my own site, new adress for this blog :)

Hello all,

As i reminded, i had a website laying around without using. So i transfered all the stuff to there, and will continue this blog on that site.

Here’s the     LINK.

I hope to see you there 🙂

Introduction to World of Tanks

Hello all,

Recently i came across a new MMO game under development by Wargamingnet. They specialize exclusively in military strategy games.

Their newest game is called World of Tanks, and guess what ? It’s about tanks, World War 2 tanks to be precise. At this moment it is in its closed beta status, so i can only give some general info.

Ow no !! not another World War 2 game some of you might think, but (as a amateur specialist in that era of weapon development myself) i can say that they have chosen an interesting era. In those days development of tanks, in terms of power; protection, maneuverability, was one of the main priorities of the world leading countries (if it wasn’t, it was going to be, like in the USA).

And with all those developments and discoveries, along came a wide spread of different tanks, ranging in for example, damage dealing (power), protection (armor), speed and maneuverability (weigth and engine).

In result you can chose of over 150 different tanks in this game (light, medium, heavy, tank destroyers, long-range self-propelled howitzers) that have been build by America, Germany, and USSR, French, British, and Japanese (some to be included after release) in the era from the 1930’s up to the Korean war. Including some experimental tanks like the German E Series tanks (one to be known as the Maus, here displayed alongside a modern US M1 Abrahams, just look at the size :))

The game combines several genres: Mainly ofcourse its a MMO, beside that it contain elements from Simulation, RPG, Action and Strategy genres. Althought they want to keep it historical they also want to keep it fun, so you won’t have to spend your time on getting used to controls. The game’s difficulty lies upon applying your tactical skills and coordinating moves with your teammates.

As for RPG, well as with all games you start at the bottom. You start with the lightest and cheapest tank and by earning your experience points you can further upgrade your vehicle by installing better equipment of higher levels.

As for the action, well you already know, you fight with tanks as you are fighting in a tactical shooter. Different tanks are good for spotting, tracking, and destroying enemy units and to engage in head-to-head duels where your speed and reaction time is as important as in any co-op shooter.

So what do you pay for ? Well, so far i can read from their side, there’s telling of monthly fees to be a premium user, but i have no idea how they are working that out, so stay tuned 🙂

Ingame you can trade different items, like shells, cannons, engines, chassis, and even your tanks (yes you can own more then one :)). With winning battles (losing to, but you get less) you earn credits and gold. Both can be used to trade, but possessing gold will result in some bonuses that will neither affect the gameplay nor give players decisive advantage in battles. (what it does include i don’t know yet)

So far for the gameplay, now what about the goal of the game ? Well here it is plain and simple: there will be a global map divided into hundreds of provinces where battles for territories will unfold.

They use some sort of flash programm to show the screenshots so i cant link them here but right below are the links to the website and the screenshot gallery. I will post some trailers later:

Game

Gallery

A trailer and some screenshots of Star Wars The Old Republic

A trail and some screenshots of the game:

First a trailer set as a mission, combining conversations, combat and background information.

And now some selected screenshots (warning: the pictures show as cropped, please press the right mousebutton on it and choose “view image” so it shows its original:

I am in no way affiliated with the creation of the trailer and screenshots. If any or all are copyrighted and need to be removed, please contact me.

Star Wars The Old Republic

Welcome back !

As i said, im going to start with some information about Star Wars TOR, currently in development and still in closed 😦 beta.

First some info about the game, for those (shame on you hehehe) who don’t know what the game is about.

Star Wars TOR is a story-driven MMO game from BioWare and LucasArts. As you play you will explore an age thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader where a war between the Old Republic and the Sith Empire divides the galaxy. Ofcourse at the start you have to choose your “class”.

First you will have to choose between the Dark Side or the Light Side, either the Sith or the Old Republic. After that you can choose between a wide area of different play styles, called Classes. There are ofcourse the Jedi and the Sith waving about a bit with their lightsabres, but as not to have a game full of running/jumping and flying Force users you can also choose to be a Smuggler (like Han Solo) or Bounty Hunter (Bobba Fed anyone ?). To conclude the list you can be like Cody and be an Elite-trooper. Each side has 4 classes which all have their pro’s and con’s against another class. More about the setting of the game can be found by clicking here!

As to not make this post to long, i urge you to travel to the website of the game and use their holonet (<– click on it) if you want to find out more about the content of the game.

First real post, here we go :)

Hello all and welcome to my new blog. First of all im going to excuse myself for any spelling or gramar error you occur, although i’m pretty good in both word as writing of the english language, it still is my second and not my first language 🙂

I’m going to try to keep you informed about some upcoming games, primeraly MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online games), but also games of other genres which get catch my interests.

I’m gonna start with one of my current favorites Star Wars the Old Repuplic, or short Star Wars TOR.

So stay tuned and stay focused on this blog

Thnx for coming and i hope you have a good time here.