Guru here!

It all started on September 5th, when I thought I downloaded this game. No idea what the heck it was. It had a nice label to it: “York University”. So I thought that I’d check it out…

Awesome MMO guys. Really awesome!

Now of course, some of you may wonder “Are you on crack? Its schoolish!”

I say nay! I will explain as to why.

Gameplay

Its pretty decent. Its usually just questing. After you get acquainted, you usually start off with a cellphone and get calls from your “friends” who tell you to meet them somewhere. That is the quest. In between the time you hang out with your friends (your buddy list is usually found on the cell phone), you have to attend these “lectures” (although that is just a choice). Its more like a chat line, but lots more customization (seriously, the most I have seen by far)

Now there are many classes. There are 4 main levels: 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, or 4th year. However, there are many classes you can choose from: Business major, arts major, music, fine arts, economics, medicine, kinesiology, psychology, law, and etc. I’m picking the business major since its easier to make money later on after a while.

Graphics

Magnificent. Sure its “schoolish”, but the graphics are simply amazing, but the designers decorated the areas with really crappy “art” and did a horrible job of texturing (upside down tree, hello?!). However, otherwise, the buildings are amazing and well built. If you are in the fine arts class, you can make more art for the campus. Also, the area is always under construction so new things are being updated all the time.

Also, other folks on the “campus” are really realistic in their mannerisms. I am serious, your characters motions can be edited seamlessly and as you talk, your character moves its mouth.

Sound

Very realistic. You can mix the ambient sounds with what MP3s you have bought or downloaded on to your computer.

Fun Factor

Decent so far. Seems more like a learning sim. But the messaging system is brilliant. Sometimes if you luck out on the professor on the campus, you can get easier quests with more rewards, so you have to look out for those too.

Ultimately

It gets a 9/10. Its not supposed to be a game, but its way better than Second Life. However when some folks tried signing up for it they ended up on a different campus.

Another thing about it is that it costs around 4500 Canadian dollars per year, but I got a thousand dollar discount.

Fun…

~Guru wuz hurr

PS. You can find me on Gaiaonline under the guise of “AnarchoManiac”. I’m usually the guy who says “har har har you all are going to be microchipped as the illuminati take over, har har har” or “we need more sweatshops” in the Extended Discussion Debate Forum…

PSS. Sorry for my half dead blog. Usually I’d be indicting something or saying MS sucks and blows simultaneously. Not the case today. This MMO is pretty tiring…I’ll make another blog later; a much better one.