Comments on: We Call It “No Man’s Land”

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:33:30 +0000

Oh, absolutely! If I was reviewing it, I’d have to go back and keep going. But I knew it wasn’t for me as soon as I finished the tutorial and that canned grizzly bear in your head says “welcome to no man’s land”, I just thought “Yeah, no thanks”. The whole 30 or so minutes I spent with it (which granted, is nothing) I can see it’s not going to change its philosophy anywhere down the line; the tutorial told me all I need to know. If the constant snap-to, twitch shooter gameplay had anything more to it, they’d probably say so during the tutorial. So from where I am, as a consumer (and knowing Home)I’ll be seeing a lot of those death-screens unless I get myself some serious armour, and the first look at what was on offer I stumbled over a $49.99 suit. That just freaked the hell outta me so I ran for it! Lol

For me, I’m out. I do like the theme, but the mechanics are odd and it would take a strong argument to get me back in there with an open mind. It’s great that devs are trying new things with Home, I’m all for it, but perhaps it’s not ready to take on the main stream shooter yet. I have no doubt this will do very well, given the typical pricing of Home items and the sheer swathes of stuff they’ll be able to sell from it. I just hope Mercias controls are tweeked a little before release!

By: Terra_Cide

Terra_Cide — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:01:55 +0000

I think what you're experiencing (and this is me just interpreting) is exactly what Norse experienced in his initial take on the game. And while for someone just playing the game, that's fine, but when you're reviewing, you do want to give something a fair shake before making a final verdict. Hence the Ultima reference. That experience is the sample perspective to give the reader an idea of the learning curve a player coming into the game with little or no experience in shooters is going to have. The choice of slugging it out to get over that curve is up to the player.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:53:07 +0000

Very true. I’m just sore coz I didn’t enjoy it as much as I’d hoped I might after reading Norse’s thing I guess.

By: Terra_Cide

Terra_Cide — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:46:34 +0000

As opposed to simulated diamonds for what, nearly $40?

Reward, in gamer terms, can mean many things. For (too) many in Home, it means free item rewards. In the generation of gaming you and I come from, it means you’ve survived to play the next level.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:29:04 +0000

Well rewarded? I’m not sure about that Terra, that outfit and a few guns costs nearly $50!

By: Terra_Cide

Terra_Cide — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:19:14 +0000

Overall, it sounds like a game that if you just try it once, you’re going to walk away frustrated and hating it. However, if you’re patient enough (and in this world, patience is worth it’s weight in myrrh), you stand a fair chance of being well-rewarded.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:03:52 +0000

I am glad you did this review as I am just like you, I don’t play these types of games at all. I thought this was supposed to be a FPS, glad to see it is third person, that alone will make me give it a shot. I too hate it when people camp or just kill you right away and you never get a chance to really try the game out. If that happens to me when I do this I will likely give up right away as I hate getting frustrated in a game, I play to relax not get angry because someone won’t even give me a chance to play. This will be interesting.