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Smallworld is a new MMO virtual world currently in Beta out by Outsmart. Unlike many Virtual worlds, there is no downloads but also isn’t horrible 3D graphics. I made a list of the Pros and Con that I could think of. I’d highly recommend everybody to check it out, it’s one of the best I’ve seen it q very long time. With such a nice build, I’m hoping this doesn’t end up being another one that goes from Beta to Nada.
PROS
All Broswer based. No downloads is AWESOME. Because of the fact that there is no download, I was going into this thinking it was going to be pretty lame, but was sadly mistaken.
Flickr/Youtube enabled. Inside of the game, they have the ability to set up pictures/TVs with Flickr photos and youtube videos on them. Not only that, but they load at a good speed when they bring it up and allow linking to the image itself. Very well done there.
Great tutorials. Unlike most games that have tutorials that are very short and leave you guessing, Smallworld seems to have developed a good series of tutorials that send you around the world doing various tasks to get used to your surrounding. This brings me to my next point:
Free. Most online games today that dub themselves ‘free to play’ are really only free if you want the bare essientials aka nothing. However, Smallworld did such a good job with the tutorials that each one you complete gives you tokens which you can use as currency. This is a great idea since it gives you just enough after the inital how tos to set up a decent room to sit in.
Good range of items you can use to customize your avatar. There is a limited number of things you can edit, but for the most part they give users a good amaount to choose from for those few things. And given that it’s still in beta, they’re off to a good start.
In-game games. You can play arcade games, checkers and pool within the game itself. Oh, and you can also beat your friends with a sword.
Good controls, all done by the mouse. I’m used to using the keyboard due to my recent games I’ve been playing, but can’t fault a good thing with it all being done by clicking.
CONS
They don’t have a pop-out option for the window, so you get the big ads they have at the bottom of the screen which I find very distracting.
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