I entered Firefall 3 days before the official launch (or I believe it was the launch. The patch brought about the reduction of the complex crafting system into 3 or 4 things). Unfortunately, I wasn't blessed enough to experience Firefall in all its true glory and grandeur, but there was one thing that this game offered apart from the plethora of games that now plague the market: POTENTIAL.
It was the crafting system of over a hundred of resources and the mining or THUMPER that was complex yet intriguing, that required time and dedication to learn, that required the player to use pen and paper to know the best way to craft; it was the prospect of an open world sci-fi shooter that questioned the definition of a safe zone and incited the feeling of reality into binary digits; it was the charisma of the game, the NPCs, the voice acting (of course, forget not Aero whose brazilian accent surely touched the hearts of many), the lore that was mysterious and was slowly unveiling itself as a rare blossoming flower; it was the gameplay, the world in constant attack, the ARES Pilots fighting a battle seemingly lost yet still full of hope. Firefall was POTENTIAL.
I remember thumping for the first time and the subsequent confusion that the rewards screen brought me; I remember looking at the crating screen and the market and standing at awe at the possibilities of gear customization; I remember looking at the character screen with the horizontal progression and the min/maxing aspect of the gears; I remember the community that was shockingly helpful to new players like I was; I remember making the human tower at Copacabana and the first time I truly felt like a part of an online community; I remember logging off at the very last moment before the server shut down for patching and waiting until I can re-enter my credentials and bask in the wonders of this virtual world.
I remember knowing that this was the game that would like to play for a very long time, the game wherein I will truly strive to be great, the game that I'd like to patronize.
I remember knowing that the game had POTENTIAL.
But of course, I'm not allowed to have anything nice. =DD
Hello everyone! =D
P.s. Thank you for reading.