Mystic Worlds

Waiting for Rift Solo Dungeons, Reckoning and Buttons

Gaming Drought

The evenings of sitting around watching each other play Fable 3, Red Dead Redemption and Halo have long since ended.  None of us play The Sims much anymore.  And although my son and I are still subscribed to Rift, we’re not actually playing.  I tell myself that I’m waiting for the next content update and Trion’s introduction of the first solo dungeon.  It’s not that I like Rift any less – not it at all.  I just have too many other irons in the fire.  

I have 30 minutes here-n-there to play something.  Unfortunately, that sort of short AND sporadic availability isn’t conducive to MMO end game – STILL!  That reality simply sucks because the whole MMO gaming experience up until end game IS VERY conducive to it.  I like Rift’s events but I’m not drawn overly much to the rewards and if you can’t accumulate enough tokens during the events scheduled and fixed duration, you’re ass out anyway.

A couple of weeks ago I pre-ordered the Xbox 360 version of Reckoning, the RPG from 38 Studios. Reckoning is the pre-cursor to their upcoming MMO code named, Copernicus.  This is the IP where famed Sci-fi author, R. A. Salvatore, is writing the lore.  It looks REALLY GOOD.  I’m excited about the RPG as an opportunity to play something again with my kids.  Well - they’re not really kids anymore; they’re in their low to mid 20s and gaming is the one common thread across their ages and genders. We are all gamers!  I include my two teenage nephews and pre-teen in that bunch.  I also baptized them into gaming, and drag them along for every excursion.

Rolling Along

I continue to be extremely busy at work and at home.  I still haven’t played anything in the past several weeks.   On the weekends I catch up on gaming news via my favorite videocasts and podcasts.  I’m very excited about the upcoming content updates for Rift.  Most especially, I’m chomping at the bit for the solo dungeons being introduced by Trion.  As it stands, I might have 30 of 45 minutes here and there to play which doesn’t lend itself toward participating in group content.  Sitting at max level in Rift, all I’m really interested in is doing the instanced content.  I’m over questing and instanced PVP doesn’t appeal to me enough for it to be a steady activity.  I’d love to do the Rift raids.  However, there’s no way to ensure one is taking place when I actually have time to play.  The ability to match my wits against solo scripted instances is something I’ve wanted for YEARS.