Fuck.I would have been pretty ecstatic for this... if I hadn't already bitten on a Steam sale for this game a few months ago (which, apparently, I never even bothered to post about here on LJ). *weary sigh ( Read more... )

Pretty neat.

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"Subscription is no longer required to play The Secret World! Purchase it today and enjoy everything the game has to offer without ever having to pay a monthly fee again. Pay once, play forever -- it's that simple!"Huh. Well ( Read more... )

Just going to copy/paste here what I wrote in a post over on Facebook:

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Hmm, wonder if I should try to get in on this thing since it's apparently available to everyone who's registered now (and I've been registered for a while).

(EDIT)

Downloading it now. ¬_¬

I'll treat it like a "demo" rather than a "beta."

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Link to article.

For me, the most interesting bit of the article was this:

John: What's surprised you most about the game ( Read more... )

It seems that Secret War thing for The Secret World on Facebook has finally gone live. And though I haven't bothered to try it myself yet, it apparently really, really sucks just like every other Facebook "game" I've ever tried to play. Not even sure why I had kind of expected this to be any different at all, despite the fact that I have been ( Read more... )

Hmm.

I don't know if this sort of thingthis sort of thing is standard fare for MMOs these days (since I don't normally play them at all), or if it's indicative of the influence of the ever hated EA, or if it's just another sign of the times for the video game industry in general. Possibly a combination of all three. In any case, this sort of ( Read more... )

I haven't read any of these yet, as I don't have time at the moment, but there they are for anyone who wants them. Twelve different previews on the list, at least so far.

It is June 19th (unless it gets pushed back like a lot of games tend to be these days).