Space lasers!
CCP’s ambitious first-person shooterDust 514isnow in open beta. The free-to-play shooter, as you may already know, is linked toEVE Online, the crazy space game that’s an actual viable export of Iceland. I’m not joking.
The game will officially launch later this year, but until then CCP plans on improvingDust 514on a regular basis. The big hook to the game is that players inEVEcan rain down space lasers on targets you designate on the ground while playingDust 514. There’s a whole economy system in place, soEVEandDustplayers will benefit from working together.
In the match I played at a recent preview event, I saw a number ofEVEattacks hit my enemies, and my own team too. I like the overall idea to the concept, but based on the latest hands-on I don’t see myself getting too invested.
My main gripe is with the player cap. Right now they’re at 32, and eventually they want to get to 48-players per map. Hopefully that happens sooner than later as the maps are so big that it gets a little boring trying to find people to kill. There’s still a lot of work that needs to be done before this one grabs my attention.
