Vigor Roads is a MMO that blends furious gunplay with monstrous armored vehicles to create a jam-packed, “dynamic” action and racing game. Developed by NeuronHaze, it’s currently seeking $25,000 and has raised roughly $7,000, with well over three weeks left to go. The combination of…
Felix Wong
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Felix spent a large chunk of his youth behind a 24 inch monitor and intends to do the same with the rest of his adult life. For reasons still unbeknownst to friends and family, he decided to eschew a more conventional career path to instead become a guy who writes about video games for cash and coin.
Felix Wong
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Many RPGs pride themselves on an in-depth character creation system; whether it be molding your best cartoony self in Saints Row or adjusting every last facial detail in Dragon Age Inquisition. There’s something for every gaming enthusiast out there. Soulbound Studios’s upcoming MMORPG Chronicles of…
Felix Wong
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This is Cliqist’s fifth post on Chronicles of Elyria, and if you’ve gotten around to reading our previous articles on the massively hyped MMORPG, you’re probably still trying to wrap your head around the ambitiousness and scale of Soulbound Studio’s upcoming project. We know now…
Felix Wong
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As Soulbound Studios states in their Equipment and Inventory Design Journal, MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria is “unquestionably a survival game” rooted in realism. There’s plenty of evidence that attests to this from the potential of permadeath, to the implementation of aging, to the minimalistic inventory…
Felix Wong
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In my previous articles on Soulbound Studios’ MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria, I discussed everything from in-game death to identity theft to body dynamics. With the substantial amount of info available on the Chronicles of Elyria website, I’ll be changing gears this time around to touch…
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Hannah and Joe Williams of Whalenought Studios have returned to Kickstarter once again following the success of their previous campaign, Serpents of the Staglands. This time around, they’re asking for help to bring yet another CRPG to life, entitled Copper Dreams. Whereas Serpents of the…
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In part one of Cliqist’s series on upcoming MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria, I pondered mandatory microphones, in-game death, body dynamics, and other virtual shenanigans. Several design journals previously released on the Chronicles of Elyria website provide a wealth of information detailing aspects which tie-in directly…
Felix Wong
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Successful Kickstarter campaigns start and end with a bang, with the exceptions few and far between. I’ve covered a fair number of campaigns during my time at Cliqist, and I’ve never seen any home stretch funding surge like I saw with SPRG Arcadian Atlas. My…
Felix Wong
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Following the launch of Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter campaign, Cliqist is set to cover some of the innovative features showcased in the hugely hyped MMORPG. There are tons of things to ooh, ah, and ogle at in developer Soulbound Studios’ highly ambitious project, and we’ll…
Felix Wong
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War of Rights, currently being developed in Denmark by Campfire Games, is set to release its technical Alpha sometime in the next couple of weeks—mid-May, to be more precise. Having raised £77,733 in its Kickstarter campaign, it’s a unique multiplayer game that covers the “perilous…
Felix Wong
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It’s been a few months since Whale Hammer Games released a Kickstarter update for its upcoming turn-based RPG Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire—something they’ve made a note of and duly rectified with its May 3rd post. In their previous update, they discussed the completion…
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Archetypes Studios is hard at work on new free-to-play FPS, titled Midair, which draws many parallels to the sci-fi shooter franchise Tribes. That isn’t something I’m complaining about—Tribes held a candle to the top F2P FPS shooters back in the day—and developer Hi-Rez still releases…
Felix Wong
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Darewise Entertainment has recruited game industry vets who have worked on AAA titles like Assassin’s Creed and Age of Conan to create ROKH, an MMO survival game set on Mars. Darewise Entertainment launched ROKH’s Kickstarter campaign only a few days ago, and so far they’ve…
Felix Wong
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Niten, the Japanese island walking sim created by Donald Macdonald, was unsuccessfully funded on Kickstarter. It managed to raise roughly £6,015 of its goal of £15,000. I had a chance to cover Niten and correspond with Donald over the course of the last few weeks,…
Felix Wong
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Pirates of the Polygon Sea is an upcoming action adventure game being developed by Praxia Entertainment where you can realize your dream of being a nasty, swashbuckling pirate as you trade with, loot, and plunder other ships around you. As the title suggests, it’s got…
Felix Wong
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In my previous coverage of sci-fi sandbox Avorion, I praised the endless spaceship and weapon customization options, while also criticizing the lack of story and quest disclosure on the Kickstarter page. Since then, I’ve reached out to Avorion’s main developer, Konstantin Kronfeldner, to address some…