Archive for the ‘Game Speculation’ Category

Did I call it or what??? EA buys Rupture!

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Okay, I didn't call it specifically, but a few hours ago I wrote about the need for MMORPGs to extend their gaming experience beyond the client. I wrote about porting game content, especially character and guild information, to create MMORPG-based social networks. Well, I doubt EA read my ramblings, but ...

Character Progression vs. Character Development

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

I want to present a comment from one of Keen & Graev's AoC posts that got me thinking... "One day, a company will realize that rewards for being a hardcore player should be presented as mostly cosmetic changes… Awesome titles, cooler looking armor, access to more convenient (but not better) NPC ...

Standoff, yon zerg! (part two)

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Two potentially harmful gaming practices were discussed last week: Keen pondered the impacts of zergs in Age of Conan, while The Heartless Gamer was annoyed by reports of ranged standoffs in Warhammer Online. These aren't features implemented by developers—they're a result of natural human behaviour. They aren't very desirable ...

The “Coming Soon” button uncovered?

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

If you've been wondering about the "Coming Soon" navigation button over at Warhammer Online, you should take a look at this interesting theory by Dave of Warhammer Gamers. He did some investigating that validates my original guess! I always thought Warhammer Online.com would include a "Realms" page similar to what they ...

Standoff, yon zerg! (part one)

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Two potentially harmful gaming practices have been discussed this past week: Keen ponders the impacts of zergs in Age of Conan, while The Heartless Gamer is annoyed by reports of ranged standoffs in Warhammer Online. Ultimately, neither of these "features" are hard-coded into the game by developers, rather, they are ...

Playing the “WHAT IF” Game…

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Syp asks some interesting WHAT IF questions, so I decided to write down my own answers over here. You can play along too! (Update #1 - Looks like Dave of Warhammer Gamers is playing!) …What if WAR hadn’t been delayed, but would’ve been released in early June to go head-to-head against ...

You CAN have everything…

Monday, April 14th, 2008

WoW PvE + DAOC RvR = Impossible? It’s a PvP game, and as with any GOOD PvP-focused game, you have to make sacrifices on the PvE end to get good PvP. I highly doubt that. That's like saying 640kb of memory ought to be enough for anybody. That's setting your sights pretty ...

New(ish) WAR Blog on the Block!

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

I've been meaning to write about this for a while, but I wanted to make sure he stuck around first! Well, I think he's more than proved his desire to blog continuously about WAR (not that he needs to prove anything, to me especially!), so here's the love! Syp, over ...

PvE… It ain’t all bad.

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Utter three simple letters to any WAR fan and you'll usually be met with a stern glare, pinch of the nose, and rude, "Pbbt!" (propelled by flying spittle). P-v-E Player versus Environment is seen as the antithesis of Player versus Player, or, in the trademark case of EA Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age ...

To Guild or not to Guild…

Friday, April 4th, 2008

I'm not quite sure whether or not I'll bother joining a guild in Warhammer Online...*Note - this is just an anecdotal piece, so you won't gleam any interesting tidbits about WAR from it... Readers beware! :PIt's just not something I've been into since DAOC. Back in the realm of ...