I’ve also been beta testing Fallen Earth. With the NDA gone… Conclusion: – An indie MMO through and through that is unlikely to get more than a niche audience. – It’s sort-of sandboxy and sort-of hardcore (travel times will kill casual play) which might have appeal to certain corners of the market. – It isn’t … Continue reading
Champions Online Overview (Now The NDA is Gone)
The NDA for Champions Online is down. As such, my opinion of this title: Conclusion: – ChampO is a mix of CoH/V, Guild Wars, WoW and WAR and comes out sometimes feeling weird as a result, despite some great ideas. It is definitely a take-it-or-leave-it title. – Someone on the forums described it as a … Continue reading
Commitment in $10 lots
I pre-ordered both Champions Online (PC) and Batman: Arkham Asylum (X360) today. $10 down on each as a guarantee that I’ll get the game. Almost bought Mass Effect, but realised I still have Gears of War 2 that I borrowed off a friend that needs to be completed, then Prototype off my brother.
Key NCsoft West People Head Out the Door
Jeff Strain (ArenaNet co-founder, current President of Product Development) and David Reid (President of Publishing) have both left NCsoft West at the same time. For “unrelated reasons”. I’m not going to call DOOOOM on this, but for both to leave a month before Aion launches makes me wonder if NCsoft West is going to get … Continue reading
No Defending (or Condoning) Unconsenting Virtual Sex For Me
Destructoid.com’s Jim Sterling wrote a piece (with the usual sensitivity to controversial topics that only online game writers seem to have) about how certain distributors were renaming their rape games under certain, less offensive banners. Willain Usher from Cinema Blend took offense to comments made after the article, taking some of them as condoning or … Continue reading
I C U MMO
It struck me that MMOs can be broken down into main systems through the use of the letter ‘c’. Or at least words starting with the letter ‘c’. Stop looking at me like that. Continue reading
The first post
The inevitable first post. I’m moving my blogging about games over from MMORPG.com to here because: 1) I’d like to sometimes talk about stuff outside of MMOs; 2) Being a ‘highlighted blog’ just means I feel like I’m doing work to help drive eyeballs to Evony ads; 3) It’s a little bit of guilt by … Continue reading
World Class Villains 