Mitch played The Secret World when it first launched, though wasn’t all that taken with the MMO. However, he’s jumping back in to give it another shot with Secret World Legends in this latest MMO ReRoll.
MMO ReRoll – Secret World Legends
Indie MMO Spotlight: Smelting, Plague Island, And Toxic Communities
Happy Halloween everyone! This week’s Spotlight isn’t as big as the last few, but it’s still quite the indie treat. Speaking of treats, it’s time to go raid my kid’s candy stash, so let’s get started with the Indie MMO Spotlight.
The Eorzea Prospect: Tales From A Habitual FFXIV Returner (And Why This Time Is Different)
Robin, our resident World of Warcraft expert, has dove headlong into FFXIV. Again. Only for some reason this time feels different.
The RPG Files: Prepping For My First D&D Game In 20 Years Has Me Longing For Baldur’s Gate Again
Growing up, Baldur’s Gate was one of the formative RPGs for Bradford. A birthday present from his parents in high school, BioWare’s epic RPG set the stage for the PC RPG nerd he’d become. However, it’s not a desire to clear out backlog that has him yearning to jump back into the world, but rather prepping for his first Dungeons & Dragons game in 20 years.
Do Graphics Matter To You In An MMORPG?
MMORPGs, especially with their origins in text-based MUD games, aren’t always associated with the bleeding edge of graphical fidelity when talking about the greater games industry. Yet in recent years, realistic graphics have been more and more at the forefront. But Bradford wonders: to the average MMORPG fan, how important are those graphics?
Indie MMO Spotlight: Halloween, Halloween, And More Halloween
Fall is in the air, and that means Halloween is right around the corner. There are in-game Halloween events popping up in online games everywhere, and the indie MMO devs are following suit. This week was a little quieter than the last few, but we still have over a dozen entries on tap, including a new MMO we haven’t covered before. So enough talk, let’s get started with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.
With Multiple Big Releases This Year, Is 2021 Truly The Year Of The MMO?
Something Elyon’s developers Kakao and Krafton said when they made their free-to-play announcement last month stuck with Bradford, the ‘it’s clear that 2021 has been the year of the MMO.’ And it certainly seems that way with so many MMOs releasing this year. Bradford asks and explores what this might mean.
Indie MMO Spotlight: Nice Developers, Passionate Bunnies, And A Shameful Plug
There was a big moment in the Indie MMO scene this week with the Early Access release of Book of Travels. It has the usual early access issues, but the Tiny MMO has a promising future. Let’s get started with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.
How Game Analytics Can Help MMOs
If you’ve ever spent time poring over the animated timeline in Civilization 3 or watched your mission track in a flight simulator such as DCS or Microsoft Flight Simulator, you know precisely the appeal of this premise. Understanding data in games is known as game analytics: leveraging data to improve the design and development (or playing!) of video games. Given their massive scope, longevity, and competitive nature, game analytics is particularly useful for MMOs. Let’s look at why MMOs are goo
Indie MMO Spotlight: Free Play, Scams, And The Raknar
In this week’s Indi MMO Spotlight Mitch warns players of some discord scams while he outlines all the happenings in the Indi MMO scene.