Game Design
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Housing in Guild Wars 2 – What could it be like?
Gaudete Theory suggested today’s Blaugust Group Project: It’s alive! Ancient Draft, Revived! I took a look at my drafts and decided to just go with the oldest one I have. It is this one here and I wrote the draft back in February 2013. Guild Wars 2 was merely half a year old at that…
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Guild Wars 2 Housing: First Impressions
Quite simple: I am in love. You need to play the expansion’s story in order to unlock your homestead, but it is fast enough thankfully. I only had a problem with an issue that did not let me find rifts easily. This was seemingly fixed in the meantime, though. One thing was confusing at first:…
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What’s your prettiest game?
I received this email as an advertisement, but when I read this subject line, my mind immediately went through my game’s library. Now, what exactly makes a game “pretty”? When you search for “prettiest games”, you get a lot of lists about “visually stunning” and “hardware-demanding” games. That’s not my take on what a “pretty…
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Paeroka’s Ponderings: Will there ever be a Prison Architect 2?
My post from April did not age well: “There’s also Prison Architect 2 which got postponed – again. I hope it’s for the best! […] What I do hope is that Paradox learns from their mistakes and will give developers more time to get their games ready for release instead of releasing too early and…
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Thoughts on Guild Wars 2’s housing
When I first saw the announcement of housing coming to Guild Wars 2, I was both excited and pessimistic about it. Even though there is Guild Housing already, who knows what the system will be like in the end? But from everything we have learned so far, it seems to be really very close to…
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Guild Wars 2: Housing is coming?…
Quite recently, I got the urge again to play an MMO. My choice was between Guild Wars 2 and Lord of the Rings Online. I opted for the latter because whenever I do want to play GW2, I am reminded that there is so much left that I need to unlock first if I want…
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Paeroka’s Ponderings: Paradox and unmet expectations
Saying that you’re a fan of Paradox isn’t the most popular statement lately. When I hear that Paradox announced a new game, I am generally very interested, though, as I like quite a few of their games! So, even with the recent disappointments, I would not say that I hate them or dislike them or…
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LotRO: Disappointing Housing
I know I am ranting about the same topic over and over again: The player housing feature in Lord of the Rings Online is just disappointing. They have been improving it over the years, but even though I think every time “Now it’s something I can at least enjoy a little bit!” – as soon…
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Which MMO mount do you like using the most?
Justin from MassivelyOP asked this question in their column “The Daily Grind” and rather than leaving a comment there, I prefer answering this question here. I do go with mounts that fit my characters best, I think. In LotRO, my hobbit has her Cremello Pony. I don’t even remember how I got it and only…
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Focusing on one game: Suzerain
I have always had a hard time focusing on one game at a time, with the exception of MMOs. Lately, this seems to have gotten worse. I started playing Megaquarium after I had initially bought it and then tossed it aside. I don’t even remember why as it’s a cute game! Anyway, I then moved…
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How to return to LotRO?
I wanted to start this post by saying that I was surprised about the urge to return to Lord of the Rings Online, but honestly, I am not. This MMO – as well as the classic World of Warcraft – give me something that newer MMOs do not give me: Slower combat. No need to…
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Which MMO has the most useless housing system?
I saw this article on Massively Overpowered about useless housing systems in MMOs. Of course, this is a more or less subjective question, but that’s why I liked reading about their choices. Massively Overthinking: Which MMO suffers from the most useless housing system? My first thought – I’m only going with the MMOs I have…
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Is there a game like Defiance?
I stumbled upon a German article about which games died in 2021. One of them was Defiance / Defiance 2050. Now, I am not a fan of shooter games. The main reason (other than some games being too realistic and too close to our real world out there) is that I cannot play games with…
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New World and Housing
One of the main reasons that I decided to buy New World, after all, was its Housing feature. It’s no Rift or Wildstar housing (or – insert any other MMO housing that is superior to others), but it is housing! And not in the sense that Lord of the Rings Online has housing because their…
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Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?
Massively OP mused about this question recently… and since it’s a question, of course my brain started trying to answer it for myself. Star Trek Online was mentioned right in the beginning of their article as that’s where the question originated from. I haven’t played STO for a long time, but I do know that…
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