Monthly Archives: March 2015

To play now or wait for later

Posted on March 19, 2015 by SynCaine

As noted before, Cities: Skylines is a great title that I’ve enjoyed a good bit, but having ‘finished’ a fairly major city, I’m now somewhat paralyzed with the game. On the one hand, I want to start a new city … Continue reading →

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FFXIV: Playing different roles on one character is brilliant

Posted on March 18, 2015 by SynCaine

Quick note to start with: Playing the relaunch of The Elder Scrolls Online just reinforced how much better FFXIV is at being a thempark MMO. I might still try to get back into ESO at some point, but after spending … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, The Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

Cities: Skylines has solid city-builder bones

Posted on March 16, 2015 by SynCaine

Mostly agree with what J3W3L wrote about Cities: Skylines. In short, its a very solid city building sim that is more than worth the $30 to grab right now on Steam. A few additions to what was already written. I … Continue reading →

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CoC: Supreme Cream! vs Texas Knights

Posted on March 14, 2015 by SynCaine

(Stats and writeup by Delpez) Great war and very nice write-up by Syncaine. Anytime you win by 1 star it’s very satisfying, especially if you have to come from way behind like we did. But firstly, let’s see how the … Continue reading →

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CoC: About as good as it gets

Posted on March 13, 2015 by SynCaine

Delpez should have the stats and writeup soon, but I wanted to jump ahead and post this: In a 110-109 war, that we were down by ten stars or more for much of it, not only were our final five … Continue reading →

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Pathfinder Online: It’s 2003 EVE!

Posted on March 12, 2015 by SynCaine

Raise your hand if you knew Pathfinder Online was already playable? Yea, me neither. But it is, and my friend Rynnik hooked me up with a buddy key to take a look. To use his words, Pathfinder right now is … Continue reading →

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Wasteland 2 isn’t doing it for me

Posted on March 11, 2015 by SynCaine

I picked up Wasteland 2 on a recent Steam sale, and I honestly can’t get into it, which is surprising and has me taking a step back and wondering what I want in a game these days. I should like … Continue reading →

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FFXIV: Sub model isn’t just about higher quality, its also about safety

Posted on March 10, 2015 by SynCaine

Full interview can be found here. So, just because ESO moved into a free-to-play subscription model, it doesn’t necessarily mean for us to move into that direction as well. Also, for use we have taken player surveys and took a … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, MMO design, RMT | 11 Comments

FFXIV: Gold Saucer is golden side content

Posted on March 9, 2015 by SynCaine

I was finally able to check out the Gold Saucer in FFXIV, and its a rather great piece of content IMO. The area looks great, and has plenty of nostalgia bits from previous FF games (FFVII sticks out in my … Continue reading →

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CoC: Please continue to pay to lose

Posted on March 6, 2015 by SynCaine

Guys, guys, I’m going to buy a ton of gems, rush up to TH10, and help us crush people in wars. It’s going to be awesome! – Wallet Warrior Nope. (just an FYI, video is a bit loud for some … Continue reading →

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