NCSoft Gets Ready to Close Tabula Rasa
by Andrew Kao on February 18th, 2009 at 4:24 pm EDT - 646 views
The widely acclaimed Tabula Rasa will end its service on February 28th, according to the open letter distributed by the company. The company has begun distributing rewards for their other games, as well as refunding subscriptions that were paid for February and January. NCSoft had sited that the reason for closing the service was that the game had a player population of less than it had anticipated, citing a gap between real and expected revenues.
Rumors had been floating around that Tabula Rasa would be made free to the public, however with the recent events putting forth, Tabula Rasa seems to be officially closing all services. Tabula Rasa will indeed be missed by many players, however in my opinion, I think NCSoft is making the right decision to focus on their more popular games, instead of lingering on some of their dying franchises.
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0 CommentsSpore Review
by Andrew Kao on January 12th, 2009 at 7:05 pm EDT - 1,099 views
I played Spore a while back, however being loaded on Red Bull combined with being absent-minded, only now I remember to bring you the review on Spore to gamers out there.
Spore, developed by Maxis and published by the colossus EA Games, is first and foremost a god game. Having received so much hype that one would be led to believe that that it was a fourth installment of Halo. The developer’s name, Will Wright, is somewhat of a household name in the gaming industry, having brought you the extremely popular Sims series, with the third one coming soon, now decides to expand player freedom and customization from a household, to an entire make-up of evolution history.
Tags: Electronic Arts, God Games, Maxis, Spore, Will Wright
List of Epic MMOs
by Andrew Kao on January 9th, 2009 at 11:13 pm EDT - 12,982 views
I first off would like to say this list is comprised of both free mmo games as well as store bought franchises. Most of the games I have tried myself as well as did some research on how others feel about these games, (many times I had to borrow the game or use a trial version). So I would like say that this list is composed of some MMO games, free and store bought, that you might to try playing these days. On behalf of myself and PCE I hope that this proves an asset. The following MMO’s and MMORPG’s are not in any particular order.
Tags: Ace, Age of Conan, Aion, Alien Arena, Atlantica, BF 2142, Combat Arms, Drift City, Eve, Exteel, Granado Espada, Guild Wars, list, Lord of the Rings, Maple Story, MMO, MMOFPS, MMORPG, Online, racing, Silkroad, Sword of the New World, Tabula Rasa, Team Fortress, Test Drive Unlimited, Vendetta, Warhammer, World of Warcraft
Ace Online (aka Space Cowboy) Review
by Andrew Kao on December 27th, 2008 at 3:02 pm EDT - 1,728 views
Ace Online exemplifies this down trodden idea of trying to be this new genre that redefines gaming, but falls short… extremely short. Ace Online, developed by MasangSoft, is basically a mix of a twitch based fighter pilot game, an mmorpg, and a Japanese war-drama anime. These days with so many games exemplifying Japanese anime I have to tie my hands together to keep from strangling myself.
Ace Online basically you start off as a fighter pilot and later choose a faction to join, while seemingly shooting down endless drones of monsters in order to get the next level and new coat of paint… so in the spirit of my chief editors, here is a list of the bad points of Ace Online as well as the good points.
FPS Holiday Reviews
by Andrew Kao on December 26th, 2008 at 9:55 am EDT - 343 views
FPS, or First Person Shooters. I don’t know whether it’s the appeal of feeling you are mighty and powerful with a gun in your hand, or the fact that spraying metal into an opponent feels absolutely appealing. Many FPS games are relatively the same in game mechanics, gameplay, or objectives, so I will now take this time to review three different FPS. Two are free, one has become a household name which you shell out money for.
Category: Reviews
Tags: 2142, Battlefield, Combat Arms, FPS, Nexon, Warsow
SINS of a Solar Empire
by Andrew Kao on December 23rd, 2008 at 2:11 am EDT - 195 views
There are many rts strategy games out, but very few comes to my mind related to space. Starcraft franchise not included. When I usually think of space I usually think of wonderful views of the stars, spaceships the size of moons, and old memories of Jabba the Hutt. Yes all exciting to me. Sins of a Solar Empire is all that minus Jabba the Hutt, and minus the exciting part. Sins of a Solar empire combines a mix of galactic conquest, Homeworld, and something from Zim the space invaders.
Don’t get me wrong, from a graphics point of view Sins of a Solar Empire is top notch, and one can easily spend watching a gas planet for hours. Though you’d have be something short of a psychotic to actually enjoy doing that for that long. The graphics are amazing, stunning. The maneuvering around the entire game map is almost as smooth as ice. The battles are also enjoyable to watch, and the warm fuzzy feeling of watching explosions off the face of planets is evident. The camera allowing you zoom in and out of galaxies and fleets is probably the smoothest thing the game.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
by Andrew Kao on December 23rd, 2008 at 2:06 am EDT - 209 views
Oblivion having been named game of the year for PC, must be some type of perfect game with no absolute flaws, right? Before I would begin I would have to say that whoever named Oblivion as a top PC game must have been absolutely correct, since all the other games that game out that same year, were either trash, handicapped, or brought memories of political fanaticism. Oblivion is by my terms relatively subpar. That’s right I said it. Oblivion is subpar.
The game starts out with you in jail, for some crime that is not named. Eventually the emperor during some escape and after a brief tutorial dungeon of some sorts, you are thrown out into a beautiful painting. Soon you embark on a storyline which at times doesn’t make any logical sense, like for example, the heir of the throne telling me to get some strange stone, that is of utter importance, while the rest of the guards just sit at home waiting for some enemy that never comes. This is probably due to my pickiness.