Did they take a second look at Dust or is this their original review from back in May?

This game has enough in it that I'm going to stick it out. While it does have its bad points, there are also many good points that are not offered by any other FPS title.

This game has enough in it that I'm going to stick it out. While it does have its bad points, there are also many good points that are not offered by any other FPS title.

This game sucks and the majority of people know it. Sorry, too see that you are in denial about the truth. Dust had a lot of potential but CCP bungled and mismanaged that potential. They should stick to internet spaceships IMO. FPS games are obviously a bit more than they can handle it seems.

EDIT: No one seems to have posted the link so here it is - http://www.gamespot.com/dust-514/

Summary from Gamespot review:

THE GOOD
*With cooperative teammates, it's occasionally a reasonable facsimile of better shooters
*Weapons are imaginative sci-fi spins on the usual suspects

THE BAD
*Low frame rate and muddy textures hamper gameplay and aesthetics
*Poorly designed maps with little attention to scale, flow, or originality
*Cumbersome menus and customization systems
*Link to EVE Online and its lore is mostly theoretical

SCORE - 4/10

I look forward to glancing CCP's financial report.

Please elaborate on these good points that are unavailable anywhere else cause I ain't seeing them...

@Michael

Are you Iron Wolf Sabre? You speak volumes of poo, just like it.

@Michael

Are you Iron Wolf Sabre? You speak volumes of poo, just like it.

@Badonk

Were you born just today?

It is my own perspective which is my own opinion. Imagine that? Not everybody will view it the same.

"Dust's link to EVE was supposed to provide the context for these endless war games. But the bond between the two games remains ill-defined. Corporations, the life blood of EVE, barely receive an introduction in Dust. Ditto for the former game's vast libraries of lore. Sitting in the cramped mercenary's quarters, just a few menu clicks away from jumping into battles all across the universe, it's impossible to get a sense of the vastness of space that makes the massively multiplayer online role-playing game at once so daunting and mysterious. We know that data transmits across the void between EVE and Dust, because a name taken in one cannot be used in the other. But personality never makes the jump."

Correct

So you aren't IWS? My opinion is you talk poo, much like IWS.

1. Teamwork

No other game quite enforces the thought of teamwork like Dust does. And I'm thinking about the big two on consoles...BF and COD. In those games, lone rangers can carry squads or teams. Especially in the latter. Teamwork supercedes the John Rambos of FPS. I've seen matches where guys get 44 kills and 2 deaths...but still lost

2. Perishable items

It's a wonderful but frightening concept of perishable items. Frightening because you have to micro manage and be careful of what you do. Being reckless can cost you more than just your KDR. It can and will cost you ISK. Of course those who are active in PC scoffs at this, but for the average player, ISK management is a necessity.

3. Science Fiction FPS

Science fiction is great commentary on our society. It always has and will continue to be so. Dust 514 offers a deep and imaginative world that you can completely submerge into. It's social commentary on the state of things can't be overlooked. It goes further than Halo story with lore that could take you weeks to months to read just to have a handle on what's happening...speaking of current events

4. Players and Lore

Players and their action shift the lore. Victories are even talked about in the in game news circuit. It was quite cool to read that EoN made it into the lore when they took to Molden Heath and battles raged on. It gave the player meaning and the feeling of being a part of something more. I like the sound of that compared to be a random character for a NAVY SEALS team or some terrorist extreme faction. Here, your actions can change the course of the universe

5. Social Aspect

Let's face it, Dust 514 got the social aspect mastered. The only way I was introduced to so many great players in the likes of BF and COD is if I increased rank, forums, or just played alot. In Dust, that middle ground is cut as comm channels help mercs to assemble together. One comm channel can bring the world together and you might find yourself with a member from Japan, to Iceland, to Norway and such. Friends are made and enemies are born.

6. Intense action/Coming down to the wire

"Battles in New Eden can be fast, frentic."

A good battle in New Eden is memorable. It feels action packed like a movie. You recall your squad mate coming in at the right moment to lay down an opponent that nearly killed you while you got caught reloading. Driving a LAV behind enemy lines to get a uplink down so the enemy can be pinched. Crouching behind cover as enemies slowly move forward to push onto the bridge.

These are just some scenarios but you get the picture. Battles in NE can be damn good. Players will switch their tactics (or not) to adjust to the changes. You could be killing their MCC, but your team clone reserves are depleting rapidly. Small things such as this makes the battle memorable to where you salute your enemies for a good war. You really can't find that same feeling in BF or COD.

These are just some of things I thought about when you asked that question. Stuff like the above and more keeps me coming back.

And when you play with like minded people...it makes the experience worth it even more

o7 to the mercs keeping up the fight!

1. Teamwork

No other game quite enforces the thought of teamwork like Dust does. And I'm thinking about the big two on consoles...BF and COD. In those games, lone rangers can carry squads or teams. Especially in the latter. Teamwork supercedes the John Rambos of FPS. I've seen matches where guys get 44 kills and 2 deaths...but still lost

2. Perishable items

It's a wonderful but frightening concept of perishable items. Frightening because you have to micro manage and be careful of what you do. Being reckless can cost you more than just your KDR. It can and will cost you ISK. Of course those who are active in PC scoffs at this, but for the average player, ISK management is a necessity.

3. Science Fiction FPS

Science fiction is great commentary on our society. It always has and will continue to be so. Dust 514 offers a deep and imaginative world that you can completely submerge into. It's social commentary on the state of things can't be overlooked. It goes further than Halo story with lore that could take you weeks to months to read just to have a handle on what's happening...speaking of current events

4. Players and Lore

Players and their action shift the lore. Victories are even talked about in the in game news circuit. It was quite cool to read that EoN made it into the lore when they took to Molden Heath and battles raged on. It gave the player meaning and the feeling of being a part of something more. I like the sound of that compared to be a random character for a NAVY SEALS team or some terrorist extreme faction. Here, your actions can change the course of the universe

5. Social Aspect

Let's face it, Dust 514 got the social aspect mastered. The only way I was introduced to so many great players in the likes of BF and COD is if I increased rank, forums, or just played alot. In Dust, that middle ground is cut as comm channels help mercs to assemble together. One comm channel can bring the world together and you might find yourself with a member from Japan, to Iceland, to Norway and such. Friends are made and enemies are born.

6. Intense action/Coming down to the wire

"Battles in New Eden can be fast, frentic."

A good battle in New Eden is memorable. It feels action packed like a movie. You recall your squad mate coming in at the right moment to lay down an opponent that nearly killed you while you got caught reloading. Driving a LAV behind enemy lines to get a uplink down so the enemy can be pinched. Crouching behind cover as enemies slowly move forward to push onto the bridge.

These are just some scenarios but you get the picture. Battles in NE can be damn good. Players will switch their tactics (or not) to adjust to the changes. You could be killing their MCC, but your team clone reserves are depleting rapidly. Small things such as this makes the battle memorable to where you salute your enemies for a good war. You really can't find that same feeling in BF or COD.

LOL WUT? So which developer are you? Or do you honestly believe this bullshit that spewed from your anus?

2. Perishable items

It's a wonderful but frightening concept of perishable items. Frightening because you have to micro manage and be careful of what you do. Being reckless can cost you more than just your KDR. It can and will cost you ISK. Of course those who are active in PC scoffs at this, but for the average player, ISK management is a necessity.

I'm sorry, of all the many FPSs I have played I can quite comfortably say that the above is your only valid and reasonable point. Even then, though Dust may be the only one to do this, it still does it badly compared to what it COULD be.

Especially the teamwork thing, have you ever seen a competitive, voice-commed TF2 match or a 100-man outfit vs 100-man outfit base siege in PS2, those both rain on Dust for teamwork (for different reasons).

1. Teamwork

No other game quite enforces the thought of teamwork like Dust does. And I'm thinking about the big two on consoles...BF and COD. In those games, lone rangers can carry squads or teams. Especially in the latter. Teamwork supercedes the John Rambos of FPS. I've seen matches where guys get 44 kills and 2 deaths...but still lost

2. Perishable items

It's a wonderful but frightening concept of perishable items. Frightening because you have to micro manage and be careful of what you do. Being reckless can cost you more than just your KDR. It can and will cost you ISK. Of course those who are active in PC scoffs at this, but for the average player, ISK management is a necessity.

3. Science Fiction FPS

Science fiction is great commentary on our society. It always has and will continue to be so. Dust 514 offers a deep and imaginative world that you can completely submerge into. It's social commentary on the state of things can't be overlooked. It goes further than Halo story with lore that could take you weeks to months to read just to have a handle on what's happening...speaking of current events

4. Players and Lore

Players and their action shift the lore. Victories are even talked about in the in game news circuit. It was quite cool to read that EoN made it into the lore when they took to Molden Heath and battles raged on. It gave the player meaning and the feeling of being a part of something more. I like the sound of that compared to be a random character for a NAVY SEALS team or some terrorist extreme faction. Here, your actions can change the course of the universe

5. Social Aspect

Let's face it, Dust 514 got the social aspect mastered. The only way I was introduced to so many great players in the likes of BF and COD is if I increased rank, forums, or just played alot. In Dust, that middle ground is cut as comm channels help mercs to assemble together. One comm channel can bring the world together and you might find yourself with a member from Japan, to Iceland, to Norway and such. Friends are made and enemies are born.

6. Intense action/Coming down to the wire

"Battles in New Eden can be fast, frentic."

A good battle in New Eden is memorable. It feels action packed like a movie. You recall your squad mate coming in at the right moment to lay down an opponent that nearly killed you while you got caught reloading. Driving a LAV behind enemy lines to get a uplink down so the enemy can be pinched. Crouching behind cover as enemies slowly move forward to push onto the bridge.

These are just some scenarios but you get the picture. Battles in NE can be damn good. Players will switch their tactics (or not) to adjust to the changes. You could be killing their MCC, but your team clone reserves are depleting rapidly. Small things such as this makes the battle memorable to where you salute your enemies for a good war. You really can't find that same feeling in BF or COD.

These are just some of things I thought about when you asked that question. Stuff like the above and more keeps me coming back.

And when you play with like minded people...it makes the experience worth it even more

o7 to the mercs keeping up the fight!

Teamwork, corp-centered gameplay and perishables are the only true points. The lore that you speak of is just leaderboard hype that's the same in every FPS. Science fiction - I don't even want to start on this one, it's far from original in that regard. It does not have intense action imo - broken game mechanics ensure that you are either stomping or getting stomped 9 games of 10 and gear means more than skill. Connection to eve with orbitals - semi-real token connection.

But the horrible..... horrible things they said feels true at the same time. As much as I want to burn game spot studios to the ground there argument is valid. I may be a little late but once I read that review, it ruined my day. Idk maybe its just that I'm a vet on this game. But I'm crushed by that review.