Analog Addiction Writes: "Dust 514 has so much going for it; unfortunately it’s all rooted in ideas and potential, not execution. After playing close to a dozen hours of the Beta, a couple of which was spent in menus, I still question whether I understand the basics. I fear that the steep learning curve and difficult barrier of entry will prevent most from giving the game a fair shot, and even then what’s left to discover might not keep them invested.
The idea behind Dust 514, CCP’s free to play MMOFPS (Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter) centers around a mixture between MAG’s large scale battles, Battlefield’s versatile land and vehicular combat with the complexity and depth of CCP’s other MMO, Eve Online. For those unaware, Eve Online is the hugely popular game that pits largescale airship battles and intergalactic corporate espionage. While the premise of Eve Online sounds heavily action oriented, the gameplay really comes down to micromanagement and interpersonal relations. So, it’s with this knowledge that I jumped into Dust 514, expecting a complex game. It definitely delivers on that front."
Ninth episode, and we talk Planet Nomads kickstarter, slow CPUs, EVE Valkyrie event, and I have finally received my Bragi Dash!
News:
* Bragi is finally shipping The Dash wireless headphones
* EVE:Valkyrie players holding an in-game event February 20th, with live-streams
* Apple has the highest quarterly revenue of any company ever
* Intel says future CPUs will be slower, but more efficient
Farewells to DUST514:
A small goodbye to DUST514, from current and past players and bitter-vets
Special Guest:
This week’s guest is Daniel Maslovsky from the game-studio Craneballs, here to discuss their kickstarter game Planet Nomads! It is an interesting Sci-fi Survival Sandbox games, and several Bammsters are already backers on Kickstarter!
From GameWatcher: "DUST 514 was first announced back in 2009 for the PlayStation 3 as a first person shooter played in conjunction with the massively multiplayer space sim EVE Online, and its final build was launched in 2013. CCP has announced that DUST 514 will be shuttered on May 30th 2016, with a new FPS being developed to replace it."
wow. that's messed up. I don't play the game, but shutting it down and then a month after that showing your replacement game after you told the community screw you. LOL. Remind me to never support or play a CCP game. There are games that came out many years before this one and the devs keep the servers up for people.
It's on an old console and was nearly dead in the water when it launched. Not much of a community left to anger. Quite frankly, it sucked, and I'm excited to see what the next one will bring.
From launch to death Dust was only really ever a poor mans M.A.G. God I miss M.A.G and Valor.
Dust 514 was free so I don't see your point, but I do find your name ironic.
@Tony - Yeah I still wish for MAG2, or even a PS4 remaster of MAG.
I remember them saying it was supposed to contribute to eve and everyone was up in arms and that never happened and it just fell to the way side
I'm not sure enough people ever played DUST 514 to say "everyone was up in arms", but there were in fact cross play battles between EVE and DUST.
It was a cool concept with some sizable flaws, but I'd be interested in a sequel that addressed some of those flaws. I thought I heard there was a PS4 version coming, but maybe that's my imagination.
It was definitely ambitious given the tech involved and how late into last gen we were. They tried though and cross gameplay is getting more relevant, so I think not all was lost...
DUST514 players create EVE:Phoenix trailers as part of their #PortDUST514 campaign.
Since the announcement of the DUST514 sequel EVE:Legion by CCP Games at FanFest 2014, there has been an almost eerie silence about the project from the game’s creators. Domains and trademarks were registered, and later left expired, for the EVE:Legion brand, and the player base was left watching as no actual news or progress updates were given by CCP, even at the various player-gatherings or CCP’s own FanFest 2015.
The players of DUST514, both past and current, have rallied under a banner, #PortDUST514, led by Ripley Riley, and are using this hashtag on social media to highlight that there is still a desire for a sequel or a port of the game to a more recent platform than the Playstation 3.
Most recently, this has resulted in the players creating propaganda posters and “memes”, and even voiced trailers, for what they themselves have named EVE:Phoenix.
The player Pokey Dravon, with the help of several other players, created this trailer for the campaign.
played a little yesterday, this needs some SERIOUS work
It's NO Planetside 2 I'll tell you that!
Kinda glad that there is no PC version now cause the game play is totally Generic!
Yes it's Beta but I've played so many Beta's now that you know quality from "Oh boy I'm not getting that game feel"
Also spending ISK for a Gun and only to lose it forever upon Death is a RIP OFF!!
This was my impression on the game
http://n4g.com/news/1159183...
This article pretty much says what I said.
Its good to be honest, gives the developer what to fix before releasing it for launch.
I thought it was meh. Oh well at least I didn't have to purchase the whole game to find out.