Supposedly fun although on kiddy side of things. It's coming to PS3 soon.
First they hit one million players within weeks of release. Then they hit 2 million a week and a half later. Where does the Free Realms population stand right now?
I stopped by the Sony Online Entertainment booth (to see if I could get a little mining in) and talked to Senior Producer Andrew Sites about the future of the game, which I will discuss a bit later. My main concern was their ever-growing horde of players. Where do they stand now? As of last night, the population has reached 2.5 million players, and they are still growing at a ridiculous rate. That's 500,000 new players in a week.
Could a free-to-play family-friendly massively multiplayer online game from SOE surpass World of Warcraft in users one day? At this rate it's looking like a definite possibility.
My daughter enjoys it, but her enjoyment is limited as she can't read yet (she's 5, but we're working on it). Nevertheless, Morgan Dazzlechaser, her level 8 Pixie Chef is pretty cool. She wants to be a Pet Tamer though, so I may have to break down and buy her v-dog.
I do admit to a guilty pleasure. I enjoy playing the silly minigame where you gather vegetables by making chains of matching items and normally have her chef logged out by one.
A friend actually showed this to me yesterday - for a game that installs in a couple minutes, and loads on the fly - it's kind of....really good.
Didn't get to play for too long, but what I saw was decent, I'd highly recommend it to anyone with children, as it was briefly entertaining while I was on - and it's something you and your kid can both get something out of - like a Pixar movie.
Also super stringent filter - you can't say "something" because it contains the word meth ;P
Pyrella - Illusionist - Leader of Ixtlan on Antonia Bayle
if you were walking around and you came upon a tulip with tits, would you let it be for the rest of the world to enjoy.. or would you pick it and carry it off to a secluded area to motorboat them?
-Cadalano
How come Free Realms runs on your browser with virtually no install time, instant play and looks better than WoW graphics? People preach about WoW's "stylized" graphics but Free Realms looks better than the crap wow pumps out with much less demanding requirements.
Dump WoW, play Free Realms. WoW was EQ with an easy button and horrible graphics.
No time to play this game but it appears better than WoW from what I saw.
This game is WAY more fun than it has any right to be. Even just as a free player. And the accounts are only 5 bucks a month if you're not a cheapskate like me.
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