Free Realms Hits Three Million Users
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From the commercials I've seen Free Realms is everything I despise in popular culture; clothing for pets, shopping....lots and lots of shopping; and generally just looking like a preppy prick. Sorry, but no amount of free could get me to respect this game, or ever have a desire to play it.
Huh...target audience advertising that actually works. It keeps douche bags like me away from the kidies so I don't scar them for life, while sucking every penny away from the innocent lil'children and their parents. BRILLIANT! *hands SOE a cookie*
Now get back to work on DC universe online so I can fight Batman before the world ends in 2012.
Huh...target audience advertising that actually works. It keeps douche bags like me away from the kidies so I don't scar them for life, while sucking every penny away from the innocent lil'children and their parents. BRILLIANT! *hands SOE a cookie*
Now get back to work on DC universe online so I can fight Batman before the world ends in 2012.
It's actually a pretty fun game. The game feels more like a giant amusement park, essentially everything, even combat is considered a mini-game, except without the long lines. Basically combat is divided into little encounters or small to medium sized dungeons. One encounter might have you go off against 15 or so enemies, others might have you go up against 3 powerful enemies and a mini-boss'ish mob. Each encounter has a difficulty rating based on your level to see if you may or may not need an ally to go with you. I haven't tried any of the kart racing or demolition derby stuff yet but it looks fun.
A lot of the content is free yet there is a premium monthly service that gives you access to more quests, items, dungeons and classes(mostly combat classes). You can change classes at any time except during a mini-game/encounter. If you don't have a combat class selected when you go into one it'll ask you to pick one and then let you enter. The initial download is pretty light but the game streams new areas as you explore and new content is added on the fly so your install will get significantly bigger over time, it does a pretty good job of streaming stuff in so you generally don't have to wait for an area to load unless it's the first time you enter a long dungeon. The handiest thing are the teleport stones all over the world map that instantly let you get to places for free so no down time. Plus there's a feature to allow you to warp to friend's position from anywhere.
My only true gripe is that the interface has a lot on it and takes a bit to get used to and they throw a lot at you at the beginning, mostly I guess to see which aspects of the game you like.
A lot of the content is free yet there is a premium monthly service that gives you access to more quests, items, dungeons and classes(mostly combat classes). You can change classes at any time except during a mini-game/encounter. If you don't have a combat class selected when you go into one it'll ask you to pick one and then let you enter. The initial download is pretty light but the game streams new areas as you explore and new content is added on the fly so your install will get significantly bigger over time, it does a pretty good job of streaming stuff in so you generally don't have to wait for an area to load unless it's the first time you enter a long dungeon. The handiest thing are the teleport stones all over the world map that instantly let you get to places for free so no down time. Plus there's a feature to allow you to warp to friend's position from anywhere.
My only true gripe is that the interface has a lot on it and takes a bit to get used to and they throw a lot at you at the beginning, mostly I guess to see which aspects of the game you like.
its a fun lil game but sony need to add the option of using a controller for teh stuff like cart racers as the keyboard controls can be abit inprecise on corners sometimes...oh and you need to launch it outside the us sometime aswell since 3 million players isnt worth a damn if they're all in the us and cant take advantage of the premium stuff or buy your cards sony!
Well I decided to try it and I must say it's incredibly well crafted. That must have been the easiest way to download and start playing a game... and this is an mmo!
Calling it freerealms though? That's like calling a market free. In the 2 hours that I played I've been bombarded by situations where an NPC invites me to a challenge... only it's something only for premium members.
Then I am offered to buy something. With station cash. Which is bought by the regular kind.
It's free to walk down a market too, but the shouts of salesmen trying to sell you stuff doesn't really make it 'free'.
Calling it freerealms though? That's like calling a market free. In the 2 hours that I played I've been bombarded by situations where an NPC invites me to a challenge... only it's something only for premium members.
Then I am offered to buy something. With station cash. Which is bought by the regular kind.
It's free to walk down a market too, but the shouts of salesmen trying to sell you stuff doesn't really make it 'free'.
first off, I was scrolling through the page really quickly and read it as "facepalm hits 3 million users." Maybe that should be saying something to me...
I've heard it is actually kinda good so I'll try it when it hits the PS3 despite it's kidish looks. Unless the PS3 version sucks of course.
I've heard it is actually kinda good so I'll try it when it hits the PS3 despite it's kidish looks. Unless the PS3 version sucks of course.
