More F2P games came across my radar, so here's some more impressions.
Most notable would actually be Blacklight Retribution. The original game never caught my interest, a lot of people branded it as "CoD but cheap" but a friend of mine said that Retribution was actually really good and I decided to give it a shot. And I do think it's pretty good. It's not a straight up CoD clone, not by any means. There's tons of customization, some neat gameplay aspects (like the ability to see through walls or call down mech suits to fight in), and it didn't even feel overly free-to-playish since the in-game economy works well with your normal winnings from playing the game. I'm still only scratching the surface but this does feel like a great gem of F2P shooters.
Second is Super Monday Night Combat. The original game I decided to skip on with no regrets. All my friends hyped it, said it was gonna be super active and a great game, but within a week it was basically dead on the Xbox 360. When SMNC was released, a lot of people said it was kinda like a MOBA meets, well, Monday Night Combat. So for free, what the hell not? I enjoy it to an extent, I do feel it's really locked in being free to play though as there's only a small selection of Pros to choose from without either purchasing the rest with real money or spending way too much time wracking up in-game coins from matches. But it does play alright, the humor is nice, and its stayed on my desktop.
Not a free to play game but I'll throw it in here anyways is On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. I got the first two episodes for $3 on Steam. I'm only about 40 mins into the first one but so far the writing is very sharp and the style is great, only issue is that the combat does feel a bit cluttered when juggling your team, actions, and timing-based commands. It doesn't flow as well as Final Fantasy's ATB system. Still, the game is more of an adventure game than anything else and I like it so far. For $3, I can't complain.
Most notable would actually be Blacklight Retribution. The original game never caught my interest, a lot of people branded it as "CoD but cheap" but a friend of mine said that Retribution was actually really good and I decided to give it a shot. And I do think it's pretty good. It's not a straight up CoD clone, not by any means. There's tons of customization, some neat gameplay aspects (like the ability to see through walls or call down mech suits to fight in), and it didn't even feel overly free-to-playish since the in-game economy works well with your normal winnings from playing the game. I'm still only scratching the surface but this does feel like a great gem of F2P shooters.
Second is Super Monday Night Combat. The original game I decided to skip on with no regrets. All my friends hyped it, said it was gonna be super active and a great game, but within a week it was basically dead on the Xbox 360. When SMNC was released, a lot of people said it was kinda like a MOBA meets, well, Monday Night Combat. So for free, what the hell not? I enjoy it to an extent, I do feel it's really locked in being free to play though as there's only a small selection of Pros to choose from without either purchasing the rest with real money or spending way too much time wracking up in-game coins from matches. But it does play alright, the humor is nice, and its stayed on my desktop.
Not a free to play game but I'll throw it in here anyways is On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. I got the first two episodes for $3 on Steam. I'm only about 40 mins into the first one but so far the writing is very sharp and the style is great, only issue is that the combat does feel a bit cluttered when juggling your team, actions, and timing-based commands. It doesn't flow as well as Final Fantasy's ATB system. Still, the game is more of an adventure game than anything else and I like it so far. For $3, I can't complain.
