According to their press release, SAGA is now open for a public beta test for users who sign up at www.playsaga.com. The brainchild of Silverlode Interactive, SAGA is a collectible MMORTS with a persistent universe. At release, the game will cost $19.95 for the basic version, but players will be able to buy “booster packs” of troops and spells to build their armies.
Although the idea of an MMORTS with a collectible component boggles my mind, I’m quite intrigued by the possibility of conquering kingdoms in a persistent online world. I imagine there will be a lot of opportunities for alliances and coalitions with your friends as you play, just like in that fine, old game of world domination Risk. But if your friends are anything like mine, they’ll end up betraying you and leaving your last troop stranded on Kamchatka out of spite.
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