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Putting The RPG Back Into MMORPG

Posted by Zonk on from the that'd-be-nice dept.

Garthilk writes "In the last two weeks since E3 I've read at least three gushing reviews about an upcoming game by Simutronics, called Hero's Journey. MMORPG.com gave it their E3 best of show award. CorpNews said it blew their pants off. IGN even had a good interview with the CEO of Simutronics. Warcry even goes so far as to say that it will turn gaming world upside down. The question still lingers though, can a company who has focused on text based roleplaying games cut it in the graphical world?" From the MMORPG.com article: "In a year full of big budget, big company titles, Hero's Journey offered graphics on par with all the major players and an extremely exciting look at their game play. E3 2005 marked a show where several high profile games were touting very similar features (state based combat), and in swept Hero's Journey with their innovative group combat, highly cinematic missions, interactive environments and hands down the best character creation ever put into an MMORPG."

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  1. Re:A sure sign a character isn't in his proper rol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    "At least I have chicken."

    'WoW - Leeroy's Attack'

    Never played WoW but that's funny.

  2. The Website...in case you needed it. by Marc_Hawke · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.play.net/hj/

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    --Welcome to the Realm of the Hawke--
  3. Screenshots Here: by Trespass · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.play.net/hj/gallery/

  4. Re:Old vaporware seeing new light? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Those screenies are WAY out of date.

    Try the http://www.play.net/hj/ site directly for screenshots that aren't 6 years old.

    That was a totaly different game than what it is now.

    Royce