Monthly Archives: January 2014

Hearthstone Enters NA Open Beta, EU Beta Incoming

News just arrived that Blizzard has announced open beta testing for their free to play TCG, Hearthstone begins this week in NA with EU to follow in the near future.

Hearthstone Open Beta

Hearthstone has been well received since its initial reveal at PAX East 2013, a rare convention appearance for the normally isolated Activision partner. Blizzard has confirmed no further wipes will be done so there’s never been a better time to abandon your Ebay bid for a CB key and jump into the beta.

Weapon Abilities Detailed For The Repopulation

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The Repopulation’s website has added a new feature today, listing all the abilities for each weapon type in the game. While currently still in alpha, the list is a great preview of what each weapon is capable of doing and will likely be a great resource moving into the future.

You can check out the new list of abilities here, and offer any feedback in the game’s forums.

Star Wars Attack Squadrons

Star Wars Attack Squadrons is a free-to-play online space combat game where players customize iconic Star Wars™ ships and engage in high-velocity 16 player dogfights in fabled Star Wars locations.

Features:

Intense PVP Action: Battle online in three PvP game modes – Free For All, Team Dogfight and Base Defense

Ship Customization: Upgrade and personalize your ships as you collect and modify them to your own specifications.

Team play: Team up with your friends and develop a community of Starfighter Pilots.

Rewards: Earn points after successful matches to unlock new items and upgrades

League of Angels Closed Beta Preview

By Remko Molenaar (Proxzor)

League Of Angels Review

Something that I believe is coming soon to the MMORPG industry is blurring of the line between browser and client MMORPGs. With improvements in Cloud technology and html development improvements, so called browser games are getting closer than ever to taking their gameplay to the next level. League of Angels is a new turn-based fantasy MMO that is fully playable in your browser, and this game shows us again why downloading games and installing them on your computer is an overrated thing.

League of Angels is surprisingly enough a game about Angels! Yeah I bet you didn’t see that one coming, but it is true; these Angels will protect you with their life and fight on your side. Right from the bat you are paired up with an angel that believes in you, thinks you are the hero and straight away the game builds a setting where your level 1 novice is still a force to be reckoned with. When you have done the simple intro part of the game, you are given a choice of what class you want to play and what gender. Unfortunately there are not too many choices, and in fact only two right now, but I’m sure there will be more in the future. It’s a pretty simple choice between warrior and mage until then.

Many of these browser games really have a proactive interface, and just like in League of Angels there are many flashy icons telling you that you have won something and are able to get your daily loot and stuff of that nature. It’s like receiving an email from a Nigerian prince telling you that you have won a million dollars. Sure that’s nice and all but I prefer a clean interface with nothing flashing unless it is really important. I tend to miss some of the more important interactions purely because it’s such a mess.

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Rather early in the game you are taught that your gear and level is really important when you are picking fights with someone else. Even when trying to slaughter monsters in the first couple of quests, you’ll find the power gap can be huge without the maximum gear on your character. If you fall in battle they’ll even throw a message your way alerting you that gear can be upgraded with better bonuses, or better gear can be crafted (and then further upgraded). If you have played other Asian MMORPGs or know their culture, you know they believe in prioritizing features most western gamers don’t care for. Expect to spend plenty of time focusing on horoscope and zodiac elements if you want to maximize your progress. Like I said, we westerners do not really think much about astrology, yet it’s all the rage in Asian MMORPGs right now. I would have rather seen something else but it at least adds some gameplay that would be better than nothing.

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Moving onto the most important thing of a MMORPG, the combat! Unfortunately this is also a lackluster thing in League of Angels. Even though it is advertised and considered a turn-based game, there aren’t many opportunities to actually enact strategic decisions. Each side does attack in turns, but unfortunately it does this automatically, and I would love to have more skill-based interaction to alleviate some of the emphasis on gear rating. The game seems more concerned with the quest of character improvement than what you can accomplish with your character, and the majority of your time will be spent tracking down and acquiring special angels.

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I do think that I might sound too negative right now, bashing only on the bad sides of a game. The game also has many positives sides about it. For a browser game, the game is actually really beautiful and the textures are of high resolution. When fighting people and monsters, you will see a lot of different visualizations and spell effects. And people that are really into crafting will definitely love this game. There are a ton of possibilities to make weapons and gear upgrades and crafters will have a stark advantage over those who don’t dabble in a craft. There’s a plethora of shiny mounts to collect and plenty of heroes you can acquire to improve your team composition in power and effectiveness. For the fanatics like me that like to fight against other people, there is also an arena mode that lets you match up against people from your same level so you can get to know your character and foes even better.

 

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Current State: Fair

League of Angels is still in closed beta, and that can be seen in the game itself. I do not want to sound too negative, but I do think the game has some patching to do before it fully releases. The game’s total content is lacking, and what is there could use some tweaks. Some areas clearly shine and showcase how far browser titles have come in the past half a decade, and it’s worth checking out just to see the visuals in action. Casual gamers looking for low maintenance progression might find the overall experience quite enjoyable. For the real turn based fans, I am not sure if this game is worth the try since everything is automatically done. Either way it’s free to try so doesn’t hurt to give it a shot.

Kings and Legends receives an update of Reckoning

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GameSpree, publisher of free-to-play browser games has just announced the release of Update 1.4 “The Reckoning” to Kings and Legends, the unique strategy/TCG, free-to-play browser title.

The action unfolds in this latest update featuring two exciting new card races: Dragons and Angels. The Reckoning is an expansive 3-part update that adds a host of Dragon and Angel cards that players can collect through new events.

New features in this update includes:

  • Divinity’s Tower: Adds a new element to the popular Ascension Tower; a colossus of 50-levels of challenges. Now you can face the might of the Heavens and earn points to redeem on collecting Angelic cards; these great support and utility cards help control the battlefield with Healing abilities and great Area of effect spells to stall your opponents advance.
  • Man the battlements: City-Defense is a brand new Game mode pitting players against each other in assault-style battles. Hide units in a Fog of War and devise cunning ambushes, or take the fight to the enemy and complete Quests to discover Rune-formulas!

These powerful pieces of equipment can now be forged and add another layer of strategy to a battle!

In addition to all this base-content, GameSpree is steadily and consistently releasing its own inspired and exclusive cards available only in Kings and Legends.

“Long-term motivation and balancing is a key focus of our plans to develop the game experience even further, identifying opportunities for new unique cards and tactics to make Kings and Legends more exciting than ever!” said Thorsten Russ, Lead Producer.

For more information, visit: http://kingsandlegends.com/

Novus AEterno holds Massive Q&A, Explains Terra-Forming

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Indie Developer Taitale updates their Kickstarter for Novus AEterno today with new info on how planet alteration and terra-forming occurs in their MMORTS.

Players will be able to graphically as well as statistically change planets in their control including Epic Planets. Current achievements and sectors on these planets will be unchanged but debuffs and stats will be impacted. There won’t be any unique terra-forming for the purpose of balance.

The full explanation and a lengthy Q&A video can be found on the update page.