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Perpetuum: A First Look
SBFord
Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
MMORPG.com's Bill Murphy has been spending some quality time in the open beta for Perpetuum, a space-themed MMO. Bill has found a complex and engaging science fiction MMO. Is it worth the time to try out? Read Bill's Perpetuum First Look to find out!
I’ve had the good fortune to spend some time with Perpetuum’s open beta, and I’ve come back from the planet of Nia to report on what’s shaping up to be a very complex, and possibly very engaging science fiction MMORPG. I’ve only just scratched the surface of what’s available in Perpetuum, but I will say this much right off the bat. If you’re looking for a game you can just pick up and play, Perpetuum is not for you. If on the other hand you’re looking for a game that you can really sink your teeth into and a game that takes time the learn the ins and outs of, then you might have found what you’re looking for.
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a bit late no ? in 8h the game go live
BestSigEver :P
hmmm
yup
Nicely done first look. +1
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I really like the 'thumbs up', actually makes me want to try.
Telling people what we know and think about the game JUST before the game's launch? I'd say it's perfect timing, but why let good criticism go to waste?
Cheers,
Jon Wood
Managing Editor
MMORPG.com
Nice write-up. From the time I spent in beta, I agree. It's a very well produced game, and one that has quite a bit of depth beneath the surface.
Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned.
Giving positive review and 'thumbs up' - what a cheap way to compensate the hype meter freezing, being delayed with updating gallery and whatnot... Did CCP stop paying you for viral marketing of the game?
Just joking
good read
maybe just a tad too much on how hard it is to get started - not really - just do the initial tutorial and then enter the nearby terminal and do all the tutorial assignments during which you will get a couple free bots and a generous amount of NIC (in-game money)
a word about the community though
it is small and very protective of the game
so if you are a bit thin skinned don't critisize any aspect of the game in general chat or on the forums - you will be attacked
fortunately - as opposed to the community - the devs (who are available in-game quite a bit) and gms are quite patient with "stupid" questions
Playing: Rift, LotRO
Waiting on: GW2, BP
u get a point but open beta ended 1 week go that is why i say is late
peace
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too bad you are the Robot, could have wished that there are human avatar as well
but i might try this game, i am tired of waiting for Earthrise which probably wont release anymore
So What Now?
Eve with robots...hell yea ill try it.
I could see human avatars walking around in terminals, maybe. It's not really necessary for the game play as it stands. I don't think there's any question about the game being worth what they are asking for it either.
It's not a very solo friendly game though. You're not going to die right of the bat or anything like that, but the game really revolves around multiplayer. 1)Join a corporation 2)Find out what they need and then do a lot of it 3)??? 4)Profit!
Oh yeah, there are some starter tutorials on the PO forums that are extremely useful. What you should spend your first EP on, what a lot of the extensions actually do and the benefit they provide you, etc. They are short and informative.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
Nice game, but it just lacks content. Expect to get bored within a month or two. Could be a good game in a year or two.
Even deeper and more difficult then EVE, which I played for 6 years. Unique crafting system requires much more teamwork, then anywhere else.
After the 6 days of the early access, all I can say: Perpetuum > EVE
But if you try it solo, you will fail miserably.
Crafting system requiring teamwork? Single person can make any item in the game, it is only a matter of NIC to buy the kernels. Yeah, deep and complex...
Sad to see someone not understanding the core game mechanics after 6 years.
How can they be talented company? They basically ripped off eve completely.
It has a lot of potential. If your the type of person that likes to get in on these sort of games early so you can be one of the "vets" years down the road, its a very good game to do it in. If your not that type of person, give it a couple years to mature and add more sand to the sandbox.
You skip one whole day
i was expecting to go live at 00:00 but will go live at 18:00 CET after downtime
BestSigEver :P
Oh yeah, launching the game in the middle of the night, that is truly expectable
I think the 'excpetected' launch time just suited better your trolling agenda :-P
If you can paint an Van Gogh painting just like the real one means you are a very talented painter. Maybe not as creative. Creating the game they created with only 10 people is a good feat and from what I have been reading the game is not to buggy. They are talented. True they have been inspired by EvE (If I remember correctly the early UI images looked exectly like EvE), but there is nothing wrong with that. A lot of people like concept of EvE, but not EvE. I think this game aims to target this audience, with a landbased game inspired by EvE.
the game is already launched ppl got EA for a week now they just need to allow the access for ppl that dint buy EA
if you look on account time you will see that the hour for account expiration is 23:59:00 so launching at 18:00 CET you pay 18h of gameplay and you wont get that 18h, also i will like to see if the EP will start counting from 18:00 or from 00:00
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