Shattered Warpgate Edit 2:

Finally got into Esamir. Need to find 2 terminals. Entire campaign area is just a campfest. I uninstalled the game.

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Shattered Warpgate Edit:

So, new update with a good idea: give people a new way to play every day, through an in-game mission system that encourages some new or off the wall gameplay, and explore an exciting story through the introduction of a campaign!

Except the campaign missions are all on one continent. I've seen that continent actually available for about 15 minutes over two days of gameplay in the evenings. Most(?) of the missions, too, require that continent to be open to complete them.

I cancelled my subscription because out of the last four or so major updates, I just don't feel I've been getting my money's worth. Devs have some decent ideas, but they really just cannot deliver on that vision. And if history is any indication, there will be little in the way of follow up to address the concerns through another major patch.

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Original review below:

I have a love-hate relationship with this game.

It has been getting regular updates, which is good, but the updates all feel like pandering to the big outfits. The introduction of the Bastion fleet carriers into the game are one of the major reasons I don't recommend this right now.

Is it a good game? Yes. It's a shooter that I come back to again and again. Hop in, shoot some dudes; giant, chaotic smashes of infantry, tanks, and aircraft. Massive slogs of infantry, desperate point holds, the game really can lend itself to some very impressive and coordinated gameplay.

All of that ruined in a matter of moments, though, because some large outfit decided tonight was the night they just wanted to bomb everyone else for the next half an hour. It's not entirely uncommon to see a Bastion, this elite asset that's supposed to be used as a major force multiplier, sitting above a fight that team has 0 stake in, just to farm. There's a big tank that a decent-sized group can field, meant to be used to counter the giant flying farming machine. Never really seen it used for anything other than being 5-tanks-in-one. Gold star for effort in trying to build a counter to the Bastion. Minus points for locking it behind the social aspects of the game, just like the Bastion.

That also says nothing on the sheer number of orbital strikes you can expect to see from one side or the other. Again, another force multiplier widely available to the organized groups.

If you're a casual, more solo player like myself, the game has been skewing in a direction that is rewarding the social aspects. Get organized, or be steamrolled. The game has ultimately become a numbers game, painfully apparent from the latest feature updates. Those with numbers get the shiny new toys, and they will always have the shiny new toys because they have the numbers. If I had wanted to sign up for a numbers game, I would have probably signed up for EVE Online or just opened up Microsoft Excel.

Instead, I get to watch the whose-who of content creators laud over each new radically more grandiose weapon of mass destruction and pat themselves on the backs. They are the socialites with followings, who will get to experience these new things, and use them to their fullest ability. I get to watch the usual suspects continuously field these impressively destructive vehicles because they will always have the resources for it. They have their power in numbers, and to the massed and organized (no matter how loosely; token zergfit complaint here) go the force multipliers.

I pay 13 bucks a month to play the more solo-focused robot faction and bounce between the different teams. I cannot even pull a single-seat fighter aircraft to attempt to counter the giant flying death ships. There hasn't been a content update for them since right around the time they were released.

Honestly, probably my mistake at this point. I should have realized it earlier, but here there are no equalizers. Only multipliers. Probably why this game tends to be so unforgiving to the newer players.

And ultimately, for the current game direction, I just really can't recommend it. Not recommended because they introduced new features that lead to situations in which I really just can't shoot back, and that's not really the game I'm here to play.

Shattered Warpgate Edit 2: Finally got into Esamir. Need to find 2 terminals. Entire campaign area is just a campfest. I uninstalled the game. ------ Shattered Warpgate Edit: So, new update with a good idea: give people a new way to play every day, through an in-game mission system that encourages some new or off the wall gameplay, and explore an exciting story through the introduction of a campaign! Except the campaign missions are all on one continent. I've seen that continent actually available for about 15 minutes over two days of gameplay in the evenings. Most(?) of the missions, too, require that continent to be open to complete them. I cancelled my subscription because out of the last four or so major updates, I just don't feel I've been getting my money's worth. Devs have some decent ideas, but they really just cannot deliver on that vision. And if history is any indication, there will be little in the way of follow up to address the concerns through another major patch. ----- Original review below: I have a love-hate relationship with this game. It has been getting regular updates, which is good, but the updates all feel like pandering to the big outfits. The introduction of the Bastion fleet carriers into the game are one of the major reasons I don't recommend this right now. Is it a good game? Yes. It's a shooter that I come back to again and again. Hop in, shoot some dudes; giant, chaotic smashes of infantry, tanks, and aircraft. Massive slogs of infantry, desperate point holds, the game really can lend itself to some very impressive and coordinated gameplay. All of that ruined in a matter of moments, though, because some large outfit decided tonight was the night they just wanted to bomb everyone else for the next half an hour. It's not entirely uncommon to see a Bastion, this elite asset that's supposed to be used as a major force multiplier, sitting above a fight that team has 0 stake in, just to farm. There's a big tank that a decent-sized group can field, meant to be used to counter the giant flying farming machine. Never really seen it used for anything other than being 5-tanks-in-one. Gold star for effort in trying to build a counter to the Bastion. Minus points for locking it behind the social aspects of the game, just like the Bastion. That also says nothing on the sheer number of orbital strikes you can expect to see from one side or the other. Again, another force multiplier widely available to the organized groups. If you're a casual, more solo player like myself, the game has been skewing in a direction that is rewarding the social aspects. Get organized, or be steamrolled. The game has ultimately become a numbers game, painfully apparent from the latest feature updates. Those with numbers get the shiny new toys, and they will always have the shiny new toys because they have the numbers. If I had wanted to sign up for a numbers game, I would have probably signed up for EVE Online or just opened up Microsoft Excel. Instead, I get to watch the whose-who of content creators laud over each new radically more grandiose weapon of mass destruction and pat themselves on the backs. They are the socialites with followings, who will get to experience these new things, and use them to their fullest ability. I get to watch the usual suspects continuously field these impressively destructive vehicles because they will always have the resources for it. They have their power in numbers, and to the massed and organized (no matter how loosely; token zergfit complaint here) go the force multipliers. I pay 13 bucks a month to play the more solo-focused robot faction and bounce between the different teams. I cannot even pull a single-seat fighter aircraft to attempt to counter the giant flying death ships. There hasn't been a content update for them since right around the time they were released. Honestly, probably my mistake at this point. I should have realized it earlier, but here there are no equalizers. Only multipliers. Probably why this game tends to be so unforgiving to the newer players. And ultimately, for the current game direction, I just really can't recommend it. Not recommended because they introduced new features that lead to situations in which I really just can't shoot back, and that's not really the game I'm here to play.