Tuesday, January 12, 2010

EvonyOnline 1st thoughts.

Evony Online 1st thoughts.

So I have been keeping an eye on EvonyOnline for some time. I did not give it ago in the past, because it would not load at work. I like to play flash based games at work.
Then 2 weeks ago my brother tells me he plays, this was enough for me. I had him send me registration link quick smart. After going through the quick sign up process picking a name for myself and my city I was greeted with my empty base to start my empire.
I would say the game is a 50-50 mix between MMORPGE and RTS. It is clear that the developers are getting allot off inspiration from tittles like the “Age of Empire Franchise” & “Warcraft” franchise, both World of Warcraft and their RTS games. Not that these franchise are bad source for inspiration.
If this is your first time hearing about Evony, here is a quick rundown. The game is based online and uses Adobe Flash Player. Basically the game play follows that of an “old school” stats based RTS, in the most traditional sense. Think building & upgrading. Researching tech trees and mining for resources. The difference being that this game is played online on large online servers with 100’s and 100’s of other players in real time. The battle rages on 24/7 7 days a week regardless of whether you are logged in or not. This is all I will I touch on as far as game play goes. I will be doing a more in-depth post on this, later in the month.
The first thing I notice once joining is the game is how community focused the game is. As soon as I joined and meet the conditions my brother had me join his alliance (Clan). I would say the building/role playing aspect of the game is the base and the community aspect is the heart of the game. It is this aspect that will have you checking your account whenever you can get your hands on a PC. This is not to say the roll playing and strategy aliments are not there, because they are if you are willing to invest the time to learn them. If you do I think you will be happy with their old school approach to the RTS genera.
Ok guys that is it for today I will make another post on the mechanics of the game real soon. If you have not had time to check out evony yet I recommend that you find some.

darkone