Fires of London!!!

I'm excited to say Hellgate London is coming back.  This time as a F2P MMO.  I enjoyed playing it back when it was running and it'll be nice to see it running again.  It's a SciFi Fantasy MMO that deals with the darker side of life.  The gates of hell break open in London and you are the guardian who destroys the evil within.  The combat is very fun and I can't wait!

Updates!

The world of MMOs is growing to substantial sizes these days due to popularity and public demand.  ARGO has finally been pushed to full release a decent F2P model based off of a steam punk theme.  Well worth the look.  Sony keeps attempting to cover up the true mistakes they've been making with their networks but promise to compensate at least the U.S. portion for now by offer free Identity protection for a year.  Currently they are working on sending that out and should be received in your emails.  This is finally a good decision for Sony considering free gear and everything else just doesn't amount to protection of the real problem.  I feel bad for all the people being effected by this tragic network crisis but at least we can only hope it will be fixed and maybe even designed better.  Star Wars the Old Republic is rumored to be pushed even further into the future because they want to make sure the beta test are sufficient which is good news but not surprising at all.  It'll be nice to see what comes up in the mean time.

To the Core of Spiral

I haven't had the opportunity to play it yet but here is a pretty interesting browser based MMO called Spiral Knights.  I came acrossed it when I was looking at Browser MMOs through boredom lol.  It's free 2 Play and it's created by Sega.  It's pretty new considering it just got released this month.  The world is ever changing and it's built to be an ever expanding dungeon crawler to the center of the core.  To find out the secrets of the world.  So far it is completely free from the looks of things and your character isn't based upon any certain class.  You evolve by the weapons you use in your arsnal and you adapt to the area you are fighting in.  Should be pretty fun and when I get a chance to try it you'll be the first to hear it.

After giving the introductory a try it is pretty intuitive and sucked me in right away.  It's like a cross between Zelda and Megaman and I was highly impressed.  The wait time from registering and playing was about 30 seconds and it is worth trying.  I can't wait to get some more time to play :)

Protect the Players!

So Rift has created an authenticator to protect your account from hackers along with the coin locks.  It's nice to see they are looking out for the valuable time of the players.  It's surprising to see a company come so quickly to a solution, but being that Rift is becoming a huge setting for the MMO community it definitely needs it.  The popularity rises for Rift and it's definitely deserving.  It's a great game and very well planned out.  Make sure you protect your accounts today!

Vindictus Database!

I haven't really played it enough to talk too much about it but Vindictus also has a database.  From what I have played it's a pretty fun game and the story is pretty compelling.  The physics and action in the game is pretty intense and it's worth giving a try.  Plus it's free!

Rift Database!

For all of you gamers out there that loved Thotbot, Wowhead, and many of those other links to help progress in your game playing, there is now a site for Rift!  ZAM is a database to see what items are in the game and even to make your own soul builds and compare.  Right from the start it seems that Rift has gotten a pretty big following.  It's no surprise it's a pretty polished game right from that start.  So make sure to use the tools given you :)

March PvP Madness!!!

I know I haven't talked about Aion at all but for any of you interested in where it's going right now you can get your old accounts activated starting March 24th thru March 31st.   They are doing a massive reactivation for old players so they can try to bring on the PvP.

March is starting off PvP Madness and it's supposed to reduce the normally high buffs and penalties that deter people from PvPing.  So play free and get your PvP on!

8bit Hurray!

A very impress game called 8Bit is being designed by a bright individual name Aion.  I was very impressed with the easy design and ease into the game.  Plus lots of pretty cool people to hang around.  The mechanics are great and there are plenty of options to keep you busy for quite some time.  For some extra cash you can buy pieces to develop your character a bit more but the focus is that it doesn't go towards boosting your stats or anything.  it is simply to help the developer and to give you a more unique you.  I think this game is a must try for any of you out there that like to design and have fun.

You can design your own castle and defend it from evil monsters or you can even PvP in certain areas.  The choice is yours to what you actually do.  The graphics are a bit out dated for all you Unreal Engine fans but it's truly not about the realism.  It's just about having fun.  I think this is a great game and I recommend it!

MMO For Your Mobile

SpaceTime Studios is the leader in MMO gaming on your mobile phones.  Currently out is Pocket Legends which is a pretty neat designed MMO based off of furry animals in your typical classes.  The game is free to play and has a cash shop for items.  There's isn't too many option for the game play and it's created to be relatively simple but it has a really nice concept and it run great on the Droid.

In the future SpaceTime Studios has a SciFi game planned called Blackstar.  Very little details are out on it but you can sign up at there website for more news.  It should be a pretty cool game and I'm looking forward to seeing what they can come up with.

Both these games are for the Ipad, Iphone and Android systems.

Rift from day 1!

So I was playing for a few hours last night and I made a character on Freeholme with the guardians.  I typically like to start out being the idea good guy.  Named my character TheeOx.  Out of the three choices human, dwarf, or High elf I picked elf.  Mainly for the flying.  Don't get the words confused though.  What it really amounts to is out of combat controlled distance jumping.  On a short cooldown.  Not sure of the usefulness just yet because its not an escape tool when out of combat but I guess it could be used to pounce someone. 

My basics thoughts so far for this game is that is does have a nice clean setup for pve and it looks really great!  The fighting style is a bit boring at first (I picked a warrior). But that should change as I tailor my character.  I recommend getting the collectors addition because the extra bag space in itself will become useful. 

Talents are put between 3 souls, you get 3 original souls from quests right at the beginning.  Later on you can switch them out to make a customized class.  I'm not sure yet but I'm pretty sure you can combine the mage, rogue, cleric or warrior together later.  For now I've only been given the choice of warrior souls.  I base this belief though off of weapon suggestions. 
    
As a correction to this you do not have access to interchanging your class.  Just the 8 souls you have to choose from in your class and the PvP build.  So there is still alot of room for your own build choce but limited only by your class.  Sorry for the over excitment. :) 

Combat is pretty easy to get into and the controls are basically built off of a typical MMO control.  You run out of buttons really fast though and I need to look into what I can do with the UI.  Otherwise it's a pretty clean game and if you want to get away from the cartoonie look of WoW this game is great!

The Hot News!

With Rift being the big shot right now I have officially bought it and will be playing tonight.  I plan on giving a review as soon I can.  It's offical release was today but it's been out and around for awhile with the exclusive Open Beta.  From the word around it sounds like it should be a pretty solid game and I'm looking forward to making my own uniquely tailored class.

With MMOs these days they seem to be flying around like hot cakes.  Not being as easy to stick to one as it was back in the day when there were very few to choose from.  With the added ADD to the mix it really hard not to want to follow the crowd to the next best thing.

Super you!

DC Universe is all about making you the new Hero/Villain in Gotham City.  You start out with a mentor of sorts and get guided along on your path to saving or taking over the world.  There are many items to choose form to make your character for the most part pretty unique and weather you are good or bad you can make you character look like either.  Now you aren't tied down to one look and if you find something better down the line you can change it.  The one thing I felt was kind of a pain was the three color limit you were set to for you costume, but that's neither here nor there.

You get three choices fly, speed, or acrobats.  None of them really limit you too bad and you just as agile with one choice as you are the next.  You don't have a stamina bar for these items so as long as you aren't fighting or being attacked you can go as long as you want.  You are super "human" by the way.

The fighting in the game is pretty cool and quite simple but limits you to 6 buttons.  Which can be quite irritating when you have about 20 choices and you want to use all of them.  I find it funny that a can of cola is your health item.  most of your attacks are button combinations through your mouse which makes fighting pretty easy.  I found though that since it is a new game the respawn rate on the enemies was way too high and it might be a good idea to stick with groups of friends.

The PvP was okay but you play as an iconic character and I personally didn't really like it.

PVE events were pretty fun and keep you engaged, and have a lot going on in them.  They brought the story to the table in a pretty fun way.  Plus the boss fights were pretty challenging and fun.  The events were essentially your dungeons though I would say they still aren't as elaborate as something you would find in WoW.

Communication with friends tending to be a pain and very difficult to get at.  I think they should really make this an easy feature to get to.  Though there event system (dungeon finder) was very easy to manage.  Over all I think the game was fun but I don't know if I would consider myself dedicated to it.

Pirates in SPACE!

An adventure for free and looks amazing!  Allods is a fantasy adventure you can't pass up.  With two dueling factions you level yourself up to an eventual dual in astral space.  Guild run ship float through astral space taking on amazing conflicts.

This is one of the most exciting free to play games I've ever joined.  I know usually I cringe at the sound of free to play but this one has been great from the beginning.  Unfortunately I haven't played enough to get into the end game details because I get drawn where my friends are.  This game is truly a beauty and if you want to try something new and don't want to spend a dime this is the game.

The graphics are comparable to WoW with it's cartoon look but it truly looks amazing.  Plus it's a lot of fun if you use 3d glasses :)

It is a European game meaning it's not the typical grind grind grind you see in Asian F2P mmos.  I think if you're looking at getting away from the well known this is the way to go!

The Giant World Of Warcraft!

     What makes this giant so big?  Well I believe it just the simplicity it takes to just dive right in.  The complications are there but you never see them until you get into the end game.  When you get there you either die off or become so enveloped you refuse to let it go.  The beauty of its UI is the ability to take great add ons and make the game more to your liking.  Too many MMOs lack the touch of freedom we as gamers need to make it ours.  I also think customization is key though amazingly enough I think this is one thing the great WoW never got.  APB got it right but they ruined the game with it's terrible game play.  People need to be able to bring their creativity in.  That's what gets you hooked and makes you lose out on everything around you.  I've play many many MMOs and none have been as popular as WoW.  Not to say it's the only one worth playing though.  World of Warcraft has been considered the cookie cutter mold that everyone needs to make a successful MMO but I think they are wrong!  The Old Republic seems to have a huge fan base rising out of the ashes.  I think this year we may see a change in history.  Bioware rarely disappoints.