Blacklight Retribution

[Rennn]

I recently discovered this via Steam, and I haven't seen any posts about it so I thought I'd start one to let people know about it, since it's free. Anyway, I'll start with what I've already mentioned: it's free. That's good for people like me, who don't have extra money because of college and whatnot, but who have a moral objection to piracy. You can pay to unlock things faster, or to unlock camo and skins, but anything important can be unlocked without paying. If you're like me you'll go into it expecting not to pay, only to drop a little money later on a chrome finish for your gun...

 

It has all the features of a triple A title, such as solid DX11 graphics, virtually no lag, a lot of customization, and multiple maps and modes. What stood out to me during the customization is that you choose whether your character is male or female when you create a character, and you can still use all the armor pieces and whatnot, without girls getting the "lite" version of the armor, if you know what I mean. So it's not sexist, which is always a positive imo. The balance is solid, though snipers feel slightly underpowered so far. They've put a lot of work into getting rid of the small annoyances common in similar shooters, so grenade/rocket spam is virtually nonexistant and the community is mostly mature and balanced. Hacks are rare; I've yet to see one aimbot, though I'm only level 8 at the moment.

 

Anyway, you may want to check it out. It's quite active, with many full and nearly full matches going at a single time.

Edited November 7, 2012 by Rennn

[hoofhearted4]

sounds like a game to play once i get my PC built and up and running!!!

[K00L]

I tried it a while back, it looks to nice to run smoothly on this ancient beast of mine. :P

It was really fun though.

[Rennn]

I tried it a while back, it looks to nice to run smoothly on this ancient beast of mine. :P

It was really fun though.

 

Idk... I have it on high at 60+ fps and our video cards at least aren't too far apart. Turning on tesselation and DX 11 image reflections are the biggest hit, so I keep those off.

Edited November 7, 2012 by Rennn

[ub3rman123]

I'd been considering it, but after looking at how the paying mechanics looked decided not to try it immediately. I'm afraid I'll end up fighting someone who spent 300 dollars on their equipment and can just dominate the rest of the board.

[Rennn]

I'd been considering it, but after looking at how the paying mechanics looked decided not to try it immediately. I'm afraid I'll end up fighting someone who spent 300 dollars on their equipment and can just dominate the rest of the board.

 

It doesn't really work like that. Even the high level gear is balanced with the low level gear. The starting gear is the most balanced, the high level stuff has bigger and bigger trade-offs. So the level 1 default assault rifle has a mix of power, speed, and accuracy. A customized high level assault rifle could have extreme accuracy, but it would have low power and low speed as a result. Paying mostly gets you visual customization, like camo patterns. Paying a large amount can also let players unlock things early, but the weaponry is all balanced so you can't pay to win. Better stuff mostly determines your role, not your ability to win.

 

I've only paid for cosmetic tweaks, like a midnight camo pattern and a chrome color for my gun, nothing related to stats, and I usually get a k/d of 1.5. I never get less than a .7 ratio. So it's definitely not pay to win.

[hoofhearted4]

I'd been considering it, but after looking at how the paying mechanics looked decided not to try it immediately. I'm afraid I'll end up fighting someone who spent 300 dollars on their equipment and can just dominate the rest of the board.

well considering you can unlock everything you can buy, its not like they can buy something OP. so in the end it will come down to skill. the equipment may help him out a little bit vs your starter kit, but its like that in any shooter.

 

the fear you have only applies to games where you can buy equipment that you cant unlock. unlockables are usually balanced. whereas purchased stuff can do anything. and when i say balanced, i mean balanced compared to stuff you can buy. ofc there are always examples of a top tier unlockable that isnt exactly balanced. but again, those are in nearly every FPS.