Monthly Archives: May 2013

Odin Quest a Free Browser Based MMORPG Launching on PlaySnail.com

Odin Quest

Playsnail.com is happy to announce the release of the new browser-based MMORPG Odin Quest. Odin Quest will be launching on May 23rd 15:00 PST!

 

Odin Quest is a free to play browser-based MMORPG game with sizzling graphics, beautiful music, and many distinctive classes to choose from. The game welcomes players into a fascinating world of swords and sorcery, journeys with the gods, and the ultimate quest of saving the world.

 

Odin Quest

Odin Quest Game Guide is a platform which supplies an extensive introduction to the game. A huge world map, with countless dungeons and other dangers to explore, players will discover a multitude of cute and powerful pets to accompany their journey. The visually stunning skills and cross-server battles will keep your adrenaline surging! If you love MMORPGs, you can’t afford to miss Odin Quest! What are you waiting for?

 

Playsnail has prepared some amazing in-game items as bonus, please click here to get the Newbie Card Code.

Alpha Beta Soup 5/23

After all the excitement last week things have calmed down a little. If you missed out on the first batch of Prime World beta keys for this weekend’s Memorial Day Weekeend Test, we got some more. And through the week the open beta for Dragon’s Prophet was announced. In addition the closed beta for Soldier Front 2 was announced, but that one doesn’t have a date yet so keep your eyes peeled.

We’ve highlighted the newest in orange to make them easier to see.

 

OnRPG Giveaways

These are all the beta giveaways currently running on OnRPG. There’s no guarantee that we won’t run out so grab them quick.

Everlight Open Beta Privilege Pack Giveaway
Fishing Hero Closed Beta Key Giveaway
Prime World Memorial Weekend Test Beta Key Giveaway
World of Warplanes Closed Beta Key Giveaway
Yitien Open Beta Pack Giveaway

 

Dates Announced:

Below are the MMOs who have announced upcoming beta events that haven’t started yet or are currently in progress for a limited time.

Dice Venture Applications Open, Closed Beta Begins May 29
Dragon’s Prophet Open Beta May 29 NA, May 30 EU
Soldier Front 2 Applications Open, Closed Beta Begins “Soon”
Ballistic Closed Beta Spring 2013
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn Closed Beta June
Firefall Open Beta July 9
Age of Wulin EU Closed Beta 2013

 

Alpha:

These games are currently in Alpha. Signups are available via the link.

Gloria Victis Pre-Alpha
Lunaria Story
Onigiri Alpha (Japanese) Between Phases
The Repopulation
Xulu

 

Closed Beta:
MMOs which are in closed beta require application and often require approval before access can be gained.

Age of Wulin(EU, Asia) EU in Early 2013
Arcane Saga (Formerly known as Prius Online)
Ascension: Arenas of War Current Status Unknown
Black Prophecy Tactics: Nexus Conflict Current Status Unknown, Website No Longer Exsists
Born To Fire
Bounty Hounds Online Beta Testing Complete. No Launch Date Announced
ChronoBlade
Dragon’s Prophet
Eldevin
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Infinite Crisis
JollyGrim
Kartuga
Loadout
MechWarrior Tactics
March of War
Marvel Heroes
Patterns
Prime World
Strategoria
Transformers Universe Now accepting applications.
Warface
World of Warplanes

 

Open Beta:
Games in open beta require an application but often it is little more than signing up for an account.

Anno Online
City of Steam
DK Online Servers Closed Temporarily
Dominatron
Dragona Online Russian
Dragon Pals
and Titans
Dust 514
Ecol Tactics
End of Nations Open Beta delayed until further notice, refunds have been issued.
Everlight
Firefall
FoxLi Rush
Gunswords(English and Russian)
HeroDex
Heroes & Generals
Legend of Edda Vengeance
Neverwinter
Origins of Malu
Oversoul
Path of Exile
Raceroom Racing
Real World Racing
Samurai Taisen
Scarlet Blade
SmashMuck Champions
Tales of Laputa
The Aurora World
The Lost Titans
UFO Online
Universal Monsters Online
Warface South Korea
War Thunder
WorldAlpha
Yitien

Zomber Squad Gift Pack Giveaway

OnRPG is partnering with Omprus to celebrate the official server for Zomber Squad, Outbreak, launched earlier this week!

Zomber Squad Gift Pack Giveaway

Zomber Squad is a unique MMO that allows players to face off against the undead using controls reminiscent of real-time strategy games. When not in combat, players manage safe districts to recruit, train and outfit their diverse team of heroes. PvE fans can enjoy party dungeons and bosses, while PvP players can join up in team arena matches.

Your Gift Pack Includes:
Gold*30000
Coffee*10
Bonedust Ring*1
Titanium Locket*1

 

To get your key you have to follow these instructions:

  • If you are not a member of OnRPG Please sign-up here.
  • Enter your OnRPG username and password below to get your key
  • The key will appear at the bottom of the page. Copy & paste it to a safe place as you may not be able to retrieve it once you close your browser!

 

To Redeem your key:

  • Create an Omprus account at http://s1.zs.omprus.com/
  • Click the play button on the Zomber Squad homepage and get into the game!
  • Click the “First Buy Prizes” icon on the upper right corner of the screen. It looks like a red gift box.
  • Enter the Give Pack Code and click submit. You’re gift pack will arrive in your inventory!

Seven Seas Saga Review

By Remko Molenaar (Proxzor) OnRPG Journalist

Let’s be fair shall we, the longest running discussion on the Internet remains: pirates or ninjas. Well look no further than Seven Seas Saga if you fancy yourself a pirate lover. The freedom in this game is top notch and lets you live out all your pirating dreams. Want to be a pirate to roam the seven seas? Or do you more fancy being the trader that is known to have a good supply of all the rarest goods? Joyhubs dynamically pits both types of players against each other in a unique PvPvE system that keeps things quite exciting. The path you can take is simple; you just have to think whether you want to be feared, or revered.

Well I know what I wanted to be, and I’m sorry for the ninja fans, but I have always liked pirates more. And even though I am a big roleplayer and I am able to do this whole review in piratish, I will refrain from this to spare you guys the awkwardness of pirates on the sea. In the tutorial, you will get to know the game mechanics better, and one of the first things you do is sailing your ship around the sea. And my first impression was surprise that this game stacks up with its the limited competition in the genre without even requiring a download client. The game itself is actually really good looking and the user interface is clean and polished. The tutorial is quite expansive and includes acquisition of booty, trading booty, fighting pirates for booty, and of course talking with a bunch of guys about the best ways to get more booty. And while this might take up an entire Friday night for a pirate at the local bar it moves along swiftly in Seven Seas Saga through blinking sword-arrows directing you what to do next.

Seven Seas Saga Starting Out

If you’re impatient or just familiar with piloting your ship from similar titles, you can skip straight into the gameplay. The game is played out on a recreation of the European continent and I started in London port off the coast of England. The game in the nutshell is picking up rare goods in one nation and traveling abroad to foreign countries to trade said goods at higher rates. Everything in this game gives you experience, from sailing to finding treasure; before you know it you are already twenty levels later. When I arrived in Amsterdam I was a little sad, as a real Dutchie, I wasn’t too happy with the Netherlands. Amsterdam is on the completely wrong side of my country in this game, and oddly enough there was snow while there wasn’t any in England. If feels like they rather rushed their research on recreating the game world, or perhaps just choose gameplay benefits over realism in some areas.

Seven Seas Saga Trading

This game is relatively the same as any other MMORPG when it comes to questing. You either have to deliver something, or you will have to kill an x amount of ships of either pirates or a different nation. I don’t mind these kind of quests and actually rather enjoy them, but for some people these quests aren’t that enjoyable. The quests also make you interact with other regions of the world while the dialogue offers context clues of how each nation views the others. Does Spain not want you trading your English goods in their ports? Well you’re going to have to figure out a way around this cultural barrier to complete the quest. This helps set the boundary lines for players to build a compelling and believable story given the time period. You can fly the flag of various nations, or sail as a mercenary for the highest bidder. I enjoyed questing as much as possible in Amsterdam since the area felt so familiar.

Besides the questing and having a good time with the story itself, you can also do a course which will cost you some coins but will give you some extra stats when your course is completed. You can also study skills that will help you out in the battles; unfortunately these are paid with gold which can be acquired with real money. Non-cash shoppers can still acquire them through events but that will take you a while.

Seven Seas Saga Captain Equipment

The captain can be equipped with various gear to improve your ships overall performance in areas like shooting, armor and hp, firing range, and a variety of other differentiating stats. Every level your captain gains allows you to allocate stat points to give him the extra boost in one of the six possible stats. The equipment for your captain can also be upgraded into something better in the Forge. You can also add sockets and fill them with gems for further bonus options. You’d think that would be plenty for a browser title but Seven Seas Saga also features enchanting and all the other bells and whistles you’d expect of an MMORPG, so grind style crafters should feel right at home. For the real traders, there is also a market place like any other auction house you can imagine in a game. It is amazing that this game is a free-to-play browser with so much hidden to discover.

Seven Seas Saga Combat

Conclusion

For a browser game, I really feel like I was playing a game that I bought. Seven Seas Saga has so much to offer, that I can’t compare it fairly with similar pirate games on the market. The old major downside was the ease of purchasing power via the gold system, which is only a slight letdown. The combat could use a bit of tweaking as well as it felt a bit simplistic in its current form. The game has a lot of things to offer, from crafting to trading; anything you can imagine in a pirate game is there. I recommend anyone with an itch to explore the seven seas give Seven Seas Saga a go.

Prime World Announces Memorial Weekend Beta Test

Following a relatively bug free test this past weekend, Nival has announced a second Prime World beta test to run this upcoming weekend Memorial Day weekend from 7am PST Saturday Morning (25th), until Sunday at midnight PST.

Prime World Outpost

The no wipe policy will continue and anyone who gains access will gain future access to all subsequent beta key tests. Also players will be faced with the new challenge of a 3V3 single lane map featuring powerful siege tanks to see how well players can work in small squadrons to overcome their foes. NDA is fully lifted so be sure to grab a beta key from our new batch at OnRPG and mark your calendars for the 25th!

WoW Wednesday – Patch 5.3 Escalation

By Meredith Watson, OnRPG Azeroth Reporter

 

Escalation is finally here. It arrived yesterday in the states and here in Europe this morning.  It is a large patch with quite a bit of content but I have to wonder – does anyone care?  It has recently been reported that World of Warcraft subscriptions are down by 1.3 million with 14% of players leaving between January and March.  That million plus, according to the BBC, is in the east where Blizzard has been pandering to most recently (pun intended).  Ironic, no?  The excuse is there are just so many free to play games available.

World of Warcraft 5.3 Escalation

Like most that play WoW I have multiple alts across several servers. When I log on to any of those servers at any time of the day they are seemingly dead.  Where is everyone?  My guess is that most people, judging by the inane chat in Neverwinter, are giving that a try.  However, this normally happens during the end of an expansion. Players get bored and start to drop off.

The servers may not be that active right now but there is some good stuff in Escalation.  If you are anything like me you’ve already taken multiple alts through Pandaria and like me you think it is laborious. One of the most significant changes is that the experience needed in Pandaria has been reduced by 33%. Another clear indication we are at the end of Mists of Pandaria’s life cycle. It is welcome news for me. I still have a druid, paladin and another priest to get through the Pandaria zones.

WoW 5.3 Lettercho

Another indication we are nearing the end is the war is heating up with the horde showing cracks, the Darkspear trolls are rebelling and the Alliance is getting stronger. There are new level 90 quests that will take the player through more of the story as well as the new scenarios I have previously previewed.

If you are a fan of the Brawler’s Guild then you may be happy to learn there are several changes included in this patch for you.  Firstly, there are two new tiers and eight new bosses.  Aside from this, challenge cards are being introduced. These cards can be found fishing, out in the wild, dancing with a certain grummle or even from archaeology.  The cards offer quests which could open up twelve new bosses to fight.

WoW 5.3 Brawlers Guild Org

One of the biggest changes with 5.3 is loot specialization. Essentially this will allow you as the player to have more control over what kind of loot you get depending on your specialization. You can change the loot options through your character portrait interface. The default setting will be for your current spec but, and here is the neat part, you can instead choose off spec gear.  So, if shadow priest is your main spec but you’ve been thinking of getting some holy gear now you can.

WoW 5.3 Void Storage

It wouldn’t be WoW if the PvP-ers and PvE-ers weren’t whining about who gets what and the new gear changes fit the bill perfectly for getting everyone heated up.  The voidbinders are back and will upgrade PvE gear for valour or justice points depending.   Item upgrade, for the most part, is not coming back for PvP with Blizzard stating “no new PvP items for the foreseeable future will use the upgrade system.”

  • Malevolent Gladiator’s Conquest (Season 12) items that have upgrades available are still upgradable at their original costs.
  • Dreadful Gladiator’s Honor (Season 12) items that have upgrades available are still upgradable at their original costs.
  • No other PvP items are upgradable, and no new PvP items for the foreseeable future will use the upgrade system.

There is plenty of new content and changes in Escalation but there doesn’t seem to be much excitement for it.  Having spoken to several WoW players who are now playing other things, not one of them seems s to be in any particular hurry to come back and give Escalation a whirl.  What about you? Is Escalation enough for you to come back if you’ve left?  If you are still playing, are you excited for this patch and the continuing storyline?

OnRPG Shotgun News 5/22: Age of Conan, Merc Elite, and Vindictus

By Shannon Doyle (Leliah), OnRPG News Monkey

 

Age of Conan Celebrates 5th Anniversary

Tomorrow marks the start of the 5th Anniversary events for Age of Conan. Legendary monsters are invading Hyboria for five days straight. Defeating these monsters is sure to offer some awesome rewards. In addition there are special deals on Membership and all sorts of gifts. So be sure to log in for the next few days!

 

Bigpoint Announces Military Themed MOBA Heading for Closed Beta

Bigpoint’s military themed MOBA, Merc Elite is heading into closed beta today. There are five different classes to pick from; Recon, Tactician, Assault, Heavy Gunner, and the Juggernaut. It will be free to play and due to launch this summer. And if you want to take part in the closed beta you can still register on the official site.

 

 

Vindictus Episode 2 Launching Next Week

Vindictus Episode 2, better known as The Secret of Twilight Desert will be one of the biggest updates to Vindictus to date and arriving May 29th. Night will fall on Vindictus as a new day/night cycle is introduced. And night time will offer new enemies as fallen warriors rise from the dead. A new underground dungeon will also be introduced to go along with the story behind The Secret of Twilight Desert.