So, tomorrow the open beta is due to begin! Or rather, was due to begin, read on below, complete with pictures!
UPDATE: PANIC AVERTED!! Beta is back on, a day late, means I can finally finish patching before it gets underway!
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September 1st. That’s the date the open beta for Final Fantasy XIV starts, mark it in your diaries/quest journals/holographic logs.
Fancy trailer below!
Remember, Intrepid is recruiting on the Ultimecia server!
After much bug reporting, feature requesting and all that jazz, the Final Fantasy XIV Closed Beta has ended. Open beta should start in early September, hopefully by then Squeenix should’ve fixed the awful patcher.
I’m really looking forward to the game, recent concerns about the “Surplus” exp system have been somewhat off-putting, but I’m hopeful it’s not what it looks like and is actually just an exp bonus system that’s suffered from bad translation.
Anyone else unsure of the game and going to be jumping in the open beta? If you like it and are going to play it on release, don’t forget I’m forming a sexy linkshell, for sexy people ™, on the Ultimecia server, we’re called Intrepid and recruitin’ now!!
Ok, bare with me a moment. This will start a bit techy… Watch this video.
For those who don’t know, that Legendary Nerd of Distinction is John Carmack, he who programmed Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake, at QuakeCon 2010. He is showing off Rage running on an iPhone 4. After having a gander at the game running at full resolution on the Rage website, you can probably see that it’s quite an awesome looking game. But what does this have to do with MMOs?
Basicly, with id taking mobile phone gaming seriously, and putting out a tech demo that looks better than every game on a mobile before it. Makes other companies take notice, and other companies include MMO developers. No more bizarre zombie based GPS MMO things, no more sub N64 style attempts at MMOs with 3 classes and 7 weapons. Now we’ll have a proper MMO in our pocket, and about time! MMOs are meant to be played alot, with all the good stuff you can do in them, but they’re also good for keeping in touch with friends, so having one in your pocket makes sense, and if it happens to be one of the larger ones all the better.
Give it a few years and most popular MMOs will have mobile clients, and not just the auction apps Warcraft, Aion and Fallen Earth have, but a fully fledged game in their own right, obviously the faster paced games like APB and Global Agenda will probably not work, but for your normal fantasy based game, should work a treat.
Anyone looking forward to their mobile battery taking an even bigger pounding than usual?
That Fan Faire thing is currently going on in that den of inequity and filth that is Las Vegas. From there SOE are holding various panels on the state of the various SOE MMOs.
All standard stuff on the upcoming stuff for EQ2 and SOEs other MMOs, apart from the EQNext Panel. EQNext is just the name SOE are giving to the follow up to EQ2, the EQNext name is only being used for the time being, and it probably won’t be called EverQuest 3. From what I’ve read over on EQ2Wire (here, here, here, here and here!) it seems they’re going for somewhere between EQ1 (less classes etc.) and EQ2 (ease of travel, streamlining of content etc.). Of the images I have seen, the game is looking very nice indeed, seem to have managed to inject some much needed atmosphere (the joys of shader model 3), I found that EQ2 was always a little flat looking.
There wasn’t much info on gameplay, but I guess it will be similar to EQ1 and 2, no Vindictus style realtime hack and slashery. Pretty much a graphical update with some tweaking then, which is exactly what the EQ fanbase wants.
Who knows if those EQ devs had a gander at the Symposiums very own EQNext(ish) and pilfered/borrowed some ideas from there?
Today the Final Fantasy XIV closed beta went into it’s final phase, which means us lucky few with beta keys get to log in whenever we want!
I haven’t really been playing the beta as much as I could, don’t want to know everything about the game before I really get started on it after release, but have checked out the crafting, harvesting, trading and combat mechanics, and they’re all “good in the hood” as the kids might say.
Only a few short weeks until the 22nd of September before I get my hands on my copy, and my Collectors Edition “Frosted Adventurers Tumbler”!
Joy!
Today, Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson, EQ2’s Senior Producer announced EverQuest 2 Extended, a version of EQ2, that is rather limited but free to play.
The FAQ on it is located here. To me, it seems like a unlimited trial, very similar to Age of Conan, limited in what classes/races you can pick, and not being able to chat in certain channels. Obviously SOE want a piece of the very lucrative F2P pie, and call my cynical, but I personally think this is ridiculous.
Payment options etc. after the break.
Just a brief one while I remember.
Been using XFire to keep in touch with my merry band of followers, but recently I was told of Raptr.
This program is the canine’s reproductive organs!
Here is where you go to get it, it supports, XFire, XBox Live, Playstation Network, AIM, Yahoo IM, Google Talk, MSN and tracks yer achievements and all that jazz. Also has a client for *spit* iPhone *splurgle* and one for *yay* Android *cheer* supposedly in the works.
Here’s my Profile Thingymabob as an example, it’s a great way to keep in touch with people playing other MMO’s, and lets you know what they’re upto.
Ok, I guess I should come clean. I’ve not been playing many MMOs in the last few weeks. Odd trial here and there, a brief stint in Age of Conan, but that’s it.
Why? Complete and utter bordom of the genre. Why am I still posting on and reading the various MMO websites? I know of all the good stuff that is just around the corner…
This Autumn, Lord of the Rings Online will follow Turbines other MMO, Dungeons and Dragons Online and go Free to Play with a cash shop to match.
DDO has become very successful since it went F2P, and I have no doubt LotRO will follow it, but what happens to all the Lifetime Subscribers? My guess is a mountain of in game bonus items and more than likely a few tokens for the cash shop every month with a discount.
I know a few people on this site have lifetime subs, your thoughts?
Via Joystiq
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