It seems like free to play browser based MMORPGs are
going mainstream. Just last week Electronic Arts released their very
own strategy MMORPG – Lord of Ultima.
The game is based in the same ‘Ultima’ universe as the previous Ultima
games. The only real difference here is that Lord of Ultima is
strategy game that aims to compete with Evony and Empire
Craft. The studio behind Lord of Ultima, Phenomic, is also
responsible for numerous other free to play games that Electronic Arts
publishes. So Lord of Ultima is published by the same dudes behind Battleforge
and Battlefield Heroes.
We all know that most of these browser based games are published by
various Chinese companies, so seeing a big Western developer like EA
release their own game in the space is quite interesting.
Jagex, the guys behind RuneScape, released
their very own browser based strategy
MMORPG as well a few months ago – War of Legends.
So it’s obvious that browser based games are getting more and more
popular. What i’d like to see though is some variety. Personally, I’m
getting a bit sick of playing the same old browser based strategy game.
After you’ve played one, you’ve played em all. Nearly every single
browser based strategy game is identical. I’m glad though that more
Western developers are entering the MMORPG space, as Western companies are
known for innovation.
What I’d like to see someday is for epic client based games like Dragon
Oath, Runes of Magic and Dungeons and
Dragons Online, and Fiesta Online to one
day run smoothly on a browser. That would be awesome. Having to download
games are quite annoying, especially for those on slower internet
connections and older PCs.
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