WTF Auto Assault Beta???

[MX2]

So I finally get around to installing it for the last leg of the beta testing so I can check it out, and see that you can only play this week on Wednesday and Saturday between these certain hours...blah, blah, blah....

What a crock:|

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Same here. The updates for the game took literally 12 hours to download and run.

 

[MX2]

I wait three days to play on the "designated" day and the piece of ****** game crashes right out of the gates after the logo:|

Oh well, I guess thats why its still in beta

 

[SonicIce]

Is this like Vigilante 8 or Twisted Metal?

 

[Agnostos Insania]

Originally posted by: SonicIce
Is this like Vigilante 8 or Twisted Metal?

From MMORPG.com:
"Auto Assault is a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) that combines vehicular combat with role-playing elements. You explore a Post-Apocalyptic future in customizable cars, motorcycles, semis, and even tanks.

Three surviving factions â?? Humans, Mutants, and Biomeks â?? battle each other for control of the world, using tricked out vehicles as their primary weapons.

Do you love the smell of radioactive mutant fusion bombs in the morning? Do you enjoy the company of oversized, toxic, hungry xenomorphs? Did you ever wish that the world would just come to a crashing apocalyptic end, after which heavily armored, tricked out combat vehicles were the only means of survival? "

Official Site: http://www.autoassault.com/index.html

 

[SonicIce]

will there be monthly fee?

 

[Auryg]

Originally posted by: SonicIce
will there be monthly fee?

Yes, and right now the game is nothing special IMO. I wont say any more cause of the NDA (that might have been too much already?), but yeah.

 

[Super56K]

Bringing this back from the dead for those(like me) who haven't played this. I just signed up for a beta through www.penny-arcade.com. It is where their sponsor ads usually are. From the 27th-30th is the time frame, but you may not get your key on day one(or possibly at all). It's a hefty 3gb download as well to get the beta.

edit: forgot the - in the website

 

[MX2]

I couldnt get the damn thing to work. I uninstalled.

 

[Flashram]

Played it for about 3 minutes and uninstalled.

 

[Lonyo]

For anyone who does play, the EU beta at least has extended hours on Valentines day.
Dunno about the US.

 

[phantom404]

reminds me of what I think was called Road Wars for the C64. Go from city to city fighting gangs, looting vehicles, getting weapons, gas, food, etc...

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I'm in the beta and supposedly I'm only allowed to play 5pm saturday - 5pm sunday. It's now 8pm sunday and I'm still playing.

 

[spunkz]

Originally posted by: Flashram
Played it for about 3 minutes and uninstalled.

 

[PseudoKnight]

It's difficult to get into the atmosphere of the game when you're driving around in a kickass vehicle.

 

[jdport]

The game is pretty horrible.. I only played for one of those weekend stress test deals, but I wouldn't play the game for free.
For one thing it's like a post apocolyptic WoW, only easier... :\ For another thing, it's just cheezy... it's still in beta, but bug fixes aren't going to make the game any better.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I really doubt it'll be ready by April. It's a fun game, but fun in the GuildWars sort of way in that it's not fun enough or original enough to warrant paying a monthly fee to experience something new. The game is just another cookie-cutter game from PlayNC.

 

[QueBert]

I'm confused, is this supposed to be a big title when it comes out? I ask because my local Best Buy has had the damn pre-order boxes on their shelfs for seriously, like almost a year now I think.

 

[microAmp]

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/4796

In game advertisement.

NCSOFT CHOOSES MASSIVE NETWORK FOR IN-GAME ADVERTISING

Massive to Provide Dynamic In-Game Advertising for the Highly Anticipated MMO, Auto Assault

NEW YORK?March 14, 2006? NCsoft® North America, a leading developer and publisher of online computer games, and Massive Incorporated today announced a strategic partnership to integrate dynamic in-game advertising into the North American and European versions of Auto Assault®, a highly anticipated action-oriented online role-playing game to be released this April.

Auto Assault, created by Colorado-based developer NetDevil® LTD, is the first massively multiplayer online (MMO) vehicular combat game combining the best elements of action games with the most favored qualities and depth of role-playing games. NCsoft develops and publishes some of the most popular MMO titles, with millions of active subscribers worldwide, including City of Heroes®, City of Villains?, Guild Wars®, Lineage® and Lineage II.

?As the world?s leading creator of online computer games, NCsoft is a great addition to the Massive Network and is further proof that we?re bringing to market the single largest, most comprehensive, and popular network of global games for dynamic advertising,? said Nicholas Longano, CMO of Massive Incorporated. ?We?re excited to team with NCsoft to incorporate real-life advertising into this cutting-edge, highly anticipated game.?

?We?ve been interested in the concept of in-game advertising for a long time, but only wanted to do it when it made sense for the product and enhanced the game world for our players,? said Dorothy Ferguson, vice president of sales and marketing for NCsoft North America. ?This is a great fit for Auto Assault. Massive understands games and has the most seamless and sophisticated process for integrating ads that fit within the game environment. We share a deep commitment to the highest quality game experience for our customers.?

The addition of NCsoft to the Massive Network bolsters Massive?s roster of partners to more than 34 publishers and developers with a total pipeline of over 100 games, representing the single largest video game advertising network.

Massive pioneered dynamic in-game advertising with the launch of the Massive Network in October 2004, and has since partnered with more than 60 blue-chip advertisers to seamlessly deliver ads into more than 45 million game sessions. Massive enables publishers and developers to capture significant new revenues through the aggregation of the video game audience which can be more effectively marketed to advertisers. Developers are able to integrate real-world ad campaigns that are timely and enhance the game environment with more realism.