's something else. Which is the case?
Really disliked the Final Fantasy XIV menu system as well because of this. Same with Final Fantasy XI. Both UIs were designed for consoles and in the case of FFXIV it was even more stupid since the PC version was first and only that version existed for a long time.
Huh. They need to put some in game warning about servers going down. Maybe there is one in the chat, but no one ever uses that.
Angelus Errare
Banned
PC, too many things are buried in separate menus that are on separate screens. Keep in mind I design UIs for a living so I'm more harsh than the average person.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Does it feel like a console UI ported to PC?
Like it may actually be serviceable on console?
Angelus Errare
Banned
Feels like they tried to service both but failed both. It's not the worst I've seen, but it could be much better.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
I dropped DCUO because the UI was so bad on pc.
Nope. I bought it from GMG this morning and it defaulted to NA servers.
ii Stryker
Banned
So how are the 360 servers running?
the first few hours of the beta were rough and I'm on my way to Gmestop to pickup my game was wondering what to expect?
the first few hours of the beta were rough and I'm on my way to Gmestop to pickup my game was wondering what to expect?
They are going fine right now.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Will the Steam preorder bonuses be available later?
ii Stryker
Banned
thanks
was it ever made clear that when going through the story quests as a group whether the whole group will receive the quest rewards or is it only the leader?
When I played the beta I was ahead of my group leader in the story so I didn't receive any of the quest rewards during those quests but I was wondering if I hadn't been ahead would I have received them?
NoirVisage
Banned
Good question, I lone wolfed more often than not, I would think yes though, to discourage item grinding on quests.
Actually since the server restart its a bit ehhh but obviously that should change shortly.
Burgess_101
Member
The concept has me interested but I think I will wait a while and see how this pans out.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Is it true....? A 10 gig mandatory install?
Xander51
Member
According to reports on the Playstation forums, that's indeed true for the PS3 retail version. PSN download is probably going to be large then! Yay?
SneakyStephan
Banned
It's nowhere near as bad as skyrim.
You can get to any part of the menus in under a second with the use of hotkeys and the space bar
The only bad parts (and they are BAD) are the chat system and the menu to apply weapon mods.
DanteRavenkin
Member
So the buzz here seems to be that this game is pretty good. Worth getting? And are the servers segregated? Or are amalgamated, Maybe PS3 + PC, or all three?
How fun is the game? Really tempted to get it.
If the UI isn't as bad as Skyrim i am fine with it, i honestly didn't have a problem with Skyrims UI or DCUO. Just afraid this game is going to go the Rift route which is kind of holding me back. Just wondering what the fun factor is, is it like borderlands?
Xander51
Member
The servers are segregated by platform.
ii Stryker
Banned
Right now the servers are segregated but amalgamation is possible
Xander51
Member
Business realities and relationships between console makers would have to change quite a bit for that to happen, sadly. I'd love to see it though.
BabeSlayer
Member
man this patching is taking a while xbox360 :S
done patching and cant play servers offline
where can i check to see if they are up/when they will be up?
done patching and cant play servers offline
where can i check to see if they are up/when they will be up?itzknickknac
Member
Wow, I didn't know about this game until today. Big surprise. Looks pretty good and the fact that the world will change along with the show (and vice-verse), I'm really interested. I think I will buy.
I stopped playing MMO's some years ago bc I haven't had the free time like I used to. But, I will occasionally be on a few times a week (hopefully).
GAF, add me!!
PSN: itzknickknac
I'm around the DC area (more specifically, Northern VA), just fyi.
I stopped playing MMO's some years ago bc I haven't had the free time like I used to. But, I will occasionally be on a few times a week (hopefully).
GAF, add me!!
PSN: itzknickknac
I'm around the DC area (more specifically, Northern VA), just fyi.
SneakyStephan
Banned
I haven't bought the final game yet (waiting for a friend to make up his mind if he's gona play it with me) but the beta was enjoyable.
I played for about 20 hours in the beta and it was surprisingly fun.
There was only the first (really big) starting area , 2 coop dungeons , the rift events and 2 multiplayer maps and the world pvp events in the beta but what was there was enjoyable.
Gunplay and hit detection was very enjoyable (similar to borderlands 2 really in quality, which for an mmo is way above what I expected but not amazing compared to stuff like painkiller,serious sam or cs)
The big (non-world) pvp map had really fun map design (way better than any AAA consolebro shooter) , the small map was basically like a cod map but without the fucked up spawn system.
I could make a very cool build with grenade launchers (30 percent chance on explosive kill to reload mag, 1 ammo reloaded per kill every time, 30 percent more dmg for each extra enemy hit in one explosion and a 20sec cooldown insta reload active ability means you can lob grenades for ages)
I didn't have a chance to try any builds for snipers or machine guns or infectors.
The weapon variety was good in the beta,ever weapon plays a lot differently, though I'm not sure how much variety there is in the full game.
The only weapon type I think that wasn't in the beta were beamguns.
Once you use the quad bikes you can never go back to shitty mounts, they are enjoyable to drive simply because they have actual suspension and aren't just an animation. You're driving not floating along an axis over the ground.
The beta was highly enjoyable but as I said I can't comment at all on how many mp maps, dungeons or variety there is in the full game.
ii Stryker
Banned
Oh no doubt I was just stating that the devs said algamation was possible.
Same here. With word that nextbox will always be online we won't have to do this at all next gen. I'm under the impression that whenever you log into Defiance we're always going to have to update our client.
I said screw it and bought it off GMG, decided to take a gamble.
Past 3 years i have been trying to find a MMO that could hold my interest for more than a week and so far SWTOR was the only one that has done that but a part of me wants a 2nd MMO that is different from the conventional MMORPGs (IE SWTOR, Rift, WOW etc).
I watched a few minutes of gameplay and it seems really interesting but what really concerns me is this whole TV/Game tie in where they effect each other.. What if the show gets cancelled? I know it already got renewed for a 2nd season so it's pretty much a lock the game will be supported up until mid 2014 but what about after that? Just worries me. Bleh, i am done playing it safe it's time i take a gamble on a game.
EDIT- Just realized i should of went with the digital deluxe and was going to back to GMG and get it with the 20% coupon but it's saying 7 days XP instead of 30, as where in your account management where you can upgrade it says 30 days. Is the GMG version a typo?
Past 3 years i have been trying to find a MMO that could hold my interest for more than a week and so far SWTOR was the only one that has done that but a part of me wants a 2nd MMO that is different from the conventional MMORPGs (IE SWTOR, Rift, WOW etc).
I watched a few minutes of gameplay and it seems really interesting but what really concerns me is this whole TV/Game tie in where they effect each other.. What if the show gets cancelled? I know it already got renewed for a 2nd season so it's pretty much a lock the game will be supported up until mid 2014 but what about after that? Just worries me. Bleh, i am done playing it safe it's time i take a gamble on a game.
EDIT- Just realized i should of went with the digital deluxe and was going to back to GMG and get it with the 20% coupon but it's saying 7 days XP instead of 30, as where in your account management where you can upgrade it says 30 days. Is the GMG version a typo?
They are selling both regular and digital deluxe, like a fool i with the standard only to immediately regret that decision because the 30 days XP boost and the other stuff seems interesting to me.
I was going to get the digital upgrade for $32 (w/ coupon) but GMG is saying its only 7 days of the bonus xp stuff when the official store is telling me 30 so i guess i am going to cough up $8 more and get it through the official site because i don't want to get gimped out of the month.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
The beta was fun for the little while I was able to play but the 360 servers were super wonky and I wasn't able to get much time with it. Will keep an eye out for impressions.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Where the hell do you enter the cd key to register the game?
I bought a digital key but don't see anywhere to enter it on the defiance website.
NVM , had to go to the trion website... seems that's the only place to access your account, how obtuse.
I bought a digital key but don't see anywhere to enter it on the defiance website.
NVM , had to go to the trion website... seems that's the only place to access your account, how obtuse.
forgeforsaken
Member
It's Borderlands as an MMO in third person and minus the sense of humor.