Nexeon Technologies has released an updated client to its futuristic MMORPG, Face of Mankind. Set in the late 24th century where mankind has started to colonized distant planets, Face of Mankind is a persistent world. You control a single character in the science fiction game-world. Developed by Duplex Systems, Face of Mankind has 8 factions you can join which make up the fabric of the society. Each faction is controlled by a leader who is elected by it members, and use their abilities to take over colonies, control the market by making deals with other factions, and to hire mercenaries.
Arguably one of the most innovative MMO projects of our time, Face of Mankind has never really managed to gather the following it deserves, mainly due to the large amount of complex features and mechanics. However, they’re also some of the games strongest aspects, offering a community driven experience unlike anything else available online. Nexeon Technologies have just announced a few new recruits to their community team, with the hopes of shortening the gap between player and developer.
Daniel Owens from MMOGames.com provides us with a hand picked list of MMOs we need to try at least once. If you are bored, having trouble deciding what to play then this list of FREE quality games may be the solution you are looking for.
I remember playing Face of Mankind (albiet after it had gone free to play). I think it might have been closed then re-opened since then, I'm not sure.
Playing it, you could feel that the game could be very, very good. It's highly dependant on the players though. Possibly too much.
There's about 8 or so factions set over a bunch of crazy sci-fi neo-modern settings.
The problem I found was that, only two or even 3 factions turned out to be the most played. Two were allied (all player forged - i.e. the head honcho players of each faction decreed it so) so the third faction was slowly dying out. It just turned into a shooting game, when really there shouldve been a lot more to it.
The trailers for it made it look like a kick-ass world to be in. It uses a perma-death feature too (though you had a few lives on free mode - and you had to buy more or...you're a gonner).
Look at me, hyping myself up on this. May re-try it soon.
The whole game seems to be one big social expirement, put the government and the world in the hands of players and see how it evolves.
Apparently the playerbase isn't as big as it used to be but there are enough die hard fans in the game to make it interesting, you get known very quickly and people take notice of your actions.
It was purely required to be added to the list because it really is something everyone must experience once.
Massively: If you've ever played Face of Mankind, you may have gotten something of a blast from the past in your inbox this morning. The sci-fi sandbox MMORPG is under new management, and the team at Nexeon Technologies sent out an email blurb advertising the fact that the game has undergone significant changes (and has a new website and forum to boot).
I've never heard of this one, but it sounds pretty interesting. Like EVO: Online with gameplay.
