Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Feb 22, 2015

  Back in 2003, Splash Damage released a standalone freeware game known as Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It combined the speed and movement of Quake and the hitscan and aiming mechanics of Counter-Strike into a objective-based game. The focus on team-oriented objectives created a very popular fps game that sadly had a community die off and move on. Splash Damage attempted to revive the series with with Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, but was largely unsucessful. Welcome to Dirty Bomb, the newest reincarnation of the gameplay. It feels and plays like the first legitemate sucessor to Enemy Territory. With similar team-based classes, and a much more noob-friendly interface than ET could ever muster, this game could possibly be the first game that is a legitemate competitor to CSGO in terms of competitive FPS games... as long as Nexon doesn't FUCK everything up and make the game p2w. The shooting mechanics combine that of quake and counter-strike. Players are tanky and can take 2 or 3 headshots to kill. However, similar to CS, aiming for the head is highly rewarding as most guns will kill in 8 to 10 shots (generally it takes a little less than 2 seconds to kill a player with body shots). Additionally, you're highly accurate while moving, which makes strafe shooting a viable and effective strategy. Don't let the cartoonish atmosphere fool you, however. Despite its simplistic nature, there is a lot of depth to the game in taking fights, healing with medics, and even intentionally suiciding to respawn with full ammo or to defend an objective. If you like playing competitive FPS games, give this one a fair shot. The gameplay is quite unforgiving for new players, but highly rewarding if you stick with it.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 12, 2015

  -Beta Review- Surprisingly fun! I have never been a huge fan of shooters like CS:GO, but this game is really unique and makes the experience better imho. One of the main differences is you get characters, When you play games you earn coins based on level badges you get (such as double kill etc) and wins. These coins go towards unlocking new characters. We have been introduced to a handful in beta (Ranging from assaults who can call in air strikes, give team mates ammo when they run out.) medics who heal and have instant revives, snipers, or drop some bad ass proximity mines and blow your enemies to pieces.) The objectives and maps seem so much fresher and entertaining then similar games. The cyber punkesque graphics and feel to the "Post Apocalyptic" world is also really fun. The similarity to CS GO also comes in crates, but from what i've seen now.. they're not p2w crates. You can randomly get dropped crates in games you play, and they gave us a starting of 100 keys to open. I don't know if this will change on release, but I love it in it's current build.. In these crates are card loadouts for the different characters. They include different guns and knives and perk abilities. These are sorted by rarity the same way a cs go weapon would be found in crates. If they give us the chance to customize character outfits, oh god, this would be a masterpiece. Really excited for the next stress test and to see some new characters and game modes! This is going to be one of the best F2P games to hit steam in a long time.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 28, 2015

  Most fun I've had with an FPS in a long time. Pretty fast-paced combat, classes aren't too gimmicky. Anyone who digs Enemy Territory or thought Brink had a ton of potential should definitely check it out
• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2015

  I have a couple of thoughts I wanted to share now that I have played this game for a few hours. Positives: + game runs smooth, no framedrops noticed yet + art design and character design is great + very nice sound set + clear level design, options to flank opponents given + class based gameplay + objectives make for diverting rounds + gunplay feels solid + movement feels fluid and not clunky + walljumps open up new paths Negatives: - menu design is cluttered and confusing - graphical settings need more in-depth options - movement options are unintuitive (toggled sprint and crouch)* - quickmatch function is not working properly - lack of progression - no character customisation - ludicrous shop prices (in-game currency) - loadouts completely based on RNG - inability to change loadouts in-game - no freedom of gun choice - overlapping classes - unspectacular class skills, lack of innovation - partly annoying synchronisation - questionable balance *Your character will always sprint/crouch when you use the toggled option until you press the button again, my gripe here is that e.g. usually one stops sprinting when released 'W'. This game relies way too hefty on RNG. The card loadout system feels contra-productive. Your whole experience will have its roots on RNG, it's up to you how you feel about that. I fore one, think it is misplaced in a fps game. There is a complete lack of customisation, you can't change your characters loadout unless you have another card for him, which you will only receive via crates you get by leveling up your account or purchasing them in the store. It should be noted that those are completely RNG based as well, meaning you can't choose for which character you want a crate. The merc prices are just ridiculous, it goes up to 50.000 credits for a merc to unlock. To put this in perspective, a crate costs 1000, you will receive around 100 per match. Meaning if you want to unlock e.g. Fragger, you have to save 50.000 credits and you will have to play the whole time with the exact same loadout with the few characters you got. The grind in this game is unreal, furthermore it is not rewarding nor is there any 'wow' factor, since higher cards only offer more passive skills for your character which in case of a fps game, they are rather marginal and not noteworthy. At it's current state I don't see how this game could possibly spark my interest to the point where this could become an evening game for me. There is no progression, no customisation, un-innovative classes and skills. Dirty Bomb tries to hard to copy existing games, while failing to develope it's own character and charm.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2015

  Nice to see a stable beta for a change, i already love this game as it combine a Tf2, cod, CS and brink in a "new" fresh style. It takes a few hours to get used to, its hard but rewarding. if i had to say something "bad" i guess the fine tuning of weapon balance is needed and im 100% sure they are working on it. As far a beta goes this is SOLID. It will be F2P but i do not regret spending my 20euro. I can see my self spending hours in this game... Can't wait for the finished look....
• gamedeal user

  May 27, 2015

  If this game goes pay to win I will go to DB HQ and Punch each of you in the sack!
• gamedeal user

  Jun 2, 2015

  After playing this I have to say this game can be great (unless nexon makes it P2W). Going back and forth between CS and this is crazy hard when CS is more slow. Also this game takes teamwork as well so make sure u can make friends or get friends to play with. HF :)
• gamedeal user

  Jun 3, 2015

  If you like a fast paced objective based shooter with classes, then look no further! Dirty Bomb has Payload, Capture the flag (1 side), and repearing objectives, and depending on the map you can either have to repair, then paylord the EV and finally deliver an objective. So there's a good mix in maps with objective types. Sadly, this also means your favorite class, or Merc, might be useless on that map, like Arty in Underground, due to the map having no sky, so you can't call down a bombardment of the area. Now, it has that TF2 kind of vibe, but there's no med packs lying around, but there's ammo crates stationed in corners. And medics are very valuable! There are some balance quirks that needs tuning, but so far it's a very enjoyable experience.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 3, 2015

  Update: I should have articulated myself better. Sorry. My nostalgic trip was to highlight all the interesting and creative things I could do in ET. When I compare that to Dirty Bomb I'm just not finding the same scope of gameplay. Obviously Dirty Bomb is a different game but I find it lacks depth and could be so much more. Splash Damage just makes these types of games so the comparison is always going to be made in my eyes. I'm a huge ET fan. It's the one game I look back the most fondly. As another review said this is what BRINK should have been and I totally agree. However it just doesn't quite capture the magic of ET. Perhaps I'm wearing rose coloured glasses... But it's the yard stick I measure ALL Splash Damage games with. I only played Covert Op (enemy in disguise) back in the day and I miss the little things I could do as that class. This is why the magic is missing for ME -> I can't be as creative as I used to be. - Capture the forward spawn at just the right time - Deny the enemy information by blowing up the command post at strategic times - Secondary means of completing the objective - Fuel Dump ;) - Satchel charge on a group of gunners - Run through the spawn to get to the objective in an unexpected manner - Open the back door and sneak key team members in (multiple vectors to complete a mission) - Fireteam chat (only communicate to key team memebers) - Spotting hidden mines - Mind games with the enemy, constantly blowing up the command post and hiding, blocking the doorway when rushing to defuse, pretend to defend an objective for a long period of time - Hiding in the bushes, spotting mines waiting to pounce - Smoke grenades (so useful) This and so much more I could do that I felt made a huge impact on the course of a round. Brutally hard to pull off but so satisfying. It appealed to my lone wolf introverted nature. In saying that... I'm going to stick with this game, hoping the new mercs bring something new to the table. Red eye and that invisible one look promising. Currently the game is fast and fun. Some rounds your team are a bunch of muppets and other times they're God's gift to gaming. Mostly it's a fairly balanced game of tug-o-war. But as it stands there are just too many variations of the same merc. Give me tools to be creative. Still recommend. (I used to play as 'Borealis' on Aussie servers if anyone remembers)
• gamedeal user

  Jun 12, 2015

  Ever play Return to Castle Wolfenstein(RTCW)? What about Enemy Territory? ETQuake Wars? Then this is probably the game for you. Its Fast, Its Team Based, there is parkour and its not Battle field or CoD. Nexon is the publisher but if you enjoy Headshoting fools after a day of work a couple few times times 50 then this is the game for you. It's not pay 2 win because bronze cards are just like silver or gold just different skins. I never played Brink which some people say this reminds them of. But Splash Damage has once again captured me again. It's not perfect but it's better than any other shooter out