.. back to EQ2 it seems.
Been playing a good few hours of the beta, and I’ve already cancelled my pre order.
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With the news a few days ago that there was to be a World of Warcraft movie directed by Sam Raimi, it reminded me of the announcement in 2007 that an Everquest movie was also going to be made.
The whole game to film transition has started to become more common in recent years and I remember reading a comment on the web, saying that it was expected movies made about games could exceed revenue from standard films in years to come.
According to Zam a new Everquest 2 expansion Sentinel’s Fate has been announced!
The expansion is based around Odus and will explore both the Kerra and Erudite lore in much more detail. The level cap will also be raised to 90.
As my main Yetian is a Barbarian Warden the next bit of news has me excited…. Halas is back!! That’s right, Halas is to return in the form of a new starting city, at the same time as the release of the expansion.
Other news mentioned at Zam is the move to a 3 monthly update cycle for Everquest 2 and the news that Game Update 53 will allow a character to “down-tier” without having to mentor another character. This will allow you to complete quests solo at the right level, which previously would have been grey.
Sometimes a game appears and you wonder where it came from; The Chronicles of Spellborn is one of those games. A free to download game from Acclaim, TCOS has pitted itself in a fantasy roll somewhere between WoW and the rest of the MMORPG world or so it hopes…
TCOS is one of those games that is trying to break the mould of how an MMORPG plays, it has a unique combat system that is trying to combine arcade games like Street Fighter, with an FPS style in an RPG environment. Right now I’m as confused as you; but the fact remains that the although it’s a big change from the normal MMORPG, the combat does make you feel more involved, not only in combat but after combat when you need to visit your skilldeck to adjust the skills that you use during combat.
Carrying on from my earlier post about Sci-Fi MMOs, I decided to take a look around some of the Sci-Fi MMOs that are due to be released this year (with any luck).
One of the games that stood out was Jumpgate Evolution. An impressive looking game by NetDevil. The game is based on space travel and looks a lot like EvE-Online by CCP, however Jumpgate Evolution has one overriding difference, in that it allows you to fly your ship rather than clicking on an area of space to move about like Eve.
David Jun from Acclaim games has contacted us with details of a trial offer for their new MMO Chronicles of Spellborn.
The trial gives anyone who signs up before the 7th of May a 2 week premium account trial. If you take up the trial look out for our thoughts here on MMO-Symposium and let us know your thoughts on this new MMO by leaving your comments.
So here’s the info for you all…
I was having a read of the latest blog posts on Cuppytalk the other day I spotted the post about a recent EQ2 dev blog post about Player written books in EQ2.
I like the idea and I’m sure the Role Playing community in Everquest 2 will be getting very excited about this addition to the game. We have a guild hall library which needs filling and this will be a great way to do that.
In fact there are all kinds of things you could write about to fill your bookshelves.
As the NDA has been lifted as of 22nd April, I guess I can start telling you of my limited experience of Free Realms.
As part of their marketing strategy, most MMO’s try to wow us with dramatic visuals and pithy one-liners like “Build an empire!”, “Build an army!” and “Build a unique character to…blah, blah, blah.” After all, they are trying awfully hard to get us to sit up and notice them right? However, you couldn’t really get much better offer than the slogan “Help build a universe!” And when you’re already big enough to have been hard not to notice for years then you’re already halfway towards success when you do launch an MMO. Enter… LEGO Universe.
Yes, it’s not your typical MMO – but then LEGO has never been your typical toy either. And let’s face it, those of us who are old enough to afford a regular multiplayer online game subscription were already buying into the idea for a LEGO MMO when we were desperately trying to authentically replicate a Tie Fighter using just red, blue and yellow bricks – we just didn’t know it at the time.
//HoC
I beg anyone who has played perhaps the greatest single player RPG game of all time, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, not to have wondered what it would be like if it were turned into an MMO. Well, with talk of a possible online future for Fallout 3, who knows what we might see on offer from Bethesda Studios.
But until that happens (if ever), there is already a possible contender for what could be considered an Oblivion-style MMO – Mortal Online. Developed by Swedish developers Star Vault, it claims to be the next generation of MMORPG, with a free-to-roam world that offers real-time, first person style combat with no dedicated PvP only areas. Information is limited at the moment, with only a few Alpha phase screenshots and a somewhat contrived ‘teaser’ trailer on the site. But it’s worth signing up to the newsletter as it provides periodic updates of how the game is shaping up.
Check it out now HERE.
//HoC
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