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Author Archives: SynCaine
Glitch was EVE without PvP?
Glitch is closing. I’ve never played the game, nor looked into it enough to really have an opinion, but if this is true: The game IMO is a 2D Eve without the PVP – instead of star systems you have … Continue reading
Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, Random
10 Comments
How to look senile (FBW Thursday edition)
Former MMO blogger Tobold is having a rough year. First his EVE prediction is set to be confirmed as idiotic in just over a month, the industry has nothing for him to play and banished him back to the tabletop, … Continue reading
Darkfall closes, DF:UW taunts
Darkfall 1 closing in style. Well played AV, well played. This new video about DF:UW is the best yet in terms of info and showing off the visuals. Pretty sure it made me hate the delay even more, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Darkfall Online
2 Comments
Guess I will have time for the resist grind in GW2 after all
AV just being AV.
Posted in Darkfall Online
13 Comments
Painting the house
There are some people who play the content they enjoy without thought of the rewards; they are mostly not MMO players. – Zubon GW2 critical flaw stated well. I think it’s also important to remind everyone that MMOs are typically … Continue reading
Posted in EVE Online, Guild Wars, League of Legends, MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft
31 Comments
Towns Review
I picked up Towns over the weekend off Steam (the wait for Darkfall continues), and got to play it a fair bit. Consider this a Super Eurogamer review (mmm, Darkfall…) First things first, Towns is not a finished game. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Random
3 Comments
Superman64 continues to fly under the radar
“Star Wars: The Old Republic excels in it’s PvP combat system above all else” – Said by no one, ever. Just kidding, Complex.com said it. Awesome troll job is awesome right? (everyone is going to link to this, so yes, … Continue reading
Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media, Rant, SW:TOR
6 Comments
Darkfall:UW – Worst case
I did a Darkfall best-case here. Today it’s worst-case time. Of course the first thing that could go wrong is the game not launching on Nov 20th. Assuming the game does launch on the 20th, the next issue would be … Continue reading
Posted in Darkfall Online
1 Comment
WAR’s RvR or GW2’s WvW?
Better PvP experience: WAR’s RvR near release, or GW2’s WvW? Instinctively I wanted to say GW2, because lulz WAR, but I spent a hell of a lot more time in WAR’s RvR than I did in GW2’s WvW. The same … Continue reading
Posted in Guild Wars, RvR, Warhammer Online
19 Comments