Got Game?

I read an article on TechCrunch today about a new Flash based MMO game that is being developed on a site called Ohai. I do play PC games, but I don’t play MMO games. This prompted me to go on a “quest” to see what this whole sphere is all about.

I was amazed to find so many games, many Flash based, out there. I do remember when Club Penguin was bought by Disney for around $700 million {wow, that’s some crazy money} but that’s not a game I would be playing ;-) .

Gaming & Flash

Flash based games have definitely caught up with the {young} gamer crowds and it seems to be a popular platform to build on. But is it the best? I’m not familiar with other platforms that are used to build such games, so I’ll leave that discussion to the comments for those of you who are familiar with them.

Granted, Flash does have it’s penetration factor for deploying games. There’s nothing extra to install and it has a pretty rich development environment. But the one thing that Flash cannot do is mimic a World of Warcraft or EVE – at least that’s my perception. Even sites like doof & kongregate which have a LOT of games seem to be lacking the edge that games built on other platforms have.

Flash is a good platform for developing games, that cater to the 6 – 14 age group. I don’t think it can ever match the kind of graphics or gameplay that other engines provide. If someone has knowledge of a Flash based game out there that competes with WoW please correct me by commenting.

I’m sure a lot of FD authors are occasional gamers, CS 1.6 and AOE II are my favorites, so tell me which is your favorite pc/online game?

Here’s a site that has a list of the top 100 MMO {I’m guessing they’re Flash based?}, for those days when it’s raining outside and you don’t feel like flashing ;-)


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