NEStalgia Scales MMOs Down to 8 Bits
A great idea draws near! Command?
Hopefully you cast “Read On,” because it sounds like NEStalgia creator, Ben Mallahan, has made something really special. Described as “Dragon Warrior 3 meets World of Warcraft,” NEStalgia combines all the charm of 8bit RPGs with the MMO genre.
More than just a superficial hybrid, the game also brings the turn based mechanics of old school RPGs into an MMO setting. You can team up with a party of other players across one of the available small scale servers or fight each other in some PvP battles. There’s even an auction house where you can trade your epic loot between other players.
Best of all, NEStalgia is completely free to play. Of course, if you want to show your support to the game, you can sign up for a $9 annual subscription or $20 lifetime subscription that unlocks four additional character classes and a few other optional features. Either way, the world of NEStalgia is just a download away.
News Credit: Joystiq
Official Site: SilkGames.com/NEStalgia/
Tags: Dragon Quest, Dragon Warrior 3, free to play, MMO, MMORPG, NEStalgia, rpg, World of Warcraft
This entry was posted on Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 12:44 am and is filed under Indie Games, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
February 25th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Jonah "spambot" Gregory says:I tried it pretty briefly and I definitely think we should get a couple people together and give it some play time.