How About That? A Free-To-Play Skyrim!

Today I came across this article on GameSpot.com. It's about an ex-Battlefield developer saying he would totally see a Skyrim-like game with a Free-To-Play business model.

Well, I am not against F2P by principle, but the main reason I love Skyrim is that it's a fun single-player game. I like to refer to it as an MMO without the annoying players :)
In reply to the article, there has been a massive reader reaction against the idea.

My favorite comment was this one, by user Packtop, summarizing perfectly what the words F2P and Skyrim evoke to me when put together:

Yeah right a f2p skyrim.

NPC: i have a quest for you go in the Napuchi dungeon and kill every bandit there.

Once you're in front of the dungeon: if you want to enter this dungeon and finish quests you need to pay 1.99$.

NPC: go kill a Giant.

Once you're on your way there you get a message saying that area is locked and you need tyo pay 9,99$ to unlock the area.

You buy a weapon, but the weapon is only at half his normal power if you want to unlock it's full power you need to pay .99$.

Half you skills is blocked to unlock 1 full skill set you need to pay 4,99$

To teleport on the map you will need to pay 9,99$ monthly.

Your horse will have a stamina bar and once it's depleted you can't use him anymore if you want to use him more you will need to buy food, for 2,99$ you will get 10 piece of foods that will replenish half the stamina bar.

I could go for a really long time like that and for the ignorant out there everything above was invented, but i'm sure if a f2p skyrim was released most of them would probably become reality.

iOS Charts: Draw Something owns everything

I thought it was about time I tried this Pictionary-style app. After all, Draw Something got more than 30 million downloads on iOS and is currently sitting at the top of the Top Grossing, Top Paid and Top Free Apps rankings!
Hard to miss it right?

So this is how it goes: you launch the game, sync with Facebook and pick friends you want to play with.

After you choose someone, the game starts. You have to pick a word among 3 (easy, normal, hard difficulty).

Then you have to draw it. You can choose different colors, line weights. You are supposed to hurry but you can take virtually all the time you need.
As you draw, every actions are recorded. When done, data is sent to your friend for guessing what you drew.
Your friend receives a notification that you completed a drawing.
When they are ready, your friend hit the "Play" button and starts guessing your drawing as it reveals itself.
Successful or not, your friend has to draw something in turn for you to guess, and so on.

Depending on the words' difficulty, you earn 1, 2 or 3 coins to spend on bonuses.
However, the game is just fun to play as is.

It's simple fun, and totally addicting and much like a real Pictionary game, it can be hilarious depending on who you play it with!





Images credits: Draw Something's Facebook Page, iTunes App Store