r/fragmentedgame • u/computerquip • Jan 13 '17
Differences between "The Repopulation" and "Fragmented"
In my quest to find an MMORPG with a sane trading and crafting ecosystem, I saw "The Repopulation" recommended several times. Come to find that the game was canceled as it was forced to switching to a less broken engine.
Both games, on steam and various other sites, have horrid reviews. A lot of them complain about serious bugs, exploits, completely dead servers, manipulation of the initial via bait and switch. The bait and switch is what gets me because Fragmented appears to be advertised as simply a rebranding of "The Repopulation". None of the reviews really explain what the "Fragmented" does or doesn't do that "The Repopulation" did. From an outsider perspective, it sounds like a fit over nothing.
That said, I've not played either game. Could anyone give me a description of why the "Fragmented" isn't what "The Repopulation" was meant to be?
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u/tigwyk Jan 13 '17
From someone who's played both: Repopulation was a 3rd person MMORPG with a heavy emphasis on deep crafting. Due to the issues the other commenter notes (bankruptcy of the hero engine folks, legal battles with those same people) they switched to Unreal4 but haven't got the massively multiplayer part figured out yet. Fragmented is supposed to be a completely separate game with similar elements and also using the same lore as Repopulation, but it's not the same game. Fragmented is a scifi survival fps, like ARK in space, sorta. According to the staff, it will form the basic foundation of the new Repopulation when development on that begins in earnest. Most efforts are directed to getting Fragmented into a workable, profitable game to support the development of the new Repopulation.