Tribes: Ascend is the latest offering from Hi-Rez studios, the game is still in beta at time of writing – so anything might change; and this is really more of a preview than a review. Tribes: Ascend is a much-anticipated revival of the Tribes franchise. The game will be free to play, Hi-Rez Studios will [...]
Yes, it’s a kid’s game, and yes, I’m still reviewing it. While it is most definitely aimed at a much younger audience than the other games I’ve reviewed, Wizard 101 is still one of the better ones. Wizard 101 eschews the typical formula for MMO combat in favor of a card-based battle system. Players take [...]
Team Fortress 2 has gone free to play! After months of testing out their new “Mann-Co Store”; developer Valve has finally decided to allow anyone and everyone to play TF2 free of charge! Trading and crafting are prohibited until you spend any amount of money in the Mann-co store; however this is hardly an issue [...]
This one is actually a bit out of order, Vindictus is the sequel to Mabinogi, however it was reviewed first. That’s because there’s really no pattern to which game will be reviewed next, there’s just a big list of games to be reviewed (in no particular order). That being said, there’s no reason to skip [...]
This will be the first of quite a few games I’ll be reviewing that no longer requires a monthly subscription. DDO (Dungeons and Dragons Online) has a unique gameplay style – as you play your adventures are narrated. The narrator tells you if your character can hear trolls in the next room for instance. A [...]
Minecraft is a game with blocky models, low resolution textures, only basic sound effects, and no plot. The AI is limited at best, and interactions are simplistic. You must play this game! Confused? Everything in the previous paragraph is absolutely true, Minecraft was developed by a small team, originally just one developer (since expanded to [...]
Vindictus is an MMORPG built by Nexus, the same folks behind Mabinogi, and Maple Story – in fact, in Korea Vindictus is called Mabinogi: Heroes. Vindictus was built using the Source engine, the very same game engine used to create such games as Half-Life 2, and Dark Messiah: Of Might and Magic. That piqued my [...]