Dust 514
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It's a free and free to play MMO/FPS/RPG thing for the PS3 on PSN, spun off of Eve Online.
You start off with an unlimited number of basic suit/weapon/module combos and play matches to earn ISK (money) and SP (experience). You spend ISK on better gear and SP on improving skills. The better the gear, the higher the skill requirement. Skills also improve how well you use a particular type of weapon, module, or suit so it's worth spending SP even if you can't afford more advanced gear yet. If you die and somebody doesn't revive you, you'll have to spend ISK to replace your suit and the accompanying weapons and modules. You do average enough ISK per match to buy several fully outfitted suits, though, and you have an unlimited number of the starter suits to fall back on. There are also vehicles that are equipped the same way as suits, but I haven't messed with those.
There is also Aurum, or AUR, which is gained with real money. Items that cost AUR have lower skill requirements than ISK items so you can get them earlier, but everything except SP boosters and cosmetic items have ISK versions so you can't simply pay-to-win. Also, if two players with the same loadouts, but one using the ISK versions and the other using the AUR versions, go head to head, the ISK player generally has an edge due to usually having invested more SP in their skills.
Corporations are basically guilds and can battle each other for territory, but I'm not sure about the specifics.
The game is also really pretty.
You start off with an unlimited number of basic suit/weapon/module combos and play matches to earn ISK (money) and SP (experience). You spend ISK on better gear and SP on improving skills. The better the gear, the higher the skill requirement. Skills also improve how well you use a particular type of weapon, module, or suit so it's worth spending SP even if you can't afford more advanced gear yet. If you die and somebody doesn't revive you, you'll have to spend ISK to replace your suit and the accompanying weapons and modules. You do average enough ISK per match to buy several fully outfitted suits, though, and you have an unlimited number of the starter suits to fall back on. There are also vehicles that are equipped the same way as suits, but I haven't messed with those.
There is also Aurum, or AUR, which is gained with real money. Items that cost AUR have lower skill requirements than ISK items so you can get them earlier, but everything except SP boosters and cosmetic items have ISK versions so you can't simply pay-to-win. Also, if two players with the same loadouts, but one using the ISK versions and the other using the AUR versions, go head to head, the ISK player generally has an edge due to usually having invested more SP in their skills.
Corporations are basically guilds and can battle each other for territory, but I'm not sure about the specifics.
The game is also really pretty.
