Global Agenda does right so wrong.

Global Agenda is a newish FPSMMO hybrid game. It is based on the latest Unreal Engine (UE3) and has a lot of nice features from games of old. It has a Tribes personality with a 3rd person PlanetSide feel to some of it. Lots of people have hailed the game as a masterful in between of the two genres. In my little time with it I can't say if I like or dislike it, but I know that something is wrong under the surface.

Maybe it comes from being such a negative Nancy about the current state of gaming, but moreover I think my inner tinglings are because of the engine. The Unreal Engine isn't set up to take advantage of massive landscapes and tons of people smashed into one area. It all feels kind of odd, especially how the mobs respawn. I am an old school FPS and MMO player and neither one of those urges manage to be satiated by this game.

Granted I've not got very far into the game, but the time I have played has felt very strange. The movement is standard and the weapons seem fairly basic of this type of game. There are quests to be done and new items to be had. There is an underlying story and plot that I'm not sure I quite understand and their is a PvP system that seems to have a lot of people excited.

I will give it some more time and see if it grows on me, but in the limited time that I have had with this game, I'm not sure it's something that I could really get into. Then again, I've had a hard time getting into ANYTHING lately.