Comments on: mmo-a-week project http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2009/11/03/mmo-a-week-project/ and still for good reason. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:45:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Ammon http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2009/11/03/mmo-a-week-project/comment-page-1/#comment-181134 Ammon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:18:05 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/?p=562#comment-181134 I've already played most of the commercial MMO's to hit the US and have said what I want to on them and fully plan on saying things as they occur to me in the future. I'm actually playing Champions currently, but haven't had the time to do a good writeup. Otherwise, it's a simple question of economics. I can't afford to drop $200/mo on new games, and can likely not convince the studios to give me enough free un-encumbered trials to fill all of the time slots. Free/Beta MMO's are finally plentiful enough that I think I can find one a week w/o being entirely repetitive. They are also usually small enough that I can get a good feel for them in 4-5 days of play. I’ve already played most of the commercial MMO’s to hit the US and have said what I want to on them and fully plan on saying things as they occur to me in the future. I’m actually playing Champions currently, but haven’t had the time to do a good writeup.

Otherwise, it’s a simple question of economics. I can’t afford to drop $200/mo on new games, and can likely not convince the studios to give me enough free un-encumbered trials to fill all of the time slots. Free/Beta MMO’s are finally plentiful enough that I think I can find one a week w/o being entirely repetitive. They are also usually small enough that I can get a good feel for them in 4-5 days of play.

]]> By: leef http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2009/11/03/mmo-a-week-project/comment-page-1/#comment-180894 leef Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:17:48 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/?p=562#comment-180894 Why free? I'd rather see you trudge through what is likely to be great (which can include free) rather than just the freebies. Titles like Aion, and Eve. I put WOW down about 6 months ago, and have been wanting a new MMORPG to jump into, but haven't seen anything desirable. The closest thing I've found is Borderlands, which is an MORPFPS (Multiplayer Online Role Playing First Person Shooter). It's quite fun, but misses the Massive Multiplayer catch. Why free? I’d rather see you trudge through what is likely to be great (which can include free) rather than just the freebies. Titles like Aion, and Eve. I put WOW down about 6 months ago, and have been wanting a new MMORPG to jump into, but haven’t seen anything desirable. The closest thing I’ve found is Borderlands, which is an MORPFPS (Multiplayer Online Role Playing First Person Shooter). It’s quite fun, but misses the Massive Multiplayer catch.

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