Recent reviews by Liriaene

Your expectations will be subverted. It's great! Though this comment might undo that a bit.

I got the game for $3 USD. But I feel like the game is worth AT LEAST $5 USD.

I don't want to say anymore because I don't want to ruin the experience. Don't even look at the the preview screen shots. JUST DO IT.

05032022 - tl:dr Game fun; warning: mmo community ahead. Variable amounts of racism and sexism (In my opinion). But I think femboys are cool? Your experience will differ.

Foxhole is pretty fun but it seems like some of the older thumbs down reviews are still true. The community seems like it has a typical massive multiplayer online community at first. By typical mmo community I mean like there some racists and misogynists. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. However it was still enough to be notable. I'd wager others have had a different experience but this was mine so far.

Other thumbs down reviews suggested that the community for this game is not very friendly to new players. I would say my experience was along those lines. I did meet a lot of other newish players who were very friendly. But it seems like a lot of the "veteran" players would rather bark orders and complain when new people most likely didn't even understand what the veterans were asking. I don't think it was like that most of the time I played. But it happened enough that I would say some of the previous reviews I've heard we're still more true than not. In my opinion at least.

Another problem I noticed/heard is this game has an issue where players will buy a second copy of the game, join the opposing team's army, and then intentionally dump supplies/tanks into the river to sabotage "their" team. I'm not sure if I've seen any of this behavior in person just yet. But I've seen/heard rumors, in game and on live streams, that people have been dumping "crates of tanks" into the river.

Speaking of "technical" issues. We got multiboxers. Yup. For those who are not acquainted with what a multiboxer is. A common "exploit" in massive multiplayer online games is where players feed their keyboard inputs to multiple accounts playing the game. The outcome is usually multiple "players" in game all having perfect synchrony in their movements, attacks, and targeting. For example a multiboxer could drive and shoot 4 different tanks at a time. I've seen this behavior usually frowned upon by the community as "unfair" which I think has a lot of truth to it. However a common issue with game developers of massive multiplayer online games is that game developers don't punish this behavior because it makes them a lot money. I'm not quite sure how strict this developer is on multiboxers but I've played for two weeks and I've already heard of one terrorizing people. What's going on? IDK. /shrug. Your experience may vary.

I'd also like to take a moment to speak about game balance. So far is seems like its decently balanced. I think joined at a time where the game was unbalanced though. Notably, when I joined, one team had a sniper that has more range and kills in one shot. The other teams sniper tries to make up for it by having more bullets in the magazine, being able to fire faster, and regaining accuracy faster... but it still takes two shots to kill. I like what the developers are trying to do. It feels really immersive to what a real war would be like with different factions developing their own versions of a technology. But math doesn't lie. A one shot sniper is way more effective than a two shot rifle.

In conclusion the game is fun! Foxhole feels immersive! I feel like I'm actually in a made up Europe during world war 1. It helps that you can actually talk to french, germen, italian, or chinese speaking players (and more). I even came across a croatian player. I had a great experience where I was laying in a foxhole hoping a machine gun didn't gut me. Only to be saved by three french men in a tank. I had no idea what they were saying to each other but they were by best friends then. I've had a time where I had to walk because I didn't know how to ask a player for a ride in chinese. It was great. 10/10 world war time immersion. But there's bunch salty incel/neckbeards who like to spoil the fun because they take the game too seriously. And it seems like the developers might be complacent about negative behaviors because those aforementioned players spend the most money buying multiple copies of the game.

p.s real talk. If you are actually interested in trying to learn a new language and want to meet people who speak that language so you can practice. This is a game where you have that opportunity. I think that a very notable feature of this game and really cool. I still give this game a thumbs down because its 2022 and being racist/misogynist/homophobic/transphobic is pretty cringe bro. To community's credit the one time I did see someone being homophobic I did see a lot of players chime in to shut it down. Not ALL of the players who spoke up tried to shut it down. Some seemed like they "agreed." But the homophobic remarks did stop. So that's cool. Still pretty sus though... not gunna lie... :eyes:

I feel and think the art and music is beautiful . I had a great experience. Cried a few times; doesn't mean you will.

I also got the game on sale; felt like I had underpaid for such a wonderful experience so I bought another copy as a gift for someone else. But maybe I'm just a sucker for a choir, a piano and violin.

I'll try to keep my review brief.
- Game is buggy and crashes frequently for me. Others may be doing fine.
- Not vary many maps out. I hope you like repetition. :P
- Can't really play the games you want.
- Players are encouraged to play the way other people want. Not the way they want.
- The micro transactions are predatory AND over priced. Seems pretty anti-consumer.
- No convenient way to report harassment.
That being said...
+ Gameplay is pretty fun; When the game works. <_<

I don't recommend this game to other players. Even though the gameplay is fun; It feels pretty insulting to be treated like a wallet. $10 for the color blue, a heat sink, and a pose with one pistol make me feel like this was a money making machine/Skinner's Box designed to look like a video game. You deserve better as a consumer.
I'm hardly allowed the choose/play the game types I want to play. What's the deal with that?
However; If you ignore all of the above and not spend a dime the game is still fun the play (when it works).
Feels great crushing face as a no skin.

Edit one 12/16/2021: Servers can't even load you into a game. Spend your precious time elsewhere with someone who treats you better.
Edit two 02/08/2022: I reinstalled Halo Infinite because the develops said they put out a fix for Big Team Battle months later on Feb 3rd. 2022. Big Team Battle still doesn't work. I'm so heart broken.