Secret Legends World Feelings

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funcom, gaming news, MMO, mmo news, mmorpg, mmorpg news, secret world legends, swl, the secret world, the secret world legends, tsl, tsw, tswl

So today’s big ‘ol gaming news announcement comes by way of The Secret World Legends, which is the official name of the Secret World revamp discussed during Funcom’s fourth quarter earnings report. To say the information offered came as a bit of a shock to me is a slight understatement, but now that I’ve had a bit more time to process the whole reveal, I’d like to offer up my opinion.

In a game full of tentacled horrors, there are still surprises apparently.

Blaugust Day 18 – The Back Burner and Regret

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back burner, choices, eso, guild wars 2, marvel heroes, regret, tera, tsw

Anyone who plays MMO’s or games in general a lot is familiar with the idea of a “back burner”.  You all know what I mean–the log of titles on Steam you snapped up on sale but have yet to install.  The stack of games on a shelf that you sorta walked away from for whatever reason.  The desktop icons of MMO’s that you haven’t touched or subscribed to in a while but can’t really bear to remove.  Maybe sometimes you even boot up a patcher to keep current, but that’s about it.

I’m such a fan of MMO’s that I can find the joy in almost every title I’ve played.  Even my much-despised Champions Online has its good points.  Namely, the Freeform Powerset, which is one of the most robust and flexible “build your own character” system I have ever experienced in any video game, MMO or otherwise.  Some games, however, carry a sting of regret for me.  Titles that, for whatever reason, didn’t grab me from the word go but I still keep eyes on because I think there’s something wrong with me and not with the game.