Fan-Made Fallout MMORPG Coming Sept. 5

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Shawn Hopkins

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Do you sometimes get misty and nostalgic thinking about that time you creatively murdered Myron in Fallout 2? Do you still look back at that era of RPGs as a golden age? Then get ready, because you can experience it again with a new free MMORPG coming very soon.

Fallout Online: Ashes of Phoenix, uses the Fonline Engine, a fan-made construction kit that allows the creation of singleplayer and multiplayer games and has been used for fan-made games like Fonline 2 and Fonline: Reloaded. You can download Ashes of Phoenix here and play for free, although you need a copy of Fallout 2 for it to work.

Ashes of Phoenix builds upon the engine to create a new game that will require experienced Fonline players to forget a lot of what they've learned, its's page says. It features a new setting and story where players can fight for the resources in a 2220 version of Phoenix that avoided most of the destruction of Fallout's apocalypse.

The public server for the game officially opens Sept. 5. Don't expect a game with that can be played solo like earlier Fallouts, however. This is a PVP-heavy experience where you have to join a faction to survive.

The game-makers promise these features:
  • A new region of the Fallout world to explore around the city of Phoenix, a giant location with dozens of connected quarters where everything can happen.
  • An advanced system of factions and reputation, including private bases for player platoons, merchants, assignments and more, regrouped inside faction headquarters where you can rest between missions and meet new mates to explore the Wasteland.
  • A completely reworked character system with hundreds of viable profiles, guarantying that you can actually create any character you want and develop it on the long term, while still being competitive against other players. No level cap, but a soft cap at level 24, where evolving your character further will make it rather more versatile than strictly more powerful.
  • A deeply revised combat system fully in real time with the introduction of a new Action Points system, new burst mechanics, deployable weapons, covers, squads and many more features implying personal and group strategies for an exciting and ruthless combat experience.
  • A strong PvP system stimulating fair savage PvP and involving the control of Phoenix. Twelve quarters can be claimed, strategy and smart moves matter more than ever. Exploring Phoenix underground dungeons can also be the occasion for player groups to ambush each other.
  • A huge diplomacy potential with the presence of four main factions: Jim & Jack & Joe Lawyer Agency, the Family, the Brahminboys and the V-Technologists. Player platoons will deeply influence the diplomacy of their faction.
  • A vast equipment composed of hundreds of weapons and many armors. Multiple new items have been added, like new grenades, traps, spears, energy SMGs and many more. Those items bring a new dimension to PvP, like smoke grenades, Incinerators or the legendary Bozar heavy sniper rifle. Every player should find multiple suitable combinations of weapons and armors for his playstyle.
  • A vast crafting system including the search for relics, exchanged with your faction for blueprints unlocking more advanced weapons through different tech trees. Your character is able to be fully independant without suffering from any power gap with other player characters.
  • A strong economy based on player trades, smart scavenging and crafting where bottle caps and equipment in general are more difficult to stockpile.
  • A completely new interface optimized for PvP including a new Pipboy, called the Cheapboy and working both as an intel provider and an encyclopedia.
  • Enhanced NPCs for a more natural and dynamic experience. Raiders roam the ruins of Phoenix, packs of wild animals are out for blood in the Wastes and friendly travelers might come to your aid. You never know what's hiding behind the next corner.
  • A maximal randomization makes sure every journey in the Wastes is a new experience. Loots, mobs and even assignments you can get from your faction will lead you to new places and situations in which you have to adapt and quickly react.
  • A mini-adventure tutorial will introduce some of the game mechanics and give you the occasion to play safely on your side before joining the actual game field.
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