War Rock
- Area: USA,Europe
- Official Site: War Rock
- Publisher: K2 Network
- Developer: Dream Execution
- Platform: Microsoft Windows
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Overview
"War Rock" is a 3D tactical MMOFPS with fast paced, realistic gameplay. Players gain money and experience based on how they rank each game.
Features
- Encourages team work
- Realistic 3d Graphics
- Punk Buster keeps hackers out
- Fast paced game play
- Area: USA,Europe
- Official Site: War Rock
- Publisher: K2 Network
- Developer: Dream Execution
- Platform: Microsoft Windows
Review
War Rock is a Free2Play MMOFPS game developed by Dream Execution in Korea and published in North America and Europe by GamersFirst, a US based company. War Rock allows players to fight for control of a fictional country in the Middle East called Derbaran. There are 3 different game modes: Close Quarters Combat (CQC), Urban Operations (UO), and Battle Group (BG). CQC offers play on small maps without any vehicles.
BG hosts the largest maps, with the most players (up to 32) and vehicles (including jets, boats, tanks and more). UO splits the difference between CQC and UO with fast paced action on foot and in vehicles (mostly tanks and bikes) on mid-sized maps.
In War Rock you can rotate between one of 5 different classes (similar to BattleField) an Engineer, a Medic, a Sniper, an Assault or a Heavy Trooper. Engineers use sub-machine guns and mines. He also has a spanner so you can use to repair vehicles. The Medic also uses sub-machine guns and can heal wounded teammates. The best part of the medic is a female and she looks pretty hot! You also have the Sniper who can take out enemies from a distance by using sniper rifles. The Assault plays the role of the “standard trooper” with a large selection guns to choose from. Finally, the Heavy Trooper utilizes massive artillery from machine guns to rocket launchers and more. He is one of the only troopers that can deal damage to both vehicles and structures.
War Rock’s advanced moment system is where the game really shines. In War Rock players can sprint, roll, lean, jump, crouch/crawl and lay prone. Most other Free2Play games only allow the player some of those movements. This full range of movement gives War Rock a tactical element that is rarely seen Free2Play games. You can jump over crates and then crouch behind them for cover, lean around corners to shoot your enemies or lay prone on the ground to sniper enemies while giving them a very hard target to hit back.
War Rock also boasts a clan system where players can band together and compete against each other. The current system however seems very buggy and broken. GamersFirst has acknowledged this fact and has disabled the ability to create new clans while they develop a new Clan System (launching in Spring 2010). That highlights another point about War Rock; GamersFirst is highly involved with interacting with their players. On the game’s official forums players have the ability to talk directly with the GamersFirst staff from the Game Masters right up to the game’s producer.
Hacking and cheating are common problems with online games and War Rock is no exception. With War Rock’s developer being located in South Korea where there are strict laws forbidding hacking, they didn’t do enough to properly protect the game from cheating. GamersFirst, however, is currently working with Ahnlabs a Korean hack prevention company that makes the HackShield program. While HackShield does protect against some hacks it has been regularly bypassed. Recently GamersFirst has stated that Dream Execution is putting a focus on better protecting the game from hacking and cheating. GamersFirst also seemed to imply they are working on something and are not willing to share for fear that the hackers would have knowledge of it. Regardless it is a major problem with the game, one it seems both Dream Execution and GamersFirst is working to correct.
What really sets War Rock apart from its peers is the game mechanics. It is much more fluid and fast paced compared to the countless FPS clones out there that have a more rigid movement style. If you are looking for a shooter game, you like competition and you enjoy a variety of game modes then War Rock is definitely worth checking out. It is free after all so what have you got to lose?
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