I don't expect them to do any better than the current crop of MMOs though. In the end they all come down to the same thing, classes that are balanced into losing their uniqueness and endless, repetitive level-grinding tasks. Maybe if they go the route of Guild Wars and lose the monthly subscription fee I will take a look, but otherwise, I really doubt I will even try the demos unless I see something totally innovative from any of these offerings.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Upcoming MMO's
As much as I've grown to loath MMOs and the whole treadmill/time sink they represent, I still finding myself interested in three upcoming Online RPGs: Champions Online, Star Trek Online & Star Wars: The Old Republic. Two of my favorite genres are represented, SciFi and Superheroes. I think Star Trek lends itself to the MMO format better than Star Wars does, but I did enjoy the original release of the Star Wars Galaxies MMO (dancing twileks anyone?).
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Momentum Subsides
I'm really trying to push forward with my recruiting efforts to form a second gaming group but the onset of spring and weekend yard duties has slowed me down. I have heard from a few people who are interested and I have a couple I am waiting to hear back from, so I am hopeful that it will happen soon. Then will come the herculean task of trying to coordinate a night everyone will be available!
I am continuing to DM for the group of teenagers recruited by my daughter. Although, finding time for them has been hard as well. I suspect that when summer break rolls around there will be plenty of time for this group, as their weekends won't be consumed by book reports & homework!
I got my copy of Arcane Power and am slowly making my way through it (while reading Werewolf: The Forsaken and other novels for entertainment). So far it looks like they've added some very fun stuff for the wizard (familiars,summoning). Not so sure how much it helps the other classes though. I may put a review up here when I'm done reading it, we'll see.
That's all for now, just wanted to write up a short post to keep myself going on the gaming front!
I am continuing to DM for the group of teenagers recruited by my daughter. Although, finding time for them has been hard as well. I suspect that when summer break rolls around there will be plenty of time for this group, as their weekends won't be consumed by book reports & homework!
I got my copy of Arcane Power and am slowly making my way through it (while reading Werewolf: The Forsaken and other novels for entertainment). So far it looks like they've added some very fun stuff for the wizard (familiars,summoning). Not so sure how much it helps the other classes though. I may put a review up here when I'm done reading it, we'll see.
That's all for now, just wanted to write up a short post to keep myself going on the gaming front!
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