Here it comes, the next big MMORPG! Maybe this one will finally take World of Warcraft down a notch! No, wait, it flopped. Nevermind. Think about the last several years, and all of the MMOs that carried promise of grandeur. Note that said promise of grandeur takes more than just marketing. The community has to be excited about it. I’m talking Age of Conan, Warhammer, Aion, the list goes on....
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I hate most MMORPGs. Warcraft was great (emphasis on “was”), City of Heroes is fun, EVE Online is fantastic… but too many developers completely miss the heart of role-playing games gone social. “Is it to level up?” NO, a THOUSAND TIMES NO.
In MOBAs (Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas) such as League of Legends or Defense of the Ancients, the term “meta” gets thrown around a lot. These items are meta. This champion is part of the meta. That team composition isn’t within the meta. Meta, or metagame, is the bible of these games.
Finally, that moment has come when you can get that next great weapon or that next huge upgrade. Say it’s an energy rifle that rivals the lightning of Zeus. Eager to try it out, you pull the trigger. Light builds up at the end of the muzzle, time slows to a crawl, and you’re flung backward from the kick. A column of pure, death-dealing plasma scorches across the room and into a wall, ...
Braid. Minecraft. Amnesia. Pretty much every PC gamer has heard of these indie gems – the ones that absolutely defy gravity and ascend to gaming godhood. I believe,however, that there are a lot of independent games out there that just don’t get the attention they deserve. Today: Rock of Ages. Rock of Ages takes a very basic concept – roll a rock across varying and hazardous t...
You remember Pokemon, right? Everyone remembers pokemon. Everyone loved pokemon. It was a new experience filled with originality. It was different, it was exciting. What if I told you, though, that it was a terrible game (and still is)?
So you’ve finally done it. You’ve beaten the game. It took hours of sweat, blood and tears (though hopefully no blood), but you’ve done it. The credits have rolled. The game is over… wait, what’s this? An evil little number peers at you from the main menu, taunting you with its seductive gaze. It dares you to grip your mouse (or controller), steel your gaze, steady ...
Rage is a powerful tool, as any experienced competitive (read: playing games that revolve around competition) gamer will attest to. However, it’s also a complex concept, the surface of which is merely scratched by the above-average player. There’s a huge difference between knowing about rage and understanding it. As understanding it will give you an edge over your opponents, my goal ...
We, as human beings, are an impatient race. The average time it takes for a viewer to click out of a youtube video is three seconds. If I don’t say something to hook you in really quick like HOT SEX in bold lettering, I might lose you already. The fact that people just do not have fun waiting around is something that every game developer must understand. This is a gamer’s perspectiv...
It seems to me there’s this massive misconception going around about Modern Warfare 3. All I hear about it is that it’s a terrible game when the reality is that it’s a AAA, multi-million dollar title that meets the standards that it’s been meant to. The nerd rage going on against the franchise as a whole is unjustified. Here are the main complaints I see floating around. -...
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