As I write this it’s less than 48 hours until head start for The Secret World pre-orders. As much as I’ve been on-the-fence about the games chances so far, I’m now convinced that it really is a worthwhile, very playable game. Not that I’ve really ever doubted whether I’ll enjoy it. The imagination shown even… Continue reading The Secret World Launch
The Old Republic
At this point, I think all of my friends who started with Star Wars: The Old Republic have pretty much given up. For what seem like similar reasons to my experience with Rift: that content largely gives out at max level, and that the game doesn’t have great replayability. I’ve heard complaints of WoW-clone and… Continue reading The Old Republic
Ten years of ten
Spoiler alert: spoilers may appear without warning! (Including for later games in the franchise.) I still claim that Final Fantasy X is my favorite console / single-player game. For one simple reason: it’s all about the story. It’s the main reason I play games. Even for MMOs, at least initially. There was some nice lore… Continue reading Ten years of ten
The Next Big Thing?
No MMO ever quite lives up to its promise. But that doesn’t stop me believing the hype. I guess I’m always looking for something to replace those early days of EverQuest, with a whole new – and scary – world to explore. And to be fair, I had a few great nostalgia-generating moments in the… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?
A new medium
A recent list of recommended links at Skepchick.org directed me to an article about a ‘visual novel’/dating game, Katawa Shoujo. This is absolutely not the kind of game that I’d ever consider would interest me. Or, at least, that I would have considered would have interested me. Because that review sounded so positive, and so… Continue reading A new medium
Quick gripe time
One aspect of EQ2 tradeskilling that I have always loved is that tradeskills are completely disconnected from adventuring. You can be an adventurer without being a tradeskiller and completely vice-versa. Some tradeskill quests can be highly dangerous without being a high-level adventurer, but that’s part of the fun. World of Warcraft crafting requires adventuring levels… Continue reading Quick gripe time
What went wrong with Rift?
Rift had huge promise. And for a while it seemed like everything I wanted in an MMO. Nice graphics, immersive story, clever setting, great gameplay, non-trivial instances. From being a doubter before the beta, I was a true believer by release. So much so that I rallied the old EQ1 troops, and reformed our guild… Continue reading What went wrong with Rift?
The Big Red Button, and Domino has a blog
One of our guild members added an item to the guild hall a few weeks ago that has caused all kinds of fun. It’s a box with a big button on it, called an Overclocked Tinkered Control Button. When you mouse over the button, it says in all capitals WARNING! DO NOT PRESS BUTTON! So… Continue reading The Big Red Button, and Domino has a blog
A GM visit
As a follow-on to the last entry I should mention the experience I had a day or two later with my character Khaer. When I hit the quest completion bug it was on both Khaer and Aosa, as I was playing both together. I reported the error on Aosa, but after it was resolved (including… Continue reading A GM visit
A scary experience.
A very scary thing happened to me a few days ago in-game. I have two EQ2 accounts. I play them together on one machine, alt-tabbing between them. Most of the time it’s just faster, and levels up two characters in less than the time I’d spend on one, but occasionally it allows me to continue… Continue reading A scary experience.