Saturday, April 14, 2012

Lord of Ultima Free To Play

I stumbled upon a new free to play game the other day:  Lord of Ultima.

If you are interested in checking it out, please use this link:

http://www.lordofultima.com/en/ref/2549221774

It is an online strategy game that requires no download to play.  The game runs entirely in your web browser.  It plays in a similar fashion to other RTS (Real Time Strategy) Games you might be familiar with, like Age of Empires; however, the pace is slower.  This makes the game perfect as an on-going game that you can play casually.

There are "daily rewards" that give you incentives to come back at least once a day, to collect them.  The rewards are good, and get better with each day you play.

While the music is extremely good, especially for a free to play web browser game, you can turn it off in the options panel that can be accessed from the lower right of your screen.  This should better enable you to play the game for a few minutes at work - while you are waiting for that big print job to finish. ;)



The graphics are outstanding for a free to play game.  They are on par with a pay for RTS, imho.

There is a chat window that any player of MMORPGs will be familiar with, including "Alliance Chat".

For those whose cyber-junkie urges don't allow them to lose a moment of city development time - there are pay-for options that you can buy.  You can play the game for free - and if you want to spend some money - you can have the game help you play while you are away.  This and other premium options for increasing training and building rates are the means by which EA will make money on this game.

I have only just started playing, so it is still unclear if this will prove to be a "pay to win" game.  People who pay for the things that are for sale, would seem to have a definite advantage.  Only time will tell if the game proves to be castrated of fun by this business model.

If you join the game - look for me.  My current character's name is Kabbalist, and I'm in the SIG315 guild.

I hope to see you online!

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