The best thing I played last week was WildStar. One of the best things about this is that it was just another of the WildStar Pre-Order Beta weekends, the game hasn’t even launched yet! Now that the NDA’s have been lifted and pre-orders are available it is indeed time to talk about WildStar! At this point I’ve played in 3 beta weekends, watched about 100 hours worth of videos and read too many articles to count so I’m pretty sure I have a fairly well informed opinion on WildStar and I can say I am stoked to have pre-ordered the game and am seriously looking forward to the 3-day head start that the pre-order allows.
I know a lot of people out there are probably like me and they play an MMO for about a year or so and then they get bored of it. I’ve played a few myself, WoW, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Champions (notice a trend), RIFTS, and I’ve done beta testing on quite a few more. After maxing out 2 characters in RIFTS I decided it was time for a break from serious gaming and nothing seemed fun enough to bring me back until I saw the first promo video for WildStar. The fun is very easy to see in their videos. Go hit the WildStar home page HERE, the videos are probably the best I have ever seen promoting an upcoming game. And in the unlikely event that those videos didn’t convince you I would also highly recommend the videos of one Richie Procopio also known as Bog Otter which can be found HERE. His videos on his personal YouTube channel as well as the videos he’s done for ZAM have been my source for all things WildStar since the game was announced.
The elevator pitch for WildStar would be World of Warcraft in space with humor, but it is SO much more than that. New races and mounts never before seen in any other MMO, a new combat system that I’ll say takes some getting used to but does away with the boredom that can result from tab target spamming for hours on end. Crazy customization on everything from housing to mounts, War Plots, Professional Paths, Chuas! So much fantastic stuff it really does need to be seen to be believed. Great voice work and spectacular cut scene videos along with an expansive new world to discover makes WildStar a treat for anyone looking to get back into the MMO game. So go check it out and hopefully I’ll see you server side on Nexus.
Bonus – if you’re worried about paying for a new $15 a month subscription fee without having a chance to play the game then I suggest you check with your friends. Each box of WildStar is supposed to come with a couple guest passes to give out to friends. So go find your friends that ordered and call dibs on their guest passes!
