LoreHound Crier: The Week in a Glance

Posted on May 04, 2012

Another week has come and gone … it seems like time flies much more quickly since I started writing these weekly summaries! And what a week this has been, not only has TERA launched, but there was some excitement as a long-rumored Elder Scrolls MMORPG was announced. For years, Bethesda has been denying there will

TERA First Impression Review

Posted on May 03, 2012

It’s only been two days since TERA official launched, but really, the game’s been live for almost two weeks (when the unofficial open beta head-start began). Since then, I’ve managed to level my Popori Archer all the way to level 27, allowing me to get a better feel for the game than I did during the closed beta

TERA PvP First Impressions

Posted on Feb 26, 2012

The second round of closed beta testing kicked off this weekend; opening up PvP for the first time, and while limited, it gave us our first glimpse into TERA‘s PvP system. In short, TERA features an open PvP system where anyone can attack anyone else, as long as they aren’t in a protected area. These

TERA’s 2012 Election Season Almost Upon Us

Posted on May 14, 2012

TERA’s political system was not technically delayed shortly before the title’s launch earlier this month, but En Masse Entertainment hasn’t done anything with the system since. Until now, that is. The politicking will begin in earnest this Friday, May 18, for those interested! The political system is a one-of-a-kind feature enabling high-ranking members to wield untold power

What’s Behind Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Decline?

Posted on May 07, 2012

Earlier today, Electronic Arts had its stuffy quarterly report. The number, fact, and strategy filled report was of little interest to most MMO gamers until the mention of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Following the recent trend of LoreHound coverage, the mention wasn’t good. According to the publisher, TOR lost 24% of its subscribers, shedding

LoreHound Crier: The Week in a Glance

Posted on May 04, 2012

Another week has come and gone … it seems like time flies much more quickly since I started writing these weekly summaries! And what a week this has been, not only has TERA launched, but there was some excitement as a long-rumored Elder Scrolls MMORPG was announced. For years, Bethesda has been denying there will

TERA First Impression Review

Posted on May 03, 2012

It’s only been two days since TERA official launched, but really, the game’s been live for almost two weeks (when the unofficial open beta head-start began). Since then, I’ve managed to level my Popori Archer all the way to level 27, allowing me to get a better feel for the game than I did during the closed beta

Extended Vacation Doesn’t Mean I Died

Posted on May 03, 2012

Hey Lore Hounds! I’ve missed you all! As the title and Agent K says: No, I’m not dead. I just went home. In the second week of February, I had a hard drive failure that took up until now to get completely fixed replaced and all working. I was unable to post things (had about 5 ideas

TERA Launches with New Trailer

Posted on May 01, 2012

It’s launch day for En Masse’s TERA and with it comes a new trailer showing off some of the games BAMs, cinematics and of course action combat. For those players who pre-purchased the game, En Masse’s is giving out even more gifts today, in the form of cosmetic weapon skins for every class. Simply log into your account and go to

TERA Live Today! LoreHound Has You Covered.

Posted on May 01, 2012

We Lore Hounds have been following TERA closely. It’s not a pet project or personal interest, it’s the community and a handful of writers that have been following the conversion of the hardcore action-oriented MMORPG from its Korean launch to the western audience. For years, we have been sniffing out various tidbits of information, challenging

Combat: Guild Wars 2 vs TERA

Posted on Apr 30, 2012

Over the weekend I had the chance to try out Guild Wars 2 during the game’s first beta weekend, as well as put in some time with TERA as its head-start began on Saturday. Jumping between the two games I was really able to get a feel for each games combat system and if I had to pick a

Guild Wars 2 Today; TERA Tomorrow

Posted on Apr 27, 2012

I wasn’t planning on participating in any of the Guild Wars 2 beta weekend events, not because I didn’t want to, but because it started at the same time TERA launched. Luckily for me, TERA’s head-start doesn’t start for North American players until tomorrow afternoon, so that gives me today to try out Guild Wars 2. The GW2 download was a

Why I’m Excited For TERA

Posted on Apr 26, 2012

Having played through some of the closed beta phases and last week’s open beta/unofficial head-start, I’m still very much excited for the game. While a bit of reality has set in that TERA won’t be the game that breaks the WoW mold, it is doing some very interesting things that I can’t wait to try out. I