When I used to post on Massively a few years ago, I would frequently forgo making a reply simply because I didn't think it would garner enough likes and would hurt my likes-to-comments ratio. I know it's stupid of me to place emphasis on a meaningle…
I love reading about games in development and occasionally I'll check out a beta for curiosity's sake, but I rarely play new MMOs at release nowadays. Over the past few years, the earliest I've jumped into a game was 9 months after release (and that…
My free-to-play experiences tend to be highly front-loaded. I'll spend a few days playing a game to see if I like it, and if I do, I'll drop a bunch of money on it to buy things like character slots, inventory expansions, mounts, costumes, and whate…
And here I thought I would create nine other accounts and multibox my way to victory.
Seriously though, I like this news. I have a habit of turning games with traditional-style combat into a scripting exercise instead of enjoying them for what they…
Above all else, I think a good UI should always try to keep common elements together. In fact, it should keep them together as close as possible without sacrificing readability.
The absolute last thing you want users to have to do is look at more t…
Originally posted by nomotag I kind of like the idea in a general sense. (Maybe I am odd.) The idea that your not really buying an item, but a gameplay event sounds cool. I wonder if they are going to do others. I saw someone making a sarcastic comm…
I don't condone cheating, but don't tell me anyone's surprised. Any game with a hype train is basically inviting talented coders to try and break it. There's a lot of money to be made, especially during launch period shenanigans when populations ten…
I think your idea could work, but you'd have to be really good at forecasting your target demographic. And if you ask the folks over at Carbine, that's easier said than done. Consider, for example, if the bulk of your game's population is made up of…
I'm kind of on the fence about whether I agree that now is a good time to jump into TERA. For those who don't know, Fate of Arun is essentially being introduced in large chunks rather than all at once. Obviously, this is because players are always c…
The first thing that popped into my mind when I read this question was the Courts of the Feyre series. I actually had a hard time remembering who the author was because it's been a long time since I read the books. But the world presented in that se…
While I agree with you that now is a great time to jump into the game, it's debatable whether paying a sub is worth it. And I say this as someone who is currently paying for two subscriptions to TERA.
If you're playing the game casually, the only t…
The creators of cultural media have always been a forward-thinking bunch. Books, movies, television shows, and video games have been quietly combating social injustices for as long as I've been old enough to know they exist. And yet here we are stil…
Originally posted by Prenho3 I couldn't even find Black Desert on the gamenote ranks, in the list nothing really changed, Lineage 1 is in 4th position, the most popular MMO in Korea. WoW was in a high position when WoD launched, but after devastatin…
I have a sneaking suspicion that Cryptic's new game is being developed for the console market. If you think of their move to put Neverwinter on the Xbox One as a way to test the waters of Microsoft's ecosystem, this makes perfect sense. Perfect Worl…
While world PvP is pretty meaningless in both games, if fun PvP is what you're after then there is no question that TERA is the better game. Not only is the combat far superior, but a lot of players actually value PvP in TERA. In Rift, it tends to b…
Originally posted by flizzer
Love the art style of the game, but the game will be another PvP gankfest type game so pass for me.
And what exactly do you know that the rest of us don't that has lead you to conclude the game will be a gankfest? Or a…
People don't generally code bots for fun or glory; they do it for profit. The bigger the playerbase, the greater the potential for profit. So if bots really get under your skin, your best bet is to play a game that nobody cares about.
That being sa…
Originally posted by Torvaldr Originally posted by Ridelynn And then however much money you have left in your budget, throw it at a single good GPU - make sure it will fit inside your case (shouldn't have much problem until you start to get into…
I've never been a big fan of time trials, but I'm intrigued by the sounds of this token system. Now if they would just add tokens that allow you to send one of your teammates over to the opposing side's instance to disrupt their progress, I think I …