Trent5
08-24-2012, 01:13 PM
I’ve never had the opportunity to try Dungeon and Dragons when I was growing up. Sure I was into my fair share of nerdy entertainment such as Magic the Gathering, Final Fantasy, and anything else I could get my hands on. Somehow I never got into DnD, perhaps from a lack of availability. While I had certainly heard and read more about DnD as time passed by thanks to the Internet the occasion to actually experience it didn’t appear.
Until one day…<insert dramatic music hear>
While browsing a fantasy-related website a review came up for a certain MMO. It was a Dungeons and Dragons themed game and was free-to-play. Eager to finally explore something I had so much second hand experience with I took the plunge and downloaded the game. Plus I had nothing to lose save for some spare time.
Needless to say I found myself enjoying it a lot. There is a lot I could write about but before this post becomes a wall of text a couple of snippets.
-Creating a character, picking a clever name, and fleshing out a character bio for them
-Discovering a rich lore of monsters, history, and magic. Savoring the travel to the Forgotten Realm with its shifting gravity and visual abyss.
-Learning the quests, knowing the in-and-outs of mazes, discovering which spells were optimal for which situations
- Puzzles, all of them. Tile puzzles, lights-out puzzle in The Shroud. Hoping for one day a 4x4 slider tile puzzle or a Simon Says puzzle
-Finding a headset in the attic and having casual conversations over a shared interest in game, leading a party through a difficult quest and accomplishing it.
-The Community, browsing through the forums, DDO podcast, the wiki, crafting guides,
The weekly DDO chronicle and reading through people’s funny comments
The list goes on and I imagine will continue to grow as time passes.
TL;DR: DDO is pretty fun
Until one day…<insert dramatic music hear>
While browsing a fantasy-related website a review came up for a certain MMO. It was a Dungeons and Dragons themed game and was free-to-play. Eager to finally explore something I had so much second hand experience with I took the plunge and downloaded the game. Plus I had nothing to lose save for some spare time.
Needless to say I found myself enjoying it a lot. There is a lot I could write about but before this post becomes a wall of text a couple of snippets.
-Creating a character, picking a clever name, and fleshing out a character bio for them
-Discovering a rich lore of monsters, history, and magic. Savoring the travel to the Forgotten Realm with its shifting gravity and visual abyss.
-Learning the quests, knowing the in-and-outs of mazes, discovering which spells were optimal for which situations
- Puzzles, all of them. Tile puzzles, lights-out puzzle in The Shroud. Hoping for one day a 4x4 slider tile puzzle or a Simon Says puzzle
-Finding a headset in the attic and having casual conversations over a shared interest in game, leading a party through a difficult quest and accomplishing it.
-The Community, browsing through the forums, DDO podcast, the wiki, crafting guides,
The weekly DDO chronicle and reading through people’s funny comments
The list goes on and I imagine will continue to grow as time passes.
TL;DR: DDO is pretty fun