JJames

Originally Posted by Slaunyeh

We probably differ significantly in this, but I just wanted to touch upon the mundane nature of the setting. Because I actually wish it was a little more mundane.

The game will take you from the quaint little New England town (overrun by zombies), over a mummy-infested Egypt to the werewolf-infested woods of Romania. For a game set in the modern world, it almost goes out of its' way to take you out of the mundane core setting. I'd have liked to see more of the modern world influencing the various zones, and I think that's why Solomon Island, and in particular Kingsmouth itself, is my favourite area. It has more of a "bad stuff happening in the real world" vibe than the later areas, that are primarily mystical in nature.

I am really looking forward to the (largely urban) Tokyo zone coming next. And I hope they are considering adding more content to the three faction-controlled cities. I'd rather stalk werewolves in London than openly fight mummies in a 'secret undiscovered valley' in Egypt.

But those are minor issues.

Originally Posted by Tenzhi

I was looking into this game the other day. It looks rather bland, but I got a pseudo-Call of Cthulhu vibe from it. The 'skill wheel' system didn't look very interesting as far as the offered skills went, and it seemed that many of the sets I would be interested in were on the outer wheels meaning, as I was given to understand, I'd have to play the character through two entire skill sets I didn't want in order to get to the one I wanted for that character.

I may check out the trial some time, but it doesn't look very promising at a glance.

Originally Posted by Light_Petting_EU

I have a lifetime membership and the passion of the designers really shines through (I did one of the new investigation missions with a friend at the weekend and we were googling musical scores and sheet music and giggling all the way, just amazing) ... but it is nothing like CoX and it isn't exactly without its own issues at this point (*cough* team let go including lead designer). That being said there's a free trial and if you finish 30 missions (not that hard in the first zone) you get a free garlic bread ... or an extra couple of days play time. Try it. You'll either love it or hate it.