DUST 514 - FREE PS3 exclusive

Played it a bit. It is far more open and distant than CoD. More like BF meets Halo. I like that you can select your spawn point and there are squads. I do not like vehicles and ADSing is full screen. I'll try it again with you guys but I am not sure how the party system works. I'm not sure how any of it works actually.

So far not so good, it took me 20 minutes of a spinning screen to get to the character creation screen and now have been sitting at another spinning screen for 10 minutes. I guess that is what you get in a beta.

You have to push start.

mutepile wrote:

You have to push start.

Funny

I'll be trying this later this afternoon or tonight. Anyone figure out how to party up or is that not working for the beta??? jsavvy, we get to create our character like in BOps? Sweet...

You choose an alliance, bloodline and every time you spawn you can choose from one of 4 classes (much like BF). I purchased a new assault rifle but have no idea how to create my class with it. I'll have to poke around the menus a bit more.

Savvy, I sat at the spinny wheel for a long time too, must have been a coincidence that when I started button mashing it progressed me to the pre-lobby lobby.

I tried this....as of now, I'm not a fan (might be why I never jumped over to BF3). The sprinting feels like I've got concrete shoes on, the menus are massively complicated (I poked around for 20 minutes and couldn't do much b/c my skill level was non-existent), and I went 0-17 between 3 matches.

I was aiming at guys right in my sights, emptied what seemed like a whole clip and I still died. Sometimes I would spawn and die immediately b/c of something called a "remote explosive." I even tried all 4 classes. I even got into some vehicles but it seemed like I could only shoot and somebody else was driving the damn thing. I know it's a beta, and a free game, but I just can't see myself getting to be much of a fan.

Another Beta test this weekend. I got this in my email if anybody wants the codes. I'm not around my PS3 and even if I was i wouldn't be using them...


Congratulations, merc. You’ve been selected to help grow the ranks of the DUST 514™ closed beta. Below are 2 unique PlayStation®Network (PSN) Voucher codes. They’re yours to use and distribute however you choose.*

2CHK-4QNP-524T
K9D8-EFN8-TKE5

These PSN Voucher codes are only good for access to this weekend’s closed beta, which runs July 26th-30th. So don’t delay – recruit your friends today!

Please note that the PlayStation Network will be temporarily unavailable due to scheduled maintenance from Thursday, July 26 at 15:00 GMT to Friday, July 27 at 07:00 GMT.

Beta available again....