Many people have been asking what I have been up to lately. With Mafia Wars winding down and CityVille as the new top game on Facebook, things have changed a lot over the last year. My interests have changed as well.
Lately I have not been playing as many app-based games on Facebook. Instead, I have been a lot traditional computer games this year. With the success of World of Warcraft, many gaming companies have set out to create games to achieve similar levels of success. The problem is that these games take a very long time to develop (several years at a minimum), so 2011 has become the year of the MMORPG.
One game in particular that has caught my eye is Rift Planes of Telara. I have begun working on a Rift guide that I will keep up with as I play the game. The game is a lot of fun so it only seems natural to create a guide for it much like I did with this site and Mafia Wars prior to that.
The unique thing that Rift brings to the table is dynamic content. In essence, there is a meaningful system of progression (but not the primary one) linked to a dynamic system. Rifts and invaders appear throughout the world, sometimes in very small and sometimes in overwhelming numbers. As you defeat these invaders, you earn credits and faction points which you can turn in for some interesting pieces of equipment. I say interesting because most of the equipment provides passives and some unusual features like +elemental damage on weapon strike.
All in all, this game is a lot of fun. Hope to see some of you in Telara!
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