Yearly Archives: 2014

Villagers and Heroes Halloween Giveaway

OnRPG has partnered with Mad Otter Games to welcome you into the world of Villagers and Heroes just in time for their Halloween festivities. Of course you’ll be packing a holiday themed pack!

Villagers and Heroes, a fantasy role-playing game with a vast multiplayer world, is easy to learn, has an intuitive user-interface, and features a wonderfully rich gameplay with components rarely seen before in any genre of game. Providing thousands of hours of exploration and challenge, the Seven Realms, populated with quirky characters and ghoulish beasties, offers hundreds of quests and an array of different gameplay styles. So whether you’re a mighty warrior battling monsters, or a clever wizard bidding at an auction, a noble priest mining for gems or an agile hunter foraging for food, the opportunities for players to advance are limitless.

 

Halloween Pack Contains:
1. Exclusive Starter gear: Start your journey off right with a set of exclusive gear that is not only powerful, but stylish as well. Contains a set of gear for whichever class you choose:
A) Swift Warrior: Splint mail armor and a large two-handed sword allow you to enter into battle with swift and precise strikes.
B) Deadly Hunter: Using careful aim and quick wrists, you can take down your foes quickly and quietly.
C) Frost Wizard: Summon the powers of ice to chill your enemies to the bone. Slow your enemies down with cold winds, or freeze them solid.
D) Holy Light Priest: Call upon the holy light to heal and aid your allies, or summon divine justice to smite your foes.
2. A Cosmetic Appearance Pack: Matching your exclusive starting gear, this appearance pack works alongside the gnomish Gnogmentation workshops. Permanently unlock the appearance to fight evil in style, no matter your level or gear.
3. Extra bag space: Permanently unlock an extra 30 slots of inventory space for your entire account, including current and future characters.

4. A generous assortment of various items that will help your hero along their journey:
A) 10 Full Health Potions
B) 10 Full Spirit Potions
C) 5 Gnogmenting Sockets

 

To Redeem your Steam Key:

  • Launch the Steam client software and log into your Steam account.
  • At the very top of the Steam Client, Click the “Games” Menu.
  • Choose “Activate a Product on Steam…”
  • Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the process.

Ground War: Tanks Beta Preview

By Remko Molenaar (Proxzor)

 

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After the success of World of Tanks it isn’t really a surprise to see more game publishers trying to steer into the same direction, offering their own rendition of the iconic franchise. I was one of the lucky few to be able to test out Ground War: Tanks before it opened to the public, and I took my time to find out what makes this game so special compared to the Tank simulation games that are out right now.

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Ground War: Tanks is a game that utilizes the Unity web player and thus everyone is able to play this game through their browser right away. This is definitely a major upgrade for a game like this, as myself and I’m sure countless others play games of this genre as a side diversion, and wish we could get into it from any location without waiting on a lengthy client download. Unfortunately I cannot get around comparing this game to its bigger competitor, and right from the start the similarities in visuals and UI are striking.

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Since you control every part about your tank, you yourself are responsible to the safety of your own crew. In the tutorial you are shown the ropes of driving your tank, and what you can expect to happen if you use the turret and try to shoot at other tanks. The usual set-up of gaining accuracy the longer you focus in on a target is present. Maneuvering your tank is easy and effective. This can be done with the WASD keys like you are familiar with in other MMO games. When trying to bring down other tanks, it is important to try and shoot them at their weaker parts, typically the back of the tank or turret. These weaker points allow you to do more damage on the tanks in general, and therefore have a greater chance of taking them down before they either notice you or try to shoot you down. Unlike most unforgiving titles in this genre, most missions allow you to respawn after being destroyed, which changes the tactics of players in numerous ways across Ground War: Tanks game modes.

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When you are still new to the game you are given a few tanks in the first tier of each faction’s tank tree. Currently there are three playable factions, the Soviet Union, Axis, and Allied. These three factions are obviously well known in the game industry. In each one of the available tanks you will have crew members; these crew members each have an individual skill. Obviously at the start your crew is still inexperienced, but the more you play, the higher quality of crew member becomes available to unlock. Your tank itself can also be upgraded with better parts, including upgrades to the Gun, Turret, Hull, Track, Engine and Radio. So if you want to stay in a specific tier range, but still want to gain an advantage over your opponents, you can do this by upgrading all of these parts. Better parts for your tank can also be unlocked by playing with said tank. Each tank gains individual experience and currency that can be used to unlock better parts on said tank.

But these parts aren’t the only thing you can change about your tank. You can also choose the type of missiles you use. There are three available missiles for each tank. Although a few rare exceptions exist, typically they consist of improved armor penetration or explosive concussion. Ammunition is limited so you will need to replenish it after each battle so you won’t run out of missiles in the middle of the battlefield.

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Right now there are three available game modes for the player to try out. The first game mode is Commander Mode. In this game mode you will have to kill the enemy’s commander to win the game. All players besides the commander can respawn, and this game mode can get really hectic as players act much more haphazardly than most online tank games as a result. Despite this, the kamikaze approach isn’t always ideal as the commander receives double the attack power, triple the armor rating, as well as bonus ammo shells. The matches last for 15 minutes and once a commander accrues enough SP, they can unleash special abilities that tend to bring the matches to an epic climax.

The second game mode is the standard set-up. In this game mode you will have to capture specific areas or kill all the enemy players to win the game. Last but not least is the Arcade mode where players fight to obtain the most points. Each tank you destroy nets your team points and the first to the target point score wins. Then there is also Defense Mode; this game mode is not in the game yet but promises a base defense setting where you must fight off 12 waves of enemies. Out of all the modes this one sounds like the most promising and unique mode Ground War: Tanks will offer.

 

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Conclusion: Good

If you have played World of Tanks and gotten this far into this article, you probably have the same thought as me right now. This game feels and sounds so similar, that it can be said it is almost a direct copy of the game. All the game mechanics, controls and the way you unlock new parts or tanks work exactly the same. Ground War: Tanks is trying to fight fire with fire in a genre that isn’t easy to break into. Ground War: Tanks unfortunately isn’t trying to be special as it lacks most any unique features besides being playable in the browser. This alone doesn’t feel like enough to attract a large playerbase. If you’re unfamiliar with the genre and want something you can pick up and play on the go though, it has solid enough gameplay to deliver. The addition of allowing you to respawn in most matches makes it a bit more forgiving as well, allowing new tank captains time to adapt and understand their enemies without having to explode and restart 100 times prior.

Conquer Online: King of Kung Fu Launches on October 30th

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After months of waiting, Free to play MMORPG Conquer Online has finally announced their new expansion, bringing the arrival of an anticipated new class – the Dragon Warrior! This update is set to be launched on Oct. 30th. All players will experience real Chinese Kung Fu and the exclusive Nunchucks by playing this class. At the same time, an exclusive video showing how the class fights is also being released!

Introduced as a battle type class with powerful attack and combo skills, the combat video shows how the Dragon Warrior holds up in real battle against other classes using his unique skills. He is a specialist at attacking and dealing physical damage. The skills of the Dragon Warrior feature the golden Chinese ink effects, as well as the figure of the dragon, and can be performed with nunchucks. The Control skill is introduced in Conquer Online for the first time, which allows the Dragon Warrior to control the tempo of the fight and be at an advantage, all the time.

Together with the arrival of the Dragon Warrior, tons of rewards and a newbie pack will also be waiting for players on Oct. 30th, to give the young adventurers a boost to help them begin their adventure!

Want to find out who is the real King of Kung Fu? Check here.

Elite: Dangerous Launches Beta 3

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The third stage of Elite: Dangerous’ Beta test has rolled out to players, unlocking even more of the real Milky Way for exploration and introducing long-awaited features including multiple ship ownership and mining.

  • Player-driven interdiction. Players can now interdict NPC ships, pulling them out of faster-than-light travel back into normal space along with the player.
  • Philanthropy missions added.
  • Fuel scooping from stars added. Keep a close eye on your temperature gauge as you refuel from the blazing surface of stars.
  • Asteroid mining added. Cut metal and rock from asteroids using the mining laser.
  • New ships added: Imperial Clipper and Federal Dropship.
  • Multiple ship ownership. Long requested by the community, players can keep multiple craft docked at starports, allowing for reserve ships dedicated to combat, exploration, trading and more.
  • Additional ship images added to loading screen .
  • Status panel now shows faction reputation.
  • New in-game controls to allow rapid switching between display screens.
  • Outpost landing pads now reflect low gravity environment.
  • Play area expanded to over 2,400 systems and 869,000 cubic light years of playable space.
  • Improved galaxy map, with partial name searching, range display and route finding.
  • Planet visuals overhaul. Planet surface types, liquids and atmospheric colours now reflect their chemical composition.
  • Planets display volcanic features and complex craters can create dust ejecta. Crater frequency is dependent on atmosphere thickness.
  • Ice planets now have fracture features.
  • All planets now have dynamic ice caps and liquid levels.
  • Asteroid belt clusters added.
  • Nebulae added, visible in the sky and the galaxy map.

Look to the weekly Elite: Dangerous newsletter this Friday, 31 October for an important announcement about the next stage of the Beta. For more info, visit http://www.elitedangerous.com/