Monthly Archives: July 2009

Mini Fighter

Mini Fighter is an action-filled, side-scrolling fighting game that features massively multiplayer online battles with up to 200 combatants. Players can level-up their fighters and compete in a wide variety of modes, from Grand Arena matches to Boss fights and daily Castle Sieges.
 
Take a break from the fisticuffs with a variety of minigames, including the brain-busting Quiz Zone and the reflex-testing Fishing Zone. Combining a simple user interface with colorful, 2D graphics and action-packed gameplay, Mini Fighter is sure to be a blast no matter what kind of MMO player you are! 
 
More than One Way to Fight 
Compete alone or join your friends in a wide variety of action-packed game modes, including:
– Castle Siege – conquer up to 4 castles
– Sky Zone – fight among the clouds
– Boss Zone – battle as bosses and KO players
– Coliseum – battle in teams to reach 100 KO first
– Quiz Zone – answer quizzes and earn rewards
– Fishing Zone – catch fish and exchange for rewards
– Grand Arena – 16 players face off one-by-one
– Battle Room – 15 battle modes available in this room
– Dungeon – 50 dungeon fields and 24 dungeon bosses.

 

Colony-Wars Review: Yes You Own A Planet

By Vincent Haoson (Vincenthaoson), Onrpg Journalist

Colony-Wars is a browser based MMO that puts you in charge of a planet. It is your responsibility to make your colony prosperous though the means of either becoming an aggressive conquering force or take the peaceful mercantile road and defend your resources.

Game Features

You start off with the bare necessities and you have a planet. From there you are given free reign on where you invest the resources you have. You can upgrade your sources of income or go upgrade your technology.

Colony-Wars doesn’t have a tutorial unlike browser-based MMOs. However, as a means for players to understand what they are seeing, every page you see in the game has a corresponding link found in the upper right part of the page that directly leads to a wiki help page.

Resources and Missions

The game has only two resources which you need to acquire if you want things to roll. You have to acquire Metals and Energies if you want to either upgrade your tech tree or acquire new fleets for your Armada. You earn these important resources from Asteroids and Meteors respectively. An alternative way of earning them is through missions that you accomplish.

Colony Wars Income

Missions are Colony-War’s version of quests. There are four types of missions you acquire which are: Resource Management, Technological Improvements, Varied Fleet and Battle Experiences. Missions earn you three types of rewards, they are cash, resources and units.

Starting players are given three days of free immunity from attacks, which is the game’s means of giving new players the opportunity to get acquainted with the game and to understand how things go. In this mode you cannot attack nor be attacked by other players but you can decide to drop the protection mode if you are that hungry for a fight.

Battling in Colony-Wars is straight up numbers game. You have to setup the planet you are attacking and the amount of fuel your fleet would be using before you set out. The amount of fuel is based on the number of ticks (or the game’s version of periods of time) you are willing to invest n the fleet you are sending. You can invest a maximum of three ticks and a minimum of one.

The majority of what is happening in Colony-Wars is recorded through the Universal Events area that is found in the lower part of your overview. The Universal events page shows a summarized form of what has happened in your part of the universe.

What is usually seen on the Universal Events area are battles that have recently concluded and who won the clash, players who have joined and quit. In the Universal Events you can see the name of the planet where the event happened, the coordinates of the planet and the usernames of the players involved in the event.

Personal Recommendation

At first glance, it would seem that Colony-Wars is a game that you can understand right off the bat. Don’t let that fool you however because the game is harder than it looks, especially for new players. After creating your first planet the game system tells you that there’s a game manual found on the left side of the page but it’s not there.

To compensate the lack of a game manual, Colony-Wars does in fact have a wiki help page that is conveniently placed at the top right area of the page per category. The problem however with the help page is that it only explains what you see and not really explaining how it all fits into the game. The wiki page links lacks the information that really helps new players out.

Next to the lack of a manual, the help pages seem to lack the information that you really need and there is no game tutorial. As a result you find yourself second-guessing almost every action you do, and making your first Colony-Wars experience a living hell.

Colony Wars

The Solution

Thankfully, there is a ready remedy for what’s lacking to the game. The game forum provides you with starting guides and tips to make your game experience as enjoyable as possible. Also, you get to figure things out eventually with the help of other players who are very helpful to newbies.

The problem with the forums however is that you have to really dig through the forums to get to understand everything. Also, not all players know that if the game system lacks the information you need, the game forums is the next stop.

However, once you get past the initial problems and get things rolling you would find that the game is enjoyable and worth the trouble. The game provides you everything you need in all aspects of the game. This gives you complete control on everything you do up until other players start attacking you that is.

Battles in Colony-Wars practically a numbers game and the outcome of these battles are highly dependent on your capabilities as the planet’s tactician. Usually if you plan your attacks well everything would have to go to your favor, just as long as you have enough information in your hand.

One of the redeeming features of Colony-Wars is the Universal Events portion in your overview. This is a nice addition to the game because it makes you feel like you are not just a colonizer in your planet. I really liked that the events also record that new players have registered because it helps newbies feel at home with the game. Not to mention that if you are lucky enough to join the game with friendly people on board you’d have friends in an instant.

Colony-Wars is a game that is hard to understand in the beginning and it would have to take a lot of effort to get a hang of the game, but after persevering and trying to understand how the game works it would then take a different shape and hopefully you get to enjoy being “mr. leader” for quite some time.

Pros:
– The game provides a help link on every page
– You get detailed information on everything you own including the computation formula for your population
– People in the forums are helpful and would help anyone in a pinch.

Cons:
– The wiki help only explains what you can see on the page, not on how to use it
– You have to make sure you created your planet on the server or you would be facing a static account from hours on end
– You won’t easily find the manual link as the system says.

Project of Planets Goes Open Beta

Miracle Castle has announced the start of the open beta test for Project of Planets, a 3D Sci-Fi MMORPG featuring high definition 3D models, three mech classes with different strengths, challenging and rewarding battlefields, interesting PK arena for dueling, and many more. Visit the official website to sign up for the beta

Conquer Online: Raiding Clans

TQ Digital is proud to announce that Conquer Online’s latest expansion, “Raiding Clans”, will be released at 00:00 July 16, 2009 PDT.
The scheduled server maintenance at 18:00 July 15 (Wednesday) PDT will be postponed until 00:00 July 16 PDT. After the maintenance, players can enter the fabulous world of Conquer Online to experience the fantastic new features brought by the Raiding Clans.
Meanwhile, to celebrate the release of the expansion, we have prepared a free Double Exp Event and a new server for our players.
Free Double Exp Event
All players can obtain free Double Exp time from July 16 00:00 to July 19 23:59 PDT.
Note: How does one get Double EXP?
Find GuruTodd (Twin City 441,377) and talk to him. He will give you one hour of Double Exp time for free! You can get more free Double Exp time as often as you like during this event – just talk to him again!
New Server – Storm
The new server Storm is the 5th European server, and will be opened on 00:00 July 16th,2009 PDT. As a gift to the new adventurers in this new land, all newcomers will get 30 days of free Heaven’s Blessing after leaving the Birth Village. This special gift will be available for the first 3 months of the server!
Mount System
The new steeds will satisfy your desire of cruising through the mysterious continents of ancient China. There are up-to 49 types of unique breeds for you to acquire. A distinguished steed will not only enhance your image, but more importantly, will help you improve the attributes needed to dominate the world of Conquer Online!
Frozen Grotto
In this dark and frozen underground world, ancient demons are awaking from their thousand-year slumber. These hungry monsters are longing for fresh blood to warm their frozen bodies, and this new influx of young, eager warriors are on the menu! This dangerous dungeon is the ideal place for the stronger adventurers to enhance their power and chase down some epic treasure.
Clan System
The Clan System will allow adventurers to set up their exclusive inner circles to receive bonus Battle Power, and confront the challenges from hostile clans. The conflicts in CO will get even more intense! Are you prepared?
There is also a string of exciting events going on in the CO 2009 Carnival! Adventurers, the time has come for you to saddle up and ride headlong into destiny!

Grand Chase 4th Job Announced

Ntreev USA, a leading online game developer and publisher, announced today the debut of character Lass’4th job for its action-adventure MMO brawler, Grand Chase. Lass moves on from “Dark Assassin” and takes on the prestigious new job of “Striker” in his exciting new role.

“Grand Chase players will be very excited for Lass to become the Assassin Guild Leader,”
said Chris Lee, CEO at Ntreev USA.  “Lass is an important character in the Grand Chase story and his unique character attributes have earned him the role of Striker amongst the highest class of Assassins.”
About Lass
The title “Striker” is reserved for those of the highest class of Assassins. Lass, who possesses experience and wisdom beyond his young age, was given the job to become the leader of all Strikers. Though he had been possessed by Kaze’aze, Lass went on a journey seeking absolution, driving out the evil spirits from within him and gaining experience in battle. Having completed all of his missions and saved the Continent from Dark Anmon, Lass received the Assassin Guild Leader’s sword, the Nodachi, and inherited the skill that allows him to draw the Nodachi out of its scabbard as quick as lightning and begin his journey as the Assassin Guild Leader “Striker.”
The Striker’s weapon is called a Nodachi, and it is a long sword that is kept in a scabbard. The Nodachi can remain in its scabbard even during battle and Striker’s basic skill involves unsheathing the Nodachi with the speed of light. The Striker’s shadow dash is difficult for even Assassins to follow, moving rapidly on the ground and in the air using sword and peculiar ninja skills to harass the enemy with continuous, rapid fire attacks with the Nodachi.
Game Points and Cash Mission Scrolls will be available for the Job Change in order for Lass to become a Striker.

Darkfall Goes To North America

Darkfall Online, the groundbreaking real-time MMORPG just launched its North American Server. The highly anticipated launch went very smoothly and thousands of players are already enjoying the game. The North American launch includes Darkfall’s first free expansion which features the highly requested player housing, Darkfall’s village control system, character specialization system, the dynamic weather system and much more.

Nanovor

The inside of your PC, and the Internet itself, is alive with nanoscopic silicon monsters called Nanovor. Join Lucas and his friends as they fight swarms of Nanovor against each other.
* FREE download includes everything you need to start play, including 4 free Nanovor!
* Battle & Trade with your friends online
* Evolve & Collect over 100 Nanovor – more are discovered almost every day!
* Build your collection with Booster Packs
* Create Teams with combo attacks that your friends can’t beat!
* Watch stunning battles with 1000s of animations!