MMOs – Page 204 – Chasing Dings!

A little this, a little that: Building a character in Dream of Mirror Online

December 4, 2008 by Tipa

In Dream of Mirror Online — DOMO — there’s no real need for alts because your character can change classes to any they have unlocked with a free class change at your friendly local Career Advisor, such as the one in the dojo in Eversun City. But even then, your main job is just one … Read more

Megaten: Very briefly

December 3, 2008 by Tipa

Aeria Games never had me sign a NDA for Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine (or in fact, ever, for any of the games I’ve beta’d), so, given that I’m just barely out of the tutorial, here’s some screen shots. Remember, this is from closed beta and what it looks like now may be 100% different by … Read more

Shin Megami Tensei — FTW!

December 3, 2008 by Tipa

Ever since I first heard that Shin Megami Tensei was being made into an MMO — and that it was coming HERE — I changed my desktop to the SMT: Imagine wallpaper and looked at it every day. Today, I got the golden ticket — I was in! Probably every Aeria Games player got in … Read more

Comparing EQ2 and Mabinogi Horse Movies

December 2, 2008 by Tipa

Because the Mabinogi movie has the really annoying habit of bursting into song when all you want to do is read the article, I’ve hidden it beneath the fold. So click through to read how EQ2 could take some lessons from Mabinogi in making their world seem fun and inviting.

Dream of Mirror Online: Starting Over

December 2, 2008 by Tipa

With Wizard 101’s Dragonspyre world still in the unforeseeable future (WHEN, KingsIsle?), and Chronicles of Spellborn also months away (and the German one that should be showing up in a few days almost certainly impossible to play from the US), I needed a casual game. EQ2 is still my main game (and hours spent yesterday … Read more