Despite its unfortunate name, Vogster's CrimeCraft seems to be a promising contender in the crop of games launching in 2009, according to a recent review at Gamespy. First announced earlier last year, CrimeCraft boasts what they call a "persistent-world next-gen shooter", or PWNS for short. Can an MMO shooter work? Ask Planetside, Tabula Rasa and Huxley (if he ever shows up).
Unnecessary snark aside, the screenshots in this review article look gorgeous. The gameplay seems promising, with PvE, deathmatch PvP and a crafting system that is aimed at using some real sponsorship promotion (think CoH ads, but on clothes). Yet the one part that raised our collective eyebrows was the mention of a persistent world, yet it is said to include only persistent towns, much like Guild Wars and Diablo II. Granted the game isn't finished and is still in a closed beta at this point, but Vogster's senior marketing manager Casey Dickinson mentioned that they're thinking of ways to "liven up" the game's persistent lobbies.
Reader Comments (5)
Posted: Jan 14th 2009 11:44AM (Unverified) said
I don't know that I would characterize Planetside, Tabula Raza and Huxley together.
Planetside was an awesome game that suffered from developer neglect. It was never advertised and had its staff slashed very early.
TR was never a first person shooter in the first place and had only cosmetic similiarties with them...it was closer to a WoW clone wearing a SciFi dress.
I don't know much about Huxley.
Planetside was an awesome game that suffered from developer neglect. It was never advertised and had its staff slashed very early.
TR was never a first person shooter in the first place and had only cosmetic similiarties with them...it was closer to a WoW clone wearing a SciFi dress.
I don't know much about Huxley.
Posted: Jan 14th 2009 1:18PM (Unverified) said
"Can a MMO shooter work?" Eventually, there will be a good MMO shooter made that will surprise and humble all the cynics. That said, for the foreseeable future, no. I'm still skeptical of Darkfall's shooting mechanics.
This game has a horrible name and no apparent vision. It isn't progressing the genre, nor expanding it. Faulty third-person shooting has been done before.
This game has a horrible name and no apparent vision. It isn't progressing the genre, nor expanding it. Faulty third-person shooting has been done before.
Posted: Jan 14th 2009 2:24PM (Unverified) said
I don't know what "Snark" you were making, but Planetside was a really good game, just like someone has already mentioned, the developers just forgot about it.
Posted: Jan 14th 2009 2:50PM (Unverified) said
Not all that relevant, but really... What a horrible name.
Posted: Mar 24th 2009 11:11PM (Unverified) said
/sigh
We need an MMO shooter that appeals to shooter fans without demanding they jump into all these RPG mechanics. Please people, add the MMO not the RPG.
We need an MMO shooter that appeals to shooter fans without demanding they jump into all these RPG mechanics. Please people, add the MMO not the RPG.







