Faxion Online closing the doors of heaven and hell

@KvanCetre I was in the beta toward the end, and felt it was more alpha. Just was lacking. I likewise didn't play it more then the 1 time, just couldn't feel any compulsion to launch it ever again.

@(Unverified)

I would have to agree with the mean guy, sorry but the truth is

That game was 99% trash, not even worth mentioning

@(Unverified) Massively did drop the ball on this one. The game had considerable problems and Massively's coverage of it was mostly positive. There's a serious disconnect there.

@Daemodand i love Massively, but i hate to say it, i agree with this. Massively hardly ever produces a negative piece on any game. The worst they will do is make pro/con blog like one person described. Maybe that should be our clue that a game is awful. Just look at how they are presenting Planet War ..that is hardly a decent Facebook game simulation. Seriously, Farmville is more fun. I can say that with perfect humility, and i have never played Farmville. That's how bad it is. But massively makes positive blog after blog about it, as if it is even a MMO.

Bottom line: come here for your fluff and fun articles, and info on new/old gmes - go elsewhere for critical reviews. That's not really the gist around here.

Not that that is necessarily a bad thing, i guess.

@dragonandante

Yeah, I think it beat the APB shutdown.

@nathanb No, APB lasted less than a month. Faxion lasted at least a couple months. Still, extremely tiny life.

@Beau Hindman
I liked it as well; I played in Beta, wasn't at all impressed with the animations and graphics were OK, but loved the concept around the PvP. I hope the IP gets picked up.

@Beau Hindman
While I do feel bad about people losing their jobs in this (or any) economy, I still stand by my belief that crap is still crap.

I'm glad they increased FPS but if they launched at a time when the client was getting 5 fps (on a system which should be worthy of playing games that get reviewed her), then that game shouldn't be launched. And if it was forced to light, then it should get the quick death it deserves.

And once again, I am sorry for the folks out of work because of multiple bad decisions from their management.

@Scarecrowe You seem to forget that the game did a lot of new things. Whether or not you think it was crap doesn't detract from the fact that it was a game developed in record time, and within a certain budget. It was also the first published MMO to use the Hero engine...the one that is going to power SWTOR. I actually met the head of Hero at E3 and he said they were learning a lot from the Faxion launch and experience.

Call it crap all you want, but that adds absolutely zero to the conversation, simply because it deducts all of the players who DID enjoy the game, the things it did that were right, and the fact that it could have been better over time.

Not all games start out perfect. Name me an MMO and I'll show you a game that needs improvements...it's the nature of running a game with thousands of unique players on thousands of unique machines. Don't worry, there will still be plenty of mainstream games coming out that run perfectly well and offer the same gameplay they have for years.

Beau

@Beau Hindman

Nice job assuming that he 1) plays mainstream MMOs that will offer "the same gameplay they have offered for years" and 2) that somehow makes his opinion invalid. What a hipster. Just because a game is indie, obscure, and did a couple of cool things does not make it a good game, nor worthy of your rabid defense, nor your attack on a reader who, in all honestly, just offered his honest opinion. Classy.

@(Unverified)
Ok Kettle

@Beau Hindman

Man chill out ok? What a moronic response.
Ofcourse that it's a pity when games close down but if this shows something is that the bar is raising for MMOs. Players won't play a game that releases without a certain level of polish and that is GOOD.

Why should the players have to endura games that release in such a state that makes the game unplayable in most system.
People loosing their jobs is bad, but if a company is so incompetent that can't even release a game that runs smoothly then there's not much to be done.

And as for "mainstream" MMOs - there's a LOT of MMOs out there with interesting mechanics that have stable populations because they have a competent developer. Good way to sound like a douche.

@(Unverified)

Agreed

I am all for promoting innovation, being tolerant at launch with bugs, flaws, etc

But just because a game does some obscure experiments and is using a new game engine does not entitle it to get full coverage if is utter crap