Monday, April 4, 2011

Feeling a Bit...Nerdy

Okay, I admit it. I don't have THE BEST social life in the world. In fact, my Friday nights consist of sitting in front of the computer, either wasting my time on YouTube, or just reading random things on the Internet. Obviously I don't go to parties and get high and get wasted. Obviously.

But then again, I'm not a COMPLETE nerd. I'm a hybrid, I guess. I sometimes go around with friends or hang outside of my house instead of going on the computer the whole time. Don't worry, I'm getting there.

Remember how I said before that I've been playing a lot more RPG's lately? I haven't? Well I have been. They're fun. Anyway, I've been trying out some MMORPG's, namely "4Story" and "Runes of Magic" (both are completely FREE to play by the way).

4Story is an MMORPG developed by ZEMI interactive and it's actually the first MMORPG of it's kind: the kind where you go around, killing stuff in the style made immensely popular by WoW (World of Warcraft). That being said, it was released in Europe before WoW, and later released in a Global version. That, again, being said, 4Story has many, many, many problems that are expected with the first of anything.

But it's been 6 years. Wait, more than that. It's been more than 6 years, and the quality of the content still hasn't increased too much. Wait, what am I saying. I've played only up to level 20 (I'm an Assassin by the way). Not even. Level 19, there.

After playing this game for a few weeks (or a total of a few days with my friends), we've decided that the game is too buggy and filled with spelling errors and mundane content to continue playing. So we slowly moved away. Well, maybe. I still have it on my computer. I'm still kind of interested in what this game has to offer, even if it is just to kill a two-headed dragon.

The second FREE MMORPG that my friends and I tried out is called "Runes of Magic". This game blew my expectations out of the water. This is me coming away from 4Story. Runes of Magic (or RoM) is amazing, especially for a free2play game. The quests have VARIETY. The classes are INTERESTING to play. The enemies make SENSE. There are no spelling ERRORS. You even have the ability to choose two classes, and play as both at the same time, definitely something that makes this game unique.

My only gripe is the intensity of the game's graphics. They're good. So good that my PC has a hard time running the thing. I need to upgrade my graphics card and RAM. Will you guys remind me to do that?

If you guys want to download these games, here are the links. Don't let my opinions hinder you. Both are good games. Good, especially for a free2play bundle. So go try it out:

4Story
http://global.4story.com/index.asp

Runes of Magic
http://us.runesofmagic.com/us/index.html

If you guys want to play online with me sometime, here are my users:
-RoM: Thomasmalthus
-4Story: Hephialtes


Also if you guys want to download the free trial of World of Warcraft (10-day trial), you can go on this link below:

https://us.battle.net/account/creation/wow/signup/