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3 fictional universes that should go MMO

It’s really easy to imagine a well-established fictional world as an MMO. Any imaginative world beyond our own has factions, races, neat archetypes and cities that could be strung together into another WoW clone. As much as we all would like to see innovation beyond that, here’s my top three “why by Odin’s raven does this not exist?” contenders for fictional universes that haven’t already been made into MMO’s. Expect the “verse” suffix attached inccorectly to many words and plenty of foolish optimism.

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3 fictional universes that should go MMO

It’s really easy to imagine a well-established fictional world as an MMO. Any imaginative world beyond our own has factions, races, neat archetypes and cities that could be strung together into another WoW clone. As much as we all would like to see innovation beyond that, here’s my top three “why by Odin’s raven does this not exist?” contenders for fictional universes that haven’t already been made into MMO’s. Expect the “verse” suffix attached inccorectly to many words and plenty of foolish optimism.

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10 Things I Want In The Elder Scrolls Online

Within hours of Game Informer’s announcement  that The Elder Scrolls Online would be the feature story for their upcoming June edition, scans of the entire article had been leaked, and with it came information that enraged some and excited others

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10 Things I Want In The Elder Scrolls Online

Within hours of Game Informer’s announcement  that The Elder Scrolls Online would be the feature story for their upcoming June edition, scans of the entire article had been leaked, and with it came information that enraged some and excited others

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The Grind: An MMORPG Tragedy

This is a story about a girl. No, not in the way you’re thinking. Not really, anyway. I’m not talking about the girl next door or the redhead behind the counter at the coffee shop.  The girl this story is

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The Grind: An MMORPG Tragedy

This is a story about a girl. No, not in the way you’re thinking. Not really, anyway. I’m not talking about the girl next door or the redhead behind the counter at the coffee shop.  The girl this story is

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Dofus Review: A pretty gem with one too many flaws

I’m just going to start with this. I hate the standard MMORPG gameplay. I hate cool-downs, auto-targeting, and watching arrows curve to hit me because the shooter’s accuracy stat defeated my agility stat. I often look at games with a system like this and wonder, “Why don’t they just be honest and make it turn-based? It’s all decided by ability scores and dice rolls anyways.” Dofus, while quite enjoyable in many ways, has made me eat my words on that opinion.

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Dofus Review: A pretty gem with one too many flaws

I’m just going to start with this. I hate the standard MMORPG gameplay. I hate cool-downs, auto-targeting, and watching arrows curve to hit me because the shooter’s accuracy stat defeated my agility stat. I often look at games with a system like this and wonder, “Why don’t they just be honest and make it turn-based? It’s all decided by ability scores and dice rolls anyways.” Dofus, while quite enjoyable in many ways, has made me eat my words on that opinion.

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TERA has a player-driven political system

The world of massive online RPGs seems to have leaned away from too many player-driven systems these days. It’s a reasonable trend from a designer’s standpoint. Us gamers with our pesky free will can create all kinds of chaos if

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TERA has a player-driven political system

The world of massive online RPGs seems to have leaned away from too many player-driven systems these days. It’s a reasonable trend from a designer’s standpoint. Us gamers with our pesky free will can create all kinds of chaos if

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Impressions- Dungeon Blitz beta

  Dungeon Blitz, for the benefit of the vast chunk of the human race that has never heard of it, is a free-to-play MMO, currently in Beta, that is best described as a “side-scrolling semi-metroidvania-ish-shooter-beat-em-up-thingy”. Now Dungeon Blitz is, as

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Impressions- Dungeon Blitz beta

  Dungeon Blitz, for the benefit of the vast chunk of the human race that has never heard of it, is a free-to-play MMO, currently in Beta, that is best described as a “side-scrolling semi-metroidvania-ish-shooter-beat-em-up-thingy”. Now Dungeon Blitz is, as

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Star Wars:The Old Republic Beta Testing to Begin September 2nd

Hear that roar in the distance?  That’s the sound of Star Wars: The Old Republic fans from around the world rejoicing as the announcement of next weekends beta testing makes its way around the globe. That’s right.  It was announced

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Star Wars:The Old Republic Beta Testing to Begin September 2nd

Hear that roar in the distance?  That’s the sound of Star Wars: The Old Republic fans from around the world rejoicing as the announcement of next weekends beta testing makes its way around the globe. That’s right.  It was announced

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WoW Patch 4.3 Brings An All New Darkmoon Faire

The Darkmoon Faire is getting a much needed make-over in World of Warcraft‘s patch 4.3 with all new quests and activities, as well as a new location. “It’s incredible! It’s unbelievable! You’ll be dazzled. You’ll be amazed! You aren’t prepared

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WoW Patch 4.3 Brings An All New Darkmoon Faire

The Darkmoon Faire is getting a much needed make-over in World of Warcraft‘s patch 4.3 with all new quests and activities, as well as a new location. “It’s incredible! It’s unbelievable! You’ll be dazzled. You’ll be amazed! You aren’t prepared

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Age of Conan: Unchained Population and Revenues Increase After Free-to-Play Switch

Funcom’s flagship MMO, Age of Conan: Unchained, recently made the jump to free-to-play, and the results have been positive for the once struggling wold of Hyboria. The company is reporting a population increase that has revitalized the player base and

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Age of Conan: Unchained Population and Revenues Increase After Free-to-Play Switch

Funcom’s flagship MMO, Age of Conan: Unchained, recently made the jump to free-to-play, and the results have been positive for the once struggling wold of Hyboria. The company is reporting a population increase that has revitalized the player base and

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Thoughts on Nonplayer

Fun fact: I don’t read comics; they’ve never captured my interest much. Nonplayer though–this caught my eye right away, and it’s easy to see why. Yes, I’m very superficial. You throw something like the picture above my way, and I’ll

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Thoughts on Nonplayer

Fun fact: I don’t read comics; they’ve never captured my interest much. Nonplayer though–this caught my eye right away, and it’s easy to see why. Yes, I’m very superficial. You throw something like the picture above my way, and I’ll

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