Those characters are general good and honest -- like "lawkeepers" -- but some are seedy underworld types looking to make money in less than legal ways, particularly by chasing after powerful ark technology. This is a pretty straightforward third-person shooter with standard controls for movement and attacks. However, the complex menu system used for altering character equipment, appearance, upgrades, and mods may take some time to learn. Also take note that enemies can easily overwhelm the player's avatar if he or she chooses to adventure alone rather than with other players.
Players engage in frequent third-person-style gunfights with humans, aliens, and other creatures using a vast arsenal of powerful pistols, rifles, shotguns, rocket launchers, and alien weapons that shoot everything from lightning bolts to creepy crawly bugs that swarm enemies. Blood effects accompany most hits, and characters scream out in pain.
You can also run over people with vehicles. Infrequent use of strong words -- including "f--k" and "s--t" -- in both voice and text dialogue. Players can engage in micro-transactions that allow them to purchase in-game advantages, such as the ability to gain money more quickly.
Illicit substances don't appear on screen, but characters sporadically reference drugs and the act of getting "high. Parents need to know that Defiance is a massively multiplayer online MMO third-person shooter in which thousands of players explore the same world simultaneously while attacking human and alien enemies with a broad assortment of guns.
Based on a TV show of the same name, the depiction of violent acts isn't as bloody as many other shooters, but it still involves blood effects, grunts, and screams. Infrequent references to sex and drugs appear occasionally in voice and text dialogue. Parents will also want to note this game employs an optional micro-transaction system for spending real-world money on items that may help players grow their character more quickly. Add your rating See all 4 parent reviews.
Add your rating See all 2 kid reviews. The threat of mutual extinction has led to uneasy alliances, forcing humans and aliens to live together in small frontier communities. The game is removed from the show's St. Louis setting, taking place instead within the Bay Area. Players traverse a vast semi-alien landscape as "ark hunters;" people who scavenge powerful tech that occasionally rains to the Earth as alien ship wrecks burn up in the atmosphere.
This is an MMO, so thousands of players can be found roaming alone or in groups while working on an enormous array of plot-driven and optional quests. You can't fault Syfy and developer Trion Worlds for lack of ambition. Launching a major game -- an MMO, no less -- alongside a complex and expensive sci-fi TV show couldn't have been an easy task. Credit is due the teams of writers and designers who poured years into creating and fleshing out this expansive world and its rich and detailed back story.
Alas, this constantly evolving game just doesn't seem to be clicking quite yet -- and not just because of its broad assortment of launch bugs which are, unfortunately, to be expected in an MMO. The show is driven by compelling characters engaged in social, religious, political, and family problems that simply aren't present in the game, making it feel hollow by comparison.
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Defiance took place on a terraformed Earth several years into the future. It was a tie-in to the Syfy show of the same name. Defiance video game Defiance is a science fiction-themed persistent world massively multiplayer online third-person shooter developed by Trion Worlds. Player characters cannot be transferred from the first game to the second. Like its predecessor, Defiance is free to play.
I got to about something ELO and beat the game. Don't know if things have changed since then. It all quickly became repetitve and I come to find it was lacking big time for me.
Last edited by ScubaSteve ; 12 Oct, pm. I do not have those facts so really my comments might be irrelevant on that topic.
As mentioned above you can expect to interact with players, but little to no text communication will be had as the chat window is hidden away. Which kind of sucks as for PC players as most would expect to be able to communicate with others in this method.
I have not even tried the VOIP system in fears of the 'types' of players this game would attract and what they might be spamming over their mics.
All in all though, the game is fun to play if you enjoy 3rd person shooters. Don't expect to be taking on specific holy trinity roles Healer, Tank, DPS , anyone can pretty much spec into any weapon and then compliment that choice with the right Perks.
The boss fights are fun but there is no ground breaking mechanics to write home about, its generally aim for the weak spot or wait for them to cycle through a motion and then shoot them in the weak spot.
Thanks to all who have contributed thus far and I hope this will help people decide of if this is a game for them or not. The game has issues, and everyone has their own opinion of if it is worth its weight in cash or not, the feedback posted here is a good highlight of its good and bad points.
Last edited by Disodium ; 14 Oct, pm. Is there a way to quickly switch between loadouts? Tahlaon View Profile View Posts. PS: bought on release. Last edited by Tahlaon ; 17 Oct, pm.
And we believed! We wanted to believe And so we wandered the empty lands, all lost.. Those days you would try to say "hi", but nobody would listen to you. The only people talking were the ones with mic that were always on..
I still wake up some nights hearing the screams.. Dear god I thought those Screams [i. With this comment though, the consideration of turning on voice chat is not an option.. Last edited by Disodium ; 18 Oct, am. Originally posted by Disodium :.
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