Well, I have tried the free week. It had been so good that I will be buying this game. Before I forget them, I want to start by saying what I don't like about RO (or just things that bothered me somewhat). I am not bashing the game in anyway. Just asking and commenting on things I didn't like.
First and foremost I couldn't help but notice the stiff robot-like walking animations. I honestly want to know what that's about. Are they still being worked on? Not trying to be mean, I guess they are just hard to do very well.
I may not be much of a history buff, neither am I a weapons expert, but are the grenades supposed to have such small blast radius/killing range? I thought they were fragmentation grenades, does that not mean they send little fragments everywhere? I suppose they aren't then, but still did those nades historically have such a small blast? I keep thinking how silly it is that I just run a few feet away and I am safe. I still use them effectively but it really bugs me. So are the grenades realistic or just a game balance?
Now this complaint I am just going to call, 'the weirdness'. This is when I die for no apparent reason. I say this because often I find myself just die with no mention on the kill list and in situations where nobody could have possibly shot, exploded, or hit me. I have just been guessing this is a lag death, happens to me in other games too, just that I don't notice any lag when this happens in RO. Another thing about the weirdness is when I try to bash somebody with my gun and it somehow winds up killing me. As though the gun bounced off my enemy and lethally smacked me back. Not sure but that seems to happen most when I am trying to bash somebody who is prone. Many times this has killed the thrill of sneaking up and owning somebody. So often in fact that I try to avoid this and simply shoot them. I want to note that this doesn't seem to happen if I am using a bayonet.
I was going to complain about the recoil of the smg weapons, but after playing more I realized that they only seem to be effective (for me anyway?) when I am either crouched or prone and of course doing bursts. Does standing really have that much of an effect on these guns? When standing I really can't fire more than 1 accurate shot at a time. Just wanted to know if this is realistic recoil or some sort of game balancing.
A minor thing that bothered me was the ability to scroll the mouse to change the view in a vehicle (like looking out of the hatch). I had to ask how to do this and when I finally got an answer it made the tank part of the game that much easier for me. That's not actually what bothered me. What bothered me was that I looked through the controls in the options and saw no such option. Maybe I am blind but I honestly do not see it anywhere in there.
Hmm thought I had more bad things to say....Well that's all I can think of right now. There are so many good generic things to say about the game, but I wont waste my fingers as you all know them Just know that I really like this game and will be getting it. Also, great move with the free trial. The reason I hadn't bought the game yet was because I was waiting for a demo (wanted to make sure it wasn't bad you know ).
I guess I will add more to this if I can think of anything. I am real tired. It's 9:45 am and I had been playing RO for around 6 hours (couldn't sleep). Would be nice to hear answers or comments about my questions/comments. Just don't give me any attitude. Like I said, I am not trying to be mean.
edit. LoL I can't seem to indent the blocks of words here. What's up with that?
PS: Through this, my first week of RO. I am pleased to say that I have only gotten 1 teamkill. Total accident, I threw a nade and I guess my teammate felt like running in to try and bash the guy I was nading. I thought I was going to kill so many teammates because the lack of indication. However I simply didn't shoot if I wasn't sure. I bet some enemies got away because of that though.
First and foremost I couldn't help but notice the stiff robot-like walking animations. I honestly want to know what that's about. Are they still being worked on? Not trying to be mean, I guess they are just hard to do very well.
I may not be much of a history buff, neither am I a weapons expert, but are the grenades supposed to have such small blast radius/killing range? I thought they were fragmentation grenades, does that not mean they send little fragments everywhere? I suppose they aren't then, but still did those nades historically have such a small blast? I keep thinking how silly it is that I just run a few feet away and I am safe. I still use them effectively but it really bugs me. So are the grenades realistic or just a game balance?
Now this complaint I am just going to call, 'the weirdness'. This is when I die for no apparent reason. I say this because often I find myself just die with no mention on the kill list and in situations where nobody could have possibly shot, exploded, or hit me. I have just been guessing this is a lag death, happens to me in other games too, just that I don't notice any lag when this happens in RO. Another thing about the weirdness is when I try to bash somebody with my gun and it somehow winds up killing me. As though the gun bounced off my enemy and lethally smacked me back. Not sure but that seems to happen most when I am trying to bash somebody who is prone. Many times this has killed the thrill of sneaking up and owning somebody. So often in fact that I try to avoid this and simply shoot them. I want to note that this doesn't seem to happen if I am using a bayonet.
I was going to complain about the recoil of the smg weapons, but after playing more I realized that they only seem to be effective (for me anyway?) when I am either crouched or prone and of course doing bursts. Does standing really have that much of an effect on these guns? When standing I really can't fire more than 1 accurate shot at a time. Just wanted to know if this is realistic recoil or some sort of game balancing.
A minor thing that bothered me was the ability to scroll the mouse to change the view in a vehicle (like looking out of the hatch). I had to ask how to do this and when I finally got an answer it made the tank part of the game that much easier for me. That's not actually what bothered me. What bothered me was that I looked through the controls in the options and saw no such option. Maybe I am blind but I honestly do not see it anywhere in there.
Hmm thought I had more bad things to say....Well that's all I can think of right now. There are so many good generic things to say about the game, but I wont waste my fingers as you all know them Just know that I really like this game and will be getting it. Also, great move with the free trial. The reason I hadn't bought the game yet was because I was waiting for a demo (wanted to make sure it wasn't bad you know ).
I guess I will add more to this if I can think of anything. I am real tired. It's 9:45 am and I had been playing RO for around 6 hours (couldn't sleep). Would be nice to hear answers or comments about my questions/comments. Just don't give me any attitude. Like I said, I am not trying to be mean.
edit. LoL I can't seem to indent the blocks of words here. What's up with that?
PS: Through this, my first week of RO. I am pleased to say that I have only gotten 1 teamkill. Total accident, I threw a nade and I guess my teammate felt like running in to try and bash the guy I was nading. I thought I was going to kill so many teammates because the lack of indication. However I simply didn't shoot if I wasn't sure. I bet some enemies got away because of that though.
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