BattleSwarm hosts 100,000 MetaTix tournament this Sunday

Awww... that sucks... I was kinda hoping this would be something like Natural Selection, only with more RTS. :(

I also didn't like the game, though my experience is actually 5 - 6 hours (couldn't stand it any longer..). The controls, especially on the insect side, could have been better..

PS.: I also want a gundam mmo..

We (at Reality Gap) had some responses to some of the comments - but the biggest one is that if you go to Battleswarm.net you will notice the "NOW IN BETA" text in bright neon yellow in the upper right hand corner. We are in Beta...that means the game is not officially released or "finished" yet...that means we are actively listening to feedback and including it in the game...that means the game isn't done yet.

1.) Balance:

The game is pretty balanced...we have made a lot of changes and a lot of people agree that it is pretty good at this point and we will continue to make tweaks. We have been closely monitoring gameplay data and are satisfied that this is the case. Once again: BETA. Some of the balance complaints are akin to picking up Counter Strike for the first time, getting slaughtered and then giving up. It's a multiplayer online fighting game...if you play against good people then yeah, you are going to get your butt handed to you which is why there are channels specifically for beginners to play in.

2.) "But it's not an MMORPG"

It is a multiplayer medium-session online battle game. It is MMO-esque but not fully MMO would be an accurate statement.There IS a leveling component - as you play you go up in levels and can use more powerful weapons and armor. You can upgrade and customize your soldier and Bug to your specifications with various items. Nowhere in the post above is it stated that Battleswarm is an MMORPG...except at the bottom where it has been tagged with MMORTS / MMOFPS (which aren't tags that we applied). It is the diet coke of MMO's...just one calorie.

4.) Advertising Deal

There is not an advertising deal between Battleswarm and Massively...they were just posting news like they do for everyone else's games no surprises there.

5.) Controls:

There are a few guides available and write ups for game controls. There really isn’t much to the control scheme not sure why people are having problems with it. As the Bugs you basically only need the mouse, camera controls and function keys. The FPS controls are pretty standard ASDW + space bar controls.

Anyways, aside from that I guess thats it.

True. It's Massive the same way Counter Strike is massive. There's a lot of people playing it at once but they're not together.

Biggest map I saw was six humans versus 2 insects.

I did see some sort of progression (some player were level 2 or 3 when I was playing) but it was not very clearly described.