Comments on: Jumpgate Beta Signups

By: Surgeon

Surgeon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:47:18 +0000

Kanakotka, you’ve got Codies to blame for any Beta signage problems.
Ultra flames of death abound on the new forums.
The Net Devil forums have just been migrated across to Codemasters, including the Beta sign up process, and in certain quarters, it isn’t going down well.
Still, fun to read though :D

By: Kanakotka

Kanakotka — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:40:27 +0000

Ahh, Netdevil. Your software works so well that even signing up to beta is impossible :D

I’d be glad if it weren’t anything like EvE. People tend to be rather polar about EvE… i think it sucks. I don’t like the concept of having to pay for a game that’s not wise to play before you’ve done nothing but trained skills for about 3 months.

By: Redford

Redford — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:34:40 +0000

A lot of people have been dooming Netdevil and by proxy, JGE. This is false. JG was a great game. It was released at a time, and during it’s peak was a very popular game. The issues is that Netdevil did two things wrong. The first is they waited way too long after JG to even attempt a second game. The second is that game was Auto Assault. Many people have nothing but terrible things to say about this game and for the most part I agree. However, there is one thing I do not agree with. It was never Netdevil’s fault. PlayNC were in charge of gameplay, art and story assets. Netdevil were the ones responsible for the engine. This is why we will never see Auto Assault again. Netdevil has the engine code, but NOTHING ELSE. It’s possible there are bits and pieces of it within the code of JGE or we’ll see something new down the road. For now, rest assured that JG was a great game, and JGE will be too as long as they don’t mess up.

By: Surgeon

Surgeon — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:04:37 +0000

I’ve got high hopes for this.

I was even tempted to go back and play the original Jumpgate. For only £5 a month I thought it was worth a shot.
It’s proper old school graphics wise, it feels a little bit empty and the mission system is really basic. But there is something really satisfying about the flight engine. It’s hardcore, but very rewarding when you manage to pull off even simple things. Like docking at high speed with a ship fully loaded with Uranium. All the JG veterans rave about it, and I can see why. PvP would have been a blast (still working my way up to that particular challenge).
Really gutted I missed out on this at its height.

By: Senir

Senir — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:41:16 +0000

The design of the ships looks really bland to me for some reason.

I signed up for a reminder email for this like a year ago but it never came. I have no idea why…

By: Chaz

Chaz — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:29:35 +0000

Looks like the kind of game I could really get into, but whats the rec specs for it? My PC is getting a bit long in the tooth now.

By: Steelfist

Steelfist — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:24:59 +0000

I’m actually pretty excited about this. I loved Freelancer, (yes the missions were a bit boring) and the thought of it being an MMO is intriguing. I’ve signed up for the beta.

By: DigitalSignalX

DigitalSignalX — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:01:48 +0000

“Netdevil don’t have the best track record..” tsk tsk! Not at the grammar, but I think they’ve done better then many steering a ship owned by Codemasters, NCSOFT, and now Lego.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:09:48 +0000

@Peregrine: that’s fixed by giving up mining and becoming one of the pirates. Or indeed the anti-pirates.

@Tony: it seems so.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:05:07 +0000

You mean there’s twitch combat?

Please tell me there’s twitch combat.

EDIT: Okay, I’m hitting this like the motherloving Fist of the North Star.

By: Peregrine

Peregrine — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:00:36 +0000

Yea Eve was great I loved the idea of it. But once you realized Hey I’ve done all the Missions, Trading is boring, Exploration…?? and should I join a corporation so I can work AFTER I get home from work?

Its a great idea, great world, great pvp, great everything but its impossible to enjoy it when your clicking on rocks and watching a scanner looking for pirates.

By: Riotpoll

Riotpoll — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:14:18 +0000

I’ve signed up, action combat beats clicking a weapon icon, looking at you EVE ;)