Things are starting to pick up on the Earthrise news front, and thank goodness. We gamers are a fickle and impatient bunch, and extended time out of the spotlight invariably brings cries of "vaporware!" and the like. Happily, Masthead Studios has begun to release more details regarding its upcoming sci-fi sandbox, including interviews, screenshots, and dev diaries. The latest diary appears courtesy of German fansite OnlineWelten and features the third in a series of character build articles designed to highlight aspects of the game's combat and equipment systems.
Moving on from last week's featured avatar, a ranged specialist named Tommie, the Earthrise devs have unveiled Freddy, who looks to be Enterra's answer to the traditional tank archetype -- albeit with a hefty dose of offensive capability thanks to the game's use of skills over classes. The dev diary goes into great detail regarding Freddy's skill build and also drops a few hints about his equipment (which includes the Translunex Corporation's Agony flamethrower as well as power armor). "He can lay waste to a carefully planned team build and as such, is a primary target... Freddy is one of the most powerful builds in Earthrise," says the article.
Reader Comments (4)
Posted: Sep 21st 2010 8:36PM alucard3000 said
I have been following this game almost a year now (or trying to at least) and I might get interested again if they actually show some gameplay footage that isnt as lame and crappy looking as what they showed late last year of which they supposedly revamped the combat mechanics off of and made another video to be shown in jan.2010 of which never materialised.Supposedly this game is in closed beta as we are led to believe with some of these screen shots that have ui in them but they cant make a gameplay video to show(of which they said would be seen last january) but just more screen shots?
Posted: Sep 21st 2010 9:01PM Joshua Przygocki said
I was sorta interested, but I quickly forgot and lost interest.
Posted: Sep 22nd 2010 9:20AM eNTi said
still interested and even waiting for this title, but my hopes aren't that high... everything i can tell from the screens, is that this will be a 3rd person game, which sucks for any fps. also, the music is kinda lacking and bland. not very ambient.
well i'm still looking forward to this title, since it's really the only game currently in development, that goes in my kind of direction.
well i'm still looking forward to this title, since it's really the only game currently in development, that goes in my kind of direction.








