WARRING FACTIONS review by Robin Sadlier

Game: WARRING FACTIONS
Platform: PC Game
Genre: MMORPG
Date: 08/08/06
name: Robin Sadlier

Presentation-Rating: 7
Presentation-Comments: Well, its a browser-based web-strategy game, so don't expect 30 frames-per-second of rendered brillance. The layout has been thoughtfully presented, with plenty of clean profesional icons and tables layed over some very nice photos of the depths of space. It can be initially a bit daunting navigating your way around the control screens but only beacsue there's so many of them.

Gameplay-Rating: 10
Gameplay-Comments: Warring Factions strength lies in its enormous level of playability and involvement. Jokingly titled 'War-Crack' by its player-base the diversity of paths open to players makes it tremendously playable.It runs on an enormous 3-dimensionsl universe map, which is updated by the minute. Emphasising interraction with other players and the freedom to exist trading, researching, mining, colonising, waging war, exploring or pursuing diplomacy it has become my firm favourite amongst the throngs of MMORPGs out there.

Audio-Rating: 1
Audio-Comments: I have found one sound effect in the whole game - two if you include the plainitive cries of my partner asking me to turn the computer off and finally come to bed.

Graphics-Rating: 3
Graphics-Comments: There's not a lot of graphics, being as it is mainly text-based. The 3-D map of the universe is the game's main graphical endeavour and it is very nicely laid out.

Longevity-Rating: 10
Longevity-Comments: "....I just can't stop playing ..."

Overall-Rating: 10

Final-Thoughts: Its certainly not for everybody. Its quite involved and most of the player-base is over 18. Being quite nerdy is definitely a plus, as is a good grasp of maths and english. If you like your games 'FREE', 'involving' and enjoy the interractive side of online gaming, I couldn't recommend anything better than Warring Factions