Guild Wars 2 ran a press beta weekend last week, where press is defined as a mix of fansites and paid press. We’re seeing posts about people’s first reactions now, which are (unsurprisingly, since a large proportion of the players were from
One of the interesting snippets that came out of Activision’s last earnings call was the information that about 10% of WoW subscribers took up the annual pass offer. Green Armadillo shares his thoughts on this, and I agree that this is higher than
Challenge in RPGs has been a mixed bag at best for designers. If they ramp the challenge up in an encounter, and classes/ builds differ noticeably in any way, then it favours min-maxing. A game with lots of these challenges can become largely about figuring
Here’s a couple of screenshots from Kaon under Siege, the most recent flashpoint. It has many zombies, of which the top picture shows us disposing of one (yes, this one’s a screamer). Also there are some cool darker areas where you get to
Laverne: “Gosh, I hope this isn’t like the primitive, dangerous microwave ovens of my century. Those things could really pop a hamster good.” Maybe you just had to be there. Anyhow, all you need to know is that Day of the Tentacle is
Last week, I wrote a post that touched briefly on the SWTOR endgame and it generated some great discussion in comments about what sort of things players liked to do at endgame anyway. The SW:TOR endgame is hideously lacking if you’re not interested
I am really enjoying levelling characters in SWTOR. One thing I personally get from levelling characters in a new game is a reminder about things I like or dislike about diku type MMOs. I like that when levelling, no one really cares about your spec
Oo, it’s been ages since I wrote a links post. Let’s see what’s in the can. For the record, I’m still enjoying SWTOR and will write a post about my experiences in the endgame sometime next week. While both Stabs and Richard Bartle
So Spinks is now level 50, and I think I’ve completed all of the flashpoints apart from Directive 7 (which is cool but looooong – I dropped out before we got to the end, but the guys were able to finish it) and Kaon Under Siege, which is
Two examples this week of devs making some unexpected decisions. Diablo 3 Now there’s no launch date yet for D3 but we’re assuming that it will be ‘soon’ since it’s only taken Blizzard about 12 years to get this one going.
OK, anecdotal evidence perhaps but the most popular blog post on this blog for both last year and this year is the one I wrote about Diablo clones/ Diablo-like games last year. Most popular search terms? “diablo like games”, “games
A couple of posts cropped up on my RSS reader recently which throw some light on the reality of life in sandbox MMOs. Stargrace posts about her struggles in Wurm Online, and Chris Smith@Levelcapped exudes a sense of achievement in finding somewhere
Do you believe that Guild Wars 2 is going to be the saviour of the fantasy-themed diku-based-but-with-a-few-tweaks FTP AAA open-world-but-also-themepark-kind-of MMO? Will it be be too WoW-like to please the Guild Wars fans? How do a plant based
I read recently that Blizzard have removed the “Scroll of Resurrection” offer on WoW — this was a longstanding deal by which if you had been unsubscribed from the game for a few months, a friend could send you a code to get a couple
So, first content patch of the game has brought new flashpoint, operation (raid) stuff, class tweaks, and PvP tweaks and boy has the latter turned out to be a doozy. There were tweaks made to the open world high level PvP zone on Ilum to encourage players
So, first content patch of the game has brought new flashpoint, operation (raid) stuff, class tweaks, and PvP tweaks and boy has the latter turned out to be a doozy. There were tweaks made to the open world high level PvP zone on Ilum to encourage players
A funny thing happened to me this week while playing Star Wars: the Old Republic. My Sith Warrior chick (partner says accusingly, “She looks evil!” but I think he’s just influenced by being in the same room as me while I’m playing)
A funny thing happened to me this week while playing Star Wars: the Old Republic. My Sith Warrior chick (partner says accusingly, “She looks evil!” but I think he’s just influenced by being in the same room as me while I’m playing)
There are four main types of consumable in SWTOR, and the reason it’s worth knowing about them is that they are all pretty good and can add a lot of survivability and power to your character. Bioware have been quite good about scattering medical
There are four main types of consumable in SWTOR, and the reason it’s worth knowing about them is that they are all pretty good and can add a lot of survivability and power to your character. Bioware have been quite good about scattering medical
Quick post: In today’s SWTOR patch, a bug has been fixed in which one of the social emotes messed with combat. Yes, it’s bad and needed to be fixed quickly, which is happening. But what intrigues me is how many news sites (like Massively,
Quick post: In today’s SWTOR patch, a bug has been fixed in which one of the social emotes messed with combat. Yes, it’s bad and needed to be fixed quickly, which is happening. But what intrigues me is how many news sites (like Massively,
(Quesh is not the prettiest of planets, but Bioware artists really do shine with these surreal industrialised settings.) One of the joys of playing through SWTOR as a Sith is that you get some solid insights into how a fantasy society that is run by
(Quesh is not the prettiest of planets, but Bioware artists really do shine with these surreal industrialised settings.) One of the joys of playing through SWTOR as a Sith is that you get some solid insights into how a fantasy society that is run by
I’ve mentioned before that I love the graphical sides of being in cities or built up areas in SWTOR. In this screenshot, my Sith Warrior surveys the departures board (I assume) in Taris spaceport. Taris is interesting in many ways, especially to
I’ve mentioned before that I love the graphical sides of being in cities or built up areas in SWTOR. In this screenshot, my Sith Warrior surveys the departures board (I assume) in Taris spaceport. Taris is interesting in many ways, especially to
I didn’t make a great job of my predictions last year. TAGN has a super gaming roundup of 2011, covering what actually did happen. I was right about mobile gaming becoming ever more popular although I’m not sure any specific game has rivalled
I didn’t make a great job of my predictions last year. TAGN has a super gaming roundup of 2011, covering what actually did happen. I was right about mobile gaming becoming ever more popular although I’m not sure any specific game has rivalled
This is a screenshot of my character riding a speeder along a river in Aldaraan, which is a very pretty planet. Because the speeder hovers anyway, there’s no real need to ever swim again once you have one. My trousers aren’t actually green
This is a screenshot of my character riding a speeder along a river in Aldaraan, which is a very pretty planet. Because the speeder hovers anyway, there’s no real need to ever swim again once you have one. My trousers aren’t actually green