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Offline ScaryTooth

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Firefall *looks at idol*
« on: Saturday, September 04, 2010, 06:11:49 AM »
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/03/red-5-studios-reveal-firefall-coming-to-pc-near-the-end-of-201/

Jetpacks and guns...oh and it's headed up by the lead designers of Tribes

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Re: Firefall *looks at idol*
« Reply #1 on: Saturday, September 04, 2010, 06:24:49 AM »
Fucking sold.

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Re: Firefall *looks at idol*
« Reply #2 on: Saturday, September 04, 2010, 08:11:36 AM »
Yeah, interested.

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Re: Firefall *looks at idol*
« Reply #3 on: Saturday, September 04, 2010, 04:36:12 PM »
Looks quite intriguing. My interest is also piqued! Oh yes.

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Re: Firefall *looks at idol*
« Reply #4 on: Saturday, September 04, 2010, 05:22:28 PM »
Damn that looks good. If you haven't, go to firefallthegame.com and watch the "Gameplay Walkthrough" video at the bottom.

This sort of reminds me of Borderlands too. Part of it is the cel shaded look, but also the loot dropping from npc enemies and xp popping up after each kill.

Sign up on the forums, it automatically signs you up for the beta.

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Re: Firefall *looks at idol*
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Re: Firefall *looks at idol*
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 01:13:51 PM »
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112060-Firefall-Already-Launched-Public-Beta-Rolling-Out-This-Month


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"We already consider ourselves 'launched.' We will not have a traditional beta, open beta, launch process," Kern told The Escapist Magazine. "We no longer feel this [cycle] makes sense in a modern, online, service-oriented business, especially a free to play game. Instead, we have modeled our launch after Gmail's invite system."

If you remember from way back in 2004, Google's mail service was rolled out very slowly with members only allowed a small number of invites that refreshed over time and Red 5 will emulate that concept with the Firefall beta.

"The way this works is that we bring testers and content up in layers," Kern said. "As each layer proves itself out, we give our testers invite slots, which they are free to send to their fellow gamers. We use different criteria to decide when and to whom we release more invite slots."

Invites will continue to be released slowly this way until the game is officially open to anyone who wants to download it come December 2011. "This process never stops, as it didn't stop for Gmail for a very long time. It's a great way to grow the game through people's social networks, which is what we want for our team and clan-oriented game."



So you could potentially get your hands on the game now, if you know someone who's in the beta already.

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Re: Firefall *looks at idol*
« Reply #7 on: Sunday, August 12, 2012, 01:58:09 AM »
I have 2 invites to send out. PM or post your email here.

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