A Pirate’s Life for Some

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beta test, closed beta test, MMO, multiplayer, online multiplayer, pve, pvp, pvpve, sandbox, sandbox gaming, sandbox mmo, sea of thieves, stress test, test

Over the past couple of weekends, Sea of Thieves has been running some stress tests. Granted, these are specifically meant to push the walls of their server capacity and are less about refining game systems or even adding new game systems entirely. With that said, my time in-game and in the forums has shown me that Rare Ltd. have a lot to do and a number of unanswered questions related to player griefing and its form of PvP.

Or what I’m referring to as “Ferry of the Damned Syndrome”.

The Way Forward for Destiny 2

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bungie, curse of osiris, destiny, destiny 2, destiny 2 curse of osiris, fps, MMO, mmofps, multiplayer, state of the game

I haven’t booted up Destiny 2 since Curse of Osiris launched. Generally speaking, I’m the kind of guy who just goes to another game if the one he’s playing disappoints, so that’s been my solution to the problem. That said, I’ve certainly been eyeballing the uproar with the playerbase and its view of Destiny 2, so I’ve been waiting along with many to see what Bungie would respond with.

On Friday, they finally did, and I wanted to share my own thoughts on the matter as a more casual player of Destiny 2.

Or in other words, “someone who only sees what raid content looks like via others’ screenshots.”

Dauntless vs. Monster Hunter World (So Far)

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dauntless, dauntless sharpen your skills, face-off, MMO, monster hunter, monster hunter games, monster hunter world, multiplayer, online multiplayer, single player, versus

When I was writing my preview piece for the Dauntless Sharpen Your Skills update, I made a passing mention of how I can’t fully compare Dauntless and the upcoming Monster Hunter World because, technically, neither game is finished or fully released yet.

That doesn’t mean I can’t do it on my own personal blog, though!

Also, I really just like sharing screenshots from these games, honestly.

Wolfy’s Most Anticipated Games of 2018

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2018, 2018 games, console, games, games of 2018, gaming, list, listicle, MMO, mmorpg, most anticipated, most anticipated games, multiplayer, pc, sandbox, single player

This is pretty much expected behavior for people who like to write about video games, I figure. So to further extend assumptions, I will now openly admit that I’m writing this in the hopes that I get all the free stuff from the games I mention.

In fact just writing that lead-in brought me about $35.

But seriously, though, whatever you feel about 2017 in terms of real-life things, it has been a great year for games and next year is looking pretty solid as well. So I wanted to wiggle excitedly in the direction of upcoming titles that I have no basis for anticipation for other than marketing speak and second-hand experience. Because piss off I like being excited.

Overwatch Through Wolfy’s Eyes

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blizzard, fps, multiplayer, overwatch, shooter, team based, team shooter

It was, honestly, inevitable. Despite arms crossed over chest and nose upturned at the idea, I went ahead and downloaded the Overwatch open “beta”. I had my suspicions going in to how I would feel about the game, but I also had my own personal rule of “Don’t knock it ’til you try it” drumming in my head and the compulsion of my Twitter feed driving me onward.

Also: Zarya.

Solo Dancing

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MMO, multiplayer, playstyle, preferences, progression, single player, solo, soloer, soloing

The delightful and probably fun to sit around with Syl of MMO Gypsy posed a rhetorical question to the Twitter ether today, asking why anyone would want to play an MMO solo and why they’d want a multiplayer game to design specifically around that playstyle.  On the surface, sure, it sounds like pretty much anathema: the idea of an MMO is the “multi” part of that acronym. It’s literally designed to allow thousands of people to do things at once.

Of course, like almost anything else, it’s not quite that simple once you scratch the surface.