much potential gone to waste 2

I played FoM during the open beta, and I was just thinking back on it a few days ago. It had a fresh idea behind it, absolutely no grinding and an atmosphere and gameplay style that promoted roleplay - and actually worked. Pretty much everyone roleplayed; you had cops patrolling streets and arresting terrorists, you had the military constantly running defense missions against attackers, etc. It was genuinely fun for the first few days.

But, the game had its downfalls. The combat was completely crappy, you could shoot someone in the head for minutes and have them not die, or a single person could take down an entire squad with questionable tactics. There wasn't much to do besides the crappy combat and roleplay, so every faction was at war with eachother to find something to do.

All in all, if this game had a better combat system and a lot more depth, it would be my #1 MMO by far.