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Monthly Archives: June 2013
E3 Big Press Reveals: Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft
Microsoft, EA, and Ubisoft. Three of the biggest press conferences from E3 2012 are done. With Sony and Nintendo coming later. Unfortunately this European is just a bit too tired to stay up to see all the action. But that doesn’t mean I can’t bring you the highlights as they relate to MMOs and open world games from the first three.
Microsoft
Microsoft’s presentation this year was all about Xbox. From the 360 getting a sexy makeover to announcing a ton of titles for Xbox One, and even a price for the next gen console ($500). But what really got us excited was the announcement that the massively popular World of Tanks would be making the jump to the Xbox 360. It will be free to play for Xbox Live Gold users and available this summer. But if you’re looking for news a bit more next gen, then you’ll be pleased to hear that Twitch is teaming up with Microsoft to allow gamers to stream directly from Xbox One as well as viewing other streams with a full integration.
EA
EA had a lot of sports this year. But what got us at OnRPG (or maybe just me) most excited was the multiplayer version of Plants vs Zombies. Team up with three other people and become the plants as you fight off everyone’s favorite loveable zombies. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will be available on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
Ubisoft
Possibly the most exciting press conference of them all Ubisoft was action packed, with an involved crowd and was confident from beginning to end. While we did see the highly anticipated next instalment of Assassin’s Creed, or interest lies elsewhere. The Epic Quest for Mighty Loot has been a name I’ve seen tossed around quite a lot lately. But I never really looked into it. That changes now. If the free to play MMO is anything like the hilarious trailer we saw today it is sure to be a hit. If driving is more your thing then The Crew is for you. This persistent world goes from single player to multiplayer with the click of an invitation. There are no lobbies and car customization goes to an all new length. They go so far as to let you build your car from the ground up using all the parts available in the shop. And that isn’t all. You’ll even be able to take the car customization to the tablet. And just when we thought Ubisoft was done, they surprised us with an all new title. Tom Clancy’s The Division. A multiplayer apocalypse in an open world RPG. You’ll be able to join friends in this hellish world in which anything could happen. Come across another group of players with your friends, enter PvP mode and take them out before they take you out.
The next generation of games looks to be all about the customized experience. Putting you in touch with your friends on a more personal level and making the world just a little bit smaller. And though there are two more of the big press conferences to go I’m going to call Tom Clancy’s The Division the most anticipated so far by the OnRPG watchers. And if you watch the Sony and Nintendo press conferences log into the OnRPG forums, chat with others watching it in the chatroom or go to the E3 thread. And be on the lookout tomorrow for more on OnRPG.
World of Tanks XBox One Reveal
Wargaming takes first blood at E3 with their reveal of an Xbox One version of their flagship title, World of Tanks.
Age of Wulin Closed Beta Announced
After months of anticipation Webzen (formerly Gala-Net/gPotato) has at last announced that the epic F2P MMORPG set in Imperial China, Age of Wulin will be entering Closed Beta this month. Closed Beta will begin June 17th, just one week from today. At launch the European English server will be available to those who have access with the French and German servers opening later. Beta keys for the English server are being distributed through various partners, including OnRPG, so be on the lookout for those keys when we get them. And check out the new trailer celebrating the announcement of closed beta below.
Age of Wulin CB Announced
Europeans looking to experience the Wuxia can get into the closed beta of Age of Wulin on June 17th.
Marvel Heroes Review – You Wouldn’t Like Them When They’re ALL Angry
By John Shadle (Sephorus), OnRPG Journalist
Gazillion Entertainment’s Marvel Heroes is a free-to-play action RPG that, aptly enough, is set in the Marvel universe and allows you to assume the role of one of many iconic heroes. It’s a pretty awesome premise – one I managed to briefly check out during its head start and launch week. What I came away with is the sense that Gazillion’s latest offering isn’t a bad game, but it’s one that probably could have stayed in the proverbial oven for just a touch longer.
The over-arching story, told by a mixture of CGI and comic-style cutscenes, is that the ever-nefarious Dr. Doom has gotten his hands on a powerful device known only as The Cube, and while it’s not immediately clear what his plans for the device are, it’s made pretty clear during these opening moments that they can be listed as ‘Not Good’. It’s therefore up to The Avengers to put a stop to his machinations – once they can get a handle on all of the other trouble that’s been stirred up in the process. You’ll select one of five heroes – Daredevil, The Thing, Storm, Hawkeye, or Scarlet Witch – before launching right into the action by thwarting an attempted prison break at the maximum security facility known as The Raft. It sets the stage of something grand in the works right off the bat while doubling as the tutorial for anyone new to the game and unfamiliar with the action RPG genre. It’s not long after that you’ll be smacking around mooks who never got the memo that the only reason they’re being paid is to slow down the good guys by being one more body they have to trample over.
Gameplay’s pretty straight-forward to anyone who’s given Diablo, Torchlight, Titan Quest, or just about any other ARPG a whirl – left-click on ground to move or on enemies to attack, right-click for a second power. There’s also a five-slot hotbar for extra powers you unlock on the way and a medpack slot for instant healing. All heroes have Health (self-explanatory, I hope!) and Spirit – Marvel Hero’s equivalent of mana – and some have a specialty third resource that ties into their powers; for example, Captain America’s attacks can generate Shield Points, which give extra defense for each one and can be used with some powers to add extra effects or reduce Spirit costs. Leveling up gives you Power Points, which can be spent in skill trees to unlock new abilities or boost existing ones, and each hero can equip a variety of gear, like newer clubs for Daredevil or better gloves for Scarlet Witch. Additionally, at any time, you can switch which hero you’re playing by selecting a new one from your roster, giving you an entirely new playstyle at the expense of having to level each hero up separately.
Graphically, Marvel Heroes isn’t bad, but I feel as though things could have been better here. By themselves, things like character models and textures are pretty good, but I feel like the style is in this uncanny valley between ‘realistic’ and ‘comicbook’ where it feels like it’s both and neither all at once – your mileage may vary, of course. Animations are in a similar boat – while I wouldn’t call them bad by any stretch of the imagination, it’s almost like realism went out the window, but not quite enough comic physics, for lack of a better term, took over. I think the biggest complaint I could possibly leverage against the looks is the fact that, for a game running on the Unreal Engine, it doesn’t look nearly as impressive as it could.
Marvel Heroes’ sound is, for the most part, pretty good. Impacts, weaponry, and crumbling scenery have a fair amount of ‘oomph’ behind them – it’s not overly cranked up to the point of ridiculousness, but there’s enough of a larger-than-reality vibe to feel superhuman. The soundtrack’s upbeat, lively, and action-packed, if a bit heavy on rock at times (not that I’m complaining!). There are also enough one-liners from each of the heroes, as well as some vendors, to give you a sense of who they are, even if – like me, actually – you’re not as up to speed with the Marvel roster as other comic fans. The delivery of said one-liners can be a tad on the flat side at times, but it’s not all that detracting from the overall quality.
Most of your downtime takes place at The Avengers Tower, where you’ll have access to weapon and armor vendors, crafting, personal stashes, and daily missions. While the daily missions are something meant as endgame content (and thus not something I had the ability to check out), I tinkered around with everything else when I decided to take five minutes from punching some thugs in the face. Vendors can either have items sold to them for credits or donated to them to increase their XP, which will improve their inventories as they level up. Crafting follows a similar model, with better crafting recipes taking the place of better items for sale. The stash is just what it sounds like, although you also have some extra tabs for gear specific to heroes you’ve unlocked, which is nice.
As a F2P title, Marvel Heroes has a cash shop with a variety of new heroes, costumes, and boosts to generate its revenue, and while there’s nothing here that would turn this into a pay-to-win title, the execution has a very real potential to grate on people. As mentioned earlier, you start off with one of five Marvel heroes and can switch at any time. The problem is that most people – I’m assuming, anyways – are probably here from either a lengthy interest in comic books or the wave of recent superhero movies, and a lot of the more popular characters are going to cost a fair bit of cash to individually unlock. At this time, you’d be looking at around $6 for characters like Black Widow all the way up to $20 (yes, $20) for Spiderman or Deadpool, and that’s not even counting the cost for any costumes past the default for each hero. Equally as frustrating is that, while the game gives you a basic overview of how each of the starter heroes plays, the same can’t be said for any of the purchasable heroes, making it a very real possibility that someone could pick up a hero they really like, only to find that they really hate the playstyle that said hero is geared towards.
However, the biggest complaint I could lodge against Marvel Heroes is the style of game that it is. I have no problems whatsoever with action RPGs, nor do I have an issue with superhero games, and while I generally like to be able to create my own characters, I can get behind the notion of playing as a heroic icon. The thing is, I generally can accept playing as say, Hulk, because of the notion that, for a brief time, I would be Hulk, with all of the benefits and consequences that would come with that. Here, however, that excitement gets washed away almost immediately as soon as you set foot into The Avengers Tower or Hell’s Kitchen, as inevitably there’ll be at least half a dozen other Hulks stomping about, making what should be HULK SMASH more into HULK AND HULK AND HULK AND HULK AND HULK SMASH! There’s not even a very good explanation – or an explanation at all, honestly – for why there’s dozens of the same superhero milling about, and while I can silently try and chalk it up to ‘tons of alternate universes barfed into ours’, there’s limits to my suspension of disbelief that end up somewhere way behind me here.
Having said all of that, I actually don’t find Marvel Heroes to be a bad game overall. The graphics are decent enough, the cutscenes, while a tad on the cheesy side, are entertaining, and the gameplay is just plain fun. I can’t help but wonder, though, if making this as a non-MMO action RPG would have been the way to go here, as all of the issues I do have with the game seem to stem from attempting to follow the MMO way of things. Still, if you can look past the fact that the more iconic and popular characters are locked in the cash shop and that your supposedly-unique self won’t be unique, Marvel Heroes isn’t a terribly bad way to spend some time.
Skara E3 Reveal: Faction Battles
Skara offers an early look into the intense life and death faction battles for territorial control.
Eudemons Online: New Expansion Dawn of Romance to be released in July

Following Eudemons Online’s 7th Anniversary, TQ Digital will present a brand-new expansion, Dawn of Romance, which will bring the breath of love and romance to EO. It’s said that in this brand-new expansion, you are given the ability to have your own Eudemon child to care for and raise! There’s no doubt that it this is not something you’ll see in other MMMORPG games! The baby looks a bit different than other Eudemons. Not only do they have the appearance of a human, but they also are turn out to be incredibly helpful in questing and battles, just like the other Eudemons!
What benefits come from a baby?
In this brand-new expansion, you can have a baby with your spouse. The baby is different from other Eudemons. They are easy to compose and revive, and you can even send them to school and develop their special talents. The higher the talent of the baby, the stronger they will be! You can even appoint them as a Knight, ready to aid in your battles! They will add Battle Points and grow your own power in the larger arenas, like the Class PK Tournament, Family war and Legion War!

Why is this new expansion so different?
“Well, these kids look so cute, but I will feel bad when I use them to fight, and this is a PvP game, not just about love and romance”, one Eudemon player said. The Eudemons Online game developer feels they will bring a fresh experience and ideas to the EO players, and they wouldn’t feel the same after trying it out.
OnRPG MMO News Week w/ Mikedot June 10th 2013!
Get caught up on our major news and featured for the week ending June 10th and get ready for our upcoming E3 coverage!
Fallen Sword Booster Pack Giveaway
OnRPG is partnered with Hunted Cow Studios to offer up some impressive booster packs for Fallen Sword!
Join thousands of other adventurers in this constantly evolving web-based massively multiplayer role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Erildath. Along your travels you will encounter fellow players who you can engage in battle against. You may also band together to create a guild, or join one of the many that already exist! With your allies you may partake in guild conflicts or hunt some of the many powerful monsters found across the world.
The Booster Pack Includes:
+10,000 Current Stamina
+5,000 Reserve Stamina
+500 Maximum Stamina
+5 Inventory (Backpack) Slots
1 x Golden Dragon Blade
1 x Golden Dragon Plate
1 x Golden Dragon Helm
5 x Scholar’s Apprentice Potion
1 x Bottled Imp Brew
(Note it is limited to one per player)
To get your key you have to follow these instructions:
- If you are not yet 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 closing your browser!
To Redeem your Key:
- Visit http://www.fallensword.com
- Click on the ‘Sign up now!’ button.
- Create a Hunted Cow account.
- Once in the game. click the ‘Upgrades’ menu, followed by ‘Redeem’
- Enter your promo code and press ‘Redeem’






