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Free Realms has stepped the paid members experience substantially by adding mounts allowing players to bomb around the fantastical landscape at speeds up to a hundred and fifty times faster than when traveling on foot.
With all the teleportation options one may wonder why they would want a mount (much like one may have wondered what the point was of having a house if the game is all about venturing out on quests) – well consider all the cool hidden nooks and crannies you will be far more willing to explore when you know you don’t have to trek on foot from the nearest teleport hub. In a way this makes the game far richer, but ONLY if the FR team continues to make the world bigger and deeper and more full of surprises, because otherwise it’s going to seem pretty small, pretty fast. A mount will cost a paid member (approx $5 monthly) an additional 450 station cash points (roughly US$5.00) and they come in up to five colors. Here is the official blurb from the people at SOE: “Have you seen players riding around Free Realms on the back of a T-Rex or maybe hovering over the road while riding a winged Dragon called a Wyvern? You aren’t dreaming. These are the first Rides available in Free Realms and they are currently available only to Members. You can hop on the back of these awesome creatures and ride them anywhere in the overland areas and also at your house! Rides have special swimming animations and can also leap into the air from Launch Pads located around the world.” You know we at FRG can be a little harsh on Free Realms at times, but that’s only because we care. And when props are merited we are glad to give them. So here is our big thumbs up to this welcome addition to the game. Wyverns, ho!  Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsIn addition to being nominated for the 2010 Best New Social/Online Game award at the Game Developers Choice Awards in San Francisco March 11th, Free Realms, the massively multi-player online game from Sony Online Entertainment announced that it has reached 8 million registered users. Although it is difficult to say how many of these registrations equal active or paying users on the game, it does indicate a slight decline in the monthly average, down to 500,000 per month from 900,000 after its initial launch period. Nonetheless, the game has proven very popular and continues to role out innovative social networking strategies, like its new ConnecDing competition that allows players to win rewards for all “fellow players,” among others.
Lest we come off sounding like Bah Humbugs (a real breed of insect living under the couch of our new apartment in Free Realms!) sometimes you just want to log in and go to the party rather than waste a lot of time traveling over land unnecessarily. Besides teleportation is an intrinsic part of Free Realms game play. The image to the left is a calendar of the many many activities the creators of Free Realms have concocted to keep you busy – looks like a lot of fun to be had! Enjoy and happy holidays!
Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsFreeRealms has finally opened up the soccer game to members. After meeting with the soccer manager outside the soccer field (just Southwest of Snowhill) we delivered some jerseys and then were ready to start kicking the ball around. At first we weren’t sure just how the soccer play itself would feel. After all, soccer is not only a very collaborative, team effort sport, but it is fast and furious and requires a lot of field strategy. Well after a few questionable attempts, we got the hang of it and before long forgot we were playing a video game and started feeling really competitive. To get an idea of what the controls are like for playing soccer in the game, we created this gameplay video for you to preview. 
This also got us to wondering whether Free Realms might be the first ever MMO to introduce team based sports within a fantasy setting…? *chin rub* Now get out there and kick some grass! Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts
Type the following into your chat bar: /ABSNBD Don’t worry – only you will see this awesome transformation. You can type the same code back in to turn it off again. This is one of those little “Easter Eggs” that developers created just for themselves, but now you can harness the power too! Have fun! |
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Here is a neat little trick you can use to transform everyone (including monsters and pets) into big ole’ Bobbleheads.
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