Kirk Adams

Great concept and great programming.. all ruined by implementation and greed. FIRST.. it appears to be a team game. This is the first "gotcha". It is NOT a Team game. Not at all. You THINK you're all working as a team but you'd be dead wrong. Emphasis on the "dead". The best rewards are given to those who hide and / or run, thus; that's what everyone who plays for more than 2 weeks does. There are several vehicles that "help" you to do these things much better (Hide, run or survive longer which gives the illusion of winning) but; that costs $$. NP, you can spend some money but.. if you want the BEST vehicle. Ahhh wth.. just a few more dollars. Then.. after you have it you're STILL not feeling the love and winning like you think you should. It seems like the teams just never quite work out. Those teammates are soooo stupid!! (Rage..) You win ONCE in a while, but; you still lose about half the time. So then that is not really fun either. Because you want to be GOOD. NP.. there's another 100 vehicles to try. 5 different types. With 20 "upgrades" for each vehicle. THOUSANDS of combinations!! One MUST work. You just have to pay for it. So it might cost a bit of time and money but hey.. you can do it!! Think positive!! Actually.. emphasis on the dead because ... SECOND, You won't ever play in even matches. The "matchmaker" is INFAMOUS for lopsided game matches. You will find that all of your game play is "rigged". Seriously rigged with emphasis on the dead. Why? Read on.. .. this is How. One way they do it is there is a "tank" that is actually artillery. It shoots all over the whole map. If you want to kill it you drive around checking all the hiding places randomly until you find it. Unless someone else finds it first. If you play this game, then plenty of Matches you will play in you'll eventually realize are nothing more than Arty matches and all of the other two dozen players in the game are either spotters or targets (Emphasis on the dead). Also.. They use AI to get you back into playing (dying) faster. And it's not very smart AI (from a teamplay standpoint) so you THINK your playing a good match with a good team and suddenly your "team" is doing the stupidest game play you've ever seen. Basically committing suicide which ends up killing you too. Pooof.. Emphasis on the dead. If that isn't enough then there is also the natural "learning curve" and penalties while learning all the vehicles strengths and weaknesses and all the maps "best spots" for each type. Hundreds of cycles to learn one tier well. You will DIE a LOT learning how not to die. Emphasis on the dead. THIRD.... So.. why all the emphasis on the dead? So that when you die you get emotional (angry). If I 'only' had a better sight.. or faster loading, bigger armor, etc., etc., etc.. And those emotions make you spend real $$ as you try to make yourself less dead. But that will never work, because the game is rigged (see above) and if it did work, you'd wouldn't spend so much money. But the emotional tickling works because your emotions will definitely rage if you try to play this game for fun. This game is well known for it's raging community. Which you can't really blame them for; the game is rigged (see above.. again) so that you lose more in game credits, real world money and self respect than you could EVER earn. At least until they've milked you for big bucks. It COULD be a great game. If fun was the goal. Sadly, it's not. It's all about the benjamins.. save yourself the stress and money is my advice.