FOMK, anyone checking it out?

MrVicchio · 2005-01-29, 11:48 PM

I DL'd the open client, but it finished just as we had to leave, I'll take a look at it tomorrow. Looks very intrigueing to me.

www.fomportal.com

EarlyDawn · 2005-01-30, 03:53 AM

I signed up when you announced it previously. Got the email tonight. I've got a lot of games lined up; the ongoing Oddessy that is WoW, The Sims 2, and a few others.

I'll wait to see what everyone says. I think this will be another EQII, though: great on paper, just not all that good.

ViperGTS · 2005-01-30, 06:58 AM

The Charetctor models look like they were ripped out of Deus Ex. =\

Ivan · 2005-01-30, 05:54 PM

I might give it a shot. I too got the e-mail recently.

MrVicchio · 2005-01-30, 06:55 PM

The open doesn't officially start till tomorrow. Bastages

Wraithlord · 2005-01-30, 08:37 PM

....matrix online with different skins?

MrVicchio · 2005-01-31, 01:31 AM

No clue, I'll write a review after I have had the chance to try it out.

MrVicchio · 2005-01-31, 10:11 AM

Update:

I have the open client, they said the game would be "open" to the public today 31 Jan 2005. Guess what? It's still not open. Not a warm fuzzy feeling.

I have tried to access thier webpage.. its troubled. I tried to read the forums.. even worse.

http://www.fomportal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=8

Here's what's REALLY got me worried that this is another AO in the making, great idea, ahead of it's time, POORLY executed...

EVERYTIME I click on any post in the OPEN BETA thread... I get a porn ad site come up. Nothing graphic, just an ad site to porn sites... it's a bad bad sign, then again, it could just be me.

Not encouraging to say the least.

Hamma · 2005-01-31, 11:07 AM

Don't porn and gaming go hand in hand?

I Hate Pants · 2005-01-31, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Don't porn and gaming go hand in hand?

Sure does! Gaming and maturbation is what your joy stick is mean't for

Giovanni · 2005-01-31, 12:57 PM

Gaming AND porn? Wouldnt that be Penis in hand rather then hand in hand? Anyways, from the looks of it I wouldnt get my hopes up... they have 4 screenshots on the site itself and the concept is a bit too bland if you ask me, in other words it's either going to do like Wish (crash and burn) or it's going to do like Horizons and have such a small player-base that it won't even be worth investing time into it.

MilitantB0B · 2005-01-31, 04:48 PM

Wow, I hope this game is executed well. Alot of the things it does are things I have been waiting for a MMO to do for a while now.

Kinda sucks that we might be waiting another 12 hours for a sneak peak, but complaining about beta testing is almost exactly like looking a gift horse in the mouth so I will just wait me turn to try it out.

MrVicchio · 2005-01-31, 06:58 PM

Well I FINALLY, after fighting disconnects and lag, and all kinds of BS, got my game acocunt active through thier website. Thier forums are STILL down.

Gonna log in, and play for a bit. I will report back soon with my initial impressions.

MilitantB0B · 2005-01-31, 07:56 PM

Just got done playing for a little bit (and I do mean little, only a few minutes or so).

So far I don't know what to think. It looks like it has promise but since there is no manual on how to play and no in game tutorial I have no idea what I was doing. After a while I got kicked for some reason and now I can't get back on (says area is full).

Models looks ok, environment looks pretty cool, just couldn't figure out how to get quests or anything. Plus I didn't have a weapon, so not sure how could have completed a quest even if I could.

I picked LED, so I guess I'm gonna be a cop... oink oink baby...