Who says Entrecard is useless? *grin*
Well that’s beside the point, but due to Entrecard, I came across this post from Lag-O-Rama, another gaming blog. Intrigued by what I saw, I went to the official website, and poked around a little bit more on my own.
First and foremost, this game is designed by the same people that did Battlefield 2. Thus, they know what they’re doing making a war FPS. Secondly, it’s a little bit of RPG and a little bit of an MMO. You really need to see the video trailers over at Lag-O-Rama.
Ok, if you’re lazy to visit another website just to view the video, here’s the direct link to it.
Another point to note is that this game is FREE. You don’t have to buy it. You download it, and play it for free. What’s the catch? I don’t know yet. I didn’t find any on their website so far. Then again, the game is still currently in beta, so lots of things can change between now, and when it’s finally released in “Summer 2008”.
Thirdly, this game won’t be frustrating for you, because, as the trailer put it (quite humourously I might add), “you won’t keep getting shot by a 15 year old who plays this game all day”. It’s supposed to be casual-player-friendly, ie people of ALL skills can jump right in and play. According to them, the game will “match” you up with people around your own skills, so if you’re a master FPS player, you get to play with other “masters”. If you just discovered FPSes and are enjoying them, Battlefield Heroes won’t frustrate you when you play online.
Last point to note – the graphics are deliberately made to be “cartoonish”. Why? Well making them cartoonish means:
- appealing to a wider audience, and certainly across more age groups
- lower polygon counts, hence faster performance
- lower system requirements to play
- … and becoming popular faster
So just HOW cartoonish? Here’s a screenshot from their official website:
As you can see, VERY cartoonish. In fact, people who know me will know that normally, I dislike cartoonish characters in games. When Everquest 2 introduced the “SOGA” models, I chose not to activate them. I want my characters looking heroic, dammit! The female species will find the graphics “cute” on this game, and may even try it! Yes, it’s THAT cute.
This game is supposed to even run on PCs that are as low-spec as 1.0GHz and only have 512MB of RAM. Heck, even my old, old, OLD PC can be used to play this game! It’s a P4 1.7Ghz with 512MB RAM! Oh yeah, with a nVidia GeForce 5700LE card. In fact I think I can play this pretty comfortably on that old conker.
Yes, even after viewing the in-game videos, I still want to give this a go! I actually am looking forward to the release of this!
