Ask yourself: How many MMOs on the market truly have a punishing death penalty system? Games like Ultima Online, Runescape, and Darkfall have you lose most if not all of your items upon death, but when you become rich that is really nothing more of than a minor set back. Eve Online and Face of … Continue reading “Project V13 To Offer Some Form Of Permadeath?”
Australians may not be able to properly play All Points Bulletin when it launches, but the rest of us can rejoice. For a while now, I’ve seen a lot of complaints by players towards downloadable content (DLC) and microtransactions worming their way into various MMOs, be it the recent goggles/dog in Fallen Earth, the new … Continue reading “Realtime Worlds Says No DLC For Me!”
It’s always a shame to see Australia getting beaten with the short end of the stick (the end with the railroad spike) and put as much blame on the ratings board as you will, it is far more likely to see a game not released in Australia because it was banned, rather than the developer … Continue reading “AUS SOL on APB, Says RTW”
We all have those MMOs that we’ve quit for various reasons: Lack of depth, that one annoying feature, lag, abundance of bugs. I, to set an example, recently started playing Fallen Earth again, which I had quit shortly before picking up Aion in late October. What I found was a much improved game, not to … Continue reading “Have You Revisited Your Old MMO Today?”
NIDA Online shut down late last night, after approximately eight months in service, so last night I decided to take a plunge into the game and see just why the title fell short of its one year anniversary. What I found was a game that wasn’t all that terrible, but nothing special. In terms of … Continue reading “NIDA Online: What Happened”
NIDA Online is a Korean free-to-play MMO. For some of you, that is enough to avoid this game like the plague, and for others it is enough to question: Omali why are you bothering reporting on yet another cookie-cutter MMO shutting down. Why is this significant? NIDA Online opened in September 2009, around the same … Continue reading “Yet Another Korean MMO Shuts Down”
I know what you are thinking: The oldest graphical MMO out there, and people are still paying a subscription fee? To which I respond, quiet you! Meridian59, even in its old age, is still unique to virtually any MMO out there. Visually, it may be like someone turned Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall into an MMO. Chat, … Continue reading “Meridian59 Is Completely Free, By The Way”
I love me some Massively.com. Aside from being great reading material to begin with, I will admit that Massively is one of the biggest sources of MMO news that makes its way on to MMO Fallout (although without my cheeky commentary). One issue I do take with Massively, being the cynic that I am, is … Continue reading “Dungeon Fighter Online: 197 Million Is Still Meaningless”
It’s always good to have some form of anti-spam protection on your blog/website especially if, like me, you find yourself being taken into flattery, however genuine, a little too easily. For example, if it weren’t for the intercession of Akismet, I likely would not have looked past: Hey great website, you really know your stuff. Definitely adding … Continue reading “Well Played, Sir. Clever Spam?”
Here at MMO Fallout, a game doesn’t have to be doing great, or doing poorly in order to make the news. In fact, you’ll frequently find that most of my articles tend to cover MMOs in the lower indie section (Mortal Online, Cryptic Studios, Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, CCP, and Fallen Earth LLC), for a reason … Continue reading “The Future of Everquest II Looks Very Good”
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