MMO Updates |
- Rise and Shiny: Gemstone IV
- Previously on MV TV: The week of April 14th
- Guild Wars 2 resumes digital sales, addresses denied accounts
- The Daily Grind: What do you forgive in a beta?
- Free Realms throws itself a nice big birthday bash
- The Mog Log: Blindsided by FFXIV's patch 1.22
- The Tattered Notebook: EQII's hidden gems for low-level explorers
- The Road to Mordor: Is LotRO's questing system over the hill?
| Posted: 29 Apr 2012 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Culture, Game mechanics, Previews, Opinion, Hands-on, Casual, Rise and Shiny, Livestream, Miscellaneous, Sandbox  Luckily, the Gemstone IV client is customizable enough to allow me to create a "book-style" experience: black text on a white background. I don't think I'm alone in my inability to view bright, colored text on a dark background comfortably. If I were, popular websites would still look like they were from 1996. We've moved past ugly fonts and horrible color combinations. Unfortunately it took me most of the time with Gemstone IV just to learn how to play, make the text comfortable to read, and understand what my character was supposed to be doing. Once I got comfortable, though, I honestly had one of the most enchanting times in a game yet. Continue reading Rise and Shiny: Gemstone IV
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| Previously on MV TV: The week of April 14th Posted: 29 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Previews, Free-to-play, Browser, Casual, Livestream, Miscellaneous, Previously on MV TV  This week, we had some EVE Online adventuring with Mike followed by his attempt at Drakensang Online, a browser-based action MMO. Adventure Mike took a spin in the way-back machine and streamed some EverQuest, and MJ scored some time in EverQuest II, a chunk of Vanguard, and Aion. She's been a very busy streamer! Lastly, I took a look at Gemstone IV, a fantastic MUD that almost brought tears to my eyes. Tears of frustration, but many tears of joy. Let's get to watching! Continue reading Previously on MV TV: The week of April 14th
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| Guild Wars 2 resumes digital sales, addresses denied accounts Posted: 29 Apr 2012 07:15 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Events, in-game, Guild Wars 2  The error code (9:4:5:1093:101) that some are getting signifies that the account is not flagged for the beta event. According to ArenaNet, this is either because the players used a pre-order instead of a pre-purchase code and accidentally received an invite email to the event or that a credit card was flagged during the pre-purchase order. In the case of the former, ArenaNet will honor the mistaken emails and allow all recipients into the remainder of the event. The studio also announced that it has increased capacity for the beta event and thus has begun selling digital standard and digital deluxe pre-purchases of Guild Wars 2 once more.
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| The Daily Grind: What do you forgive in a beta? Posted: 29 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Culture, Game mechanics, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  Of course, for some players, that experience in beta is going to define their impression of the game all around. Similarly, some players are going to assume that a buggy beta will have a buggy launch, even if by the time launch rolls around, most of the bugs have been ruthlessly squashed. So what do you forgive in a beta? Do you turn a blind eye to the community or population issues? Do you grin and bear missing objectives or unclear quests? Or do you offer no respite to a game no matter how early in the testing you might be?  Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!
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| Free Realms throws itself a nice big birthday bash Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Events, in-game, News items, Free-to-play, Free Realms, Family  There's more to the party, however: The game's offering a number of daily quests to help Queen Valerian produce the best birthday party ever. There's also the dread monster Cakenstein, a beast assembled from... well, you can probably guess from the name. The extended events will be running until May 24th, but the Station Cash promotion and the hat are only for today. So if you're a fan of Free Realms, log in and start enjoying the festivities today!
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| The Mog Log: Blindsided by FFXIV's patch 1.22 Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, News items, Opinion, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log  Of course, in a lot of ways, this patch is smaller than its predecessors, though not in terms of content, obviously. No, it's a smaller patch by virtue of the fact that it's a pure content patch. New systems are in short supply, but new things to do are in abundance. It's a focus patch, in other words. Recent patches have vehemently focused on trimming up the mechanics and making sure that the game plays nicely with all sorts of content; this patch focuses instead on what you can do with all of your shiny abilities and classes and so forth. And aside from a couple of missed opportunities, it succeeds at that beautifully. Continue reading The Mog Log: Blindsided by FFXIV's patch 1.22
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| The Tattered Notebook: EQII's hidden gems for low-level explorers Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Tattered Notebook  GU63, however, really doesn't offer any new content for lower-level players, and it's hard for someone under level 90 to get around the Withered Lands and Skyshrine safely. But one of the reasons there's not much new content at the lower levels is that past updates have added in so much already that there's almost too much to see and do. Queue up the Bud Light music, for in today's Tattered Notebook, we salute you, Mr. Low-Level Player. You tirelessly work through the Golden Path, but you deserve some cool hunting spots and gorgeous vistas. Below the cut are some of my favorites! Continue reading The Tattered Notebook: EQII's hidden gems for low-level explorers
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| The Road to Mordor: Is LotRO's questing system over the hill? Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Patches, Free-to-play, The Road to Mordor  I don't harbor any ill will against Guild Wars 2; in fact, I'm quite looking forward to it. But as everyone's focused on the game's excising of traditional questing as popularized by World of Warcraft, I thought it would be worth examining just how dated Lord of the Rings Online's questing system has become, if at all. In an era of dynamic events, public quests, full voice-over, and other techniques designed to get us away from the text box questing model, will LotRO hold its ground against these fads or is it truly becoming a relic of the past? Let's dig in! Continue reading The Road to Mordor: Is LotRO's questing system over the hill?
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