Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Glitch was EVE without PvP?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by SynCaine

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)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by SynCaine

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 →

Posted in Age of Conan, Aion, Blogroll, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, Rant, Rift, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 10 Comments

Darkfall closes, DF:UW taunts

Posted on November 15, 2012 by SynCaine

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

Posted on November 14, 2012 by SynCaine

AV just being AV.

Posted in Darkfall Online | 13 Comments

Painting the house

Posted on November 13, 2012 by SynCaine

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

Posted on November 12, 2012 by SynCaine

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

Posted on November 12, 2012 by SynCaine

“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

Posted on November 9, 2012 by SynCaine

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

Nov 20th is looking doable

Posted on November 9, 2012 by SynCaine

Latest Darkfall video. Good stuff.

Posted in Darkfall Online | 2 Comments

WAR’s RvR or GW2’s WvW?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by SynCaine

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