GamePro: You would be forgiven if you were to dismiss Spiral Knights as yet another free-to-play MMO. Its cutesy visuals suggest a game aimed at adolescents, with dumbed-down, uninspired gameplay to match. But spend a little time with Spiral Knights and you'll find a fantastically addictive game that's both fresh and familiar all at once.
Immediately upon firing up the tutorial level, you'll notice that Spiral Knights doesn't resemble a standard MMO. Instead of a numerical hit point system, your health is designated by hearts in much the same way as The Legend of Zelda series. Combat takes liberally from Zelda as well, with responsive sword swinging at the click of a mouse and super attacks that you charge up by holding the button down. And you'll often have to pick up and throw things at enemies, including bombs and attack vials that have special effects like freezing enemies."
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Spiral Knights review with screenshots, videos, and the official soundtrack.
Free-to-play games are a godsend for the gaming community: not only do they allow for a larger established userbase, they also allow players to become as invested as they want to be. While this system is well-established on PCs, developers are still experimenting with the formula on consoles. However, if these five F2P games receive a transplant, they could very well flourish.
"Mechs tend to go over well on consoles"
Especially, with me! And firefall is like destiny...only better. I have logged a stupid amount of hours (80 hours) on that game. and Ill do it all again, if it comes to XB1.
Hawken, I play with an x360 controller. So I know that game would translate well to console.
