I don't have
much experience with MMOs. The most time I've spent with one is the handful of
hours I had with DC Universe Online back when it launched. That game pretty
much met with the expectation I had for all MMOs... constantly respawning
enemies, lots of characters running around apparently directionless, and just
general chaos. I didn't have high hopes for Defiance, a game I knew very little
about going in. But nothing else new was launched that day, so it won my
attention by default.
The game
ties directly into a new show on SyFy (it always pains me to type that stupid
name) that it set to launch April 15. For those keeping track, that's two weeks
after the game launched. Not being able to see the show while I was playing the
game made me wonder how much of the plots are similar. Are all of these
characters part of the show (aside from the player-controlled "Ark
Hunters" of course)? There were a couple "episode" missions with
characters I know are from the show: Nolan, a bland Han Solo wannabe, and Irisa,
his freaky-eyed cohort. Wikipedia says Nolan is a lawman on the show, but he
sure seemed like just some treasure hunter in the game; the three of us teamed
up to recover some pricey crystal. There promises to be more free episodic
content, presumably with these characters, which is something I look forward
to.
