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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: archie4208 on September 14, 2010, 06:18:29 PM

Title: Vindictus
Post by: archie4208 on September 14, 2010, 06:18:29 PM: http://vindictus.nexon.net/

Is some F2P MMO that's starting beta tomorrow. The gameplay looks kinda like Monster Hunter. I got 2 keys if anyone is interested.

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Register the keys at http://vindictus.nexon.net/Key/AccessInfo.aspx
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: magus on September 14, 2010, 06:48:59 PM: this seems to run even on crappy pc and i was totaly head over heels for monster hunter 3
maybe i'll take one of the keys?
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: archie4208 on September 14, 2010, 06:58:16 PM: Go for it.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: magus on September 14, 2010, 07:05:22 PM: okay i registered,i got 2 other keys,seems a little stupid to negate access this way if people that register can then generate new keys
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anyway... now what? do i just wait?
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 14, 2010, 07:29:22 PM: cool name for a game, but the first half of that trailer is probably the gayest thing i've ever seen*

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Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 14, 2010, 07:33:13 PM: Alright, I registered using the second key in archie's post.

Edit: And I also got two more keys. :lol
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Brehvolution on September 14, 2010, 07:45:33 PM: Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on September 14, 2010, 07:29:22 PM
cool name for a game, but the first half of that trailer is probably the gayest thing i've ever seen*

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:lol :lol
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: archie4208 on September 16, 2010, 09:59:01 AM: I've played for about an hour and here are some quick impressions:

I would describe the game as a bastard hybrid of Guild Wars, Devil May Cry and Demon Souls (without any gameplay depth that you'd see in their respective individual title). You go to instanced dungeons and hack and slash things.
It is really polished. I had low expectations considering it is a F2P game, but the graphics are nice and the GUI is very professional.
The game focuses on grindan missions for new items and lewt, but there is a paper thin storyline.
As of right now, the game is braindead easy. I've only done two missions, but they were on the hardest difficulty (heroic) and I was at no point in any danger of dying. The game might get more difficult if you have a party of people, though.

My name is NeonKnight (Dio :'() and I'm on the USEast server if anyone wants to play.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 16, 2010, 10:00:18 AM: I'll check it out later today.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: magus on September 16, 2010, 12:52:00 PM: so this has nothing to do with monster hunter archie?
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: tiesto on September 16, 2010, 01:15:55 PM: Thread title makes me want an Invictus game.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: archie4208 on September 16, 2010, 01:20:08 PM: Quote from: magus on September 16, 2010, 12:52:00 PM
so this has nothing to do with monster hunter archie?

Honestly I haven't played Monster Hunter enough to make a valid comparison, but you could make a faint relationship to it. You crawl dungeons and fight bosses at the end and collect lewt to craft weapons, but the gameplay doesn't seem to be similar to MH.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 16, 2010, 01:43:02 PM: Unscheduled maintenance for the next two hours. :-\
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: magus on September 16, 2010, 01:47:12 PM: great just now that i'm installing the game :lol
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 16, 2010, 05:43:21 PM: What's this? An MMO that doesn't shamelessly copy WoW combat? Shock! It's...actually pretty good! The combat is fast-paced and completely manual, no auto-combat and maybe pressing "1" and "2" from time to time as you watch your avatar carve through hordes of enemies. No, it's much more action-based and it's got little things like dodging, picking up nearby items and using them as weapons, grabbing and enemy and slapping them around, throwing a spear that you actually have to manually aim, and so on. Overall, from what I've seen of the combat, it's really refreshing and a nice change from what every other MMORPG seems to have.

The graphics are nice, with detailed character models, but it's not GREAT. It does, however, have a sense of scale and, at least early on, has some well done cutscenes that wouldn't look out of place in Dragon Age.

Well, that's my impression from 20 or so minutes. We'll see how well it holds up after a few hours.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: bork on September 16, 2010, 06:04:23 PM: This probably wouldn't run very well with an ATOM CPU, would it?
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 16, 2010, 06:16:39 PM: Quote from: Good Day Sir on September 16, 2010, 06:04:23 PM
This probably wouldn't run very well with an ATOM CPU, would it?

I don't know anything about an ATOM CPU, but it is Source engine so the system requirements are pretty low. I've got just about everything maxed out on my Core 2 Duo and it runs smooth, aside from the occasional hiccup. It should scale down really well.

Anyway, back to the game, I gotta say...the combat in this is REALLY satisfying. I mean, yeah, it's basically just hack-and-slash through one group of enemies after another, but so is every other MMO out there, but this time they've actually figured out how to make the combat more engaging and fun. For instance: I was fighting the second boss in the story and I'm in this crumbling ruin. I pick up this huge chunk of broken concrete and smash it into his head. A column also got blasted in the process. It's hard to explain, but that moment was just insanely awesome.

Also, it's fun to run around kicking guys, especially those that you've already knocked down.

Or picking up the broken corpse of some dead monster and then throwing it at the others. :lol
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: magus on September 16, 2010, 07:26:20 PM: "okay i've installed everything! let's finaly try this game after 1 hour of downloading and 30 minutes of installing"

*start game*
*disconnected from the server*

>:(
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: archie4208 on September 16, 2010, 07:38:19 PM: It should run at least on low settings, lyte edge. Nexon had an article on their website about how scalable the game is.

Quote from: magus on September 16, 2010, 07:26:20 PM
"okay i've installed everything! let's finaly try this game after 1 hour of downloading and 30 minutes of installing"

*start game*
*disconnected from the server*

>:(

Server stability is really wonky right now. I'm going to attribute it to the fact it is still in beta and they probably have alot of people who want to play the game.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 16, 2010, 08:35:33 PM: I've been able to play just fine both of the times that I've logged in.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: archie4208 on September 17, 2010, 11:04:49 AM: Just faced my first "what the fuck I got destroyed" battle. The
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killed me in two hits. :-\
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: bork on September 17, 2010, 11:44:46 AM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on September 16, 2010, 06:16:39 PM
Quote from: Good Day Sir on September 16, 2010, 06:04:23 PM
This probably wouldn't run very well with an ATOM CPU, would it?

I don't know anything about an ATOM CPU, but it is Source engine so the system requirements are pretty low. I've got just about everything maxed out on my Core 2 Duo and it runs smooth, aside from the occasional hiccup. It should scale down really well.

The ATOM CPU I have is like 1.67Ghz, single core.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 17, 2010, 12:40:35 PM: Hmm...you might just barely meet the absolutely minimum, sorry. :-\

You know what I really like about this game? Rolling out with two or three other people and going head-on against a horde of guys [in the "Friends" battle] or taking on one of the game's bosses. It's just FUN.

Anybody else on the West server?
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: magus on September 17, 2010, 03:56:37 PM: Great Rumbler - have you played monster hunter 3 on the wii? it's awesome!

also i tried to play this today too and i got the same response,i get a message saying "RESPONSE FROM SERVER DELAYED" and then it says it disconnected,and after that it ask me to log in which makes no sense >:(

you think my european IP could be the problem?
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 17, 2010, 07:26:26 PM: They had server maintenance again today.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 17, 2010, 09:35:37 PM: (http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/2010_09_17_0006.jpg)

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/2010_09_17_0005.jpg)

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Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: magus on September 18, 2010, 05:05:08 AM: i have heard some other people living where i live having the same problem so i guess it's really an IP problem
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 18, 2010, 08:40:43 AM: There's supposed to be a European release before the end of the year.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Damian79 on September 18, 2010, 09:12:14 PM: I dont see any skill trees in this game rumbler. You sure it has it?
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 18, 2010, 09:35:05 PM: No, it doesn't have skill trees.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: etiolate on September 19, 2010, 04:43:34 PM: this game is good btw
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: pilonv1 on September 19, 2010, 11:15:38 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on September 18, 2010, 09:35:05 PM
No, it doesn't have skill trees.

Lame
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2010, 11:35:26 PM: The different classes do have different skills though.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: cool breeze on September 19, 2010, 11:36:34 PM: I checked out some videos and the game looks pretty cool for an mmo.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2010, 11:38:02 PM: And it's free, so no reason not to check it out.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: demi on September 19, 2010, 11:46:16 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2010, 11:38:02 PM
And it's free, so no reason not to check it out.

> PC

No thanks
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: cool breeze on September 19, 2010, 11:48:36 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2010, 11:38:02 PM
And it's free, so no reason not to check it out.

really? that's cool

is the beta open?
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: archie4208 on September 20, 2010, 12:05:56 AM: Quote from: Linkzg on September 19, 2010, 11:48:36 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2010, 11:38:02 PM
And it's free, so no reason not to check it out.

really? that's cool

is the beta open?

Not yet. If they give out more keys before it goes public I'll be glad to post em in this thread.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 20, 2010, 12:51:50 AM: Quote from: Linkzg on September 19, 2010, 11:48:36 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2010, 11:38:02 PM
And it's free, so no reason not to check it out.

really? that's cool

is the beta open?

PM anyone who's playing it in this thread for beta keys. Everybody who makes it in get two more.
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Brehvolution on September 20, 2010, 07:02:54 PM: I'd like to try this game if anyone has a code. :-*
Title: Re: Vindictus
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 20, 2010, 07:50:30 PM: Quote from: Zero Hero on September 20, 2010, 07:02:54 PM
I'd like to try this game if anyone has a code. :-*

Check yet PMs