The
sci-fi genre in MMOs is on the verge of some major expansion, with
a long list of promising titles set to release later this year. This
summer also marks the 8th anniversary of the genre’s first
major release, Funcom’s
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Ten Ton Hammer’s
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Reuben “Sardu” Waters, recently took an updated
look at AO, making a few pleasant discoveries along the way:
Call it what you will,
but having an Advisor of Rubi-Ka offer to help
me learn the ropes of the game left a remarkably positive impression.
It also reminded me that AO harkens back to a time before hyper
bread-crumbing quest chains, when GM run events were common and social
bonds glued game communities together to a degree rarely seen in
today’s “massively solo-friendly” market.
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here to read the full Anarchy Online preview!