Gameloft has uploaded yet another trailer, this time it’s gameplay footage of its upcoming MMORPG Order & Chaos Online. There’s really not much that we know about this game right now other than it seems highly inspired by Blizzard’s MMORPG heavyweight World of Warcraft. What we have seen so far looks pretty promising and also attracted quite a bit of attention from iOS gamers. This is not surprising, the massive success of games like World of Warcraft show there’s a lot of interest for the genre.
Knowing that it’s going to be a MMO game, one of the questions that come up is how Gameloft wants us to pay for it. Will it be a one time purchase? Will it be free with monthly fees, just like common PC MMORPGs? Maybe freemium? At the moment, only Gameloft also knows the answer. However, Gameloft has a habit of only showing off games that are pretty close to their release, so I bet we will find out pretty soon.
To begin with, let me say that what you get is the full experience – nothing is cut, everything is exactly the same as in the iPad version. Well, almost – have in mind that the screen aspect ratio is slightly different. It’s also interesting to know that when the development of #Sworcery (as this game is referred to on Twitter) started, the iPad wasn’t even announced yet. It was only later on that the team behind this project decided to release it for iPad first, because you only have to tweak it for 2 devices and 1 screen resolution, compared to all the different iPhone and iPod Touch models out there with retina and non-retina displays. That’s why Superbrothers’ Craig Adams, the one behind the pixel-art of #Sworcery, likes to say it’s finally “coming home”. One thing that I actually prefer on the iPhone is that rotating the screen (which you will have to do quite often) feels a lot more natural on it.
