A few months ago Firefall wasn't even a blip on my radar. I had somehow ended up on their mailing list, and each new email that came in was deleted by the time I got to the word MMO. In the past year I'd gone through 3 or 4 disappointing MMOs, and I wasn't ready to get bit by another generic "Fight some dragons while you level up and become the ultimate hero!" game. I was so jaded that I somehow completely missed the part where Firefall is set in the future on Earth, is an FPS/TPS, and doesn't have any levels.
Firefall markets itself as "a sci-fi MMO shooter set in a future Earth." And it includes an impressive feature list:
- A Vast Open World - Developed on a 1/10 scale replica of Earth, the game promises to be massive.
- 100% Free-to-Play - Most importantly: "Firefall is Free-2-Play and never Pay-2-Win.
- Tiers, Not Levels - There is no leveling.
- Deep Crafting - Nearly every item in the game is crafted by the players.
- Massive Open World PvP, eSports and Arenas, Dynamic World War, and more.
