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You’ve survived sniper fire and out of control vehicles, and took down your fair share of rival players. The battle is reaching its inevitable climax.</p>\n\n<p>The tension mounts as you discover that there are only you and one opponent left. You can practically taste that chicken dinner. You creep around the side of the one remaining house on the map, sliding stealthily through the side door, when…. <em><strong>BANG! </strong></em>Standing, or rather ‘camping’ behind it is the same guy that has killed you in the previous round.</p>\n\n<p>In fact, it feels like this person has been stalking you all day, popping up at every turn, and ruining any hope you ever had of winning a match. The red mist begins to descend.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Gamer rage is very common\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-1.jpg\" title=\"Gamer rage is pretty common\" /></p>\n\n<p>Further down in this post we will discuss in detail each of these 5 steps in order to rage less, and enjoy the game more:</p>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>\n\t<p><em><strong>Take a Break</strong></em></p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p><em><strong>Lower That Difficulty</strong></em></p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p><em><strong>Watch, Learn, Rinse, Repeat</strong></em></p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p><em><strong>Take Your Anger Elsewhere</strong></em></p>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>\n\t<p><em><strong>Ask for Help</strong></em></p>\n\t</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>But first, some basic background information:</p>\n\n<h2>Reacting to Video Games</h2>\n\n<p>When this happens, we generally fall into one of two categories, we either A) realize what is happening within our own mind and try to cool down, or B) we end up stressing out, screaming out loud, or in the case of some - hurling the controller across the room.</p>\n\n<p>If you fall into the first category, then you most probably know how to control the anger that bubbles up inside the vast majority of us when we lose at a <a href=\"/en/games/\">game</a>. But if you happen to fall into the second category, things can take a rather unpleasant turn.</p>\n\n<h2>Why Does Gamer Rage Happen?</h2>\n\n<p><strong>The reasons that we experience ‘gamer rage’ are no different from those for road rage or any other sort of anger management issues.</strong> It is often rooted in the perceived feeling of not being good enough or being mistreated, and it is hard to ignore.</p>\n\n<p>Now, there is always the option to put the game down and stop playing, but for those of us who put video games at the top of our ‘pleasurable activities list,’ this is something we don’t really want to do.</p>\n\n<p>So, is it possible to completely control and lower our stress levels when playing games? Or is the suppression of these feelings the best we can hope for? Well, that very much depends on you and whether you can identify your triggers early.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Warning Signs of Video Game Rage</h2>\n\n<p>Triggers are aspects of games that begin the cycle of anger we experience when ‘gamer rage’ rears its ugly head. These triggers are present for all of us, and some are worse than others.</p>\n\n<p>Similar to the aspects of life we enjoy, our triggers vary from person to person. For some of us, it could be when a particular player seems to target us repeatedly. For others, it could simply be struggling to pass a certain level. In general, these triggers tend to be <a href=\"https://www.futurity.org/frustration-fuels-video-gamers-aggression/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">related to performance rather than the game content</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Many things can trigger your gamer rage\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-2.jpg\" title=\"Many things can trigger your gamer rage\" /></p>\n\n<h2>What Are the Main Symptoms of Gamer Rage?</h2>\n\n<p>You can usually recognize it the moment you start to feel like your thoughts are out of your control. It is often accompanied by a raised heart rate, faster breathing, sometimes shaking, and the clear sense of utter rage. The clenching of teeth, sweating, stomach aches, and even dizziness have all been reported as early warning signs of an impending rage. There are other symptoms, but it really does depend on your particular psyche as to whether you exhibit them.</p>\n\n<p>Find our what your triggers are, and you are on your way to dealing with them. If you find it hard to decipher what exactly is triggering you, it may help to ask a friend who you play with regularly. Those of us who ‘rage quit’ games regularly may notice that it is easier to see the triggers from the outside, rather than from within.</p>\n\n<p>Here are our top 5 tips to decrease gamer rage's instances and its effect on us:</p>\n\n<h2>1. Take a Break</h2>\n\n<p>Taking a break from a particularly frustrating level is something that should help you calm down quickly. Just like with many other problems, taking your mind off the game can immediately make you feel more relaxed. It also has a critical side-effect of sometimes improving your performance on your return.</p>\n\n<p>Ever spent hours trying to pass a level on a game, only to take a short break, come back and beat it immediately? That may not be a coincidence. A <a href=\"https://www.spring.org.uk/2012/07/the-incubation-effect-how-to-break-through-a-mental-block.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">learning technique called “incubation”</a> has been discussed in the music industry from quite some time, and the idea centers around the fact that your brain will continue to decipher the things you learn in everyday life, even when you are not consciously thinking about them. This mostly happens when we sleep, often letting us wake up with a fresh perspective on a problem.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Taking a break from playing helps deal with gamer rage\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-3.jpg\" title=\"Take a break\" /></p>\n\n<p>This phenomenon was initially observed in musicians learning new instruments, but the premise is the same for any skill you wish to learn. If you are gaming into the small hours with diminishing success, perhaps it might be time to take a little break or call it a night and start fresh tomorrow.</p>\n\n<h2>2. Lower That Difficulty</h2>\n\n<p>The next option might be considered a cop-out, but it is worth considering.</p>\n\n<p>No matter what your friends may say, turning down the difficulty is <strong>NOT </strong>a criminal offense. If you find that a game has stopped being fun, is it really that much of a sin to lower the difficulty a notch?</p>\n\n<p>Purists may scorn, but we aren’t all born with cat-like reflexes or the patience of a saint. We shouldn’t feel guilty for wanting to complete a game either.</p>\n\n<p>The only reason anyone plays video games is to have fun, so when that stops, it may be time to finally admit you are more of a hey, not too rough kinda person.</p>\n\n<h2>3. Watch, Learn, Rinse, Repeat</h2>\n\n<p>If turning down the difficulty makes you recoil in abject horror (or if you are playing an online game, it's just impossible) then you really are only left with one option. You need to get better.</p>\n\n<p>Now, you may think that is a trite statement, and to a point it is, but with the resources available to us these days, you really haven’t exhausted all avenues unless you have watched a tutorial video or two.</p>\n\n<p>If full-on walkthroughs are not your style, then perhaps a video that discusses tips and techniques would suit you better? Or for sports and competitive online games, watching a few experts on Twitch could give you a new take on why you happen to be so embarrassingly poor at a particular game.</p>\n\n<p>‘Knowledge is power,’ as they say, so find out who are the best players in the world at your game and start taking notes.</p>\n\n<h2>4. Take Your Anger Elsewhere</h2>\n\n<p>When you simply can’t calm down, sometimes it can be a cathartic experience to take your anger out somewhere else.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Making time for other hobbies and interests lowers the chances of gamer rage \" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-4.jpg\" title=\"Take Your Anger Elsewhere\" /></p>\n\n<p>If you do find other activities alleviate stress for you, it might be a good idea to do just that. For those of you who own a boxing bag, the answer would seem obvious, but for those who don’t, taking a break from that challenging game and loading up another that you practically have a doctorate in could give you that much-needed relief from failing over and over.</p>\n\n<p>Once you have found your heart rate is back to normal, you can pour yourself a lemon iced-tea, light a candle, and try to tackle that unforgiving game again.</p>\n\n<h2>5. Ask for Help</h2>\n\n<p>If you are someone who is generally quick to anger, be that in gaming or other aspects of your life, it could be a good idea to <a href=\"http://www.priorygroup.com/mental-health/anger-management/symptoms-of-anger-management\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">look into real anger-management</a> and self-help techniques.</p>\n\n<p>Being \"mindful\" of your overall mental health is nothing to be sneered at. For those who suffer from anger issues, these facets can impede our happiness to a point where it affects our work life or our relationships. If things ever get to this level, learning how to avoid these situations and how to deal with them could be imperative in cementing your long-term happiness.</p>\n\n<p>Learning breathing techniques, how to clear your mind, and how to distract yourself can mean the difference between being the best version of yourself possible, and being that angry person that other people tend to avoid.</p>\n\n<p>If your anger is getting out of control, never feel embarrassed about wanting to seek help. It is a widespread problem and one that is much easier to deal with once you possess the right knowledge.</p>\n\n<h2>It’s Supposed to Be Fun, Right?</h2>\n\n<p>The most important piece of information to take away from this is that gamer rage doesn't mean that you need to stop playing games. It is worth remembering that the vast majority of us are very passionate when playing video games, and that passion can sometimes lead to angry when things don't go our way.</p>\n\n<p>Rather than thinking you need to eradicate all negative feeling while you play, be aware that you can appease these feelings, without taking the ‘edge’ out of your game.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Don't rage quit - have fun!\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-5.jpg\" title=\"Don't rage quit - have fun\" /></p>\n\n<p>Stress is what we are looking to avoid in our downtime, so go easy on yourself next time you are on a poor run. If you continuously come away from a gaming session feeling angry and drained, it will be worth your while to address the issue head-on. We all feel the urge to \"rage quit\" from time to time, but when it interferes with our enjoyment of gaming, a change is needed. Frustration is fine - anger isn’t; so for the sake of your own mental health, address the problem rather than letting it define you.</p>\n","date":"6/19/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13219"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/we-play-war-games/"},"strings":{"title":"War Games: Why Do We Love Playing at War","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>War is horrible. No one wants to go to war, or live through one.</p>\n\n<p>So what is it about slipping into the muddy boots of a WWII soldier, tightly grasping the plasma cannon of a space marine, or sending your troops to a bloody adventure that we love so much?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Why do we play war games?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_24/why-we-love-playing-war-games-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 1200px; height: 628px;\" title=\"Why do we play war games?\" /></p>\n\n<p>The fact is, there is a whole multitude of reasons. However, what we're interested in are the most basic thoughts, feelings, and emotions that make us want to play <a href=\"/en/games/genre/war-games/\">war games</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, before we delve into our psyches and have ourselves a shootout with the forces of darkness, we need first to define what is a war game.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What are War Games?</h2>\n\n<p>It is a common belief that all war games have the same three characteristics:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>The War Aspect</li>\n\t<li>The Game Aspect</li>\n\t<li>The Simulation Aspect</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h3><strong>The War Aspect</strong></h3>\n\n<p>Not all games are actually about war.</p>\n\n<p>Part of what makes a game a war game is simulating the “the activity of war” and the right vocabulary and jargon.</p>\n\n<p>Only games that depict the act of war, not necessarily realistically, can be called war games. The concept doesn’t have to be front and center, but an online war game can’t be one without war.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>The Game Aspect</strong></h3>\n\n<p>Not all war simulation can, or should be classed as war games.</p>\n\n<p>For example, military maneuvers may be a simulation of war, but they don’t have a lot to do with gaming.</p>\n\n<p>If the previous aspect enforced the idea that a war game needs to deal with war, this one emphasizes that a war game needs to be an actual game.</p>\n\n<p>Games usually compel participants to compete against each other or cooperate against a common enemy. This in turn, “forces” players to think creatively and come up with new strategies to complete their goal.</p>\n\n<p>If a simulation provides opportunities for strategic thinking, then you can call it a game.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>The Simulation Aspect</strong></h3>\n\n<p>Good war games simulate actual war in some way.</p>\n\n<p>They do so in various levels of realism, but by definition, playing them should provide some insight into the world of warfare (without the actual death part). From strategic planning to the conditions a person may encounter, these games replicate a situation of war to a greater or lesser degree.</p>\n\n<p>Most games do not focus on educating their players about what’s it like to fight a war or lead an army, but that is a byproduct of any good war game.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The three aspects of war games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_24/why-we-love-playing-war-games-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The three aspects of war\" /></p>\n\n<p>The United States military, as well as other armies around the world, have historically valued the simulation army games can provide.; so much so, that the US Army has developed its own army game as a <a href=\"https://www.americasarmy.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">training and recruitment tool</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Now, this isn't to say that every war game is trying to be like the real thing.</p>\n\n<p>Every war game exhibits some level of the three aspects we've outlined here. However, that doesn’t mean they all exist in equal measure. Usually, promoting one aspect will most likely result in diminishing the other two. The more game-like your game is, the less of a simulation it becomes, and vice-versa.</p>\n\n<p>For example, fantasy <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO</a> war games work great as games, and they do deal with the subject matter of war, but they aren’t very good war simulations. Nevertheless, they are still war games.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The History of War Games</h2>\n\n<p>Games about war have been around for centuries.</p>\n\n<p>We’ve been playing at war ever since someone picked up a deck of cards and invented the popular card game “War” (when that happened precisely is lost to history). Ever since, we have been pretending to be at war in every medium imaginable, from cards to board games to video games.</p>\n\n<p>The first video game about war was \"Spacewar!\". It was a space combat game developed in 1962 on the PDP-1 minicomputer. Incidentally, “Spacewar!” is also one of the first video games ever made, which tells us a little bit about human nature and the games we like to play.</p>\n\n<h3>The First War Game</h3>\n\n<p>However, the first war game was developed in February 1980, and was called “Computer Bismarck.” It was a turn-based strategy game where players acted as the British forces, fighting against the battleship Bismarck and other German units. The German side was controlled by another player or by a computer AI, called “Otto Von Computer.”</p>\n\n<p>As you can see below, “Computer Bismarck” wasn’t much to look at. You can barely make out Great Britain (on the right) or Iceland (at the top) against the purple Atlantic Ocean.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Computer Bismarck was the first war game\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_23/compbismarck15.jpg\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 326px;\" title=\"Computer Bismarck was the first war game\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since then, war games have made tremendous strides and became the most popular type of video game. The rise of the first-person shooter in the 1990s gave birth to blockbuster franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Wolfenstein. They helped establish war as the “go-to” subject of video games. It is so popular; there's even a game called Darksiders where you play the actual personification of War.</p>\n\n<p>Today, you can find war games in every genre and on every device, from narrative-heavy adventures to explosion-filled military shooters on mobile. But there’s one genre that’s almost entirely focused on the concept of warfare, and that’s strategy. Both turn-based strategy and real-time strategy games from across the years have brought wargaming to <a href=\"/en/games/platform/pc-games/\">PCs</a> around the world with franchises like Command & Conquer, Total War, and WarCraft.</p>\n\n<p>These eventually led to the rise of the MMO <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">strategy games</a>, where a lot of modern war games find their audience.</p>\n\n<h2>Online War Games Make Us Better People</h2>\n\n<p><strong>Why do we love going to war in video games?</strong> For the challenge and satisfaction of outthinking and outmaneuvering our (virtual) enemies.</p>\n\n<p>Us humans love competing, usually caring about being <strong>better</strong>, and improving in certain fields.</p>\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/why-we-compete/403201/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">study by the Harvard School of Public Health</a>, almost half of the participants said they would rather earn $50,000 in a world where the average salary is $25,000 than make $100,000 in a world where the average is $200,000.</p>\n\n<p>Similarly, the study shows that people preferred to have a relative advantage and not an absolute one. In other words, people want to be smarter and better looking than their friends and coworkers, not necessarily the most intelligent and attractive person in the world.</p>\n\n<h3>Playing at War Games as a Sense of Accomplishment</h3>\n\n<p>We want to be better than our peers, and that is a fundamental human trait.</p>\n\n<p>So when you play war games - where the aim is to outsmart other players through a combination of strategy, logic, and foresight - you don't really care how good you are overall. You just want to be <strong>better </strong>than the person on the other side of the screen.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Competition is a major incentive in war games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 464px;\" title=\"We constantly compete to be better than one another\" /></p>\n\n<p>To put it another way, we all want to be a big fish in a small pond.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, as you progress through the game, your pond will gradually increase in size. However, truly skilled players will grow at the same rate to ensure they remain the proverbial shark.</p>\n\n<h2>A Cocktail of Hormones and Emotions</h2>\n\n<p><strong>Another reason</strong> we seem to enjoy army games, aside from the fact that they test our powers of logic, strategy, and planning, is that they appeal to our most basic instincts.</p>\n\n<p>As suggested in this <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2013/02/11/171698919/video-game-violence-why-do-we-like-it-and-whats-it-doing-to-us\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">piece from NPR</a>, two things are guaranteed to make a situation or narrative more appealing: sex and violence.</p>\n\n<p>According to Iowa State University professor Douglas Gentile, war games and shooters cause a cocktail of stress hormones, such as cortisol, noradrenaline, and testosterone, to be released into our bloodstream – the same hormones would have been released were we in actual combat.</p>\n\n<h3>Real-life vs Playing at War</h3>\n\n<p>In a real-life situation, these hormones would be used by the body to create a fight-or-flight response. However, as Gentile points out, they also turn us on and make us find a game more engaging.</p>\n\n<p>\"When you know you're safe, having that heightened sense of stress can be fun,\" explains Gentile.</p>\n\n<p>This theory is confirmed by iStrategyLabs' Megan Zlock, a self-confessed gamer. Zlock claims that a storyline is instantly made more impressive and immersive if there's an element of danger added to the mix.</p>\n\n<h3>Adding a Storyline to Complete the Creation of a War Game</h3>\n\n<p>\"If you want to create a good narrative, you need to create conflict, and violence is a really easy way to create conflict,\" said Zlock.</p>\n\n<p>Violence is a stimulant that, when triggered in the right setting, can be extremely enjoyable. Clearly, this is the case when it comes to immersive online war games. You’re in a war-like scenario; your body is tense from the stress of competition and the desire to win, so your brain reacts appropriately.</p>\n\n<p>Exercising a degree of control over such a situation can fill you with an intoxicating sense of power; especially if that control resulted in besting another player. Add in your stress hormones, and the resultant cocktail is one you're only too willing to drink for hours and hours.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Conflict is a great motivator\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_24/why-we-love-playing-war-games-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Conflict is a great motivator\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Why We Play War Games</h2>\n\n<p>Playing war games helps us show the world, and more specifically our enemies, that we are better than them: our strategy smarter, our reflexes sharper, and our skills superior.</p>\n\n<p>The thrill of competition, combined with the sense of power and accomplishment we derive from taking back control over seemingly chaotic situations are the reason war is such a prevalent theme in video games.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"5/22/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_24/why-we-love-playing-war-games-3.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"12953"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/the-first-video-game/"},"strings":{"title":"The History of the First Video Games is... Complicated","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>To know where we are going, we must first discover where we have been.</p>\n\n<p>This is just as true for video games as it is in any other professional field. Fortunately, the video game industry has an incredibly rich and interesting past that can teach us a lot.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>In this article, we will tackle and answer some fundamental questions regarding one of the fastest growing and biggest industries in the world:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>What is considered a video game?</li>\n\t<li>What was the first video game?</li>\n\t<li>Who ivnented the first video game?</li>\n\t<li>What year was the first video game invented?</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Who invented the first video game?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_17/Illustration_800x650_02.jpg\" title=\"Who invented the first video game?\" /></p>\n\n<p>At first glance, you would think the answers to these questions would be quick to find and straightforward. However, like so many others that revolve around \"the first of,\" or \"who invented it,\" you will quickly learn that it is surrounded in mystery and confusion - both of which we’re hoping to dispel as best as we can.</p>\n\n<h2>What Is Considered a Video Game?</h2>\n\n<p>What exactly is a video game is an important and crucial point when debating the facts and history surrounding the origin of the phenomenon.</p>\n\n<p>The simplest definition of 'What is a video games?' is this:</p>\n\n<p><strong>A video game is anything you can interact with by electronically manipulating computer-generated images on a display screen.</strong></p>\n\n<p>Some would argue that the verb “play” needs to be included in any interpretation of video games. After all, we are talking about a game. However, many modern definitions take into consideration video games can also be viewed as an art form, used to convey a message interactively.</p>\n\n<p>Still, to determine what is the first video game ever developed, we should rely on a much more technical definition. <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_video_games#Defining_the_video_game\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia</a> states:</p>\n\n<p><em>\"Technically, for a product to be a video game, there must be a video signal transmitted to a cathode ray tube (CRT) that creates a rasterized image on a screen.\"</em></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Video game definition\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-1.jpg\" title=\"Video game definition\" /></p>\n\n<p>Although this definition may sound complicated, it defines the technical parameters of exactly what was considered a video game during that period.</p>\n\n<p><strong>This is the foundation of what is used to define the first ever created video game in its purest sense.</strong></p>\n\n<p>Today, the definition of a video game is much more encompassing.</p>\n\n<p>Only the most purists among us would argue the point that the vast array of <a href=\"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/\">mobile games</a>, or that the virtual reality simulations that have gained an audience on PCs and consoles over the last few years are nothing more than “experiences” and are not technically video games.</p>\n\n<p>In the modern sense, they are video games. However, strict parameters need to be set if we are looking to establish the truth and find real answers.</p>\n\n<h2>What Was the First Video Game?</h2>\n\n<p>Similar to the debate surrounding many discoveries and inventions, the questions of what was the first video game and who invented it have many different answers.</p>\n\n<p>But if you sift through the noise, you will begin to narrow your results and hone in on a few promising candidates.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h3>Bertie the Brain</h3>\n\n<p>According to some, <strong>the first video game ever created was Bertie the Brain</strong> - <a href=\"https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a23660/bertie-the-brain/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">constructed in 1950</a> by an inventor named Josef Kates.</p>\n\n<p>This massive monstrosity of a machine, which measured four meters tall, played a familiar childhood game known as Tic-Tac-Toe and was displayed in the Canadian National Exhibition.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Bertie the Brain - almost the first video game\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/bertie.jpg\" title=\"Bertie the Brain - almost the first video game\" /></p>\n\n<p>For weeks, visitors to the Canadian National Exhibition were able to challenge the artificial intelligence of Bertie the Brain in varying levels of difficulty, much to their delight. For its time, Bertie was a marvel of technology - something no one has seen before.</p>\n\n<p>Sadly, this piece of our history was disassembled at the end of the exhibition, largely dismissed as no more than \"novelty,\" even if a fantastical one.</p>\n\n<p>We are back to the definition of what is a video game - a definition that Bertie the Brain does not quite fully meet.</p>\n\n<h3>William Higinbotham: The Man Who Invented Video Games</h3>\n\n<p>Although Bertie the Brain was a crucial part of gaming history, it did not fully meet the exact definition of what a video game is.</p>\n\n<p>This brings us to the next major contender and the one that purists believe to be the first real video game.</p>\n\n<p>Fast forward eight years into the future - to 1958 - and travel to the <a href=\"https://www.bnl.gov/world/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Brookhaven National Laboratory</a>. There, you will meet a physicist named <strong>William Higinbotham.</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>William Higinbotham, born on October 25th, 1910</strong> was no simple physicist. He already had an illustrious career behind him, having been a member of the team that created the first ever <strong>nuclear bomb</strong>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"William Higinbotham, the inventor of the first video game\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/higinbotham.jpeg\" title=\"William Higinbotham, the inventor of the first video game\" /></p>\n\n<p>Not many gamers know that the man who practically invented what we today call a video game was also one of the men responsible for creating the most destructive technology this world has ever seen.</p>\n\n<p>It’s an interesting dichotomy, to say the least, one that highlights the brilliance of this man's mind, while at the same time proving that not everything in this world is simply black or white.</p>\n\n<p>Being a part of this team (and the burden that went along with it) stayed with William Higinbotham for the rest of his life and troubled him. That is probably why he became one of the founding members of the \"<a href=\"https://fas.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Federation of American Scientists</a>\" - a group with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to make the world more secure.</p>\n\n<p>Having already been a pivotal linchpin in history, Higinbotham took up residency at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1947. That is where he came up with <strong>Tennis for Two</strong>.</p>\n\n<h2>Tennis for Two: The World’s First Video Game</h2>\n\n<p><strong>In October 1958, Tennis for Two, the first actual video game was revealed to the world.</strong> It happens during an open house hosted at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. The first video game, created by William Higinbotham, turned out to be the star of the show, much to the amazement of the attendees and even Higinbotham himself - people lined up to take their turn to play Tennis for Two.</p>\n\n<p>Using a small analog computer, players could adjust two knobs and push a button, which simulated a game of tennis on an oscilloscope. <strong>Essentially, this was an early version of the hit game Pong, which will come into existence 14 years later.</strong></p>\n\n<p>The game took only hours to design and was a huge success. Higinbotham was delighted, as his little experiment achieved exactly what he was striving for: livening up an otherwise dull and boring event. </p>\n\n<p>Higinbotham invented video games to show that science isn’t all about war and destruction.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Tennis for Two - was it the first video game ever?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/tennis_for_two.jpg\" title=\"Tennis for Two - the first video game\" /></p>\n\n<p>Tennis for Two quickly became the most popular piece at the exhibit, capturing the minds of those who played it, despite its total lack of fancy graphics or complicated controls. Players wrote down their scores and challenges were issued.</p>\n\n<p>Little did Higinbotham realize that day, that he had started a revolutionary movement. A movement that would continue to grow for years to come, eventually reshaping the entertainment industry into what it is today.</p>\n\n<p>Similar to its predecessor, Bertie the Brain, Tennis for Two was largely forgotten after the event hosted by Brookhaven National Laboratory. It wasn't until many years later that the seed planted on that fateful day would blossom and begin to take root.</p>\n\n<p>William Higinbotham, despite being accredited as the father of the first video game ever created, would not focus on this field of study and research. Leaving that venture in others capable hands, he returned to his work on nuclear arms control for the remainder of his career.</p>\n\n<p>Tennis for Two, a pivotal part of gaming history, was sadly dismantled, its parts used in other projects, destroying it for all time and making it another lost relic of the past.</p>\n\n<p>Still, the story continued onward and from that point on, the video game industry would continue to grow by leaps and bounds, gaining momentum as the years passed by.</p>\n\n<h2>Video Game Culture Explodes</h2>\n\n<p>For much of the remainder of the 1950's and 1960's, the video game industry remained relatively dormant. Slowly but surely, progress was inching ever forward as other brilliant minds would begin to take an interest in what we called today “interactive media.”</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Video game culture hasn't exploded until the 1970s, with the invention of Pong\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_17/Illustration_800x500_01.jpg\" title=\"Video game culture hasn't exploded until the 1970s, with the invention of Pong\" /></p>\n\n<p>Arcades began to spring up across the world and gave youths around the globe the opportunity to relax, meet and socialize, while at the same time fostering a competitive culture that would push each other (and the industry) to their limits, teaching the value of perseverance, patience, hard work, and practice.</p>\n\n<p>Still, it wasn't until the creation of <strong>Pong </strong>that the movement truly began to grow by leaps and bounds. Pong was the first blockbuster game that captured the minds of the American public in droves and led to a hyper-acceleration of the gaming industry.</p>\n\n<p>Thanks to Pong, Atari became a household name across the United States, and their video game console a staple item in many homes.</p>\n\n<p>Throughout the years we have witnessed a stunning growth in the gaming industry, as it has grown leaps and bounds over the course of these few short decades, despite several setbacks, as there are with anything.</p>\n\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n\n<p>It is estimated that the Gaming industry generated roughly <a href=\"https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/06/superdata-games-grew-12-to-139-9-billion-in-2020-amid-pandemic/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$140 billion in 2020</a>, a jump from $120 billion the previous year.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"How far we have come from the first video games - the gaming industry generated roughly $140 billion in 2020!\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_17/Illustration_800x500_04.jpg\" title=\"Video games are bigger than movies\" /></p>\n\n<p>What this means is that the gaming industry has <a href=\"https://www.nasdaq.com/article/investing-in-video-games-this-industry-pulls-in-more-revenue-than-movies-music-cm634585\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">catapulted past other sectors</a> in the entertainment industry, surpassing Hollywood and its other entertainment competitors.</p>\n\n<p>It is hard to imagine either Josef Kates or William Higinbotham, two of the earliest pioneers of this industry, envisioning the future that laid before them, or the pivotal roles they played in creating the largest entertainment industry this world has ever seen, enjoyed by millions of people - video games.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"5/15/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_17/Header_1368x384_01.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13206"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/cross-platform-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Cross-Platform Games and Why They Are So Important","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"300000","description":"<p>Imagine a world where gaming destroys the rigid (and often harmful) borders that separate players. This is the dream that some contemporary developers and game directors are chasing.</p>\n\n<p>Some people will argue that such an ideal world is irrational - that, by attempting to bridge such dissimilar platforms, crowds might end up harming and dissolving the video game community as a whole.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross platform gaming in real life\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 410px;\" title=\"Cross platform gaming in real life\" /></p>\n\n<p>The vast majority of players disagree with this idea, and instead dream of an open gaming experience without artificial barriers.</p>\n\n<p>There is tangible evidence that this is the direction the gaming industry is going in, as it starts to see new levels of cross platform gaming on both consoles and <a href=\"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/\">mobile</a> devices. It's a complicated path to walk, but it's one that's inherently better for all players. For these reasons, the gaming world continues to strive for the true cross platform accessibility ideal.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What Exactly Is Cross-Platform Gaming?</h2>\n\n<p>Simply put, cross platform games are titles that let players on different platforms or devices play together at the same time.</p>\n\n<p>For example, a game that allows PC gamers play on the same servers as Xbox One players, or PlayStation 4 gamers playing with those on PS Vita. It means a broader, more diverse community, and the downstream effects of this development can be significant.</p>\n\n<p>In older cases, cross platform games remained within their respective publisher's domain. Nintendo games have traditionally only had cross-play across their own consoles, for example. Much derided by players, this pattern is finally beginning to change.</p>\n\n<p>Examples of more encompassing cross platform games are still too few, but their numbers are slowly growing, especially within the modern console generation.</p>\n\n<p>It is only natural that cross platform games are on the rise, as more AAA titles are released <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2018/03/21/epic-games-wants-ps4-and-xbox-one-players-to-play-fortnite-battle-royale-together\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">across most major platforms</a> as the industry evolves. As hardware continues to improve, console architecture continues to approach that of a PC, and the links between all platforms will continue to strengthen.</p>\n\n<p>Since so many gamers are playing the same titles nowadays, many believe that they should be able to populate the same online networks. In other words: people should be able to play online games with their friends, regardless of platform.</p>\n\n<p>Yet, despite this common belief, there are still obstacles in the way.</p>\n\n<h2>The Obstacles Standing in the way of Cross-Platform Games</h2>\n\n<h3>An Unfortunately Divided Gaming Culture</h3>\n\n<p>It’s no secret that there is a rivalry between the popular platforms and their loyal fanbases. This is often called the console war, though this battlefield includes PC gaming too.</p>\n\n<p>Originally, the roots of this issue could originate in the old school-yard disputes of the young.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross platform games create fanbases\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Unfortunately Divided Gaming Culture\" /></p>\n\n<p>Like today, many older gamers grew up with only one console in their household. This would lead to arguments among schoolmates over which system was better; an argument which really came down to subjective choice.</p>\n\n<p>Such a divided culture can hinder the uniting efforts of cross platform games. There are a stubborn few who simply do not want to open the borders between their domains and share a match with other gamers, across what they perceive to be inferior platforms.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h3>Technical Limitations</h3>\n\n<p>This is a more practical point and has nothing to do with the games or gamers themselves.</p>\n\n<p>There are many differences between a mouse and keyboard combo and a controller. In many cases, it can introduce issues when cross platform games combine these controls together.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Console are one form of cross-platform gaming\" src=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Dualshock_4_Layout.svg/2000px-Dualshock_4_Layout.svg.png\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 533px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the case of first-person shooters, a mouse and keyboard provide a slight advantage over a controller. A mouse offers a higher level of sensitivity and accuracy than an analog stick for feats like flick-shots, and many console players in head-to-head combat would be at a disadvantage.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, there are features that address this challenge, such as how aim-assist boosts accuracy in FPS games. These efforts can mitigate issues, but they can't completely solve the problems that cross platform games face.</p>\n\n<h2>The Next Level of co-Op</h2>\n\n<p>There was a time when split-screen was the preferred tool for multiplayer gaming on consoles, before the advent of high-speed internet lines.</p>\n\n<p>While we see incredible new levels of online play, too many people miss the physical interaction of the couch-coop days of yore.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross-platform games will rekindle a sense of togetherness\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 440px;\" title=\"Cross-platform games will rekindle a sense of togetherness\" /></p>\n\n<p>Today, there are many co-op games that people wish they could play with each other, but cannot due to a lack of cross platform support.</p>\n\n<p>When it comes to the best online games to play with friends, it's a great pity when people cannot come together due to technical limitations. This need is what many people believe will drive developers to overcome existing drawbacks.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross-platform games are often available on computer\" src=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Input-gaming.png\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 800px;\" title=\"Cross-platform games are often available on computer\" /></p>\n\n<p>Such a drive proved itself with the new console systems, which are analogous to high-power PCs, with all the potential that implies.</p>\n\n<p>This balance of power and capability will eventually result in the leveling of the playing field to bring cross platform games to the masses. Once gamers across mediums can interact with each other freely, maybe the walls between PC, console, and mobile will finally crumble.</p>\n\n<h2>Cross-Platform Games Are Bringing People Together</h2>\n\n<p>To the delight of countless people all over the world, cross platform gaming is becoming the rule rather than the exception.</p>\n\n<p>New developers are increasingly coming to terms with the benefits of larger communities, and this doesn't just apply to singular games.</p>\n\n<p>It can have profound effects on the longevity of a series overall, by keeping cross platform games in a mainstream zeitgeist.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross-platform play between PC, consoles, mobile and tablets\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 440px;\" title=\"Cross-platform play between PC, consoles and mobile\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n\n<p>Recent titles have provided an invaluable contribution to cross platform development and progression.  It only takes a few titles which can successfully, securely, and reasonably bring together multiple platforms, to convince the gaming industry that cross platform games can quickly become a reliable, enjoyable, and highly profitable venture.</p>\n\n<p>There is so much to gain from cross platform games integration, and the lead companies in the industry are increasingly appreciating this fact. Technical limitations are being overcome, and a more balanced and fair realm of unified play has been a growing result.</p>\n\n<p>We're seeing a standard of gaming we once didn’t think possible, where ingeniously comprehensive mediums for multiplayer experiences are being revamped to unbelievable levels. It is all very inspiring to think about, and we can't wait to see how the next generation of cross platform games will embrace this new and changing world.</p>\n","date":"4/29/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13200"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/grinding-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Mine, Level Up, Repeat: The Ups and Downs of Grinding Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"420000","description":"<p>When it comes to controversial topics in gaming, few issues create as much debate as grinding games.</p>\n\n<p>The definition of grinding is performing a repetitive task to gain gameplay advantages.</p>\n\n<p>In short, grinding in video games is repeatedly performing an action that will increase your character stats and make you a more powerful adversary.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Grinding in games can feel a lot like running in place\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Grinding in games can feel a lot like running in place\" /></p>\n\n<p>Some players refer to this as “treadmilling” or “pushing the bar”, mainly due to the similarities that grinding has with regular exercise.</p>\n\n<p>In <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO games</a>, those repetitive actions can be mining ore or fighting low-level bad guys to achieve the same results.</p>\n\n<p>Sound familiar? That is because many games now include a significant amount of grinding.</p>\n\n<p>But is it really such a bad thing that to gain results we have to work for them?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What Does Grinding Mean in Video Games?</h2>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Game grinding is performing a repetitive task to make progress within a game. Quite often, grinding in video games can boost your stats and help you gain more useful attributes. </span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">This then means you can move forward by competing with others or developing your standing.</span></p>\n\n<h2>The History of Grinding Games</h2>\n\n<p>Grinding in video games is not a new thing. While it is particularly associated with modern <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/\">MMORPGs</a>, it is not a far cry from practicing Super Mario Bros on the NES and trying to master that tricky level over your summer holiday.</p>\n\n<p>While you did not \"level up\" in the same way you would expect in an MMO, you were still repeatedly trying to do something until your skill level improved enough to facilitate your progress.</p>\n\n<p>Your \"leveling up\" just happened to be noticeable in your physical skill, rather than in a number on a character stats screen.</p>\n\n<p>Most of the time, game grinding mixes good fun with a little frustration. But frustration isn’t necessarily a bad thing: waltzing through a game because it's far too easy irks players more than playing one that borders on being too difficult.</p>\n\n<p>There is pride associated with mastering something tough.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The key to making grinding games fun is company\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"The key to fun grinding is company\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Multiplayer Games = The Best Grinding Games</h2>\n\n<p>MMORPGs tend to lean heavily on the tropes associated with grinding games – and that works well.</p>\n\n<p>Stats-heavy games will always lend themselves to the grind more naturally than those that are lighter in that department.</p>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"/en/blog/social-gamer-guide/\">social aspects</a> associated with <a href=\"/en/games/genre/multiplayer-games/\">multiplayer games</a> also allow for extended moments of grinding with less boredom.</p>\n\n<h3>Team Players in Grinding Games</h3>\n\n<p>When working as part of a team in titles like WoW and The Elder Scrolls Online, game grinding becomes akin to a fun version of work.</p>\n\n<p>You feel compelled to put in the time to succeed, but don’t mind doing so, as some fun times are guaranteed.</p>\n\n<p>In that respect, grinding games have managed to be surprisingly successful.</p>\n\n<h3>Why are Grinding Games Fun?</h3>\n\n<p>Doing something repetitively over and over only to improve your stats shouldn’t be fun, should it?</p>\n\n<p>But, there seems to be a unique appeal to it in multiplayer games that most single-player games just can’t deliver.</p>\n\n<p>Players might enjoy getting immersed in the repetitive nature of grinding games and may get a real sense of achievement when their hours of hard work pay off and they access the bonuses or tools they were seeking.</p>\n\n<h3>Spicing Up the Game</h3>\n\n<p>To make a great grinding game, developers cannot merely rely on providing players with some company while they blindly go through their \"gaming chores\".</p>\n\n<p>A good title will include a game grinding routine that stimulates the player just as much as the more narrative-driven segments.</p>\n\n<p>If the game gets this wrong, players will see straight through the game-lengthening techniques.</p>\n\n<p>A successful game hides the grind or at least blurs its edges, so it is difficult to tell where the grind starts and ends.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Variety is the Spice of Life – and Grinding Games</h2>\n\n<p>Bashing the same button over and over as you slam your pickaxe into a rock gets tiresome very quickly.</p>\n\n<p>That's especially true when all you can hope to gain is a few numbers on a stat sheet.</p>\n\n<p>Mixing up the results from the mining will, on the other hand, keep the player concentrated on the task.</p>\n\n<p>A good example of how grinding games work well is <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardew_Valley\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stardew Valley</a>.</p>\n\n<h3>Stardew Valley as a Case Study</h3>\n\n<p>Originally released back in 2016, the indie title continues to be a huge hit.</p>\n\n<p>According to an article posted on Steam at the start of 2021, it broke its all-time in-game player record on the platform recently.</p>\n\n<p>The title achieved 94,879 players at one time.</p>\n\n<p>The game sees players head into the country for a life of farming, mining, and socializing with the locals.</p>\n\n<p>While town life may be considerably narrative-driven, the mining and farming aspects of the game are very grindy.</p>\n\n<p>Stardew Valley doesn’t fall into the trap of becoming tedious, though. There is plenty of variety to its grinding game elements.</p>\n\n<h3>Is Farming Grinding?</h3>\n\n<p>When farming, you may be required to plant and water your crops on a regular basis, but the way you do this is entirely up to you.</p>\n\n<p>You decide on the aesthetics of the farm, as well as the crops you sow. You may be repeating the same action, but it feels like it is your choice to do so, and rarely feels like a chore.</p>\n\n<p>The same can be said for the mining portion of the game. You decide where to mine, and the variety of rocks and ore keeps things fresh.</p>\n\n<p>The key to the success of Stardew Valley is the blend of hard work, reward, and variety.</p>\n\n<p>It can be a tricky tightrope to walk, but this is an example of a perfectly balanced grinding game.</p>\n\n<p>It also exhibits another factor that many grinding games would benefit from: it gives you a little glimpse of the future.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Grinding games for loot\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Grinding for loot\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Grinding Game Goals</h2>\n\n<p>Grinding games are only worth it if you have a slight idea of what the results could bring you.</p>\n\n<p>Nobody wants to work hard if there is no light at the end of the tunnel. If you can see what is waiting for you, it might feel more worth it.</p>\n\n<p>Stardew Valley does this amazingly well by placing obstacles in the way of your character progression.</p>\n\n<h3>The Success of Stardew Valley</h3>\n\n<p>It blocks access to certain parts of the map but gives hints of what is in store once you attain the necessary tools to proceed.</p>\n\n<p>This \"carrot on a stick\" is key to any grinding game that wants players to invest hour after hour into it and still come back for more.</p>\n\n<p>Whether that carrot is an inaccessible area or a weapon that is out of your current price range, the allure of \"what might be around the corner\" has to be strong enough to encourage the player onwards.</p>\n\n<h3>Cliffhangers outside of Film & TV</h3>\n\n<p>All the best grinding games know this and use it to their own advantage.</p>\n\n<p>However, there are grinding games that simply did not get the memo when it comes to this.</p>\n\n<p>These games tend to drag on with little or no sign of a reward or reason to carry on.</p>\n\n<p>This would have been a death sentence for games released 10 or 15 years ago, but with constant updates now available to anyone with internet access, grinding games can be rectified if needed.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Games requiring a lot of grinding are usually worth it in the end\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"It's worth it in the end\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Grinding in Video Games Done Right</h2>\n\n<p>Those who aren’t fans of game grinding would do well to consider what the gaming world would look like without it.</p>\n\n<p>A game with little challenge and a constant stream of rewards is something that quickly becomes boring.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe mom and dad were right all along - hard work really is a reward all by itself.</p>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Grinding can drive some gamers mad\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-5.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Grinding in MMO games\" /></h3>\n\n<h3>Grinding as Occupational Therapy of Sorts</h3>\n\n<p>Some players reference a sort of \"zen-like\" state that descends upon them while they are deep within grinding games.</p>\n\n<p>In addition, the sense of achievement they get from putting in the required hours leaves them with a genuine feeling of pride.</p>\n\n<p>If game grinding is implemented correctly in the first place, we shouldn’t even notice it at all.</p>\n\n<p>So, as a rule of thumb, if the grind is varied, challenging, and fun, you are halfway to creating a great grinding game.</p>\n","date":"4/12/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13192"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/rts-vs-tbs/"},"strings":{"title":"The Differences Between Real-time and Turn-based Strategy","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"420000","description":"<p><a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">Strategy games</a> are among the most complex video games. Most of them fall into two similar, but distinct subgenres: <strong>RTS</strong> and <strong>TBS</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>What's the difference between RTS vs. TBS?</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>RTS means Real-time Strategy</strong></li>\n\t<li><strong>TBS means Turn-based Strategy</strong></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Understanding the differences between RTS and TBS is key to understanding the strategy genre as a <em>whole</em>.</p>\n\n<p>So let's get straight to the point: <strong>RTS vs. TBS - how to tell them apart, and which one is better?</strong></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"RTS vs. TBS\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/realtime-turnbased-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"RTS vs. TBS\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Real-time Strategy Vs. Turn-based Strategy</h2>\n\n<p>The most basic defining factor that differentiates strategy games is how they approach the concept of time.</p>\n\n<p>The first difference between turn-based and real-time strategy is how time flows in a game. If time has been compartmentalized into phases, and each player or AI opponent has allocated time slots in which to execute their strategy - you are most likely playing a turn-based strategy game.</p>\n\n<p>In other words: If you each take turns to play, it’s a <em>turn-based game (TBS).</em></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>If time flows as it does in the real world, and all players can play all at once, then you are most likely playing a <em>real-time strategy game (RTS)</em>.</p>\n\n<p>Here all decisions are made under pressure and the constant threat of attack; there are <em>no pauses</em>.</p>\n\n<h2>Turn-based Strategy Games</h2>\n\n<p>If you are not familiar with the medium, the best way to imagine a turn-based game is to think of it as a digital board game.</p>\n\n<p>In the traditional board game format, each player will have a turn to think, strategize, and execute their decisions regarding the pieces in their hands and on the board.</p>\n\n<p>The game will progress in an orderly fashion, with each person biding their time, waiting for the others to finish their turns before they can resume actioning their investments on the board.</p>\n\n<p>The same is true with many turn-based strategy games. Players and AIs will each be given a chance in an orderly fashion to utilize the full extent of their intelligence, cunning, and resources to achieve whatever objective happens to be at hand.</p>\n\n<h2>Types of Turn-based Strategy Games</h2>\n\n<p>In XCOM, you command a squad of alien-hunting soldiers, taking charge of a party of around five or six characters in total.</p>\n\n<p>In a Total War game, you take control of an entire civilization - its government, commerce and economy, and armies.</p>\n\n<p>Now, although both games involve taking turns between you and opponents, the scale is <em>completely </em>different. XCOM is considered more tactical, with more surgical battles and short-term decision-making. Total War, on the other hand, is much more massive and “big-picture” with gameplay spanning years, decades and centuries.</p>\n\n<p>But that’s not where it ends. Between TBS and RTS, the former has made its way into other, admittedly more popular genres. You can find elements of TBS in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/eastern-games-vs-western-games/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">JRPGs</a>, simulators, and tactical shooters.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Real-time Strategy Games</h2>\n\n<p>The term “real-time strategy” was coined by Brett Sperry when <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/build-gather-brawl-repeat-the-history-of-real-time-strategy-games/2/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">marketing his 1990 classic game Dune II</a>. While this game is not necessarily considered to be the first proper RTS title, it certainly did set the format for countless leading franchises to come.</p>\n\n<p>Some of the most successful and acclaimed real-time strategy franchises such as Command & Conquer, Warcraft, and StarCraft, all owe their foundational design inspiration to the early 90s sci-fi classic.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Real-time strategy games are about quick decisions and multitasking\" longdesc=\"Real-time strategy is about quick decisions and multitasking\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/realtime-turnbased-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>The best way to understand a typical RTS game is to imagine the Middle Ages. In this foundational phase of human development, various newfound cultures uplifted themselves from the ashes of Classical Civilizations, often towards imperial domination goals.</p>\n\n<p>If you could imagine France, Germany and England, for example, all developing around each other, at the same time, and consequently invading or forming alliances with each other - then you pretty much understand a real-time strategy game.</p>\n\n<h3>Community Developing and Resource Gathering</h3>\n\n<p>This type of real-time strategy game involves players developing their people, settlements, armies, and strategies all in real-time. Unit construction, invasions, and all developments between players all occur along a single, continuous, and unhindered timeline which all present players share.</p>\n\n<p>Resource gathering is an essential part of most real-time strategy games, and you will indeed often find yourself competing aggressively with other players for limited resources upon the map.</p>\n\n<p>This requires a heightened level of decision-making and reflex-based reactions compared to turn-based strategy, which affords players an extended period of halted and composed planning and execution.</p>\n\n<h2>Playing Strategy Games at a Professional Level</h2>\n\n<p>If you are wondering about the esport presence of real-time and turned-based strategy titles, then you should know that RTS games make up the majority of the leading online strategy esport content.</p>\n\n<p>While you can play online strategy games that are turn-based at very competitive levels, they would, for the most part, not translate well to a live, widely-spectated performance. Many of the leading turn-based strategy games just do not fall into the esport criteria well enough. They are generally based on lengthy campaigns and lack the excitement needed for spectator sports. In fact, they face many of the problems <a href=\"/en/blog/esports/\">MMO esports</a> face.</p>\n\n<p>Today, millions of dollars go into the collective running and administering of just the online strategy sector of esports. Not only that, the actual players can win fortunes in the bigger competitions.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"StarCraft - the king of competitive strategy\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_13/starcrafttourney.jpg\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 390px;\" title=\"StarCraft - the king of competitive strategy\" /></p>\n\n<h2>StarCraft: The Founder and King of eSports</h2>\n\n<p>With the expansion of the original StarCraft monster hit, StarCraft: Brood Wars, came the foundations for the entire esports scene. It was in South Korea when the first proper and well-organized tournaments and competitions began their facilitation, around 2002.</p>\n\n<p>It was then that the first teams of organized pro-gamers began rising through the scene, receiving sponsorships from large South Korean companies such as KT, SK Telecom, and Samsung.</p>\n\n<p>While it may sound surprising or bizarre to many, Korean StarCraft champions are on the same level as professional athletes, holding the same level of public admiration and reverence.</p>\n\n<p>The original StarCraft was the first game ever to be accepted into the World Cyber Games tournament and continued to make a yearly appearance up until 2011 when it was replaced by the sequel - StarCraft 2.</p>\n\n<p>StarCraft 2 carried on the torch, continuing the original game’s success within the online strategy esports world as one of the most popular esport online strategy games.</p>\n\n<h2>RTS vs. TBS: Which is Better?</h2>\n\n<p>So, who wins when it comes to RTS vs. TBS?</p>\n\n<p>This question is obviously entirely subjective, and there is no one right answer. Every strategy game fan has different tastes. Some may absolutely love the epic war campaigns of turn-based strategy games, while others are all about the intense skirmishes of real-time strategy games.</p>\n\n<p>There are legions of hardcore fans on each side, and there have been debates raging for a long time regarding real-time vs. turn-based. Such contention, however, is ultimately redundant and futile, and players should actually be supporting the development of the strategy genre overall.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Which one is better in the battle of RTS vs. TBS?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/realtime-turnbased-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"So which one is better? Real-time strategy or turn-based strategy?\" /></p>\n\n<p>It all really depends on what you want out of a game. If you prefer being able to take your time to strategize and execute orders in a controlled, calm, and paced manner, then you might be happier with turn-based strategy.</p>\n\n<p>If you prefer to play games that flow in a more realistic manner and enjoy nothing more than fast-paced decision-making and flexible reactions, then real-time strategy is more up your alley.</p>\n\n<p>Both divisions are endlessly enjoyable, however, and you really should try leading titles from both to not limit your gaming experience. The best part about both subgenres is that they offer relatively limitless potential. The same game can be played over and over again, with different races, employing different strategies and executions.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"3/27/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/realtime-turnbased-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13191"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/eastern-games-vs-western-games/"},"strings":{"title":"The Difference Between Japanese Games and Western Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>If you were born after 1990, there is a good chance that you have grown up oblivious to one of the most brutal and nasty conflicts of the modern age.</p>\n\n<p>It was a battle between two powerhouses from the east, whose race for dominance divided families across the globe. Friendships were destroyed, brother turned against brother, and lines were drawn in the sand, some of which are there to this day.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>This bloody conflict was known as the console wars, and it shaped both Japanese and <a href=\"/en/games/\">Western games</a> throughout history.</p>\n\n<h2>Console Wars: How It All Started</h2>\n\n<p>Back in the early 1980s, <a href=\"https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Corporate/Nintendo-History/Nintendo-History-625945.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo released their new home console</a>, the Nintendo Entertainment System, better known as the NES.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was one of the first point of dispute among Japanese and Western games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/nes.jpg\" style=\"width: 700px; height: 510px;\" title=\"Nintendo Entertainment System, the NES\" /></p>\n\n<p>This little grey box started a fascination with video games that has grown exponentially ever since.</p>\n\n<p>To combat the rise of Nintendo, a company with a history of building arcade machines decided to enter the home console arena in 1985. With the release of the Master System, SEGA has officially started the console wars.</p>\n\n<p>Puritans may point to the earlier battles between the likes of the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum, but none of these face-offs garnered quite the same level of tribalism that the NES vs. Master System did.</p>\n\n<p>This battle continued for over a decade, with new systems entering the fray with ever increasing computing prowess and graphical fidelity.</p>\n\n<p>While fans were arguing over which side had the best console, a curious divide was becoming apparent. This divide went beyond the consoles themselves and quickly became a cultural one.</p>\n\n<p>This, of course, refers to the difference between Japanese and Western games.</p>\n\n<h2>Western RPG vs. JRPG</h2>\n\n<p>In the early years, when platformers, beat ‘em-ups, <a href=\"/en/games/genre/shooting-games/\">shoot ‘em-ups</a>, and the occasional sports sim, dominated the market, there was little to tell Japanese and western games apart.</p>\n\n<p>However, there was one genre that was starting to show the differences in culture. This genre was the <a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">RPG</a>. Role-playing games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Final Fantasy XV may seem similar on the surface, but to anyone who has played both, the differences couldn’t be more obvious.</p>\n\n<p>Taking Bethesda’s Skyrim as an example of a western RPG, it becomes apparent that the emphasis was on exploration.</p>\n\n<p>These games generally exhibit sprawling worlds that have been carefully crafted to make the player feel that they can quite literally go anywhere and do anything. The edges of these worlds are crafted in such a way that the player would never feel like they have discovered everything. These games are designed to make you feel like you can shape the world with your choices and actions.</p>\n\n<p>Crossing over to Japan, the JRPGs don’t follow this philosophy anywhere nearly as much. Yes, the worlds can be massive, but the games themselves tend to be more linear in nature. Here, there seems to be a more substantial emphasis on storytelling, characters, and guiding the player through a compelling experience.</p>\n\n<h2>Japanese Games vs. Western Games</h2>\n\n<p>When it comes to pure aesthetics, there is also quite a noticeable difference between the Japanese and Western games.</p>\n\n<p>Japanese games have generally taken on a look that is heavily influenced by manga and anime, with large eyes, cartoony features, and hair that seems to defy gravity.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Western RPGs vs. Japanese RPGs\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/east-west-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Western RPGs vs. Japanese RPGs\" /></p>\n\n<p>Western games, on the other hand, tend to aim at a slightly more realistic graphics. It is almost as though in western games we want to completely recreate life, whereas, in the east, they are happy to create their interpretation of it, unrestrained by the rules of the real world.</p>\n\n<p>Combat too generally differs quite radically in both subgenres.</p>\n\n<p>The majority of the action in WRPGs happens in real-time and dependant on player skill and reflex, whereas JRPGs quite often rely on a strategic turn-based system that plays out like a ‘stats heavy’ game of top trumps. Here, your band of adventurers face-off against hordes of evil while you decide which party member will do the most damage against which member of the opposing party.</p>\n\n<p>That isn't to say that western games like Skyrim or The Witcher 3 don’t rely on stats, but with them comes a healthy dose of hand to eye coordination. A classic Final Fantasy-style game would much rather you joust with your brain than with your fists.</p>\n\n<p>It is also somewhat interesting to note that most WRPGs have you starting out as a lone warrior, whereas the more eastern-influenced games often involve guiding a whole party.</p>\n\n<p>This could be a result cultural influence as well; wherein the western world the mighty “lone wolf hero” has been recycled in so many stories, Japanese culture has always had more of an obsession with protection, and putting a person or groups interests before the protagonists. More of a \"selfless hero\" if you will.</p>\n\n<h2>Japanese MMORPG vs. Western MMORPG</h2>\n\n<p>When it comes to online games, and in particular <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/\">MMORPGs</a>, the differences have continued to develop.</p>\n\n<p>In Japan, online games are even more popular than it is in the west, and MMORPGs have become akin to more enjoyable days at the office. Japanese online games are noted to have a significant amount of ‘grinding’ associated with them. In this sort of society, logging on to level up your character every night isn't looked at as a bad thing, in fact, it’s a social thing.</p>\n\n<p>This could very well be down to the way Japanese culture has embraced gaming as a legitimate pastime, something that has only just started to happen in the west, where there has always been gaming culture, but its legitimacy is slightly less accepted.</p>\n\n<p>With Japanese games, rewarding players for grinding away in groups, those sessions after work or school become the defacto way to relax and chat away with your friends, while also progressing through a game.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Video games are an acceptable social activity in many countries\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/east-west-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Video games are an acceptable social activity\" /></p>\n\n<p>Some users have even started to look at these games as a substitute for social networks. You go to work, you come home, and you game with your friends. For some, the game world has become the bar or the squash court. And within a culture where hard work is revered, grinding away with your friends after work in Final Fantasy 14 is as routine and widespread as coming home and logging onto Netflix in the west.</p>\n\n<h2>When East Meets West</h2>\n\n<p>You would be forgiven for thinking that these two RPG subgenres are forking off in entirely different directions, but that is not actually true.</p>\n\n<p>Many of the companies from both sides of the gaming world are starting to take note of the more popular aspects of each other’s work, which is leading to some rather interesting mashups. None more so widespread than in the <a href=\"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/\">mobile space</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Look through either the App Store or Google Play, and you will probably notice quite a few of the adventure, RPG or <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">strategy games</a> are now employing a Final Fantasy battle system. Even the latest Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes is centered purely around the combat mechanics.</p>\n\n<p>Turn-based combat, as it turns out, makes way more sense on mobile than the more western, dexterity-based way of fighting.</p>\n\n<p>On the other side of the coin, we are now starting to see far more open worlds in the likes of Final Fantasy XV, no doubt a reaction to how well western games have sold worldwide (including Japan).</p>\n\n<p>Where previously linear storylines with few choices were the fashion, multi-arced stories with alternate endings are now becoming more popular. And in return, some western MMOs now require a fair amount of grinding before leveling up (albeit a slightly different type of grinding).</p>\n\n<p>In fact, it could be said that some of the latest RPGs are neither genuinely eastern or western in origin. Most Elder Scrolls Online or World of Warcraft fans would have to admit to doing a fair amount of grinding in their time, while Final Fantasy XV fans were pretty surprised to see the number of real choices that they were privy to in the last installment of the franchise.</p>\n\n<h2>The Western and Japanese RPG hybrid</h2>\n\n<p>The great thing about this crossing over, is that it gives us games that would have otherwise been lacking in some areas. By mixing the subgenres, brand new ones have been created, and with whole new levels of addiction to boot.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/games-like-stardew-valley/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Games like Stardew Valley</a> (which is basically a heavily tweaked Harvest Moon), has taken the Japanese farm/life sim and mixed in a little western mechanics to polish things off. The game now sits pretty at number one as the most downloaded Switch games of all time, something previously unthinkable in a year which saw a new Mario release.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"JRPGs and WRPGs complement one another\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/east-west-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"JRPGs and WRPGs complement one another\" /></p>\n\n<p>So rather than seeing the differences between the two gaming cultures as a “war” of which you need to take a side, perhaps a healthier outlook would be that of two styles that complement one another.</p>\n\n<p>When one side makes strides, the other notices and reacts. Equally, when one side makes mistakes, the other makes sure they don’t fall into the same trap. And with a gaming scene that has been plagued by a lack of innovation of late, these fusions between genres, subgenres, and cultures should be welcomed.</p>\n\n<p>In a world that is metaphorically getting smaller, witnessing one culture merge with another is something that we will see more and more. Whether that is in the film industry (just look at the popularity of Studio Ghibli in the west and Harry Potter in the east) or in the gaming industry, the fusion of cultures is here to stay, and I for one welcome it wholeheartedly.</p>\n","date":"3/13/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/east-west-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13172"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/strategy-rpg/"},"strings":{"title":"Strategy RPG Games Bring Together the Best of Both Genres","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>The lines between <a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">RPG games</a> and virtually every other genre are gradually eroding in recent years.</p>\n\n<p>With developers looking to add more depth and personalization to their creations, RPG elements have started to appear in places we usually wouldn’t expect to see them.</p>\n\n<p>This includes deep narratives, leveling, and multi-layered characters which were traditionally the exclusive domain of the RPG genre.</p>\n\n<p>Essentially, we’re living in a post-RPG world where <a href=\"http://store.steampowered.com/tags/en/Strategy+RPG#p=0&tab=ConcurrentUsers\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">hybrids are the rule</a> rather than the exception.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Strategy RPG hybrids are the norm now\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_10/rpg-strategy-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Strategy RPG hybrids are the norm now\" /></p>\n\n<p>One area where these features have made a move in recent years is strategy RPG games.</p>\n\n<p>Aiming to elevate the genre beyond its aging traditional roots, strategy RPGs such as the Fire Emblem franchise fuse tactics and immersive environments together as one.</p>\n\n<p>One of the most popular games in the series, Fire Emblem Awakening is marked by a dominant storyline that follows an epic battle across entire continents. In typical RPG fashion, all characters can be customized in various ways to suit the terrain and bring some extra depth to the action.</p>\n\n<p>However, unlike your typical RPG, players can’t just hack-and-slash their way through the game. Instead, they must employ a wide array of strategies, tactics, and abilities, as well as learn how to best utilize each character's strengths to overcome the game’s many challenges.</p>\n\n<p>Fire Emblem Awakening is what is known as a tactical RPG.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The Birth of Strategy Role-playing Games</h2>\n\n<p>Strategy RPGs, also known as tactical role-playing games, can be traced all the way back to traditional tabletop role-playing games such as classic Dungeons & Dragons.</p>\n\n<p>“Cool” as it may be, we’re more interested in the video game variation. Like so many others, the subgenre originated in Japan in the 1980s. Games like<em><strong> </strong></em><strong>The Dragon and Princess and Bokosuka Wars </strong>were among the first to lay the foundations for the new genre, called \"simulation RPG\" back then.</p>\n\n<p>However, it wasn’t until 1988 that this hybrid of strategy and RPG started to take form.</p>\n\n<p>Many point to the strategy RPG Silver Ghost as one of the first fully-formed strategy RPGs. Players were able to use point-and-click controls in a real-time environment to manage and control multiple characters/units. If that sounds like an RTS game to you, you aren’t wrong - that is exactly how it paved the way for the RTS/RPG hybrid.</p>\n\n<p>Following the legacy of Silver Ghost, First Queen took the genre another step further with a unique take. The game sees players explore an interactive world filled with different characters, upgrades, and unique scenery - all standard RPG elements.</p>\n\n<p>These hybrids showed that it was possible to create immersive RPG worlds and successfully incorporate tactical elements. The <a href=\"https://www.gameinformer.com/classic/2019/07/25/a-brief-history-of-the-fire-emblem-series\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fire Emblem series</a> then brought the concept to mainstream audiences in 1990, and many of its features have been used ever since.</p>\n\n<p>Throughout the nineties, games like Arc the Lad II, the Farland Story series, Front Mission, and more all help evolve the strategy RPG genre.</p>\n\n<p>As we moved into the new millennium, mobile titles started to introduce themselves into the mix. As the likes of Valkyria Chronicles and Fire Emblem continued to dominate consoles, brands such as Banner Saga were making mobile strategy RPGs into serious contenders.</p>\n\n<p>What we’ve seen over the years is a coming together of strategy and RPG games to form a new genre. Essentially, for those that enjoy making critical decisions but want a more personal experience than that of a detached general overlooking a battlefield, a strategy RPG is the perfect tonic.</p>\n\n<p>Pushing these a step further, the online and games as a service model of modern titles can allow even single games to continue to evolve. From balance changes to new characters, raids, and special features, strategy RPGs are on a never-ending quest to expand.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>How Strategy RPG Combines Both Genres Together</h2>\n\n<p>From our look at the history of the strategy RPG genre, we can already start to see what makes the genre tick.</p>\n\n<p>Rather than resorting to reflexes or real-time button mashing, the essence of a strategy game is to pick the best moves for the situation at hand. Like chess, each move can have considerable future implications, for good or for bad.</p>\n\n<p>Strategy RPGs don't lose this aspect. The combination of storylines, expansive worlds, and customizable characters have only made these games more immersive.</p>\n\n<p>When you examine the dynamics a little closer, you get to see an interplay between strategy and tactics. As a general rule, strategy refers to an overarching goal, the bigger picture moves that will help you achieve victory. In contrast, tactics relate to the minutiae of a fight, the specific steps you make in a situation such as “use X weapon to target Y with unit Z.”</p>\n\n<p>When a game requires you to focus on an overall strategy, for instance crossing a map using the most efficient course, it leans towards being a strategy game. When you’re required to think about the weapons you’ve got and how to use them in individual battles, this is much more like an RPG. Therefore, when you combine these two elements into a single game, you have a strategy RPG.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Playing an individual character in the context of a team is often the case in strategy RPGs\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-friendly.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Playing an individual character in the context of a team\" /></p>\n\n<p>Of course, certain games will lean more to one side of the spectrum of the other. What’s more, you should also look out for the following attributes to know if you’re dealing with a strategy RPG:</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Team player:</u></strong> If RPGs typically put players in the role of a single character or a small party, and strategy games put you in control over entire armies - strategy RPGs offer a combination of both dynamics.</p>\n\n<p>This dynamic is something that’s often lacking in both strategy and RPG games, which instead focus more on the macro and micro respectively. In strategy RPGs, these blend together nicely in the hybrid genre.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>You only die once:</u></strong> In most RPGs, once your main character dies, it’s game over. Load your save file and try again. That’s not the case in strategy games, where you have almost limitless units at your disposal.</p>\n\n<p>Once again, Strategy RPG games offer a sort of hybrid of the two paradigms. Your main character must survive the battle, but the same isn’t necessarily true for the grunts that make up the rest of your party.</p>\n\n<p>This can challenge both strategy and RPG players. Strategy players aren’t used to having to protect a single unit - to them the bigger picture is all that matters. RPG players, on the other hand, aren’t always comfortable with the idea of “permadeath” - losing a character forever.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>The tactical approach:</u></strong> Unlike a standard RPG where the action is up close and personal, games in this hybrid genre typically take a step back to look at the action from a more tactical angle. Some strategy RPGs shift to a top-down or isometric perspective when it’s time to fight.</p>\n\n<p>This shift between the character’s perspective and an overhead view might break the immersion a bit, but it helps highlight the strategy elements of the game.</p>\n\n<p>On the other hand, strategy titles often lack mainstream appeal because they don’t offer the level of immersion the average gamer arguably enjoys. That is why strategy RPGs present a more personal perspective when it comes to the story. When a story revolves around a pivotal character - the one the player just so happens to control - the change in camera angles doesn’t harm the player’s investment in the game.</p>\n\n<p>Tactical RPGs make players feel like a general, but unlike in straight strategy titles, a strategy RPG leaves them more invested in the success of certain key player units.</p>\n\n<h2>Are Tactical RPG Games for You?</h2>\n\n<p>Would you prefer staring at a map and practicing your long-term decision-making skills, or do you want bombastic upfront action that stimulates the senses? These are the options you’re generally faced with when you choose between strategy titles and RPGs.</p>\n\n<p>But with Strategy RPG you don’t really have to choose. This unique subgenre offers the best of both worlds.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"This unique subgenre of tactical RPG offers the best of both worlds\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_10/rpg-strategy-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"This unique subgenre offers the best of both worlds\" /></p>\n\n<p>In many ways, fusing RPG and strategy elements together has been a success. For example, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_X_Zone#Reception\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Project X Zone</a> was a huge hit, and not just because it combined some leading characters from Sega, Bandai Namco, and Capcom. Because the 2D brawler dynamic offered a familiar setting for casual gamers, Project X Zone was able to introduce tactical battles with relative ease.</p>\n\n<p>True, it depends on each game. Some lean more heavily towards role-playing games, earning the definition of “tactical RPGs”, while others go for a more traditional RTS experience, but with RPG elements thrown into the mix.</p>\n\n<p>But it only goes to show that fans of both genres will always find something to entertain and challenge them when it comes to this genre. They may act as a fusion between key aspects of different genres, but this fusion still allows for considerable flexibility, and the abundance of choice has proven the genre an ongoing hit.</p>\n","date":"2/18/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_10/rpg-strategy-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13155"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/battle-royale/"},"strings":{"title":"What is Battle Royale? A Beginner’s Guide to Battle Royale Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"360000","description":"<p>Several subgenres in <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO gaming</a> have taken the world by storm in recent years, but the most popular at present is battle royale. The thrilling genre of battle royale is filled with action, excitement, and powerful fighter characters. In a battle royale, only the strong survive.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, it’s not just about fighting. These games require tactics, strategy and, at times, cooperation. However, when it comes down to it, your sole mission is to survive.  You want to be the last warrior standing. That’s the goal and that’s why battle royale is so popular.</p>\n\n<p>To be the best battle royale warrior possible, you need to know the basics. With this in mind, you need to be able to answer the question, <em>what is battle royale</em>? From there, you can learn how to play and, subsequently, get the most from this genre.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is Battle Royale?</h2>\n\n<p>At its most basic level, a battle royale is a fight between many different people until only one fighter remains. In simple terms, it’s a free-for-all. That answers the question \"what is battle royale\" but where did it come from?</p>\n\n<p>The term <strong>battle royale </strong>was popularized in the west back in 1999 thanks to Koushun Takami’s book of the same name. The story follows a group of students that have been kidnapped and transported to a private island. There, each student must fight to survive until only one is left.</p>\n\n<p>In gaming, those students have been replaced by warriors. Each player engages in a last-man-standing competition. There may be teamwork and sub-objectives involved. However, at their core, every battle royale game has one main objective: a fight to the death.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"PUBG as a Battle Royale\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/pubg.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds (PUBG)\" /></p>\n\n<h2>How to Play Battle Royale</h2>\n\n<p>To know how to play battle royale, you have to go back to the beginning.</p>\n\n<p>The first battle royale games to become hits were released in 2012. During the early days, they were mods of established games. However, as the appetite for showdowns increased, battle royale became a genre in its own right. Today, the top battle royale games attract more than 600 million players.</p>\n\n<h3>Why has battle royale become so popular?</h3>\n\n<p>Again, the answer goes back to the concept of survival. A battle royale game taps into our innate desire to survive. Take, for example, the following standard scenario:</p>\n\n<p><small><em><strong>100 characters parachute down onto a large island. No one really knows where they are, but they know they have to survive. As the claxon sounds, each player has the choice to fight alone or join a team (different battle royale game modes). </strong></em></small></p>\n\n<p>Once the game is in progress, players must scavenge for weapons, armor, and healing items. They must also find vehicles - not only to get from one spot to the next but to stay within the safe zone. The safe zone is an area in which each team/lone player is safe. However, the safe zone continues to shrink as players are killed and the game progresses - it’s impossible to run and hide forever.</p>\n\n<p>As characters are forced to fight, the battle reaches a crescendo and the last team/individual standing wins.</p>\n\n<p><em><strong><small>The simple formula for a battle royale is: a large group of players that start with equal skills + a scattering of weapons/upgrades + a large map that gradually shrinks = a monumental fight for survival.</small></strong></em></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The Evolution of Battle Royale: Taking Players into New Settings</h2>\n\n<p>The concept of games turning into last-man-standing battles is clearly popular with the masses. When you look beyond the number of people playing these games, the stats suggest that battle royales are hugely popular as a form of entertainment.</p>\n\n<p>As of May 2021, the top games and players in this arena were attracting over 30 million viewer hours across more than 5.9 million Twitch streams. That’s a lot of eyes watching battle royale games. For this reason, it seems only natural that this genre will continue to evolve. Some of the potential areas of growth are listed below.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Fortnite Battle Royale\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/fortnite.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"Fortnite Battle Royale\" /></p>\n\n<h3>Battle Royale Games and eSports</h3>\n\n<p>The core idea behind Battle Royale games undoubtedly means they have huge potential for <a href=\"/en/blog/esports/\">eSports</a>. The idea of playing video games for major prize money might still sound bizarre to some, but professional gaming is a major industry that is still going from strength to strength.</p>\n\n<p>Newzoo data shows that in May 2021, there were <em>223 million</em> eSports enthusiasts around the world. Because of this and the clear desire for competitive matches, professional battle royale competitions are only going to grow in popularity.</p>\n\n<h3>Mobile Battle Royale Games</h3>\n\n<p>Another area where things are looking bright for battle royale gaming is in the world of smartphones and tablets. While a battle royale game can be played on anything from PC to console, the genre’s core elements make it ideal for mobile. Quite simply, it is a type of gaming that players can quickly drop into and enjoy while they’re on the move.</p>\n\n<h3>MMO Games and Battle Royale</h3>\n\n<p>MMO game developers have used the battle royale dynamic to give their creations a new spin. Although MMO battle royale isn’t a well-established genre in its own right, the demand for mass battles in new settings is at an all-time high. This means we could see more battle royale MMO innovations in the coming years.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Paladins Battlegrounds\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/paladins.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"Paladins Battlegrounds\" /></p>\n\n<h2>The Future of Battle Royale: How the Genre Will Evolve</h2>\n\n<p>What else could the future have in store for Battle Royale? The thing that will really drive the game in the coming years is <a href=\"/en/blog/vr-tech-future-of-virtual-reality/\">virtual reality (VR)</a>.</p>\n\n<p>VR has become a hot topic in recent years and already several VR-based Battle Royale games have been released. These games give players the chance to fully immerse themselves in battle royale gameplay.</p>\n\n<p>This technology may take time to perfect. However, it’s the way gaming is going. As of 2021, VR games were worth more than $21.8 billion. Considering this, once developers find a way to turn gameplay into a 360-degree experience, the battle royale genre will have <em>another </em>layer to it.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Battle royale is changing online gaming\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/Images-for-the-blog_Battle-Royale_fortnite_last2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Battle royale is changing online gaming\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Battle Royale Will Fight on Forever</h2>\n\n<p>The battle royale genre may have started as an optional gameplay mode but it’s become so much more in recent years. The main premise of these games is engaging and something that players of all skill levels love. From free-play games to premium products, there’s something for everyone.</p>\n\n<p>Then, when you add new technology such as VR to the mix, the future is bright for battle royales. Indeed, while many gaming trends have come and gone down the years, battle royale looks like it has what it takes to <strong>survive</strong>.</p>\n","date":"2/11/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/Images-for-the-blog_Battle-Royale_header_4.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13149"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/truple-a-games-microtransactions-loot-boxes/"},"strings":{"title":"Microtransactions and Loot Boxes in AAA Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"420000","description":"<p>The freemium, free-to-play but pay-to-win (P2W) model has been around a long time, and it’s been hugely successful in <a href=\"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/\">mobile games</a>. These <a href=\"/en/games/category/free-to-play-games/\">free-to-play games</a> are among the most lucrative and profitable games on the market.</p>\n\n<p>It makes sense - you get to play the game for free, and the developer gets money if you choose to invest through microtransactions. It’s a win-win.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"AAA in game purchases\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"More money coming in means more new content\" /></p>\n\n<p>We’re already seeing games like Star Wars Battlefront 2, Evolve, and NBA 2K18 using this model, but in their own AAA way.</p>\n\n<p>The trouble with AAA games that include microtransactions is obvious: you purchase the game at a premium price, but then have to pay if you want to get ahead and keep up with the “big dogs”. Naturally, this is more of a problem in competitive multiplayer games, though we already starting to see single-player games with loot boxes and other in-game purchases.</p>\n\n<p>Are AAA developers getting too greedy by developing these premium P2W models? Will they have a negative and long-lasting impact on the gaming scene? Will the mobile industry adopt this new take in the freemium model?</p>\n\n<p>Maybe. Maybe not. As you know, each coin has two sides.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Star Wars Battlefront 2: Kicking Off the Controversy</h2>\n\n<p>Much of the controversy around loot boxes and microtransactions in premium games comes from the <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2s-loot-box-controversy-expl/1100-6455155/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">new system EA presented in Battlefront 2</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, the game required you to purchase loot boxes to get things that many felt should be included in the game’s $60 price tag - like the ability to level up your character.</p>\n\n<p>(Funny enough, players started resorting to using <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/24/16696870/star-wars-battlefront-2-economy-cheats\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">rubber bands on their controllers</a> to bypass the ridiculously complex system.)</p>\n\n<p>You buy these loot boxes and get random Star Cards. These cards are used to level up your character’s stats and abilities. Because they’re random, you can buy a ton and get almost no upgrades.</p>\n\n<p>Within hours after the Battlefront 2 beta started, players were voicing their anger about how they are required to spend more and more money in order to achieve any meaningful progression. And they were voicing it very loudly.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Surprising mandatory in-game purchases are often cause for anger in AAA games players \" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-header.jpg\" style=\"width: 1368px; height: 384px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>On the Star Wars Battlefront 2 Reddit page, a user expressed frustration after taking advantage of one of the microtransaction options, purchasing 12000 Crystals for $80 (with a 10% EA Access discount). Unbeknownst to the player, the Crystals couldn’t be used to buy the various hero characters, which are only available in exchange for Credits. This user wanted to unlock Darth Vader, <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">who at the time cost 60,000 credits</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Within this same thread, an EA spokesperson responded to the post, stating the following:</p>\n\n<p><em>“The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes.</em></p>\n\n<p><em>\"As for cost, we selected initial values based upon data from the Open Beta and other adjustments made to milestone rewards before launch. Among other things, we’re looking at average per-player credit earn rates on a daily basis, and we’ll be making constant adjustments to ensure that players have challenges that are compelling, rewarding, and of course attainable via gameplay.”</em></p>\n\n<p>This response soon became the <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2-reddit-post-receives-over-/1100-6454919/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">most disliked comment in Reddit's history</a>, with over 675,000 downvotes.</p>\n\n<p>Players are concerned that if they can’t afford lots of loot boxes, they’ll need to spend a lot of time (hundreds of hours) grinding away at the game just to keep up with the whales who can afford the microtransactions. Even if you do buy these boxes, but get unlucky with your Star Cards, you might get left behind to face other players with much better stats than you. In competitive games, that is a huge and unfair disadvantage.</p>\n\n<p>In a nutshell, players are arguing that they shouldn’t have to pay money to level up. Many feel that the $60 price tag should unlock the full game, as it has in the past.</p>\n\n<p>Let’s look at both sides.</p>\n\n<h2>Arguments for Microtransactions in AAA Games</h2>\n\n<p>Despite the anger around the P2W model, there are actually some good things that can come of it.</p>\n\n<p>For example, <strong>microtransactions lower the barrier to entry for new publishers and indie developers</strong> to create games and get into an otherwise saturated market.</p>\n\n<p>The costs of developing and marketing a game have risen dramatically in the last 20 years. Salaries for developers are increasing, the cost of rent is getting higher, and it requires more people than ever to develop these games. Yet, games' prices have remained $60 for an average title since 2005! So developers need other ways to make money.</p>\n\n<p>Which means <strong><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_as_a_service\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">games as a service</a> allow the publisher to continue to generate revenue for a game</strong>. And if they can continue to do that, they can keep paying their developers to continuously update the game and add new content.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The games as a service allow the publisher to continue to generate more revenue and more content\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The games as a service allow the publisher to continue to generate more revenue and more content\" /></p>\n\n<p>Finally, having <strong>microtransactions in AAA games allows players with less time for gaming to stay competitive</strong>. Even if you don’t have 20 hours a week to play a game, you can spend a little money to catch up with those who do, and level playing field with the more hardcore players.</p>\n\n<p>However, the gaming population also has some strong counterarguments to the pay to win model.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Arguments Against Microtransactions in AAA Games</h2>\n\n<p>Gamers are passionate people, and that passion comes out whenever game developers do something they don’t like.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, the BF2 controversy started, well, lots of other controversies. People spoke out about how they felt. Here’s what they said.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Microtransactions can prevent some people from playing the game</strong>. If you don’t have dozens of hours to dedicate to a game, and can’t afford to pay to win and remain competitive, you’re stuck. You either don’t play it at all, or you play it and don’t ever get the full experience.</p>\n\n<p>Sure, plenty of games require you to “grind” to get better gear and higher levels. Just look at the original version of World of Warcraft, which took the average player over 10 days (a full 240 hours) of actual play time to reach the max level, usually over the span of several months.</p>\n\n<p>The problem comes in when you’re playing with people who decided to spend the money for the in-game purchases, who are now at higher levels than you. Your gameplay experience immediately gets far worse than anyone who shelled out the cash.</p>\n\n<p>Again, this wasn't a problem if you didn't already spend $60 to get the game, and now you have to pay even more just to have a fair gaming experience.</p>\n\n<p>Secondly, <strong>not all paid in-game items are cosmetic</strong>. Cosmetic DLC doesn’t give a player any inherent advantage over another player. It’s purely for show. But when microtransactions are required to unlock the best gear, stats, and abilities? Well, that’s when players get unhappy.</p>\n\n<p>Finally, the most obvious argument is that <strong>you already paid full price for the game</strong>. Many players feel that paying the $60 price tag on a game should unlock the whole thing, and they shouldn’t have to spend any more on it.</p>\n\n<p>But ultimately, companies are created to make money. Even if a company starts as a small one-person studio built with love, passion, and a desire to change the world, it still has to make money. And that person’s business may one day grow big enough to be acquired - and investors are really all about the money.</p>\n\n<p>So now that you understand both sides of the coin, we are left a few questions.</p>\n\n<h2>Are Microtransactions Going Away Anytime Soon?</h2>\n\n<p>Microtransactions first gained large-scale visibility in 2006, when Bethesda released the highly anticipated and popular game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Microtransactions are here to stay, in mobile games, casual games, and now in AAA games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>Soon after the release, they added the ability to buy a Horse Armor Pack for $2.50. 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Well, that very much depends on you and whether you can identify your triggers early.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Warning Signs of Video Game Rage</h2>\n\n<p>Triggers are aspects of games that begin the cycle of anger we experience when ‘gamer rage’ rears its ugly head. These triggers are present for all of us, and some are worse than others.</p>\n\n<p>Similar to the aspects of life we enjoy, our triggers vary from person to person. For some of us, it could be when a particular player seems to target us repeatedly. For others, it could simply be struggling to pass a certain level. In general, these triggers tend to be <a href=\"https://www.futurity.org/frustration-fuels-video-gamers-aggression/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">related to performance rather than the game content</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Many things can trigger your gamer rage\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-2.jpg\" title=\"Many things can trigger your gamer rage\" /></p>\n\n<h2>What Are the Main Symptoms of Gamer Rage?</h2>\n\n<p>You can usually recognize it the moment you start to feel like your thoughts are out of your control. It is often accompanied by a raised heart rate, faster breathing, sometimes shaking, and the clear sense of utter rage. The clenching of teeth, sweating, stomach aches, and even dizziness have all been reported as early warning signs of an impending rage. There are other symptoms, but it really does depend on your particular psyche as to whether you exhibit them.</p>\n\n<p>Find our what your triggers are, and you are on your way to dealing with them. If you find it hard to decipher what exactly is triggering you, it may help to ask a friend who you play with regularly. Those of us who ‘rage quit’ games regularly may notice that it is easier to see the triggers from the outside, rather than from within.</p>\n\n<p>Here are our top 5 tips to decrease gamer rage's instances and its effect on us:</p>\n\n<h2>1. Take a Break</h2>\n\n<p>Taking a break from a particularly frustrating level is something that should help you calm down quickly. Just like with many other problems, taking your mind off the game can immediately make you feel more relaxed. It also has a critical side-effect of sometimes improving your performance on your return.</p>\n\n<p>Ever spent hours trying to pass a level on a game, only to take a short break, come back and beat it immediately? That may not be a coincidence. A <a href=\"https://www.spring.org.uk/2012/07/the-incubation-effect-how-to-break-through-a-mental-block.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">learning technique called “incubation”</a> has been discussed in the music industry from quite some time, and the idea centers around the fact that your brain will continue to decipher the things you learn in everyday life, even when you are not consciously thinking about them. This mostly happens when we sleep, often letting us wake up with a fresh perspective on a problem.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Taking a break from playing helps deal with gamer rage\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-3.jpg\" title=\"Take a break\" /></p>\n\n<p>This phenomenon was initially observed in musicians learning new instruments, but the premise is the same for any skill you wish to learn. If you are gaming into the small hours with diminishing success, perhaps it might be time to take a little break or call it a night and start fresh tomorrow.</p>\n\n<h2>2. Lower That Difficulty</h2>\n\n<p>The next option might be considered a cop-out, but it is worth considering.</p>\n\n<p>No matter what your friends may say, turning down the difficulty is <strong>NOT </strong>a criminal offense. If you find that a game has stopped being fun, is it really that much of a sin to lower the difficulty a notch?</p>\n\n<p>Purists may scorn, but we aren’t all born with cat-like reflexes or the patience of a saint. We shouldn’t feel guilty for wanting to complete a game either.</p>\n\n<p>The only reason anyone plays video games is to have fun, so when that stops, it may be time to finally admit you are more of a hey, not too rough kinda person.</p>\n\n<h2>3. Watch, Learn, Rinse, Repeat</h2>\n\n<p>If turning down the difficulty makes you recoil in abject horror (or if you are playing an online game, it's just impossible) then you really are only left with one option. You need to get better.</p>\n\n<p>Now, you may think that is a trite statement, and to a point it is, but with the resources available to us these days, you really haven’t exhausted all avenues unless you have watched a tutorial video or two.</p>\n\n<p>If full-on walkthroughs are not your style, then perhaps a video that discusses tips and techniques would suit you better? Or for sports and competitive online games, watching a few experts on Twitch could give you a new take on why you happen to be so embarrassingly poor at a particular game.</p>\n\n<p>‘Knowledge is power,’ as they say, so find out who are the best players in the world at your game and start taking notes.</p>\n\n<h2>4. Take Your Anger Elsewhere</h2>\n\n<p>When you simply can’t calm down, sometimes it can be a cathartic experience to take your anger out somewhere else.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Making time for other hobbies and interests lowers the chances of gamer rage \" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-4.jpg\" title=\"Take Your Anger Elsewhere\" /></p>\n\n<p>If you do find other activities alleviate stress for you, it might be a good idea to do just that. For those of you who own a boxing bag, the answer would seem obvious, but for those who don’t, taking a break from that challenging game and loading up another that you practically have a doctorate in could give you that much-needed relief from failing over and over.</p>\n\n<p>Once you have found your heart rate is back to normal, you can pour yourself a lemon iced-tea, light a candle, and try to tackle that unforgiving game again.</p>\n\n<h2>5. Ask for Help</h2>\n\n<p>If you are someone who is generally quick to anger, be that in gaming or other aspects of your life, it could be a good idea to <a href=\"http://www.priorygroup.com/mental-health/anger-management/symptoms-of-anger-management\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">look into real anger-management</a> and self-help techniques.</p>\n\n<p>Being \"mindful\" of your overall mental health is nothing to be sneered at. For those who suffer from anger issues, these facets can impede our happiness to a point where it affects our work life or our relationships. If things ever get to this level, learning how to avoid these situations and how to deal with them could be imperative in cementing your long-term happiness.</p>\n\n<p>Learning breathing techniques, how to clear your mind, and how to distract yourself can mean the difference between being the best version of yourself possible, and being that angry person that other people tend to avoid.</p>\n\n<p>If your anger is getting out of control, never feel embarrassed about wanting to seek help. It is a widespread problem and one that is much easier to deal with once you possess the right knowledge.</p>\n\n<h2>It’s Supposed to Be Fun, Right?</h2>\n\n<p>The most important piece of information to take away from this is that gamer rage doesn't mean that you need to stop playing games. It is worth remembering that the vast majority of us are very passionate when playing video games, and that passion can sometimes lead to angry when things don't go our way.</p>\n\n<p>Rather than thinking you need to eradicate all negative feeling while you play, be aware that you can appease these feelings, without taking the ‘edge’ out of your game.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Don't rage quit - have fun!\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-5.jpg\" title=\"Don't rage quit - have fun\" /></p>\n\n<p>Stress is what we are looking to avoid in our downtime, so go easy on yourself next time you are on a poor run. If you continuously come away from a gaming session feeling angry and drained, it will be worth your while to address the issue head-on. We all feel the urge to \"rage quit\" from time to time, but when it interferes with our enjoyment of gaming, a change is needed. Frustration is fine - anger isn’t; so for the sake of your own mental health, address the problem rather than letting it define you.</p>\n","date":"6/19/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_19/rage-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13219"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/we-play-war-games/"},"strings":{"title":"War Games: Why Do We Love Playing at War","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>War is horrible. No one wants to go to war, or live through one.</p>\n\n<p>So what is it about slipping into the muddy boots of a WWII soldier, tightly grasping the plasma cannon of a space marine, or sending your troops to a bloody adventure that we love so much?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Why do we play war games?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_24/why-we-love-playing-war-games-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 1200px; height: 628px;\" title=\"Why do we play war games?\" /></p>\n\n<p>The fact is, there is a whole multitude of reasons. However, what we're interested in are the most basic thoughts, feelings, and emotions that make us want to play <a href=\"/en/games/genre/war-games/\">war games</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, before we delve into our psyches and have ourselves a shootout with the forces of darkness, we need first to define what is a war game.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What are War Games?</h2>\n\n<p>It is a common belief that all war games have the same three characteristics:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>The War Aspect</li>\n\t<li>The Game Aspect</li>\n\t<li>The Simulation Aspect</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h3><strong>The War Aspect</strong></h3>\n\n<p>Not all games are actually about war.</p>\n\n<p>Part of what makes a game a war game is simulating the “the activity of war” and the right vocabulary and jargon.</p>\n\n<p>Only games that depict the act of war, not necessarily realistically, can be called war games. The concept doesn’t have to be front and center, but an online war game can’t be one without war.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>The Game Aspect</strong></h3>\n\n<p>Not all war simulation can, or should be classed as war games.</p>\n\n<p>For example, military maneuvers may be a simulation of war, but they don’t have a lot to do with gaming.</p>\n\n<p>If the previous aspect enforced the idea that a war game needs to deal with war, this one emphasizes that a war game needs to be an actual game.</p>\n\n<p>Games usually compel participants to compete against each other or cooperate against a common enemy. This in turn, “forces” players to think creatively and come up with new strategies to complete their goal.</p>\n\n<p>If a simulation provides opportunities for strategic thinking, then you can call it a game.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>The Simulation Aspect</strong></h3>\n\n<p>Good war games simulate actual war in some way.</p>\n\n<p>They do so in various levels of realism, but by definition, playing them should provide some insight into the world of warfare (without the actual death part). From strategic planning to the conditions a person may encounter, these games replicate a situation of war to a greater or lesser degree.</p>\n\n<p>Most games do not focus on educating their players about what’s it like to fight a war or lead an army, but that is a byproduct of any good war game.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The three aspects of war games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_24/why-we-love-playing-war-games-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The three aspects of war\" /></p>\n\n<p>The United States military, as well as other armies around the world, have historically valued the simulation army games can provide.; so much so, that the US Army has developed its own army game as a <a href=\"https://www.americasarmy.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">training and recruitment tool</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Now, this isn't to say that every war game is trying to be like the real thing.</p>\n\n<p>Every war game exhibits some level of the three aspects we've outlined here. However, that doesn’t mean they all exist in equal measure. Usually, promoting one aspect will most likely result in diminishing the other two. The more game-like your game is, the less of a simulation it becomes, and vice-versa.</p>\n\n<p>For example, fantasy <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO</a> war games work great as games, and they do deal with the subject matter of war, but they aren’t very good war simulations. Nevertheless, they are still war games.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The History of War Games</h2>\n\n<p>Games about war have been around for centuries.</p>\n\n<p>We’ve been playing at war ever since someone picked up a deck of cards and invented the popular card game “War” (when that happened precisely is lost to history). Ever since, we have been pretending to be at war in every medium imaginable, from cards to board games to video games.</p>\n\n<p>The first video game about war was \"Spacewar!\". It was a space combat game developed in 1962 on the PDP-1 minicomputer. Incidentally, “Spacewar!” is also one of the first video games ever made, which tells us a little bit about human nature and the games we like to play.</p>\n\n<h3>The First War Game</h3>\n\n<p>However, the first war game was developed in February 1980, and was called “Computer Bismarck.” It was a turn-based strategy game where players acted as the British forces, fighting against the battleship Bismarck and other German units. The German side was controlled by another player or by a computer AI, called “Otto Von Computer.”</p>\n\n<p>As you can see below, “Computer Bismarck” wasn’t much to look at. You can barely make out Great Britain (on the right) or Iceland (at the top) against the purple Atlantic Ocean.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Computer Bismarck was the first war game\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_23/compbismarck15.jpg\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 326px;\" title=\"Computer Bismarck was the first war game\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since then, war games have made tremendous strides and became the most popular type of video game. The rise of the first-person shooter in the 1990s gave birth to blockbuster franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Wolfenstein. They helped establish war as the “go-to” subject of video games. It is so popular; there's even a game called Darksiders where you play the actual personification of War.</p>\n\n<p>Today, you can find war games in every genre and on every device, from narrative-heavy adventures to explosion-filled military shooters on mobile. But there’s one genre that’s almost entirely focused on the concept of warfare, and that’s strategy. Both turn-based strategy and real-time strategy games from across the years have brought wargaming to <a href=\"/en/games/platform/pc-games/\">PCs</a> around the world with franchises like Command & Conquer, Total War, and WarCraft.</p>\n\n<p>These eventually led to the rise of the MMO <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">strategy games</a>, where a lot of modern war games find their audience.</p>\n\n<h2>Online War Games Make Us Better People</h2>\n\n<p><strong>Why do we love going to war in video games?</strong> For the challenge and satisfaction of outthinking and outmaneuvering our (virtual) enemies.</p>\n\n<p>Us humans love competing, usually caring about being <strong>better</strong>, and improving in certain fields.</p>\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/why-we-compete/403201/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">study by the Harvard School of Public Health</a>, almost half of the participants said they would rather earn $50,000 in a world where the average salary is $25,000 than make $100,000 in a world where the average is $200,000.</p>\n\n<p>Similarly, the study shows that people preferred to have a relative advantage and not an absolute one. In other words, people want to be smarter and better looking than their friends and coworkers, not necessarily the most intelligent and attractive person in the world.</p>\n\n<h3>Playing at War Games as a Sense of Accomplishment</h3>\n\n<p>We want to be better than our peers, and that is a fundamental human trait.</p>\n\n<p>So when you play war games - where the aim is to outsmart other players through a combination of strategy, logic, and foresight - you don't really care how good you are overall. You just want to be <strong>better </strong>than the person on the other side of the screen.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Competition is a major incentive in war games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 464px;\" title=\"We constantly compete to be better than one another\" /></p>\n\n<p>To put it another way, we all want to be a big fish in a small pond.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, as you progress through the game, your pond will gradually increase in size. However, truly skilled players will grow at the same rate to ensure they remain the proverbial shark.</p>\n\n<h2>A Cocktail of Hormones and Emotions</h2>\n\n<p><strong>Another reason</strong> we seem to enjoy army games, aside from the fact that they test our powers of logic, strategy, and planning, is that they appeal to our most basic instincts.</p>\n\n<p>As suggested in this <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2013/02/11/171698919/video-game-violence-why-do-we-like-it-and-whats-it-doing-to-us\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">piece from NPR</a>, two things are guaranteed to make a situation or narrative more appealing: sex and violence.</p>\n\n<p>According to Iowa State University professor Douglas Gentile, war games and shooters cause a cocktail of stress hormones, such as cortisol, noradrenaline, and testosterone, to be released into our bloodstream – the same hormones would have been released were we in actual combat.</p>\n\n<h3>Real-life vs Playing at War</h3>\n\n<p>In a real-life situation, these hormones would be used by the body to create a fight-or-flight response. However, as Gentile points out, they also turn us on and make us find a game more engaging.</p>\n\n<p>\"When you know you're safe, having that heightened sense of stress can be fun,\" explains Gentile.</p>\n\n<p>This theory is confirmed by iStrategyLabs' Megan Zlock, a self-confessed gamer. Zlock claims that a storyline is instantly made more impressive and immersive if there's an element of danger added to the mix.</p>\n\n<h3>Adding a Storyline to Complete the Creation of a War Game</h3>\n\n<p>\"If you want to create a good narrative, you need to create conflict, and violence is a really easy way to create conflict,\" said Zlock.</p>\n\n<p>Violence is a stimulant that, when triggered in the right setting, can be extremely enjoyable. Clearly, this is the case when it comes to immersive online war games. You’re in a war-like scenario; your body is tense from the stress of competition and the desire to win, so your brain reacts appropriately.</p>\n\n<p>Exercising a degree of control over such a situation can fill you with an intoxicating sense of power; especially if that control resulted in besting another player. Add in your stress hormones, and the resultant cocktail is one you're only too willing to drink for hours and hours.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Conflict is a great motivator\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_24/why-we-love-playing-war-games-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Conflict is a great motivator\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Why We Play War Games</h2>\n\n<p>Playing war games helps us show the world, and more specifically our enemies, that we are better than them: our strategy smarter, our reflexes sharper, and our skills superior.</p>\n\n<p>The thrill of competition, combined with the sense of power and accomplishment we derive from taking back control over seemingly chaotic situations are the reason war is such a prevalent theme in video games.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"5/22/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_24/why-we-love-playing-war-games-3.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"12953"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/the-first-video-game/"},"strings":{"title":"The History of the First Video Games is... Complicated","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>To know where we are going, we must first discover where we have been.</p>\n\n<p>This is just as true for video games as it is in any other professional field. Fortunately, the video game industry has an incredibly rich and interesting past that can teach us a lot.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>In this article, we will tackle and answer some fundamental questions regarding one of the fastest growing and biggest industries in the world:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>What is considered a video game?</li>\n\t<li>What was the first video game?</li>\n\t<li>Who ivnented the first video game?</li>\n\t<li>What year was the first video game invented?</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Who invented the first video game?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_17/Illustration_800x650_02.jpg\" title=\"Who invented the first video game?\" /></p>\n\n<p>At first glance, you would think the answers to these questions would be quick to find and straightforward. However, like so many others that revolve around \"the first of,\" or \"who invented it,\" you will quickly learn that it is surrounded in mystery and confusion - both of which we’re hoping to dispel as best as we can.</p>\n\n<h2>What Is Considered a Video Game?</h2>\n\n<p>What exactly is a video game is an important and crucial point when debating the facts and history surrounding the origin of the phenomenon.</p>\n\n<p>The simplest definition of 'What is a video games?' is this:</p>\n\n<p><strong>A video game is anything you can interact with by electronically manipulating computer-generated images on a display screen.</strong></p>\n\n<p>Some would argue that the verb “play” needs to be included in any interpretation of video games. After all, we are talking about a game. However, many modern definitions take into consideration video games can also be viewed as an art form, used to convey a message interactively.</p>\n\n<p>Still, to determine what is the first video game ever developed, we should rely on a much more technical definition. <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_video_games#Defining_the_video_game\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia</a> states:</p>\n\n<p><em>\"Technically, for a product to be a video game, there must be a video signal transmitted to a cathode ray tube (CRT) that creates a rasterized image on a screen.\"</em></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Video game definition\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-1.jpg\" title=\"Video game definition\" /></p>\n\n<p>Although this definition may sound complicated, it defines the technical parameters of exactly what was considered a video game during that period.</p>\n\n<p><strong>This is the foundation of what is used to define the first ever created video game in its purest sense.</strong></p>\n\n<p>Today, the definition of a video game is much more encompassing.</p>\n\n<p>Only the most purists among us would argue the point that the vast array of <a href=\"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/\">mobile games</a>, or that the virtual reality simulations that have gained an audience on PCs and consoles over the last few years are nothing more than “experiences” and are not technically video games.</p>\n\n<p>In the modern sense, they are video games. However, strict parameters need to be set if we are looking to establish the truth and find real answers.</p>\n\n<h2>What Was the First Video Game?</h2>\n\n<p>Similar to the debate surrounding many discoveries and inventions, the questions of what was the first video game and who invented it have many different answers.</p>\n\n<p>But if you sift through the noise, you will begin to narrow your results and hone in on a few promising candidates.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h3>Bertie the Brain</h3>\n\n<p>According to some, <strong>the first video game ever created was Bertie the Brain</strong> - <a href=\"https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a23660/bertie-the-brain/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">constructed in 1950</a> by an inventor named Josef Kates.</p>\n\n<p>This massive monstrosity of a machine, which measured four meters tall, played a familiar childhood game known as Tic-Tac-Toe and was displayed in the Canadian National Exhibition.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Bertie the Brain - almost the first video game\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/bertie.jpg\" title=\"Bertie the Brain - almost the first video game\" /></p>\n\n<p>For weeks, visitors to the Canadian National Exhibition were able to challenge the artificial intelligence of Bertie the Brain in varying levels of difficulty, much to their delight. For its time, Bertie was a marvel of technology - something no one has seen before.</p>\n\n<p>Sadly, this piece of our history was disassembled at the end of the exhibition, largely dismissed as no more than \"novelty,\" even if a fantastical one.</p>\n\n<p>We are back to the definition of what is a video game - a definition that Bertie the Brain does not quite fully meet.</p>\n\n<h3>William Higinbotham: The Man Who Invented Video Games</h3>\n\n<p>Although Bertie the Brain was a crucial part of gaming history, it did not fully meet the exact definition of what a video game is.</p>\n\n<p>This brings us to the next major contender and the one that purists believe to be the first real video game.</p>\n\n<p>Fast forward eight years into the future - to 1958 - and travel to the <a href=\"https://www.bnl.gov/world/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Brookhaven National Laboratory</a>. There, you will meet a physicist named <strong>William Higinbotham.</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>William Higinbotham, born on October 25th, 1910</strong> was no simple physicist. He already had an illustrious career behind him, having been a member of the team that created the first ever <strong>nuclear bomb</strong>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"William Higinbotham, the inventor of the first video game\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/higinbotham.jpeg\" title=\"William Higinbotham, the inventor of the first video game\" /></p>\n\n<p>Not many gamers know that the man who practically invented what we today call a video game was also one of the men responsible for creating the most destructive technology this world has ever seen.</p>\n\n<p>It’s an interesting dichotomy, to say the least, one that highlights the brilliance of this man's mind, while at the same time proving that not everything in this world is simply black or white.</p>\n\n<p>Being a part of this team (and the burden that went along with it) stayed with William Higinbotham for the rest of his life and troubled him. That is probably why he became one of the founding members of the \"<a href=\"https://fas.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Federation of American Scientists</a>\" - a group with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to make the world more secure.</p>\n\n<p>Having already been a pivotal linchpin in history, Higinbotham took up residency at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1947. That is where he came up with <strong>Tennis for Two</strong>.</p>\n\n<h2>Tennis for Two: The World’s First Video Game</h2>\n\n<p><strong>In October 1958, Tennis for Two, the first actual video game was revealed to the world.</strong> It happens during an open house hosted at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. The first video game, created by William Higinbotham, turned out to be the star of the show, much to the amazement of the attendees and even Higinbotham himself - people lined up to take their turn to play Tennis for Two.</p>\n\n<p>Using a small analog computer, players could adjust two knobs and push a button, which simulated a game of tennis on an oscilloscope. <strong>Essentially, this was an early version of the hit game Pong, which will come into existence 14 years later.</strong></p>\n\n<p>The game took only hours to design and was a huge success. Higinbotham was delighted, as his little experiment achieved exactly what he was striving for: livening up an otherwise dull and boring event. </p>\n\n<p>Higinbotham invented video games to show that science isn’t all about war and destruction.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Tennis for Two - was it the first video game ever?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/tennis_for_two.jpg\" title=\"Tennis for Two - the first video game\" /></p>\n\n<p>Tennis for Two quickly became the most popular piece at the exhibit, capturing the minds of those who played it, despite its total lack of fancy graphics or complicated controls. Players wrote down their scores and challenges were issued.</p>\n\n<p>Little did Higinbotham realize that day, that he had started a revolutionary movement. A movement that would continue to grow for years to come, eventually reshaping the entertainment industry into what it is today.</p>\n\n<p>Similar to its predecessor, Bertie the Brain, Tennis for Two was largely forgotten after the event hosted by Brookhaven National Laboratory. It wasn't until many years later that the seed planted on that fateful day would blossom and begin to take root.</p>\n\n<p>William Higinbotham, despite being accredited as the father of the first video game ever created, would not focus on this field of study and research. Leaving that venture in others capable hands, he returned to his work on nuclear arms control for the remainder of his career.</p>\n\n<p>Tennis for Two, a pivotal part of gaming history, was sadly dismantled, its parts used in other projects, destroying it for all time and making it another lost relic of the past.</p>\n\n<p>Still, the story continued onward and from that point on, the video game industry would continue to grow by leaps and bounds, gaining momentum as the years passed by.</p>\n\n<h2>Video Game Culture Explodes</h2>\n\n<p>For much of the remainder of the 1950's and 1960's, the video game industry remained relatively dormant. Slowly but surely, progress was inching ever forward as other brilliant minds would begin to take an interest in what we called today “interactive media.”</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Video game culture hasn't exploded until the 1970s, with the invention of Pong\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_17/Illustration_800x500_01.jpg\" title=\"Video game culture hasn't exploded until the 1970s, with the invention of Pong\" /></p>\n\n<p>Arcades began to spring up across the world and gave youths around the globe the opportunity to relax, meet and socialize, while at the same time fostering a competitive culture that would push each other (and the industry) to their limits, teaching the value of perseverance, patience, hard work, and practice.</p>\n\n<p>Still, it wasn't until the creation of <strong>Pong </strong>that the movement truly began to grow by leaps and bounds. Pong was the first blockbuster game that captured the minds of the American public in droves and led to a hyper-acceleration of the gaming industry.</p>\n\n<p>Thanks to Pong, Atari became a household name across the United States, and their video game console a staple item in many homes.</p>\n\n<p>Throughout the years we have witnessed a stunning growth in the gaming industry, as it has grown leaps and bounds over the course of these few short decades, despite several setbacks, as there are with anything.</p>\n\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n\n<p>It is estimated that the Gaming industry generated roughly <a href=\"https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/06/superdata-games-grew-12-to-139-9-billion-in-2020-amid-pandemic/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$140 billion in 2020</a>, a jump from $120 billion the previous year.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"How far we have come from the first video games - the gaming industry generated roughly $140 billion in 2020!\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_17/Illustration_800x500_04.jpg\" title=\"Video games are bigger than movies\" /></p>\n\n<p>What this means is that the gaming industry has <a href=\"https://www.nasdaq.com/article/investing-in-video-games-this-industry-pulls-in-more-revenue-than-movies-music-cm634585\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">catapulted past other sectors</a> in the entertainment industry, surpassing Hollywood and its other entertainment competitors.</p>\n\n<p>It is hard to imagine either Josef Kates or William Higinbotham, two of the earliest pioneers of this industry, envisioning the future that laid before them, or the pivotal roles they played in creating the largest entertainment industry this world has ever seen, enjoyed by millions of people - video games.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"5/15/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_17/Header_1368x384_01.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13206"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/cross-platform-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Cross-Platform Games and Why They Are So Important","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"300000","description":"<p>Imagine a world where gaming destroys the rigid (and often harmful) borders that separate players. This is the dream that some contemporary developers and game directors are chasing.</p>\n\n<p>Some people will argue that such an ideal world is irrational - that, by attempting to bridge such dissimilar platforms, crowds might end up harming and dissolving the video game community as a whole.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross platform gaming in real life\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 410px;\" title=\"Cross platform gaming in real life\" /></p>\n\n<p>The vast majority of players disagree with this idea, and instead dream of an open gaming experience without artificial barriers.</p>\n\n<p>There is tangible evidence that this is the direction the gaming industry is going in, as it starts to see new levels of cross platform gaming on both consoles and <a href=\"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/\">mobile</a> devices. It's a complicated path to walk, but it's one that's inherently better for all players. For these reasons, the gaming world continues to strive for the true cross platform accessibility ideal.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What Exactly Is Cross-Platform Gaming?</h2>\n\n<p>Simply put, cross platform games are titles that let players on different platforms or devices play together at the same time.</p>\n\n<p>For example, a game that allows PC gamers play on the same servers as Xbox One players, or PlayStation 4 gamers playing with those on PS Vita. It means a broader, more diverse community, and the downstream effects of this development can be significant.</p>\n\n<p>In older cases, cross platform games remained within their respective publisher's domain. Nintendo games have traditionally only had cross-play across their own consoles, for example. Much derided by players, this pattern is finally beginning to change.</p>\n\n<p>Examples of more encompassing cross platform games are still too few, but their numbers are slowly growing, especially within the modern console generation.</p>\n\n<p>It is only natural that cross platform games are on the rise, as more AAA titles are released <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2018/03/21/epic-games-wants-ps4-and-xbox-one-players-to-play-fortnite-battle-royale-together\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">across most major platforms</a> as the industry evolves. As hardware continues to improve, console architecture continues to approach that of a PC, and the links between all platforms will continue to strengthen.</p>\n\n<p>Since so many gamers are playing the same titles nowadays, many believe that they should be able to populate the same online networks. In other words: people should be able to play online games with their friends, regardless of platform.</p>\n\n<p>Yet, despite this common belief, there are still obstacles in the way.</p>\n\n<h2>The Obstacles Standing in the way of Cross-Platform Games</h2>\n\n<h3>An Unfortunately Divided Gaming Culture</h3>\n\n<p>It’s no secret that there is a rivalry between the popular platforms and their loyal fanbases. This is often called the console war, though this battlefield includes PC gaming too.</p>\n\n<p>Originally, the roots of this issue could originate in the old school-yard disputes of the young.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross platform games create fanbases\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Unfortunately Divided Gaming Culture\" /></p>\n\n<p>Like today, many older gamers grew up with only one console in their household. This would lead to arguments among schoolmates over which system was better; an argument which really came down to subjective choice.</p>\n\n<p>Such a divided culture can hinder the uniting efforts of cross platform games. There are a stubborn few who simply do not want to open the borders between their domains and share a match with other gamers, across what they perceive to be inferior platforms.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h3>Technical Limitations</h3>\n\n<p>This is a more practical point and has nothing to do with the games or gamers themselves.</p>\n\n<p>There are many differences between a mouse and keyboard combo and a controller. In many cases, it can introduce issues when cross platform games combine these controls together.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Console are one form of cross-platform gaming\" src=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Dualshock_4_Layout.svg/2000px-Dualshock_4_Layout.svg.png\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 533px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>In the case of first-person shooters, a mouse and keyboard provide a slight advantage over a controller. A mouse offers a higher level of sensitivity and accuracy than an analog stick for feats like flick-shots, and many console players in head-to-head combat would be at a disadvantage.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, there are features that address this challenge, such as how aim-assist boosts accuracy in FPS games. These efforts can mitigate issues, but they can't completely solve the problems that cross platform games face.</p>\n\n<h2>The Next Level of co-Op</h2>\n\n<p>There was a time when split-screen was the preferred tool for multiplayer gaming on consoles, before the advent of high-speed internet lines.</p>\n\n<p>While we see incredible new levels of online play, too many people miss the physical interaction of the couch-coop days of yore.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross-platform games will rekindle a sense of togetherness\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 440px;\" title=\"Cross-platform games will rekindle a sense of togetherness\" /></p>\n\n<p>Today, there are many co-op games that people wish they could play with each other, but cannot due to a lack of cross platform support.</p>\n\n<p>When it comes to the best online games to play with friends, it's a great pity when people cannot come together due to technical limitations. This need is what many people believe will drive developers to overcome existing drawbacks.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross-platform games are often available on computer\" src=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Input-gaming.png\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 800px;\" title=\"Cross-platform games are often available on computer\" /></p>\n\n<p>Such a drive proved itself with the new console systems, which are analogous to high-power PCs, with all the potential that implies.</p>\n\n<p>This balance of power and capability will eventually result in the leveling of the playing field to bring cross platform games to the masses. Once gamers across mediums can interact with each other freely, maybe the walls between PC, console, and mobile will finally crumble.</p>\n\n<h2>Cross-Platform Games Are Bringing People Together</h2>\n\n<p>To the delight of countless people all over the world, cross platform gaming is becoming the rule rather than the exception.</p>\n\n<p>New developers are increasingly coming to terms with the benefits of larger communities, and this doesn't just apply to singular games.</p>\n\n<p>It can have profound effects on the longevity of a series overall, by keeping cross platform games in a mainstream zeitgeist.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cross-platform play between PC, consoles, mobile and tablets\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 440px;\" title=\"Cross-platform play between PC, consoles and mobile\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n\n<p>Recent titles have provided an invaluable contribution to cross platform development and progression.  It only takes a few titles which can successfully, securely, and reasonably bring together multiple platforms, to convince the gaming industry that cross platform games can quickly become a reliable, enjoyable, and highly profitable venture.</p>\n\n<p>There is so much to gain from cross platform games integration, and the lead companies in the industry are increasingly appreciating this fact. Technical limitations are being overcome, and a more balanced and fair realm of unified play has been a growing result.</p>\n\n<p>We're seeing a standard of gaming we once didn’t think possible, where ingeniously comprehensive mediums for multiplayer experiences are being revamped to unbelievable levels. It is all very inspiring to think about, and we can't wait to see how the next generation of cross platform games will embrace this new and changing world.</p>\n","date":"4/29/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_16/cross-platform-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13200"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/grinding-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Mine, Level Up, Repeat: The Ups and Downs of Grinding Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"420000","description":"<p>When it comes to controversial topics in gaming, few issues create as much debate as grinding games.</p>\n\n<p>The definition of grinding is performing a repetitive task to gain gameplay advantages.</p>\n\n<p>In short, grinding in video games is repeatedly performing an action that will increase your character stats and make you a more powerful adversary.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Grinding in games can feel a lot like running in place\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Grinding in games can feel a lot like running in place\" /></p>\n\n<p>Some players refer to this as “treadmilling” or “pushing the bar”, mainly due to the similarities that grinding has with regular exercise.</p>\n\n<p>In <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO games</a>, those repetitive actions can be mining ore or fighting low-level bad guys to achieve the same results.</p>\n\n<p>Sound familiar? That is because many games now include a significant amount of grinding.</p>\n\n<p>But is it really such a bad thing that to gain results we have to work for them?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What Does Grinding Mean in Video Games?</h2>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Game grinding is performing a repetitive task to make progress within a game. Quite often, grinding in video games can boost your stats and help you gain more useful attributes. </span></p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">This then means you can move forward by competing with others or developing your standing.</span></p>\n\n<h2>The History of Grinding Games</h2>\n\n<p>Grinding in video games is not a new thing. While it is particularly associated with modern <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/\">MMORPGs</a>, it is not a far cry from practicing Super Mario Bros on the NES and trying to master that tricky level over your summer holiday.</p>\n\n<p>While you did not \"level up\" in the same way you would expect in an MMO, you were still repeatedly trying to do something until your skill level improved enough to facilitate your progress.</p>\n\n<p>Your \"leveling up\" just happened to be noticeable in your physical skill, rather than in a number on a character stats screen.</p>\n\n<p>Most of the time, game grinding mixes good fun with a little frustration. But frustration isn’t necessarily a bad thing: waltzing through a game because it's far too easy irks players more than playing one that borders on being too difficult.</p>\n\n<p>There is pride associated with mastering something tough.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The key to making grinding games fun is company\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"The key to fun grinding is company\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Multiplayer Games = The Best Grinding Games</h2>\n\n<p>MMORPGs tend to lean heavily on the tropes associated with grinding games – and that works well.</p>\n\n<p>Stats-heavy games will always lend themselves to the grind more naturally than those that are lighter in that department.</p>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"/en/blog/social-gamer-guide/\">social aspects</a> associated with <a href=\"/en/games/genre/multiplayer-games/\">multiplayer games</a> also allow for extended moments of grinding with less boredom.</p>\n\n<h3>Team Players in Grinding Games</h3>\n\n<p>When working as part of a team in titles like WoW and The Elder Scrolls Online, game grinding becomes akin to a fun version of work.</p>\n\n<p>You feel compelled to put in the time to succeed, but don’t mind doing so, as some fun times are guaranteed.</p>\n\n<p>In that respect, grinding games have managed to be surprisingly successful.</p>\n\n<h3>Why are Grinding Games Fun?</h3>\n\n<p>Doing something repetitively over and over only to improve your stats shouldn’t be fun, should it?</p>\n\n<p>But, there seems to be a unique appeal to it in multiplayer games that most single-player games just can’t deliver.</p>\n\n<p>Players might enjoy getting immersed in the repetitive nature of grinding games and may get a real sense of achievement when their hours of hard work pay off and they access the bonuses or tools they were seeking.</p>\n\n<h3>Spicing Up the Game</h3>\n\n<p>To make a great grinding game, developers cannot merely rely on providing players with some company while they blindly go through their \"gaming chores\".</p>\n\n<p>A good title will include a game grinding routine that stimulates the player just as much as the more narrative-driven segments.</p>\n\n<p>If the game gets this wrong, players will see straight through the game-lengthening techniques.</p>\n\n<p>A successful game hides the grind or at least blurs its edges, so it is difficult to tell where the grind starts and ends.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Variety is the Spice of Life – and Grinding Games</h2>\n\n<p>Bashing the same button over and over as you slam your pickaxe into a rock gets tiresome very quickly.</p>\n\n<p>That's especially true when all you can hope to gain is a few numbers on a stat sheet.</p>\n\n<p>Mixing up the results from the mining will, on the other hand, keep the player concentrated on the task.</p>\n\n<p>A good example of how grinding games work well is <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardew_Valley\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stardew Valley</a>.</p>\n\n<h3>Stardew Valley as a Case Study</h3>\n\n<p>Originally released back in 2016, the indie title continues to be a huge hit.</p>\n\n<p>According to an article posted on Steam at the start of 2021, it broke its all-time in-game player record on the platform recently.</p>\n\n<p>The title achieved 94,879 players at one time.</p>\n\n<p>The game sees players head into the country for a life of farming, mining, and socializing with the locals.</p>\n\n<p>While town life may be considerably narrative-driven, the mining and farming aspects of the game are very grindy.</p>\n\n<p>Stardew Valley doesn’t fall into the trap of becoming tedious, though. There is plenty of variety to its grinding game elements.</p>\n\n<h3>Is Farming Grinding?</h3>\n\n<p>When farming, you may be required to plant and water your crops on a regular basis, but the way you do this is entirely up to you.</p>\n\n<p>You decide on the aesthetics of the farm, as well as the crops you sow. You may be repeating the same action, but it feels like it is your choice to do so, and rarely feels like a chore.</p>\n\n<p>The same can be said for the mining portion of the game. You decide where to mine, and the variety of rocks and ore keeps things fresh.</p>\n\n<p>The key to the success of Stardew Valley is the blend of hard work, reward, and variety.</p>\n\n<p>It can be a tricky tightrope to walk, but this is an example of a perfectly balanced grinding game.</p>\n\n<p>It also exhibits another factor that many grinding games would benefit from: it gives you a little glimpse of the future.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Grinding games for loot\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Grinding for loot\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Grinding Game Goals</h2>\n\n<p>Grinding games are only worth it if you have a slight idea of what the results could bring you.</p>\n\n<p>Nobody wants to work hard if there is no light at the end of the tunnel. If you can see what is waiting for you, it might feel more worth it.</p>\n\n<p>Stardew Valley does this amazingly well by placing obstacles in the way of your character progression.</p>\n\n<h3>The Success of Stardew Valley</h3>\n\n<p>It blocks access to certain parts of the map but gives hints of what is in store once you attain the necessary tools to proceed.</p>\n\n<p>This \"carrot on a stick\" is key to any grinding game that wants players to invest hour after hour into it and still come back for more.</p>\n\n<p>Whether that carrot is an inaccessible area or a weapon that is out of your current price range, the allure of \"what might be around the corner\" has to be strong enough to encourage the player onwards.</p>\n\n<h3>Cliffhangers outside of Film & TV</h3>\n\n<p>All the best grinding games know this and use it to their own advantage.</p>\n\n<p>However, there are grinding games that simply did not get the memo when it comes to this.</p>\n\n<p>These games tend to drag on with little or no sign of a reward or reason to carry on.</p>\n\n<p>This would have been a death sentence for games released 10 or 15 years ago, but with constant updates now available to anyone with internet access, grinding games can be rectified if needed.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Games requiring a lot of grinding are usually worth it in the end\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"It's worth it in the end\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Grinding in Video Games Done Right</h2>\n\n<p>Those who aren’t fans of game grinding would do well to consider what the gaming world would look like without it.</p>\n\n<p>A game with little challenge and a constant stream of rewards is something that quickly becomes boring.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe mom and dad were right all along - hard work really is a reward all by itself.</p>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Grinding can drive some gamers mad\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-5.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Grinding in MMO games\" /></h3>\n\n<h3>Grinding as Occupational Therapy of Sorts</h3>\n\n<p>Some players reference a sort of \"zen-like\" state that descends upon them while they are deep within grinding games.</p>\n\n<p>In addition, the sense of achievement they get from putting in the required hours leaves them with a genuine feeling of pride.</p>\n\n<p>If game grinding is implemented correctly in the first place, we shouldn’t even notice it at all.</p>\n\n<p>So, as a rule of thumb, if the grind is varied, challenging, and fun, you are halfway to creating a great grinding game.</p>\n","date":"4/12/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/grinding-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13192"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/rts-vs-tbs/"},"strings":{"title":"The Differences Between Real-time and Turn-based Strategy","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"420000","description":"<p><a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">Strategy games</a> are among the most complex video games. Most of them fall into two similar, but distinct subgenres: <strong>RTS</strong> and <strong>TBS</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>What's the difference between RTS vs. TBS?</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>RTS means Real-time Strategy</strong></li>\n\t<li><strong>TBS means Turn-based Strategy</strong></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Understanding the differences between RTS and TBS is key to understanding the strategy genre as a <em>whole</em>.</p>\n\n<p>So let's get straight to the point: <strong>RTS vs. TBS - how to tell them apart, and which one is better?</strong></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"RTS vs. TBS\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/realtime-turnbased-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"RTS vs. TBS\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Real-time Strategy Vs. Turn-based Strategy</h2>\n\n<p>The most basic defining factor that differentiates strategy games is how they approach the concept of time.</p>\n\n<p>The first difference between turn-based and real-time strategy is how time flows in a game. If time has been compartmentalized into phases, and each player or AI opponent has allocated time slots in which to execute their strategy - you are most likely playing a turn-based strategy game.</p>\n\n<p>In other words: If you each take turns to play, it’s a <em>turn-based game (TBS).</em></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>If time flows as it does in the real world, and all players can play all at once, then you are most likely playing a <em>real-time strategy game (RTS)</em>.</p>\n\n<p>Here all decisions are made under pressure and the constant threat of attack; there are <em>no pauses</em>.</p>\n\n<h2>Turn-based Strategy Games</h2>\n\n<p>If you are not familiar with the medium, the best way to imagine a turn-based game is to think of it as a digital board game.</p>\n\n<p>In the traditional board game format, each player will have a turn to think, strategize, and execute their decisions regarding the pieces in their hands and on the board.</p>\n\n<p>The game will progress in an orderly fashion, with each person biding their time, waiting for the others to finish their turns before they can resume actioning their investments on the board.</p>\n\n<p>The same is true with many turn-based strategy games. Players and AIs will each be given a chance in an orderly fashion to utilize the full extent of their intelligence, cunning, and resources to achieve whatever objective happens to be at hand.</p>\n\n<h2>Types of Turn-based Strategy Games</h2>\n\n<p>In XCOM, you command a squad of alien-hunting soldiers, taking charge of a party of around five or six characters in total.</p>\n\n<p>In a Total War game, you take control of an entire civilization - its government, commerce and economy, and armies.</p>\n\n<p>Now, although both games involve taking turns between you and opponents, the scale is <em>completely </em>different. XCOM is considered more tactical, with more surgical battles and short-term decision-making. Total War, on the other hand, is much more massive and “big-picture” with gameplay spanning years, decades and centuries.</p>\n\n<p>But that’s not where it ends. Between TBS and RTS, the former has made its way into other, admittedly more popular genres. You can find elements of TBS in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/eastern-games-vs-western-games/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">JRPGs</a>, simulators, and tactical shooters.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Real-time Strategy Games</h2>\n\n<p>The term “real-time strategy” was coined by Brett Sperry when <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/build-gather-brawl-repeat-the-history-of-real-time-strategy-games/2/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">marketing his 1990 classic game Dune II</a>. While this game is not necessarily considered to be the first proper RTS title, it certainly did set the format for countless leading franchises to come.</p>\n\n<p>Some of the most successful and acclaimed real-time strategy franchises such as Command & Conquer, Warcraft, and StarCraft, all owe their foundational design inspiration to the early 90s sci-fi classic.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Real-time strategy games are about quick decisions and multitasking\" longdesc=\"Real-time strategy is about quick decisions and multitasking\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/realtime-turnbased-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>The best way to understand a typical RTS game is to imagine the Middle Ages. In this foundational phase of human development, various newfound cultures uplifted themselves from the ashes of Classical Civilizations, often towards imperial domination goals.</p>\n\n<p>If you could imagine France, Germany and England, for example, all developing around each other, at the same time, and consequently invading or forming alliances with each other - then you pretty much understand a real-time strategy game.</p>\n\n<h3>Community Developing and Resource Gathering</h3>\n\n<p>This type of real-time strategy game involves players developing their people, settlements, armies, and strategies all in real-time. Unit construction, invasions, and all developments between players all occur along a single, continuous, and unhindered timeline which all present players share.</p>\n\n<p>Resource gathering is an essential part of most real-time strategy games, and you will indeed often find yourself competing aggressively with other players for limited resources upon the map.</p>\n\n<p>This requires a heightened level of decision-making and reflex-based reactions compared to turn-based strategy, which affords players an extended period of halted and composed planning and execution.</p>\n\n<h2>Playing Strategy Games at a Professional Level</h2>\n\n<p>If you are wondering about the esport presence of real-time and turned-based strategy titles, then you should know that RTS games make up the majority of the leading online strategy esport content.</p>\n\n<p>While you can play online strategy games that are turn-based at very competitive levels, they would, for the most part, not translate well to a live, widely-spectated performance. Many of the leading turn-based strategy games just do not fall into the esport criteria well enough. They are generally based on lengthy campaigns and lack the excitement needed for spectator sports. In fact, they face many of the problems <a href=\"/en/blog/esports/\">MMO esports</a> face.</p>\n\n<p>Today, millions of dollars go into the collective running and administering of just the online strategy sector of esports. Not only that, the actual players can win fortunes in the bigger competitions.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"StarCraft - the king of competitive strategy\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_13/starcrafttourney.jpg\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 390px;\" title=\"StarCraft - the king of competitive strategy\" /></p>\n\n<h2>StarCraft: The Founder and King of eSports</h2>\n\n<p>With the expansion of the original StarCraft monster hit, StarCraft: Brood Wars, came the foundations for the entire esports scene. It was in South Korea when the first proper and well-organized tournaments and competitions began their facilitation, around 2002.</p>\n\n<p>It was then that the first teams of organized pro-gamers began rising through the scene, receiving sponsorships from large South Korean companies such as KT, SK Telecom, and Samsung.</p>\n\n<p>While it may sound surprising or bizarre to many, Korean StarCraft champions are on the same level as professional athletes, holding the same level of public admiration and reverence.</p>\n\n<p>The original StarCraft was the first game ever to be accepted into the World Cyber Games tournament and continued to make a yearly appearance up until 2011 when it was replaced by the sequel - StarCraft 2.</p>\n\n<p>StarCraft 2 carried on the torch, continuing the original game’s success within the online strategy esports world as one of the most popular esport online strategy games.</p>\n\n<h2>RTS vs. TBS: Which is Better?</h2>\n\n<p>So, who wins when it comes to RTS vs. TBS?</p>\n\n<p>This question is obviously entirely subjective, and there is no one right answer. Every strategy game fan has different tastes. Some may absolutely love the epic war campaigns of turn-based strategy games, while others are all about the intense skirmishes of real-time strategy games.</p>\n\n<p>There are legions of hardcore fans on each side, and there have been debates raging for a long time regarding real-time vs. turn-based. Such contention, however, is ultimately redundant and futile, and players should actually be supporting the development of the strategy genre overall.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Which one is better in the battle of RTS vs. TBS?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/realtime-turnbased-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"So which one is better? Real-time strategy or turn-based strategy?\" /></p>\n\n<p>It all really depends on what you want out of a game. If you prefer being able to take your time to strategize and execute orders in a controlled, calm, and paced manner, then you might be happier with turn-based strategy.</p>\n\n<p>If you prefer to play games that flow in a more realistic manner and enjoy nothing more than fast-paced decision-making and flexible reactions, then real-time strategy is more up your alley.</p>\n\n<p>Both divisions are endlessly enjoyable, however, and you really should try leading titles from both to not limit your gaming experience. The best part about both subgenres is that they offer relatively limitless potential. The same game can be played over and over again, with different races, employing different strategies and executions.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"3/27/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_14/realtime-turnbased-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13191"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/eastern-games-vs-western-games/"},"strings":{"title":"The Difference Between Japanese Games and Western Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>If you were born after 1990, there is a good chance that you have grown up oblivious to one of the most brutal and nasty conflicts of the modern age.</p>\n\n<p>It was a battle between two powerhouses from the east, whose race for dominance divided families across the globe. Friendships were destroyed, brother turned against brother, and lines were drawn in the sand, some of which are there to this day.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>This bloody conflict was known as the console wars, and it shaped both Japanese and <a href=\"/en/games/\">Western games</a> throughout history.</p>\n\n<h2>Console Wars: How It All Started</h2>\n\n<p>Back in the early 1980s, <a href=\"https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Corporate/Nintendo-History/Nintendo-History-625945.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo released their new home console</a>, the Nintendo Entertainment System, better known as the NES.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was one of the first point of dispute among Japanese and Western games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/nes.jpg\" style=\"width: 700px; height: 510px;\" title=\"Nintendo Entertainment System, the NES\" /></p>\n\n<p>This little grey box started a fascination with video games that has grown exponentially ever since.</p>\n\n<p>To combat the rise of Nintendo, a company with a history of building arcade machines decided to enter the home console arena in 1985. With the release of the Master System, SEGA has officially started the console wars.</p>\n\n<p>Puritans may point to the earlier battles between the likes of the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum, but none of these face-offs garnered quite the same level of tribalism that the NES vs. Master System did.</p>\n\n<p>This battle continued for over a decade, with new systems entering the fray with ever increasing computing prowess and graphical fidelity.</p>\n\n<p>While fans were arguing over which side had the best console, a curious divide was becoming apparent. This divide went beyond the consoles themselves and quickly became a cultural one.</p>\n\n<p>This, of course, refers to the difference between Japanese and Western games.</p>\n\n<h2>Western RPG vs. JRPG</h2>\n\n<p>In the early years, when platformers, beat ‘em-ups, <a href=\"/en/games/genre/shooting-games/\">shoot ‘em-ups</a>, and the occasional sports sim, dominated the market, there was little to tell Japanese and western games apart.</p>\n\n<p>However, there was one genre that was starting to show the differences in culture. This genre was the <a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">RPG</a>. Role-playing games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Final Fantasy XV may seem similar on the surface, but to anyone who has played both, the differences couldn’t be more obvious.</p>\n\n<p>Taking Bethesda’s Skyrim as an example of a western RPG, it becomes apparent that the emphasis was on exploration.</p>\n\n<p>These games generally exhibit sprawling worlds that have been carefully crafted to make the player feel that they can quite literally go anywhere and do anything. The edges of these worlds are crafted in such a way that the player would never feel like they have discovered everything. These games are designed to make you feel like you can shape the world with your choices and actions.</p>\n\n<p>Crossing over to Japan, the JRPGs don’t follow this philosophy anywhere nearly as much. Yes, the worlds can be massive, but the games themselves tend to be more linear in nature. Here, there seems to be a more substantial emphasis on storytelling, characters, and guiding the player through a compelling experience.</p>\n\n<h2>Japanese Games vs. Western Games</h2>\n\n<p>When it comes to pure aesthetics, there is also quite a noticeable difference between the Japanese and Western games.</p>\n\n<p>Japanese games have generally taken on a look that is heavily influenced by manga and anime, with large eyes, cartoony features, and hair that seems to defy gravity.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Western RPGs vs. Japanese RPGs\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/east-west-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Western RPGs vs. Japanese RPGs\" /></p>\n\n<p>Western games, on the other hand, tend to aim at a slightly more realistic graphics. It is almost as though in western games we want to completely recreate life, whereas, in the east, they are happy to create their interpretation of it, unrestrained by the rules of the real world.</p>\n\n<p>Combat too generally differs quite radically in both subgenres.</p>\n\n<p>The majority of the action in WRPGs happens in real-time and dependant on player skill and reflex, whereas JRPGs quite often rely on a strategic turn-based system that plays out like a ‘stats heavy’ game of top trumps. Here, your band of adventurers face-off against hordes of evil while you decide which party member will do the most damage against which member of the opposing party.</p>\n\n<p>That isn't to say that western games like Skyrim or The Witcher 3 don’t rely on stats, but with them comes a healthy dose of hand to eye coordination. A classic Final Fantasy-style game would much rather you joust with your brain than with your fists.</p>\n\n<p>It is also somewhat interesting to note that most WRPGs have you starting out as a lone warrior, whereas the more eastern-influenced games often involve guiding a whole party.</p>\n\n<p>This could be a result cultural influence as well; wherein the western world the mighty “lone wolf hero” has been recycled in so many stories, Japanese culture has always had more of an obsession with protection, and putting a person or groups interests before the protagonists. More of a \"selfless hero\" if you will.</p>\n\n<h2>Japanese MMORPG vs. Western MMORPG</h2>\n\n<p>When it comes to online games, and in particular <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/\">MMORPGs</a>, the differences have continued to develop.</p>\n\n<p>In Japan, online games are even more popular than it is in the west, and MMORPGs have become akin to more enjoyable days at the office. Japanese online games are noted to have a significant amount of ‘grinding’ associated with them. In this sort of society, logging on to level up your character every night isn't looked at as a bad thing, in fact, it’s a social thing.</p>\n\n<p>This could very well be down to the way Japanese culture has embraced gaming as a legitimate pastime, something that has only just started to happen in the west, where there has always been gaming culture, but its legitimacy is slightly less accepted.</p>\n\n<p>With Japanese games, rewarding players for grinding away in groups, those sessions after work or school become the defacto way to relax and chat away with your friends, while also progressing through a game.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Video games are an acceptable social activity in many countries\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/east-west-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Video games are an acceptable social activity\" /></p>\n\n<p>Some users have even started to look at these games as a substitute for social networks. You go to work, you come home, and you game with your friends. For some, the game world has become the bar or the squash court. And within a culture where hard work is revered, grinding away with your friends after work in Final Fantasy 14 is as routine and widespread as coming home and logging onto Netflix in the west.</p>\n\n<h2>When East Meets West</h2>\n\n<p>You would be forgiven for thinking that these two RPG subgenres are forking off in entirely different directions, but that is not actually true.</p>\n\n<p>Many of the companies from both sides of the gaming world are starting to take note of the more popular aspects of each other’s work, which is leading to some rather interesting mashups. None more so widespread than in the <a href=\"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/\">mobile space</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Look through either the App Store or Google Play, and you will probably notice quite a few of the adventure, RPG or <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">strategy games</a> are now employing a Final Fantasy battle system. Even the latest Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes is centered purely around the combat mechanics.</p>\n\n<p>Turn-based combat, as it turns out, makes way more sense on mobile than the more western, dexterity-based way of fighting.</p>\n\n<p>On the other side of the coin, we are now starting to see far more open worlds in the likes of Final Fantasy XV, no doubt a reaction to how well western games have sold worldwide (including Japan).</p>\n\n<p>Where previously linear storylines with few choices were the fashion, multi-arced stories with alternate endings are now becoming more popular. And in return, some western MMOs now require a fair amount of grinding before leveling up (albeit a slightly different type of grinding).</p>\n\n<p>In fact, it could be said that some of the latest RPGs are neither genuinely eastern or western in origin. Most Elder Scrolls Online or World of Warcraft fans would have to admit to doing a fair amount of grinding in their time, while Final Fantasy XV fans were pretty surprised to see the number of real choices that they were privy to in the last installment of the franchise.</p>\n\n<h2>The Western and Japanese RPG hybrid</h2>\n\n<p>The great thing about this crossing over, is that it gives us games that would have otherwise been lacking in some areas. By mixing the subgenres, brand new ones have been created, and with whole new levels of addiction to boot.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/games-like-stardew-valley/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Games like Stardew Valley</a> (which is basically a heavily tweaked Harvest Moon), has taken the Japanese farm/life sim and mixed in a little western mechanics to polish things off. The game now sits pretty at number one as the most downloaded Switch games of all time, something previously unthinkable in a year which saw a new Mario release.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"JRPGs and WRPGs complement one another\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/east-west-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"JRPGs and WRPGs complement one another\" /></p>\n\n<p>So rather than seeing the differences between the two gaming cultures as a “war” of which you need to take a side, perhaps a healthier outlook would be that of two styles that complement one another.</p>\n\n<p>When one side makes strides, the other notices and reacts. Equally, when one side makes mistakes, the other makes sure they don’t fall into the same trap. And with a gaming scene that has been plagued by a lack of innovation of late, these fusions between genres, subgenres, and cultures should be welcomed.</p>\n\n<p>In a world that is metaphorically getting smaller, witnessing one culture merge with another is something that we will see more and more. Whether that is in the film industry (just look at the popularity of Studio Ghibli in the west and Harry Potter in the east) or in the gaming industry, the fusion of cultures is here to stay, and I for one welcome it wholeheartedly.</p>\n","date":"3/13/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_11/east-west-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13172"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/strategy-rpg/"},"strings":{"title":"Strategy RPG Games Bring Together the Best of Both Genres","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>The lines between <a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">RPG games</a> and virtually every other genre are gradually eroding in recent years.</p>\n\n<p>With developers looking to add more depth and personalization to their creations, RPG elements have started to appear in places we usually wouldn’t expect to see them.</p>\n\n<p>This includes deep narratives, leveling, and multi-layered characters which were traditionally the exclusive domain of the RPG genre.</p>\n\n<p>Essentially, we’re living in a post-RPG world where <a href=\"http://store.steampowered.com/tags/en/Strategy+RPG#p=0&tab=ConcurrentUsers\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">hybrids are the rule</a> rather than the exception.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Strategy RPG hybrids are the norm now\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_10/rpg-strategy-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Strategy RPG hybrids are the norm now\" /></p>\n\n<p>One area where these features have made a move in recent years is strategy RPG games.</p>\n\n<p>Aiming to elevate the genre beyond its aging traditional roots, strategy RPGs such as the Fire Emblem franchise fuse tactics and immersive environments together as one.</p>\n\n<p>One of the most popular games in the series, Fire Emblem Awakening is marked by a dominant storyline that follows an epic battle across entire continents. In typical RPG fashion, all characters can be customized in various ways to suit the terrain and bring some extra depth to the action.</p>\n\n<p>However, unlike your typical RPG, players can’t just hack-and-slash their way through the game. Instead, they must employ a wide array of strategies, tactics, and abilities, as well as learn how to best utilize each character's strengths to overcome the game’s many challenges.</p>\n\n<p>Fire Emblem Awakening is what is known as a tactical RPG.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The Birth of Strategy Role-playing Games</h2>\n\n<p>Strategy RPGs, also known as tactical role-playing games, can be traced all the way back to traditional tabletop role-playing games such as classic Dungeons & Dragons.</p>\n\n<p>“Cool” as it may be, we’re more interested in the video game variation. Like so many others, the subgenre originated in Japan in the 1980s. Games like<em><strong> </strong></em><strong>The Dragon and Princess and Bokosuka Wars </strong>were among the first to lay the foundations for the new genre, called \"simulation RPG\" back then.</p>\n\n<p>However, it wasn’t until 1988 that this hybrid of strategy and RPG started to take form.</p>\n\n<p>Many point to the strategy RPG Silver Ghost as one of the first fully-formed strategy RPGs. Players were able to use point-and-click controls in a real-time environment to manage and control multiple characters/units. If that sounds like an RTS game to you, you aren’t wrong - that is exactly how it paved the way for the RTS/RPG hybrid.</p>\n\n<p>Following the legacy of Silver Ghost, First Queen took the genre another step further with a unique take. The game sees players explore an interactive world filled with different characters, upgrades, and unique scenery - all standard RPG elements.</p>\n\n<p>These hybrids showed that it was possible to create immersive RPG worlds and successfully incorporate tactical elements. The <a href=\"https://www.gameinformer.com/classic/2019/07/25/a-brief-history-of-the-fire-emblem-series\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fire Emblem series</a> then brought the concept to mainstream audiences in 1990, and many of its features have been used ever since.</p>\n\n<p>Throughout the nineties, games like Arc the Lad II, the Farland Story series, Front Mission, and more all help evolve the strategy RPG genre.</p>\n\n<p>As we moved into the new millennium, mobile titles started to introduce themselves into the mix. As the likes of Valkyria Chronicles and Fire Emblem continued to dominate consoles, brands such as Banner Saga were making mobile strategy RPGs into serious contenders.</p>\n\n<p>What we’ve seen over the years is a coming together of strategy and RPG games to form a new genre. Essentially, for those that enjoy making critical decisions but want a more personal experience than that of a detached general overlooking a battlefield, a strategy RPG is the perfect tonic.</p>\n\n<p>Pushing these a step further, the online and games as a service model of modern titles can allow even single games to continue to evolve. From balance changes to new characters, raids, and special features, strategy RPGs are on a never-ending quest to expand.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>How Strategy RPG Combines Both Genres Together</h2>\n\n<p>From our look at the history of the strategy RPG genre, we can already start to see what makes the genre tick.</p>\n\n<p>Rather than resorting to reflexes or real-time button mashing, the essence of a strategy game is to pick the best moves for the situation at hand. Like chess, each move can have considerable future implications, for good or for bad.</p>\n\n<p>Strategy RPGs don't lose this aspect. The combination of storylines, expansive worlds, and customizable characters have only made these games more immersive.</p>\n\n<p>When you examine the dynamics a little closer, you get to see an interplay between strategy and tactics. As a general rule, strategy refers to an overarching goal, the bigger picture moves that will help you achieve victory. In contrast, tactics relate to the minutiae of a fight, the specific steps you make in a situation such as “use X weapon to target Y with unit Z.”</p>\n\n<p>When a game requires you to focus on an overall strategy, for instance crossing a map using the most efficient course, it leans towards being a strategy game. When you’re required to think about the weapons you’ve got and how to use them in individual battles, this is much more like an RPG. Therefore, when you combine these two elements into a single game, you have a strategy RPG.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Playing an individual character in the context of a team is often the case in strategy RPGs\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-friendly.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Playing an individual character in the context of a team\" /></p>\n\n<p>Of course, certain games will lean more to one side of the spectrum of the other. What’s more, you should also look out for the following attributes to know if you’re dealing with a strategy RPG:</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Team player:</u></strong> If RPGs typically put players in the role of a single character or a small party, and strategy games put you in control over entire armies - strategy RPGs offer a combination of both dynamics.</p>\n\n<p>This dynamic is something that’s often lacking in both strategy and RPG games, which instead focus more on the macro and micro respectively. In strategy RPGs, these blend together nicely in the hybrid genre.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>You only die once:</u></strong> In most RPGs, once your main character dies, it’s game over. Load your save file and try again. That’s not the case in strategy games, where you have almost limitless units at your disposal.</p>\n\n<p>Once again, Strategy RPG games offer a sort of hybrid of the two paradigms. Your main character must survive the battle, but the same isn’t necessarily true for the grunts that make up the rest of your party.</p>\n\n<p>This can challenge both strategy and RPG players. Strategy players aren’t used to having to protect a single unit - to them the bigger picture is all that matters. RPG players, on the other hand, aren’t always comfortable with the idea of “permadeath” - losing a character forever.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>The tactical approach:</u></strong> Unlike a standard RPG where the action is up close and personal, games in this hybrid genre typically take a step back to look at the action from a more tactical angle. Some strategy RPGs shift to a top-down or isometric perspective when it’s time to fight.</p>\n\n<p>This shift between the character’s perspective and an overhead view might break the immersion a bit, but it helps highlight the strategy elements of the game.</p>\n\n<p>On the other hand, strategy titles often lack mainstream appeal because they don’t offer the level of immersion the average gamer arguably enjoys. That is why strategy RPGs present a more personal perspective when it comes to the story. When a story revolves around a pivotal character - the one the player just so happens to control - the change in camera angles doesn’t harm the player’s investment in the game.</p>\n\n<p>Tactical RPGs make players feel like a general, but unlike in straight strategy titles, a strategy RPG leaves them more invested in the success of certain key player units.</p>\n\n<h2>Are Tactical RPG Games for You?</h2>\n\n<p>Would you prefer staring at a map and practicing your long-term decision-making skills, or do you want bombastic upfront action that stimulates the senses? These are the options you’re generally faced with when you choose between strategy titles and RPGs.</p>\n\n<p>But with Strategy RPG you don’t really have to choose. This unique subgenre offers the best of both worlds.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"This unique subgenre of tactical RPG offers the best of both worlds\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_10/rpg-strategy-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"This unique subgenre offers the best of both worlds\" /></p>\n\n<p>In many ways, fusing RPG and strategy elements together has been a success. For example, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_X_Zone#Reception\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Project X Zone</a> was a huge hit, and not just because it combined some leading characters from Sega, Bandai Namco, and Capcom. Because the 2D brawler dynamic offered a familiar setting for casual gamers, Project X Zone was able to introduce tactical battles with relative ease.</p>\n\n<p>True, it depends on each game. Some lean more heavily towards role-playing games, earning the definition of “tactical RPGs”, while others go for a more traditional RTS experience, but with RPG elements thrown into the mix.</p>\n\n<p>But it only goes to show that fans of both genres will always find something to entertain and challenge them when it comes to this genre. They may act as a fusion between key aspects of different genres, but this fusion still allows for considerable flexibility, and the abundance of choice has proven the genre an ongoing hit.</p>\n","date":"2/18/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_10/rpg-strategy-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13155"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/battle-royale/"},"strings":{"title":"What is Battle Royale? A Beginner’s Guide to Battle Royale Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"360000","description":"<p>Several subgenres in <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO gaming</a> have taken the world by storm in recent years, but the most popular at present is battle royale. The thrilling genre of battle royale is filled with action, excitement, and powerful fighter characters. In a battle royale, only the strong survive.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, it’s not just about fighting. These games require tactics, strategy and, at times, cooperation. However, when it comes down to it, your sole mission is to survive.  You want to be the last warrior standing. That’s the goal and that’s why battle royale is so popular.</p>\n\n<p>To be the best battle royale warrior possible, you need to know the basics. With this in mind, you need to be able to answer the question, <em>what is battle royale</em>? From there, you can learn how to play and, subsequently, get the most from this genre.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is Battle Royale?</h2>\n\n<p>At its most basic level, a battle royale is a fight between many different people until only one fighter remains. In simple terms, it’s a free-for-all. That answers the question \"what is battle royale\" but where did it come from?</p>\n\n<p>The term <strong>battle royale </strong>was popularized in the west back in 1999 thanks to Koushun Takami’s book of the same name. The story follows a group of students that have been kidnapped and transported to a private island. There, each student must fight to survive until only one is left.</p>\n\n<p>In gaming, those students have been replaced by warriors. Each player engages in a last-man-standing competition. There may be teamwork and sub-objectives involved. However, at their core, every battle royale game has one main objective: a fight to the death.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"PUBG as a Battle Royale\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/pubg.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds (PUBG)\" /></p>\n\n<h2>How to Play Battle Royale</h2>\n\n<p>To know how to play battle royale, you have to go back to the beginning.</p>\n\n<p>The first battle royale games to become hits were released in 2012. During the early days, they were mods of established games. However, as the appetite for showdowns increased, battle royale became a genre in its own right. Today, the top battle royale games attract more than 600 million players.</p>\n\n<h3>Why has battle royale become so popular?</h3>\n\n<p>Again, the answer goes back to the concept of survival. A battle royale game taps into our innate desire to survive. Take, for example, the following standard scenario:</p>\n\n<p><small><em><strong>100 characters parachute down onto a large island. No one really knows where they are, but they know they have to survive. As the claxon sounds, each player has the choice to fight alone or join a team (different battle royale game modes). </strong></em></small></p>\n\n<p>Once the game is in progress, players must scavenge for weapons, armor, and healing items. They must also find vehicles - not only to get from one spot to the next but to stay within the safe zone. The safe zone is an area in which each team/lone player is safe. However, the safe zone continues to shrink as players are killed and the game progresses - it’s impossible to run and hide forever.</p>\n\n<p>As characters are forced to fight, the battle reaches a crescendo and the last team/individual standing wins.</p>\n\n<p><em><strong><small>The simple formula for a battle royale is: a large group of players that start with equal skills + a scattering of weapons/upgrades + a large map that gradually shrinks = a monumental fight for survival.</small></strong></em></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/plarium-play/download-guest/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The Evolution of Battle Royale: Taking Players into New Settings</h2>\n\n<p>The concept of games turning into last-man-standing battles is clearly popular with the masses. When you look beyond the number of people playing these games, the stats suggest that battle royales are hugely popular as a form of entertainment.</p>\n\n<p>As of May 2021, the top games and players in this arena were attracting over 30 million viewer hours across more than 5.9 million Twitch streams. That’s a lot of eyes watching battle royale games. For this reason, it seems only natural that this genre will continue to evolve. Some of the potential areas of growth are listed below.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Fortnite Battle Royale\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/fortnite.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"Fortnite Battle Royale\" /></p>\n\n<h3>Battle Royale Games and eSports</h3>\n\n<p>The core idea behind Battle Royale games undoubtedly means they have huge potential for <a href=\"/en/blog/esports/\">eSports</a>. The idea of playing video games for major prize money might still sound bizarre to some, but professional gaming is a major industry that is still going from strength to strength.</p>\n\n<p>Newzoo data shows that in May 2021, there were <em>223 million</em> eSports enthusiasts around the world. Because of this and the clear desire for competitive matches, professional battle royale competitions are only going to grow in popularity.</p>\n\n<h3>Mobile Battle Royale Games</h3>\n\n<p>Another area where things are looking bright for battle royale gaming is in the world of smartphones and tablets. While a battle royale game can be played on anything from PC to console, the genre’s core elements make it ideal for mobile. Quite simply, it is a type of gaming that players can quickly drop into and enjoy while they’re on the move.</p>\n\n<h3>MMO Games and Battle Royale</h3>\n\n<p>MMO game developers have used the battle royale dynamic to give their creations a new spin. Although MMO battle royale isn’t a well-established genre in its own right, the demand for mass battles in new settings is at an all-time high. This means we could see more battle royale MMO innovations in the coming years.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Paladins Battlegrounds\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/paladins.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"Paladins Battlegrounds\" /></p>\n\n<h2>The Future of Battle Royale: How the Genre Will Evolve</h2>\n\n<p>What else could the future have in store for Battle Royale? The thing that will really drive the game in the coming years is <a href=\"/en/blog/vr-tech-future-of-virtual-reality/\">virtual reality (VR)</a>.</p>\n\n<p>VR has become a hot topic in recent years and already several VR-based Battle Royale games have been released. These games give players the chance to fully immerse themselves in battle royale gameplay.</p>\n\n<p>This technology may take time to perfect. However, it’s the way gaming is going. As of 2021, VR games were worth more than $21.8 billion. Considering this, once developers find a way to turn gameplay into a 360-degree experience, the battle royale genre will have <em>another </em>layer to it.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Battle royale is changing online gaming\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/Images-for-the-blog_Battle-Royale_fortnite_last2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Battle royale is changing online gaming\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Battle Royale Will Fight on Forever</h2>\n\n<p>The battle royale genre may have started as an optional gameplay mode but it’s become so much more in recent years. The main premise of these games is engaging and something that players of all skill levels love. From free-play games to premium products, there’s something for everyone.</p>\n\n<p>Then, when you add new technology such as VR to the mix, the future is bright for battle royales. Indeed, while many gaming trends have come and gone down the years, battle royale looks like it has what it takes to <strong>survive</strong>.</p>\n","date":"2/11/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/Images-for-the-blog_Battle-Royale_header_4.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13149"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/truple-a-games-microtransactions-loot-boxes/"},"strings":{"title":"Microtransactions and Loot Boxes in AAA Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"420000","description":"<p>The freemium, free-to-play but pay-to-win (P2W) model has been around a long time, and it’s been hugely successful in <a href=\"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/\">mobile games</a>. These <a href=\"/en/games/category/free-to-play-games/\">free-to-play games</a> are among the most lucrative and profitable games on the market.</p>\n\n<p>It makes sense - you get to play the game for free, and the developer gets money if you choose to invest through microtransactions. It’s a win-win.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"AAA in game purchases\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"More money coming in means more new content\" /></p>\n\n<p>We’re already seeing games like Star Wars Battlefront 2, Evolve, and NBA 2K18 using this model, but in their own AAA way.</p>\n\n<p>The trouble with AAA games that include microtransactions is obvious: you purchase the game at a premium price, but then have to pay if you want to get ahead and keep up with the “big dogs”. Naturally, this is more of a problem in competitive multiplayer games, though we already starting to see single-player games with loot boxes and other in-game purchases.</p>\n\n<p>Are AAA developers getting too greedy by developing these premium P2W models? Will they have a negative and long-lasting impact on the gaming scene? Will the mobile industry adopt this new take in the freemium model?</p>\n\n<p>Maybe. Maybe not. As you know, each coin has two sides.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Star Wars Battlefront 2: Kicking Off the Controversy</h2>\n\n<p>Much of the controversy around loot boxes and microtransactions in premium games comes from the <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2s-loot-box-controversy-expl/1100-6455155/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">new system EA presented in Battlefront 2</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, the game required you to purchase loot boxes to get things that many felt should be included in the game’s $60 price tag - like the ability to level up your character.</p>\n\n<p>(Funny enough, players started resorting to using <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/24/16696870/star-wars-battlefront-2-economy-cheats\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">rubber bands on their controllers</a> to bypass the ridiculously complex system.)</p>\n\n<p>You buy these loot boxes and get random Star Cards. These cards are used to level up your character’s stats and abilities. Because they’re random, you can buy a ton and get almost no upgrades.</p>\n\n<p>Within hours after the Battlefront 2 beta started, players were voicing their anger about how they are required to spend more and more money in order to achieve any meaningful progression. And they were voicing it very loudly.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Surprising mandatory in-game purchases are often cause for anger in AAA games players \" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-header.jpg\" style=\"width: 1368px; height: 384px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>On the Star Wars Battlefront 2 Reddit page, a user expressed frustration after taking advantage of one of the microtransaction options, purchasing 12000 Crystals for $80 (with a 10% EA Access discount). Unbeknownst to the player, the Crystals couldn’t be used to buy the various hero characters, which are only available in exchange for Credits. This user wanted to unlock Darth Vader, <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">who at the time cost 60,000 credits</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Within this same thread, an EA spokesperson responded to the post, stating the following:</p>\n\n<p><em>“The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes.</em></p>\n\n<p><em>\"As for cost, we selected initial values based upon data from the Open Beta and other adjustments made to milestone rewards before launch. Among other things, we’re looking at average per-player credit earn rates on a daily basis, and we’ll be making constant adjustments to ensure that players have challenges that are compelling, rewarding, and of course attainable via gameplay.”</em></p>\n\n<p>This response soon became the <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2-reddit-post-receives-over-/1100-6454919/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">most disliked comment in Reddit's history</a>, with over 675,000 downvotes.</p>\n\n<p>Players are concerned that if they can’t afford lots of loot boxes, they’ll need to spend a lot of time (hundreds of hours) grinding away at the game just to keep up with the whales who can afford the microtransactions. Even if you do buy these boxes, but get unlucky with your Star Cards, you might get left behind to face other players with much better stats than you. In competitive games, that is a huge and unfair disadvantage.</p>\n\n<p>In a nutshell, players are arguing that they shouldn’t have to pay money to level up. Many feel that the $60 price tag should unlock the full game, as it has in the past.</p>\n\n<p>Let’s look at both sides.</p>\n\n<h2>Arguments for Microtransactions in AAA Games</h2>\n\n<p>Despite the anger around the P2W model, there are actually some good things that can come of it.</p>\n\n<p>For example, <strong>microtransactions lower the barrier to entry for new publishers and indie developers</strong> to create games and get into an otherwise saturated market.</p>\n\n<p>The costs of developing and marketing a game have risen dramatically in the last 20 years. Salaries for developers are increasing, the cost of rent is getting higher, and it requires more people than ever to develop these games. Yet, games' prices have remained $60 for an average title since 2005! So developers need other ways to make money.</p>\n\n<p>Which means <strong><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_as_a_service\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">games as a service</a> allow the publisher to continue to generate revenue for a game</strong>. And if they can continue to do that, they can keep paying their developers to continuously update the game and add new content.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The games as a service allow the publisher to continue to generate more revenue and more content\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The games as a service allow the publisher to continue to generate more revenue and more content\" /></p>\n\n<p>Finally, having <strong>microtransactions in AAA games allows players with less time for gaming to stay competitive</strong>. Even if you don’t have 20 hours a week to play a game, you can spend a little money to catch up with those who do, and level playing field with the more hardcore players.</p>\n\n<p>However, the gaming population also has some strong counterarguments to the pay to win model.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Arguments Against Microtransactions in AAA Games</h2>\n\n<p>Gamers are passionate people, and that passion comes out whenever game developers do something they don’t like.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, the BF2 controversy started, well, lots of other controversies. People spoke out about how they felt. Here’s what they said.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Microtransactions can prevent some people from playing the game</strong>. If you don’t have dozens of hours to dedicate to a game, and can’t afford to pay to win and remain competitive, you’re stuck. You either don’t play it at all, or you play it and don’t ever get the full experience.</p>\n\n<p>Sure, plenty of games require you to “grind” to get better gear and higher levels. Just look at the original version of World of Warcraft, which took the average player over 10 days (a full 240 hours) of actual play time to reach the max level, usually over the span of several months.</p>\n\n<p>The problem comes in when you’re playing with people who decided to spend the money for the in-game purchases, who are now at higher levels than you. Your gameplay experience immediately gets far worse than anyone who shelled out the cash.</p>\n\n<p>Again, this wasn't a problem if you didn't already spend $60 to get the game, and now you have to pay even more just to have a fair gaming experience.</p>\n\n<p>Secondly, <strong>not all paid in-game items are cosmetic</strong>. Cosmetic DLC doesn’t give a player any inherent advantage over another player. It’s purely for show. But when microtransactions are required to unlock the best gear, stats, and abilities? Well, that’s when players get unhappy.</p>\n\n<p>Finally, the most obvious argument is that <strong>you already paid full price for the game</strong>. Many players feel that paying the $60 price tag on a game should unlock the whole thing, and they shouldn’t have to spend any more on it.</p>\n\n<p>But ultimately, companies are created to make money. Even if a company starts as a small one-person studio built with love, passion, and a desire to change the world, it still has to make money. And that person’s business may one day grow big enough to be acquired - and investors are really all about the money.</p>\n\n<p>So now that you understand both sides of the coin, we are left a few questions.</p>\n\n<h2>Are Microtransactions Going Away Anytime Soon?</h2>\n\n<p>Microtransactions first gained large-scale visibility in 2006, when Bethesda released the highly anticipated and popular game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Microtransactions are here to stay, in mobile games, casual games, and now in AAA games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>Soon after the release, they added the ability to buy a Horse Armor Pack for $2.50. Then came new dungeons, a player home, new spells, and more.</p>\n\n<p>When other companies saw the massive success of these mini DLCs, they jumped on the bandwagon, and it quickly became a universal phenomenon.</p>\n\n<p>Despite the controversy around recent titles and their microtransactions, publishers will inevitably continue to experiment with new business models.</p>\n\n<p>Microtransactions are here to stay, in mobile games, casual games, and now in AAA games as well. 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