I’m looking forward to the full release of Spiral Knights next week. Those of us that got in the preview get a sneak peek weekend starting on Friday but I’ll be up visiting Dad so I won’t get to start right away.
There’s been a lot of press lately, and a wonderful photo album from a player who fell in love, so it’s been interesting seeing the wide world’s reaction to this little effort that I was introduced to 2 years ago as Project X. I think the feel of the world is fantastic and I really believe that Three Rings could sell this as a console game and do well with it. This game really resembles a graphical MUD more than a modern MMO and the gameplay really shines.
My only regret is that my laptop is just on the edge of being able to handle it and I can really feel a slowdown when there’s a lot of mobs on the screen, even at low graphics, but I still enjoyed what I saw enough to plunk down $4.95 for the starter package. I’m also enjoying the fact that OOO is still able to offer free play and is introducing the exchange concept into a game with wider appeal.