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Glitch Reviewed on Eurogamer

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-07-glitch-article

The forums actually get a shout-out in the opening paragraph!

"'Zille-O-Ween Fashion Show!!', 'Best Animal Name Screenshot Thread!' and 'Cheese nerfed?' You can learn quite a bit about an MMO just by scanning the user forums. And what you learn about Glitch is that, although it hasn't been running for very long at all, it's already gathered a devoted and distinctly pleasant kind of audience."

Posted 14 months ago by soarous Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Very nice, although there is a mention in it that subscribers will be given "access to special content", but doesn't make it clear that means clothing only.  I read it as gameplay content, which is incorrect, as far as I know.  I hope that is incorrect!  All this time I have been telling people the entire game content is free to play.
    Posted 14 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nanookie, I think you are right. The only paying content is clothing (and TP tokens?)
    Posted 14 months ago by balatik Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah depending on which subscription you go with, you can get a certain amount of teleportation tokens a month which let you teleport to any street with no cost in energy. These have a limited use of 5 a game day. You also get a certain number of credits which go toward credit-only clothing. You can find subscription information if you click Account next to the sign-out link at the top right and then click Purchase Subscription.
    Posted 14 months ago by Ryft Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Teleportation tokens definitely are gameplay content. The allowance of 5 uses per day keeps it from being a 'win the game by flashing plastic' deal to be certain, tho. And there is a way to convert your credit points toward more TP tokens, too, if you'd rather have them than yet more clothing.
    Posted 14 months ago by Parrow Gnolle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I haven't gotten my Teleportation skill that high yet but doesn't Teleportation IV render subscription tokens useless?
    Posted 14 months ago by Warrender Subscriber! | Permalink
  • you can still use tokens to imbue TP scripts for other people... and I think what I was getting at was locations, not tokens or voting referendums.   I thought it implied that locations would be sub only, which is not the case.
    Posted 14 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Warrender: No, not useless. I think when you get to that point, you can teleport on the map once a day for energy. So certainly, you won't need tokens to teleport by map at that point, but they can still be useful alongside it (if you're at low energy or have used that one teleport).

    ETA: And yea, I agree, Nanookie. That one line does make it sound like it's location content, I.E. if you have a subscription, you can go to Fnurblewurble, and people that don't, can't. But I think it's just the way other MMO's have done that that causes my mind to think of it that way.

    Very nice article, by the way.
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Fnurblewurble SUX!  I would not pay to go there.  :D
    Posted 14 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • But... but it's so l33t! And only the coolest are allowed!
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I remember when i first started playing in my first beta test .. the thing about Glitch is it has no ultimate goal ..sure the lvl cap is 60 but gaining lvls is not what the game is about (at least to me) sure there is a large skill table but the point of the game is not to rush through it be a mega know-er then become bored with the fact there is no new content for them (at least for me) sure there are a zillion things to do in the game and finding out how i like to do those zillion interactions and find the nooks in the world to leave randoms stuffs and that is exactly what Glitch is for me. When i first played i was almost having an anxiety attack worrying about ..hey im a noob am i doing this right ? Well that pig gave me meat And said Thank You ! Well i must be on the right path then. As soon as i told myself relax its a new world forget about everything i have ever learned playing mmo`s in the past and just enjoy what im doing right now ..hehehe talking dust bunnie .. and once i had that epiphany , it was smooth glitchen there out. Glitch is what a game is meet to be .. exciting and relaxing , diverse yet somehow familiar, whimsical wonderland to get lost in and 100% legit fun to play !

    Im nostalgic about the past ,ecstatic about present and almost full out spontaneous combustion over the future !

    Three Cheers to Tiny Speck ! ... Thank you for making a playground where a full feldged adult can laugh out loud in tears over a simple random guano gifted reaction face of the giftee.
    Posted 14 months ago by Karma Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I completely agree with Karma. I have always felt that games need to feel less like a second job and more of a way to relax and just have fun. Most games nowadays are so complex, you just feel stressed out trying to play them perfectly which is not how I want to feel... also, I haven't noticed very many "elitist" people who talk down to other Glitchens because of their levels or skills and I think the casualness of the game is one of the reasons for that. This game has the best community I have ever seen in an online game. =)
    Posted 14 months ago by Ryft Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I will participate in the cheering.  Glitch has amazing range, allowing players to adapt it to their style of play.  It has a great community which has extended the game in creative ways with user-generated events and collaborations.
    Posted 14 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ditto the cheering.  Delighted!!!!!!!!! Love the new tweeks and all.  Well done, well done!
    Posted 14 months ago by AlmostSilver Subscriber! | Permalink