By
Edge
posted 5 years, 11 months ago
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If it was NetDevil's intention with its post-apocalyptic vehicular MMORPG to create an experience that didn't feel remotely like an RPG, then it already looks like it's succeeded. As online worlds go, Auto Assault is an astonishingly dynamic, fast-paced, physical experience.
The deep scoops, ramps and rubble mountains of its desolate landscape make the best of a superb, gently exaggerated physics engine that allows buildings to be (temporarily) brought down, and players to bump into and
"Speed's just a question of money. How fast can you go?" So sayeth Grease Rat in the movie classic Mad Max, and it's the rule of the road in the post-apocalyptic MMO Auto Assault, too. The main differences are that your money goes to a subscription fee in this online battleground, and this time it's you in the heavily armored driver's seat.
In this crumbling, violent future world, players choose to fight on behalf of the totally toxified Mutants, the cyborg-like Biomeks, or the lowly
