Fallen Earth

This game is cool. I have been playing over the weekend. Open beta starts TODAY.

The graphics are at the same level as Tabula Rasa (in my opinion).

Ranged combat requires you to keep the cross-hairs on the target when you fire (it is a bit more complex.. but that is the most basic description) like Tabula Rasa.

Everything can be (and most must be) crafted. Want an ATV? Got to find the parts and instructions to build all the pieces.. Engine, suspension, body, etc.. Then you have to build the car from all the parts you made. Like that new Assault Rifle.. Make one. You better make some bullets too... =)

Crafting is not fast and even something like "Hand Wraps" take time. Resources are found out in the wastes.. from Coyotes to plants to ore deposits to junked washing machines to just about anything...

There are 6 factions. Go into the opposite faction's town and die. Your faction has 2 allied factions. Some towns have to be taken over by a faction (and maintained) to access the many rewards.. Of course 30% of the towns are in the PVP zones so they have to be fought over.

There is both PVE and PVP and it includes Clan Wars (with wagering on the victor).

The land is HUGE. Walking from one end of a sector to another can take 2 hours. You really feel like you are out in the Arizona desert wasteland. Transportation options can be crafted or purchased but all take upkeep.. You don't need a car (and gas) when you have a horse.. But it can get hurt so you need to learn veternary skills.. And it needs horse feed too.. You can even breed better horses =)

You can use your rifle from horse back too.. And some vehicles have weapons on them.. Nothing like an ATV with a machine-gun for some good off-roading fun =)

There are no classes. Just skills, attributes, and your level. Be anything you want.

You can check it out here: http://www.fallenearth.com

Going to try out Tech in the Beta.

Anywhere other than paid member to fileplanet able to get in the beta?

dont think so

I think you just need to be a member of FP rather than a paid member.

Logged onto beta after paying for FP and omg this game is Hellgate London 2 lol. Wonder what the subscription fee will be. It's almost exactly like hellgate london but bigger and more complex. I love it lol. Not really Gaiscioch material but will be a nice secondary thats for sure.

Herms and I are enjoying it a lot. It reminds me of the old game Wasteland.. That and Gamma World, and Fallout (all of them). We played some Enforcer faction (ex-military/police) who use guns over melee or mutation. We are trying Lightbearers faction today (ex-doctors/kung-fu masters). They have healing mutations and use melee weapons.. Like a Paladin of the Wasteland. As far as damage: Melee > Rifle > Pistol As far as range: Rifle > Pistol > Melee If you are using a rifle you take a big penalty to melee defense. If you are using melee you have no ranged. If you are using pistols you can use them at range and melee without penalty but they have the least damage. On a side note.. Some rifles have scopes (with x6 zoom) which makes hitting heads at a distance easy =) Crafting is awesome! It is really complex. I am working to make an axe handle for a melee weapon.. Not an axe.. the handle =) Like before.. most everything must be crafted. Glad I Herms and I decided to stop tyring to patch Champions (let alone play it).. We had been trying to get it patched for 4 hours but it kept crashing (see their forums for a vision of the abyss). In FE I am either Croy or Asakara right now. Herms is Shonto or Mozz. I will post more later as I learn more.

I really wanted to like FE - I love the setting and I was in Beta before it went to Open Beta. I got a headache after playing it for an hour or so - I'm not saying it is visually unappealing - but dang - it's hard for me to look at for too long. And once you get out a ways - the world is huge - but empty - they need to add more stuff - I love to explore - but in exploring I like to discover stuff even if it's a pack of wolves or a burnout building. I found nothing. Also - I'm not really scared to go into enemy camps. I shoot at mobs and if I miss - they don't even notice and the agro range is way to small - the biggest challenge in completely quests was finding the right spot on the map to get to - avoiding mobs was easy. I'll probably give it a go in a few months again - but I'm not a crafter - and the drafter is one of their big plusses - suppose to be some of the most meaningful crafting out there in a game.

I don't find many RP'ers yet either - and this game screams to be RP'ed. Just looking at the forums - for some reason it isn't attracting a whole lot of RP'ers - or even players and I'm not sure why. The forums have just been slow - I've been a member for over two years and FE has an issue getting people to participate - maybe lousy advertising.

my problem so far is lots of disconnects from game and finally an exception error. Not sure if the disconnects are the game or the new wireless router I installed over the weekend. Havent been able to find enough activity during my playable times to see if I am getting problems in WAR.

Since Saturday I have been dropped 3 times in 15-20 hours play time.. But hey.. That is what beta is for. To fix the bugs. I have had way more problems with Champs than FE. 24 hours of downloading to get the Champs patch.. Get in the game and it crashes while I am looking at powers in character creation.. Sigh.. Now I can not authenticate with the logon server.. So still no play on that front. So far.. over a day into the Champs beta and I still have not getten into the world with a toon. With FE I have 2 toons running strong and almost no issues so far.

Can't play for more than 10 minutes without losing connection. I played about 40minutes of WAR tonight without issues so I know it isn't my router.

Peopele might have different issues with different games depending on system specs - esp. vid cards. Some games just work better with various vid cards over other games since the developers have tracked the performance against those cards. FE has specifically stated their game will either perform like crap or not at all with integrated video cards. The card I use GF8800GT (which isn't that new - or that old) wasn't in FE's list of cards - I sent the the info so they could actually tract performance becasue they hadn't checked it. I haven't had any crashes with FE or Champions - but use to crash all the time in WAR when I first started. I never have a probelm in LOTR but I know a couple of peeps I play with have issues occassionally - with systems newer than mine. It's funny - as in strange not ha ha, that these games can vary so much from one to ther other with their performance issues on the same computer. All in all - have to play what you like - and what you can stay connected to.