MMO Roundup: Bungie's MMOFPS, RIFT endgame, and more
by Alex Ziebart 
Feb 22nd 2011 at 1:00PM
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RIFT's endgame detailed in 18-minute video Much has been written about RIFT in regard to the title's first 20 levels, its soul system, and the titular rifting mechanics. Endgame has remained something of a mystery up to this point; a new 18-minute video will shed a little light on the proceedings. |
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"WoW in space": Bungie's MMOFPS named Destiny A couple of years ago, fans of the Halo franchise were crushed to find out that their favorite first-person shooter probably wasn't going to make the leap to MMO space. However, the company behind the Halo phenomenon has been diligently at work on another highly speculated-about project -- and it looks as though this project could go a long way to giving the fans what they want. |
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Champions Online gains profits and players as a free-to-play Since Champions Online's relaunch as a free-to-play title a little less than a month ago, any player who has logged into the game has undoubtedly noticed the sheer number of folks running around Millenium City. Cryptic Studios and Atari have both declared that the move to free-to-play has been a huge success. |
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First Impressions: Fortune Online Are you looking for another Diablo-esque title to hold you over until Diablo 3? How about a top-down adventure MMO? Massively's Beau Hindman took the game hands-on and supplies his first impressions of Fortune Online! |
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Massively Speaking episode 135 Massively Speaking returns this week with Shawn and Rubi discussing the week's latest MMO news. Later in the show, Shawn is joined by Gremrod and Styx, two members of the Menace to Society corporation in Perpetuum Online, to chat a bit about the recent insurance fraud actions taken by Avatar Creations. |
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Massively's week in review Don't let WoW Insider do all of the talking when it comes to Massively's best content of the week. The Massively staff themselves have picked out what they think is the best content their site has to offer in their own weekly roundup. |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MattKrotzer Feb 22nd 2011 1:37PM
Yeah, I might fire up Champions Online again, now that I'm not required to pay for it. Wasn't worth my 15 bucks to beta test their rushed product, though.
Drakkenfyre Feb 22nd 2011 2:02PM
I don't know what characters you had before, but now under the free game, you are restricted to like 6 different preset types, you can't customize them like you could before, maybe needing you to recreate a character.
MattKrotzer Feb 22nd 2011 2:08PM
That's fine. Since names aren't restricted, it's not an issue if I want to recreate my crazy killer nun.
KvanCetre Feb 22nd 2011 2:14PM
Actually you just convert the character. I took my level 24 power armor and made him into the ice.archtype. Then I realized I didn't like it nearly as much and quit. Of course, only after updating my costume....for a half hour.
Tarragon Feb 22nd 2011 1:45PM
@ The bungie mmo thing: Well, I'm never going to Massively now. Kotaku is not a credible source for anything. Ever. If Massively is going to create articles about the nonsense that goes up on Kotaku then they just lost all their credibility with me.
Zayd Feb 22nd 2011 3:01PM
So this Rift is looking like it might be decent after all?
Anyone tried it? I'm always dubious about jumping into an mmo in it's early days.
Brett Porter Feb 22nd 2011 3:22PM
I've been playing since Closed Beta 5 (didn't get a chance to on 6) and then for the last week in Open Beta "7". I really like it.
So much that I got the digital CE. There isn't much choice (currently) with starting area content, just the two sides, so I don't plan on leveling very many toons, only 1 per side to begin with. But it looks to be pretty fun and I think it's going to work out well.
I will remain on WoW but only with my main raiding toon, as RIFT will become my new place for altoholism. :)
Wonk Feb 22nd 2011 6:29PM
I wouldn't try Rift if I were you, I've found that after playing Rift and then going back to play WoW was like waking up next to a Very ugly person that looked great the night before in a dim lit bar, but now you just want them out of the house.
Play at your own risk... there may be no going back.
Saeadame Feb 23rd 2011 4:58AM
I tried it out, and it was alright. The graphics are better than WoW's, certainly, but I've never cared too much about graphics. I don't think I would ever switch to it, or even play it too extensively - I've invested too much time in WoW to "start again" with a new MMO.
Kind of like how I never restart my Pokemon games, even though I've done almost everything in them.
Anyway, while the class system is different and interesting, I don't personally really like it that much. Also the camera movement. I don't know what it is about it, but it gives me a headache.
Gabe Feb 22nd 2011 4:19PM
Champion's Online is free now????
What strange, parallel universe have I stumbled into this time?
VioletArrows Feb 23rd 2011 12:08AM
The one where everyone's going F2P because several hundred thousand microtransactions a month are far more profitable than a few thousand dedicated subscriptions.