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ATITD2 Early Impressions

Posted by michael on from the kill-the-mob-get-the-loot dept.

Darniaq writes "While a relatively small game as defined by player count, A Tale in the Desert was a rather robust experiment into just how much crafting a massive online gamer would like to do. The game is also more evocative of a massive online real-time strategy game than a roleplaying one ala Everquest or City of Heroes. And now there's a sequel. The staff at Grimwell.com has temporarily relocated to Egypt, and provides a live report."

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  1. Damn Acronyms! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every time I see ATITD I think it's Alone In The Dark (calssic pre-resident evil survival horror game), fsking dslexyia.

  2. Massive online gamers by RichardX · · Score: 5, Funny

    just how much crafting a massive online gamer would like to do

    Perhaps they should craft themselves some running shoes, and lose some of that mass?

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    Curiosity was framed. Ignorance killed the cat.
  3. Poetic license by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 3, Funny

    the law appears for several days in voting booths distributed over all of Egypt, and players can vote on it. If the law gets a two-thirds majority, the developers will then change the game code to implement it

    Cool. Now we (yes, I live there) can get to vote on our laws in a computer game, at least :)

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    Blearf. Blearf, I say.
  4. Fun fun fun! by BenjyD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Collecting wood is a simple as clicking on a tree, then waiting 60 seconds for the wood to respawn.

    What fun! That's definitely worth $13.95/month. I can't wait for the "paint drying" mod.

  5. Re:Confused. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Let's break it up, shall we:

    While (a relatively small game as defined by player count), ([A Tale in the Desert] was a rather robust experiment into (just how much crafting [a massive online gamer] would like to do).

    In other words,

    1) A Tale in the Desert is a small game, yet

    2) It is a rather robost experiment into:

    3) Just how much crafting a massive online gamer is willing to do.

    The only stupid part about the sentence is the term 'massive online gamer', which implies a massive guy sitting around playing a game. Now, this may be true in many cases, but certainly not all.

    It is the game itself that is massively multiplayer ... not the gamers.

  6. massive online gamers by j1mmy · · Score: 3, Funny

    at least we're being honest here

  7. Re:How very ironic... by rpbailey1642 · · Score: 4, Funny
    I wonder why one doesn't just go outside and experience that free-for-ever massive online game called REAL LIFE!

    Because there's a chance in the Sims that my characters will have sex, whereas in the real world...