https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:18:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/21/some-assembly-required-grand-theft-online-roleplay-is-a-tough-nut-to-crack/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/21/some-assembly-required-grand-theft-online-roleplay-is-a-tough-nut-to-crack/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=466811 A few months ago, I discovered the world of Red Dead Online roleplay. The possibility of interacting with other players and discovering mechanics in the world of RDO was an interesting diversion from the more traditional games I normally frequent. Certainly, I enjoyed my time there, but Red Dead RP has one serious problem: Not […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/21/some-assembly-required-grand-theft-online-roleplay-is-a-tough-nut-to-crack/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/30/some-assembly-required-taking-a-look-at-other-players-craftopia-creations/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/30/some-assembly-required-taking-a-look-at-other-players-craftopia-creations/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=455340 To this point I’ve been mostly focusing on my personal Craftopia journey in terms of crafting, gathering, and house decorating (such as it is). But now it’s high time that I focus on some of what this column series is actually about: other players’ creations. Such as they are. As you can perhaps appreciate, Craftopia […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/30/some-assembly-required-taking-a-look-at-other-players-craftopia-creations/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/24/some-assembly-required-craftopias-housing-customization-options-leave-a-lot-to-be-desired/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=454077 Well, well, well. Looks like I’ve finally found a chink in the armor of Craftopia. And it’s the portion of the game that arguably this whole column was built around: player creativity. Now it’s entirely possible that I’m overlooking a few important elements here, and there is always that little asterisk of the game being […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/15/some-assembly-required-trapped-by-exploration-and-age-progression-in-craftopia/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/15/some-assembly-required-trapped-by-exploration-and-age-progression-in-craftopia/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=453057 I’m sure that this is going to come as a complete and utter surprise to those who have followed my playing of games on stream before: I got distracted by another entirely different goal in Craftopia instead of furnishing my home base like I had suggested last week. Crazy, right? But I promise that I’m […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/15/some-assembly-required-trapped-by-exploration-and-age-progression-in-craftopia/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/08/some-assembly-required-a-trip-around-the-world-in-craftopia-for-materials-and-explorations-sake/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/08/some-assembly-required-a-trip-around-the-world-in-craftopia-for-materials-and-explorations-sake/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=452110 One of my favorite things to do in survival sandboxes is explore. Now, I admit that I don’t get to feed that need very often – some survivalboxes downright punish you for it – but mercifully this time around I was granted the opportunity and the means to let my feet run around the world. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/08/some-assembly-required-a-trip-around-the-world-in-craftopia-for-materials-and-explorations-sake/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/01/some-assembly-required-building-and-fighting-to-the-industrial-age-in-craftopia/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/01/some-assembly-required-building-and-fighting-to-the-industrial-age-in-craftopia/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=451094 As I’ve written before, I’m pretty much stuck in on Craftopia. The seamless world update has done a lot of good for the sandbox and made it a pretty regular part of my gaming diet. So it’s with that in mind that I take a few moments – a month to be precise – to […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/01/some-assembly-required-building-and-fighting-to-the-industrial-age-in-craftopia/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/12/some-assembly-required-read-dead-roleplay-servers-succeed-where-red-dead-online-failed/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/12/some-assembly-required-read-dead-roleplay-servers-succeed-where-red-dead-online-failed/#comments Fri, 12 May 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=439253 One of my all-time favorite single-player game experiences was Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2. The underserved Western genre is beautifully realized in this open-world classic. Unfortunately for MMO fans, the online version of Red Dead was severely lacking. After pushing through a few weeks with Red Dead Online, I put the franchise away for a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/12/some-assembly-required-read-dead-roleplay-servers-succeed-where-red-dead-online-failed/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/02/some-assembly-required-my-journey-through-the-housing-system-of-final-fantasy-xiv/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/02/some-assembly-required-my-journey-through-the-housing-system-of-final-fantasy-xiv/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=424644 It took me years – literal years – but I landed a personal house in Final Fantasy XIV. Not an apartment, not a room in my guild’s hall; an honest-to-goodness house, on a plot of land, in one of the game’s neighborhoods, surrounded by other claimed plots of land. That distinction is important because there […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/02/some-assembly-required-my-journey-through-the-housing-system-of-final-fantasy-xiv/feed/ 12 https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/24/some-assembly-required-what-to-expect-from-dual-universes-september-27-wipe-and-launch/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/24/some-assembly-required-what-to-expect-from-dual-universes-september-27-wipe-and-launch/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=405382 Having trouble logging into Dual Universe? That’s because Novaquark shut down its servers on the 22nd. But don’t worry, the space sandbox did not sunset: It’s just preparing for the transition to launch on September 27th! Those offline days are needed for the developers to implement the improvements that are coming to the launched game. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/24/some-assembly-required-what-to-expect-from-dual-universes-september-27-wipe-and-launch/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/17/some-assembly-required-the-future-of-dual-universes-puzzle-events-and-development/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=305469 While I may be sad at missing Dual Universe’s first big puzzle event that was just solved (though folks can still follow the clues and solve it themselves!), I am very much looking forward to the next projects planned for the space sandbox. During our recent interview with president and founder of NovaQuark Jean-Christophe Baillie, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/14/some-assembly-required-how-clever-gamers-solved-dual-universes-massive-puzzle-event-in-record-time/ https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/14/some-assembly-required-how-clever-gamers-solved-dual-universes-massive-puzzle-event-in-record-time/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=303535 If you are a fan of sandboxes and virtual worlds – and you are reading Some Assembly Required, so you probably are – then you are likely looking for more to do in your games than just quaff quests, delve dungeons, and run raids. You seek alternate activities. How about a deep, years-long scavenger hunt […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2020/10/14/some-assembly-required-how-clever-gamers-solved-dual-universes-massive-puzzle-event-in-record-time/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2019/07/19/some-assembly-required-a-stage-reborn-brings-live-theater-to-final-fantasy-xiv/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/07/19/some-assembly-required-a-stage-reborn-brings-live-theater-to-final-fantasy-xiv/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=233886 There’s roleplaying in MMORPGs, and then there is playing a role! We’re talking pixelated actors performing live theater within a virtual world. Yes, it’s a thing — an awesome thing! And it has been happening in Final Fantasy XIV for years. Just thinking about the work necessary to adapt an entire play to work in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/07/19/some-assembly-required-a-stage-reborn-brings-live-theater-to-final-fantasy-xiv/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/31/some-assembly-required-will-starbases-focus-on-minutiae-be-too-much-of-a-good-thing/ https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/31/some-assembly-required-will-starbases-focus-on-minutiae-be-too-much-of-a-good-thing/#comments Fri, 31 May 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=227369 Recently, Massively Overthinking explored chores in sandboxes and MMOs that can feel like jobs. I may not have answered that then, but boy am I getting a chance to here! Welcome to the revival of Some Assembly Required, our column dedicated to player-generated content! And the first thing we are going to explore is a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2019/05/31/some-assembly-required-will-starbases-focus-on-minutiae-be-too-much-of-a-good-thing/feed/ 12