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Dimensional Ink Games · Free to Play · Nov 2, 2011

Yes, worth playing.

It's free to play.

81%
Very Positive
22k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 22k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
30% of themes are praise50% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Although that content is now free, you become stuck in the never ending hell of STILL having to buy the daybreak all access membership just so you can get rid of items/put them up for trade (only 5 trade slots available without the membership), have a bit of a larger inventory on your character (35 slots available without membership), and in the bank (12 bank slots and 9 shared bank slots, in which, most of it is taken up by exobytes/augments/artifacts/non tradable & account bound items.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
With how important gear is this can become a real bottleneck to progression.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Although that content is now free, you become stuck in the never ending hell of STILL having to buy the daybreak all access membership just so you can get rid of items/put them up for trade (only 5 trade slots available without the membership), have a bit of a larger inventory on your character (35 slots available without membership), and in the bank (12 bank slots and 9 shared bank slots, in which, most of it is taken up by exobytes/augments/artifacts/non tradable & account bound items.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters52 reviews
Gameplay23 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization44 reviews
50%
Graphics33 reviews
79%
Combat26 reviews
73%
Multiplayer14 reviews
79%
Servers and matchmaking9 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs8 reviews
50%
Crashes6 reviews
33%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
202
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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