Anthony Accinelli of realSG writes, "March 1st of this year marked a very impactful day in my life. It wasn't the day I turned 25, it wasn't the day of my wedding, nor was it the day I landed my first job as the CEO of a large corporation - which has yet to happen.
It was the day Rift was released. I now have two level 50 fifty characters, have over 12 total days of gametime logged, and for the first time in my career as a game journalist am nominating an MMO as Game of the Year."
Players can progress through 30 levels of challenges by completing daily and weekly quests, thus earning Battle Pass experience points and rewards. The Battle Pass can be played for free and will reward players with various consumables and a set of artifacts that will literally make their pants burn – the “Pants on Fire” effect
gamigo is pleased to announce it has assembled a hefty collection of in-game events, quests and items for the “Budgie Carnival Celebration” in its fantasy MMORPG, RIFT.
After an indeterminate amount of time, the Hellbugs have reared their ugly heads once again to invade Rift. It’s up to players to fight these hellish creatures to save Telara – and in doing so – earn a number of unique rewards that will display their dominance over the Hellbugs.
Great write up. I may just try this game.
I haven't played the game but it seemed to have gotten "just ok" scores. I don't think this will win any GOTY awards especially considering the competition it's up against, but it still seems like an overall solid game.
Let me tell you this much game of the year has not been released yet!
and if one of the games that have been released this year do get GOTY
2011 was a bad year for gaming
Year start I was excited for
Ratchet And Clank >>> Still waiting
Killzone 3 >>>> Let Down
SOCOM 4 >>>> Let Down
Uncharted 3 >>>> I trust ND but there listening to the gamers too much i have a feeling that could cost them
LBP 2 >>> it did't wow me like LBP did
Resistance 3 My money is on this game
Portal 2 guess they did all they could but its not GOTY certified
Brink: HA
Last Gurdian hope this is good
Now twisted metal and skyrim have come on my radar but IMO the best games that have come out this year have been the recent psn releases underseige is sick SNM
Rift is good, but not GOTY worthy imo. Exactly as you wrote, it's like WoW. What it does better than WoW are the constant world events and events that get the whole realm involved working together (or fighting each other). There's nothing really new or ground breaking in Rift that makes it stand out; unless you want to take into account it's the only competition WoW has had yet. And just because there's nothing ground breaking in Rift, it doesn't mean it's a bad game. It's just not GOTY.