Browser Games – Gaming For Casual Players

Posted on October 8, 2010
Filed Under Browser Games, Games, Heroes of Might and Magic, Rambling

Lately I haven’t been having much time in my life, as you’ve probably all noticed with my lack of posts this whole year. So much so that I haven’t gotten to really sit down and play a good online game even though I have been searching for a good MMORPG. We played Aion for quite a while, and it sort of filled the gap, but like we feared the game was surely a grindfest(meaning we had to sit and kill mobs repeatedly to reach the level cap). Nowadays I just don’t have time to sit and play for 4-6 hours straight in a day. So what games have I found to fit my need? Browser based MMOGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Games).

Don’t get me wrong browser based games have come a long way from before. 1-up has even posted a list made up of 101 of 2010’s best browser games, many of which are very impressive. Here’s two that really caught my eye so far that I’ve been playing quite diligently:

Elements the Game

This one had a feel of the collectible card game Magic the Gathering. It was very addicting though at the start it was somewhat difficult. The ability to play against random people online, with decks that you’ve built up is pretty nice. Though some of the player vs player decks don’t work well against the god decks the computer runs with. The different types of cards and abilities made it fun, and the fact that you could ‘improve’ your cards to be better made the game addicting since perfectionists try play the game, to raise enough cash, to upgrade their whole deck.

Heroes of Might and Magic Online

This one is a spin off of the old Might and Magic series that I remember playing as a kid back in the 90s. The Creature types, and the way your cities need to be upgraded are similar, however the game is no longer turn based. Its real time and similar to other online strategy games like Travian or Evony. My friends, and I, are doing pretty well on the 3rd us server called “Zombie Assembly”. The only downside to it is that the worlds are relatively small (400×400 grid), and new players are only allowed to join newer servers due to space limitations. I hope that they increase the capacity at a later time. It would be really nice to be able to play or bring on more people to an older server. The goal is the collect ‘Tears’ after you’ve reached a certain rank to dominate the rest of the world. After which the world resets, and you’ll gain a slight advantage the next time around. I hear it takes roughly 6 months for the game to come to fruition.

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17 Responses to “Browser Games – Gaming For Casual Players”

Thomster (3 comments.) on October 17th, 2010 9:15 am

Interesting Post. Really good job!!
digital recruitment (1 comments.) on November 1st, 2010 11:54 pm

Good stuff, I’ll try some of these out. Thanks for the links.
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Raffaello Tamagnini (1 comments.) on January 10th, 2011 8:08 am

good post.. I m new in playing this games but i m already become adicted to them. thanx for the suggestion
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Unlimited Reverse Phone Lookup (1 comments.) on January 18th, 2011 2:55 am

I have played many browser games.Its very interesting.
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Remy Hair (1 comments.) on February 4th, 2011 9:58 pm

how to save files when playing browser games? I think it’s very hard.
Durable Goods (7 comments.) on February 5th, 2011 12:44 am

I enjoy playing light games.Though they do not have Hi-Def Graphics but it is the concept that makes them so Interesting.
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vaibhav (2 comments.) on March 6th, 2011 7:26 pm

sharing is caring man, so thanks for sharing. interesting stuff
Rattan (1 comments.) on May 30th, 2011 9:18 am

From the pic of the weapon above…, yes it is true that the game is for casual players only. Looks so good. I will try it. Thanks for sharing..
PHP Development and Tutorial Books (1 comments.) on June 13th, 2011 9:32 pm

I love this light browser games.Some of the Browser games are awesome.
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Susan (1 comments.) on August 8th, 2011 11:03 am

sound great for lunch time at work! have to see if it will help with my world of warcraft cravings!
bankruptcy (2 comments.) on October 3rd, 2011 11:58 pm

Interesting! I’d like to try this one out.
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yipit clone (2 comments.) on November 25th, 2011 6:54 pm

Hi,
i have played browser games..its very interesting to play i enjoyed alottt:)very funny too…
i have been searching more games…
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