Recently, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood had the opportunity to aska few questions to the team at CCR, the company behind RF Online. For those who might not be aware, when RF Online was first released, Codemasters was the publisher. Since then, CCR has parted ways with Codemasters and will pubish the game on their own. The company has only just ended its closed beta.
Raid bosses are easily in my opinion the most important aspect of MMORPGs. Games that fall into a different genre may be more dynamic, but only here will tens and sometimes hundreds of players need to come together and work together to defeat an epic boss in a raid. Just simple getting together as many players as possible is not enough to determine your success. Players usually need to use trial and error with a number of different strategies before they can actually take down the boss. All this is done in order to test the weaknesses, come up with an effective approach and correctly coordinate players in the raid.
Over time, the concept of an “epic boss” has become rather blurred. Colossal monsters, the destruction of which requires a long preparation time, and then became just another episode from grandma’s fairy tales. Some raid bosses have already gained the “cult” status, and veterans of MMORPGs could tell you a dozen stories about those legendary fights. Fextralife's author tried to select the most powerful bosses who once upon a time, caused a burning sensation and will certainly awaken stirrings of nostalgic feelings from experienced raiders!
Haha, yea that's why I had to quit FFXI in the mid 2000s. The game had so many ridiculously long raids and fights. Not to mention the long ass NM camps w tons of gold selling bot users waiting to snatch the kill. So frustrating bc they were always there. Some were close to 24 hour camps if I remember. Some shorter. I loved the game & community, but had to walk away. Too demanding. Pandemonium is after my time.
The massively popular mangaka and illustrator behind The Ghost in the Shell Masamune Shirow has worked on quite a few games during his career, and the upcoming artbook Intron Depot 5 Battalion to be published by Dark Horse will feature some of that work.
When will Shirow continue GitS and Appleseed? This past years he only done artbooks. Some are awesome but the rest felt like hentai...
He's always done that erotic stuff.
GitS is a true masterpiece. I'd love more in that world. Hell, isn't it time for another game? I have to say, it wasn't perfect, but I enjoyed the hell outta SAC on the PS2.
Yeah i knew Shirow always done that stuff. All of his girls are super badass-hot chicks and they always pleased my eyes (heheh). But this past years his artbooks became focused on the erotic stuff. Hopefully Shirow not forgot to continue GitS & Appleseed, considering both manga doesn't have proper ending, especially GitS.
About new GitS game, i second that! I love GitS on PS1 & PS2 and we got the new anime ARISE, which i personally enjoyed...even though it's not on the same level of the movie / SAC and some fans hated it because they don't like younger Motoko with flat boobs XD
GG3 rounds up some clips from veteran MMO games. Many online RPGs from a time past are still around and releasing new content, even after more than a decade. It's only right that these games, along with others, get some much needed attention.
