My Big Fat Game Review
'Bout Time
I've been waiting for a game like this for awhile. Something with the feel of a game like Wasteland, but an MMO (up to 6 players or by yourself) and Zombies galore. Created by Neil Yates Dead Frontier takes place in the post apocalyptic city of Fairview after the N4 virus ravages the world in 2016. Nastya's Holdout is your base and the safest place in the city, even though sometimes it comes under attack. It's also where you are able to buy and trade items or get jobs from the Notice Board. Jobs include looking for missing persons or objects, finding blood samples, delivering packages and more. Around 20 Zombie types with various speed and strength wander the city making your missions more difficult the farther you go into the city. Aggro is also an important part of battle. The more noise you make fighting the more zombies will show up and the faster they will move. So as fun as a GAU-19 electric Gatling gun is a Katana or Golf Club will keep you from being overwhelmed by hordes of zombies. There are over 100 weapons to choose from. Some are MasterCrafted and will improve one or more of your stats like agility, strength or critical hit. Armour is also a big part of the game with 15 types to choose from all of which can be MasterCrafted also. I've only been playing for a few days so far, but I'm definitely hooked. The game is still evolving and player input is still being taken to make the game better. My only major issue with the game so far is that in multi player when you go into your inventory you're logged out. It's not a major issue, because when you log back in you show up where you were, but it's annoying all the same. Overall though it's an awesome game. Click here to go to Dead Frontier or go here to check out the Dead Frontier Wiki for more information on the game.
Update 12/22/10 - Kind of old news, but Dead Frontier is now 3/4 view instead of 2D overhead. Very cool upgrade. Still seems to be in late stages of beta because there were no missions on the Notice Board and buildings can be entered. Hopefully that will all be fixed soon.