Microcosms Issue #8 - Dare to Compare

by on Mar 09, 2010

While it's natural for gamers to compare their current game with a past one, and even more so with MMOGs, it is often times a misguided folly of the proverbial apples vs. oranges type.

While it's natural for gamers to compare their current game with a past
one, and even more so with MMOGs, it is often times a misguided folly
of the proverbial apples vs. oranges type. Eschewing common sense Ten
Ton Hammer's Jason Bolton has dived feet first into the game
resemblance discussion with a look at how two free-to-play MMOGs stack
up against their AAA counterparts. Can there ever be equity between the
two styles? Read this weeks column to find out.


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usually roll my eyes when I hear someone comparing two different MMOG
titles, especially when one is a AAA title and the other is a
free-to-play. However this new crop of subscriptionless games has
closed the gap enough to make such a comparison possible. Now, this
isn’t your typical in game general chat channel chatter about whose dad
can beat up whose, but rather an assessment of the free-to-play titles
and how well they would be able to the hold the interest of the
on-the-fence gamer by giving them a familiar point of reference.

You can read the rest of the feature href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/81851" target="_blank">here.

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