Free to Play Cast: Infestation, Horror MMOs, and Tons of News! Ep 202

On this week's show we take you through the Rapid Fire Round with TERA, AD2460, Paragon, and more, discuss our thoughts on if a horror MMO is possible, and then chat Infestation. All that and more on this week's Free to Play Cast!

Discussion Timestamps:

01:35 Rapid Fire Round
22:36 Horror Based MMOs
29:12 The Saga of Infestation
32:23 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb)
42:55 Questions and Answers of the Week

If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.

Free-To-Play Cast is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about free to play multiplayer online games. Free-To-Play Cast takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!

Share this Video:

Discussion (8)

volfie 6 years ago
Horrors of the Gilded Age : 4 man co-op look that one upp its very nice

Cacalips 6 years ago
There was that London based MMORPG.
Requeim Bloodymare (was good, never updated, left to die).
Secret world.
Some parts of current mmorpgs have dark themed maps.

Hellsworth 6 years ago
Hahaha, :D ... nice one guys, so... so sorry to Mr. Winter, sometimes my fingers slide a bit and of course it's totally on point since I poked Mr. "Sharp"es about not being too "sharp" on the grammar last time, it's all good guys everyone slips up, from my point of view we all need a "consoler" this Chrismas :D
About the "horror", americans have a different "spin" on the concept, in Europe it's believed to be more of an environment than just the "jumping on your chair" fleeting emotion. As an example, it's the kind of environment you get when you see "Witcher 3 trailers" and I believe it could be easily achievable with a Bioware style storyline within a Souls (demon or dark) world style.
Bombs, Da-Bomb to Skysaga, me and my friends got a key to test out the game still in alpha, huge emphasis on detail and slick production on this one, also A-Bomb on #1 grammar, #2 Mr. Winter's (hah nailed it) cold (best of wishes on this one, get well soon) and #3 random pimples, also A-Bomb"s" from #4 to #1000 bugs, everywhere I play something is not the way it's supposed to or even crashes and this is not in random "alphas", it's in every game, are we just SO eager to get new stuff that no one even has the time to get them done properly or are people just getting slacky? What's going on?
Merry Chrismas everyone :)

View 1 reply
tolshortte 6 years ago
I want to see mmo gamers quit whining about everything that isn't free. almost every game you play these days there are people asking if something is free then complaining when it isn't. wanting it to be free is fine as we all want a deal, but ffs the whinging isn't needed.

Da Bomb to Jason for being a trooper.

View 1 reply
Curst 6 years ago
There already is/was a "legit horror based MMORPG". Emphasis on the use of "horror" instead of "scary", since those are two different things IMO. That MMORPG had:
1) dark oppressing world;
2) cool (for a F2P MMORPG) postapocalyptic story about demon invasion that devastated the world (ecosystems destroyed/mutated, towns turned to dust, continents rearranged, etc.) and forced its inhabitants to use demonic powers, cloning and heavy gene-alteration to survive (most newly bred defenders of humanity look overtly inhuman and all of them can turn into mosnters when in danger);
3) day/night cycle that spawned super-deadly monsters after sundown everywhere outside of settlements;
4) harsh penalties for dying and no rewards for playing it safe (no loot and exp if you're overleveled) which forced everyone to face danger in order to progress.
---
It never took off in the West though. Even here it went too softcore for its own good over the years, but it was pretty good while it lasted. Maybe it wasn't "horror" like Amnesia or Penumbra, but I think it was as close to horror as an open world MMORPG can get.
---
...Man, I still remember feeling like a badass demon slayer when after days/weeks of trial and error I've managed to build my character just right so that I could almost stand up to the nightmares. Some time after that I ended up leading a group of desperate players caught off-guard by nightfall through the wilderness to the safety of nearby town. Almost wiped a couple of times along the way, but damn it felt good when we've finally reached the walls. Nothing topped that feeling over the years of my MMO career.


Watch Next

Free To Play Weekly – What Was Your Favorite Revamp? Ep 249

Free To Play Weekly – What Was Your Favorite Revamp? Ep 249

DC Universe Online brings open episodes back, Paragon is getting a massive revamp, all that and more, I’m Zach Sharpes and this… is Free To Play Weekly!...

By MMOBomb Staff - 6 years ago

You May Enjoy

Always Online Podcast: Suicide Squad Is Live Service, Wayfinder Goes To Early Access Soon, & Throne And Liberty News Ep 464

Always Online Podcast: Suicide Squad Is Live Service, Wayfinder Goes To Early Access Soon, & Throne And Liberty News Ep 464

Live service, always online even in solo mode, guns galore... is this the Suicide Squad game you were hoping for?

By Michael Byrne - 1 month ago
Top 5 Free to Play Weekly Stories - Counter-Strike 2 is Rumored To Be Coming VERY Soon! Ep 546

Top 5 Free to Play Weekly Stories - Counter-Strike 2 is Rumored To Be Coming VERY Soon! Ep 546

Valve has yet to confirm anything, but it's looking like the rumor is true.

By Marlowe Ethos - 2 weeks ago
Dead Cide Club Gameplay - An Early Access First Look (F2P)

Dead Cide Club Gameplay - An Early Access First Look (F2P)

Does a seldom seen side-scrolling viewpoint change up the way a "FPS" game feels?

By Marlowe Ethos - 2 weeks ago
Top 5 Free to Play Weekly Stories - Halo Infinite Returns and Sony Deals with Activision EP 545

Top 5 Free to Play Weekly Stories - Halo Infinite Returns and Sony Deals with Activision EP 545

The latest on Throne and Liberty and more from this week in MMORPG news!

By Marlowe Ethos - 3 weeks ago
Always Online Podcast: Exoprimal Beta, Deceive Inc Early Thoughts, Redfall Could Cut Required Connection & More Ep 467

Always Online Podcast: Exoprimal Beta, Deceive Inc Early Thoughts, Redfall Could Cut Required Connection & More Ep 467

There's a lot going on this week in multiplayer gaming so it's time we had a chat!

By Michael Byrne - 2 days ago
Top 5 Free to Play Weekly Stories - Roblox Losses Near $1 Billion & Blizzard Takes More "L"s Ep 544

Top 5 Free to Play Weekly Stories - Roblox Losses Near $1 Billion & Blizzard Takes More "L"s Ep 544

Monetary losses and public relation losses... companies lost quite a bit this week.

By Marlowe Ethos - 1 month ago