Jan 19
JasonGames, Star Trek Online cryptic, review, Star Trek
Star Trek Online Review
Firstly I want to say that I personally think it’s extremely hard to judge a game entirely by the first 15 levels.. Any MMO to date that one cares to name changes drastically as you play across the level range and to judge that game by the first couple levels is simply foolish. You haven’t experienced the whole of the game.. So I’m going to post my review about it, but I want you to keep in mind that there are going to be a lot of things I simply haven’t done yet..
Also, there are a lot of people on the forums bashing the game for one reason or another, some reasons are valid, some aren’t. I would argue that most of those people really haven’t truly experienced the game in its fullest, but at the same time I will concede the point that if it doesn’t appeal to them early on, it may not later either and that they should just move on without the flames.
What you’re not seeing on the forums is the influx of praise or posts by people who are largely happy, not because they don’t exist but rather because the complainers are typically a lot more vocal minority.. People that complain loudly are typically those people who think they are righteous and have entitlement issues.. They are “right and by god you’re gonna know my opinion..”
So with that — here’s my righteous opinion on the the first 15 levels of fed play and the first 12 or so of Klingon.. I only really have 2 major complaints.
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Jan 18
JasonStar Trek Online cryptic, game, PVP
Star Trek Online
Why I think they might actually have gotten it right.
Firstly, I was really worried when I found out the end game for STO would be PVP-centric. That just doesn’t really work normally for any number of reasons which I wont go into just yet.. Traditionally if you look at all the major (even minor) MMO’s out there that have tried, you’ll see that they have generally failed or aren’t entirely PVP based.. Eve Online being one that hasn’t failed and does really well, but I believe that’s largely due to being the only game in it’s market. By and large however, PVP only games just don’t do that well with the masses..
I believe that there are 4 primary reasons for PVP being problematic in most games:
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Jan 04
JasonChampions Online, City of Heroes, Games Champions, Games, Online, Star Trek, STO
I have to admit that one of the games I am looking forward to in 2010 is Cryptic’s, Star Trek Online.
Some might wonder why the single most popular science fiction franchise in the history of media has taken so long to be turned into an MMO, myself included — But I think it’s a better use of our efforts to instead not speculate too much on the why of it but rather to channel that raw emotion and energy into the heart felt desire for STO to not suck.
Let’s be honest here, Cryptic Studios is very good at bringing out games that look kinda keen, but have zero long term playability. City of Heroes and City of Villains suffered from this, and the successor Champions Online (City of Champions?) was even worse. They looked great, but for whatever reason they just didn’t have the sticking power to keep players interested.
Will STO be the same thing? Look good initially and maybe be fun for a week or two, but rapidly drag down into a grind-tastic mess? God I hope not..
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Oct 06
JasonAion Online Aion, game, game review, MMO, review
Aion Online
I have played a lot of MMO’s in my time.. I feel I have a pretty good handle on the genre and have a very good idea of what makes a game good, and what makes a game bad. Both in terms of what I personally feel, and as well as taking a broader view as a whole. I can readily recognize why one game or another may not appeal to me, but be appealing to others.
What’s interesting is that I find that as time has gone on I have had to lower my expectations because none of contemporary games are ever as good as the now lofty memories of the games of old..
I fully realize that it’s not fair of me to compare a modern game to the memory of a previous game. A memory full of good times, good people and fun events. Memories that I generally cherish in some way, oh and there was a game involved too..
Aion Online is the first game in a long time that actually holds up under this scrutiny.. I was shocked..
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Aug 12
JasonChampions Online Champions, Games
Champions Online
Okay I know I’m not supposed to talk about this yet, but it’s near enough to open beta that I feel I can safely talk about the game without giving anything important away — or at the very least I think I’m safe from being sued.. (Please don’t sue me..)
I have been in the Champions Online closed beta pretty much since day one and I can say without much hesitation that the game is not horrible. In fact I would go as far as to say its pretty good and appears to be getting better with each patch..
I certainly can say that as the beta has progressed the game has gotten Waaaaayy better and will very likely continue to do so for a good while yet.. And I can further say that it’s good enough for me to actually purchase and play the game after release, but there are issues I hope get solved..
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Aug 03
JasonWAR Games, MMO, warhammer, Warhammer Online, world of warcraft
Wow versus War
I love the Warhammer universe. I have been an avid player of the various table top miniature games as well as the couple RPG games in the same universe. So when Warhammer Online came out a year ago, I was stoked!
I figured it would be pure liquid awesome and finally give me a computer version of the game world I have enjoyed playing in for so long.
Of course I was let down quite a bit in that the game was lacking.. but I get ahead of myself.
When I learned that Warhammer online was licensed to Mythic Entertainment, I was less than thrilled. Their only other game of note is Dark Age of Camelot which was a one trick pony (realm versus realm combat) that has no long term play associated with it.. And while the game is still around, it’s just not fun. There is nothing there to keep players like me playing the game.. I just don’t enjoy it nor does it have the massive fan base that it could have if they had bothered to keep innovating.
WoW on the other hand has gobs and gobs of things to do long term as well as lots of mindless achievements and other end game elements to keep players attention. They are adding new content and new fun things to the game all the time and this is from a guy who really doesn’t like WoW..
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