Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (PC)

Written at launch, December 2008. No doubt there’s been many patches since!

Lord of the Rings Online arrived last year to much excitement. What could be better for the typical PC games player than an MMO set in the world of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic books? Well it seems, as usual, it was World of Warcraft. Luckily [...]

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (PC)

Reviewed at launch, November 2008. Not that you can review an MMORPG very easily in a short space of time.

For over a year now, 11 million people around the world have been eagerly awaiting the release of the latest World of Warcraft expansion pack, hungrily lapping up every single scrap of information they could find [...]

Tabula Rasa (PC)

Another MMORPG, another tricky one to sum up with limited time. Reviewed at launch, pre patches. Unfortunately it’s now due to be closed at the end of January 2009 which is a shame.

It’s increasingly hard to review any new MMORPG without instantly comparing it to World of Warcraft. In the case of Tabula Rasa, [...]

Lineage 2 (PC)

Here’s a lesson in how to attract the hatred of Lineage 2 players. This was written at launch for The Chaotic Throne – The Kamael release.

Lineage 2 has been a bit of a dark horse over the years. Quietly staying out of the limelight behind World of Warcraft and Everquest 2, its main rivals [...]

Age of Conan (PC)

Written at launch in June 2008. It was fun to play, but I’m starting to hate reviewing MMORPGs. The problem is to accurately review an MMORPG you need about 6 months of constant playing to see how new patches develop and how the end game pans out, and of course by then no one cares [...]