Instant Gratification: Rift Has It; Will It Hold Me?
A recent trend in video games, all of them, has been the increasing need to instantly gratify the players. From Achievement Points for watching the opening video to rewards for […]
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Pocket Hound: Golden Sun Asks You Not To Cross The Streams
When we previously talked about the venerable Golden Sun franchise I was a bit upset. I hadn’t hit any head-scratching puzzles, the staple of the series, yet. What was encountered […]
How’d We Ever Live Without Dungeon Finder?
There’s always a goal rattling around my brain when I fire up any MMOG. It could be as simple as completing a few dailies or as complicated as destroying a […]
Questing: The Horrors of War
There Solidkieron was. Just minding her own business. Flogging some random mob for a “kill 10 rats” quest while scanning the horizon for sparklies in the same area. The staff-wielding […]
Forsaken World: Final Impressions and the Bottom Line on Whether You’ll Like It
You can’t really argue that Perfect World Entertainment has quite a share of the free-to-play MMO-market in the West. The company’s stable of titles includes the likes of the ever […]
Forsaken World – It’s interview time!
Recently, Perfect World Entertainment announced that Forsaken World will be launching on the 9th of March (today!). As you may know, the Lore Hound crew has been checking the game […]
Forsaken World: Features That Top WoW
Before that headline gets me in trouble I’d like to qualify it. No, come back up here. Stay away from the comments section until I’ve had my say, please. This […]
Dastardly Dailies Demand Due Diligence
The concept of daily activities, aka dailies, isn’t new in the gamer lexicon. They’ve been around for years. I wouldn’t agree that these digital chores have been with us for […]