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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Titan on April 16, 2012, 12:59:57 pm

Title: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Titan on April 16, 2012, 12:59:57 pm
http://blacklight.perfectworld.com/ (http://blacklight.perfectworld.com/)
HD trailer for those unconvinced (http://youtu.be/F-FpduXstLE?hd=1)

Free to play shooter developed by Zombie, being published by Perfect World Entertainment (blugh  :ick: ). Really sweet game, all I really play in my free time now.

It has some pretty unique features, including a customization system that far outstrips that of any other FPS game. Other things include the depot system, which lets players spend points they accrue over the course of a match to call in heavy weapons like flamethrowers, rockets, turrets, and even 10 foot tall mech suits, as well as the Hyper Reality Visor, which allows you to survey the battlefield with X-ray vision.

My in game name is CobaltWolf if anyone wants to play.

Sorry for this being the first thing I post after coming back  :P Feel like an adbot.
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: General Battuta on April 16, 2012, 01:13:24 pm
Sell me on this over Tribes Ascend
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: SpardaSon21 on April 16, 2012, 01:14:44 pm
HLP is busy playing another Perfect World game called Star Trek Online, so it isn't that much of a dirty word around here. :P

If it is as fun as you say it is, I may play if I ever get the urge to do online FPS ever again.  Mindless CoD-style shooting is fun every now and then.
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Titan on April 16, 2012, 02:08:30 pm
Sell me on this over Tribes Ascend

You don't need to grind so much for XP in order to unlock stuff. Other than that, I cannot really argue against Tribes, having not played it. For me, this just came first, so when Tribes started rolling out the ads and such, I was sorta 'meh'. They're really direct competitors. I'd suggest just taking the time to try it out.
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Flipside on April 16, 2012, 02:25:01 pm
It looks nice, problem is, I'm really really bored with FPS these days...
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: SpardaSon21 on April 16, 2012, 04:58:34 pm
I forgot to ask a vital question.  How much real money will we have to shell out to access this game's features?
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Titan on April 16, 2012, 05:14:51 pm
I forgot to ask a vital question.  How much real money will we have to shell out to access this game's features?

Glad you asked. All things that affect gameplay can be bought with the in-game cash. The only things that you need to pay ZEN for are camouflage, which doesn't really matter since your name appears over your head, taunts, etc. A gun part costs 3275 GP, and you get ~150 GP per match. Compared to a lot of F2P FPS games, that's pretty lenient. I've been told that Tribes has things unlock at hundreds of thousands of XP points, and you only get 100 or so a match?

Pricing is 3275 GP for a gun part (Muzzle, barrel, optics, magazine, stock) 5500 GP for a receiver (Currently start with Assault Rifle and 9mm Pistol, and can buy SMG, Burst Rifle, Combat Rifle, Bolt Action Rifle, LMG, Heavy Assault Rifle, .45 Cal Pistol, Burst Pistol, Shotgun, and Machine Pistol, with the Tactical SMG, Auto Shotgun, and Dart gun on the way) ~7500 GP for certain items like armor pieces, and other things I can't remember, and 11K GP for tactical equipment (basically the way you differentiate your role on the team. Stuff like health injector, repair tool, barricades, revive injector, cloak, etc).

Additionally, all GP items can be rented for 1, 3, 7, and 30 day intervals, with flat pricing (3 days is the 1 day price times 3) which really helps when you're testing out new loadouts and items.

Admittedly, those looking to buy parts with ZEN are going to be screwed over a bit. A part for your gun costs $5 at the moment, since PWE sets the pricing (again, blugh). But really, if you enjoy playing the game, it's easy to get the GP to perm parts, and you're not screwed over like in AVA where it's impossible to buy guns with euros (in game cash).
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: SpardaSon21 on April 16, 2012, 06:37:39 pm
I've already got a Perfect World account from playing Rusty Hearts and Star Trek Online, so I guess I could give this a try.
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 06, 2012, 05:44:38 am
:bump:


I got into this yesterday, It's good fun, the seting and style is awesome. Tribes just beats it on the whole Tribes feel - skiing and jetpacking. But it's a whole lot easier to earn XP on this, I already bought two guns after less than half a dozen matches.

Dobbsy FYI :yes:


The soundtrack just makes me spooge too.
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 06, 2012, 09:25:40 am
maybe i'll try it out and see how long it stays fun before falling to pay to win.

is the programming a piece of **** like every other free to play game i've tried?
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 06, 2012, 10:07:13 am
Runs like a dream on a five year old system. (medium detail)
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 06, 2012, 02:34:39 pm
i was thinking more along the lines of awful mechanics, show stopping bugs, and general sloppy design more than performance.
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 06, 2012, 02:40:59 pm
Well, it basically plays like Call of Duty with dubstep and OP battle armors.
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 07, 2012, 06:26:01 am
Yeah I know, it's like they made COD awesome. I NEEEEED some of those neon/laser/holographic taunts though. Half my XP/in game cash comes from taunting within 3 secs of killing people. Plus it'd be soooooo much cooler when i'm on the win screen to be all JAWS-y.
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: headdie on August 07, 2012, 10:46:56 am
the fact that you can custom specify each component group of your weapons and different armour components to your taste is very cool.  So not just take an M4 and add bits to it like in cod, but you can specify the receiver type, barrel, stock, mag, sighting, flash hider/suppressor, and I am sure if forgot a few bits and most of them have some effect on the weapon's performance.
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Firstdragon34 on August 10, 2012, 12:17:01 am
I have it as well and I really do like it, just waiting for the devs to come out the next patch.

PS. My Username in BLR (if you interested) is OmniSphere33
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: headdie on August 10, 2012, 07:48:36 am
usually run as h3addie, I'm the guy at the bottom of the points count on a server 'casue my PC technically cant run the game

edit.

My emblem is a yellow hazard exclamation mark on a a dark grey background
Title: Re: Blacklight: Retribution - F2P FPS
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 10, 2012, 07:57:59 am
Dobbsylondon. Black moustache smiley on a red shield.

I'm the one who repeatedly wags his finger after each kill with a rapid fire sniper rifle.