The urban environments found within these large-scale MMOG games can be so much better. What I mean is that the general feeling around this is that the exciting gameplay tends to happen outside of cities. This automatically makes the game push the player and the game objectives out of the cities, when in reality there should be more of a balance; especially when you consider the amount of work and the beauty of some of these dead ‘ghost town’ areas in online gaming.
There are several examples of this, for instance in World of Warcraft, a game that was very much ahead of its time, still exhibited a lack of attention towards some city spaces—one example being Darnassus. To be fair with Blizzard they always had this feeling of the cities being quite populated, even if it is just to be able to walk in a city and have it feel like a city i.e have random people walking about patrolling the streets ‘living their day’.
This was probably a symptom of the whole ‘quality over quantity’ ethic of WOW, where especially at the time and for many different reasons, it did seem like there was nothing like it; and in fact it remains a reference for many developers today who work in the world of online gaming. Along with World of Warcraft, another notable mention for its great use of non-player characters (NPCs), is Final Fantasy XI— although to be fair it was a smaller world than that which Blizzard had to deal with, but nonetheless, it was remarkable.
One of the issues which could have been dealt with in a much better way was the fact that intra-city living in the games was not much of a thing. By this, I mean that users were restricted to build their houses a certain distance from the center of the main cities. Of course, this creates a player city of sorts which is super cool as well,but having players build deep in the center of a city makes it more tangible and real. A fantastic example that could prove to be a solution would be instanced neighborhoods, such as the ones in Dark Age of Camelot
Imagine how it would be if you can randomly generate a name for each and every instanced neighborhood the minute it’s created, and this place could be referred to between players; in other words, one player could just invite a friend over to their house.
We have to take into account that housing in these kinds of games is an extension of the player’s personality; in the same way that one’s real house is that as well, as well as anything else that reflects their taste. As thin an argument as this might sound, when you question yourself on why you have a certain kind of object on a shelf and another in the drawer, you start realizing that in some way it does reflect a certain part of you, and the same applies in games.
This argument could be expanded onto even the type of games that are played as being themselves an extension of the players’ personality. Perhaps the most obvious dimension of gaming that really blatantly demonstrated this is igaming and online gaming gambling. Let’s have a quick look at this world.
Online Casino Games
Online gaming has become increasingly popular in the past decade because of a huge increase in platforms providing the best casino online, and an increase of game developers providing some amazing casino games online. The variety of games is unavoidable and it is a constantly flourishing fountain of new ideas and a fantastic space for creatives to work together in providing the best online casinos possible with the best online casino real money slots.
Online Casino Bonus
There are many casinos available online of course and sometimes it is hard to find which is a real online casino with a safe and rewarding environment. One aspect that truly makes or breaks an online casino is the quality of its Welcome Bonus and its other bonuses. What this is essentially is a way for the casino to welcome or reward a newcomer for depositing money into the casino.
When you’re dealing with a reliable casino online real money platform, you do have the chance of winning some amazing valuable prizes at the price of a small deposit. This does not mean that any casino that offers that, or that is a free bonus casino online, is a trustworthy casino, so you should always check out the platform, read the terms and conditions, and do some research about the site you’re using.
If you happen to check out the most reliable online casinos, some of their free online casino bonuses can vary by quite a bit in prizes and they are sometimes tied to certain particular games, which is also something you should check out before playing.
Online Casino Free Spins
Another aspect of the real casino online games bonuses in general is the awarding of Free Spins to players; in other words, allowing them to potentially win money whilst at the same time not having to spend money—this is usually happening after the first deposit has been done; in some cases after a sequence of a certain number of deposits has been done. Different casinos handle bonuses differently; for example, there are some online casino real money no deposit that offer optional free games without the necessity of a deposit so that players can try them out.
In some cases, you have some casinos that offer the possibility of free games, but once a deposit has been made, you as a player, have the possibility of winning both free spins and bonuses at the same time!