Shattered Horizon is supposed to be a first person shooter set in space. Zero gravity, space stations, and all that amazing stuff we dream of blowing up. I was given a guest pass to it by a friend on Twitter, and decided to give it a go a while ago. Then I got to attempt to play it again today, as the game is currently having a free weekend. After loading it today, I can say that I’m not interested in the slightest in ever purchasing this game.
I borrowed this screenshot from the main site. I’d take my own, but I can’t get into a game.
During the guest pass period, I logged on twice, and out of those two times, the busiest was when there was a whole seven people playing, spread out over five servers. I’ve never been interested in playing small games, least of all when I’m new to it, so I let it go.
This weekend, since the free weekend is on and the game is already preloaded on my computer, I logged in half an hour ago to give it another go. This time, most servers were full. However, not only were there no servers under 200 ping for me, but whenever I connected to a server, I was disconnected before I was actually able to play, with no reason supplied. How can I try a game when they won’t let me play?
This experience has killed any desire I have to play it.
The Why I won’t be buying Shattered Horizon by ZombieSkittles, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.
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I couldn't get any sort of decent framerate at all and gave up after a few seconds. Maybe my computer is just not up to all these new fandangled games. It choked on Batman too :(
I was really looking forward to Batman.
After writing this I gave it one final chance, and finally got in, only to find choppy gameplay. Not to mention I had no idea what was up and down, where I was going or what I was doing. It was ultimately confusing and I ended up ragequitting.
Have you thought about console gaming?
I can't afford to be a console gamer. I have a Wii, but I haven't even been able to purchase Metroid, which is probably my favorite game on the console. Sigh. One day I'll be a gamer. Then I can call myself a real boy.