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Friday, September 16, 2011

Torn.Com - Free Online RPG - Review

Alright, so I had high hopes for Torn when I first heard about it, probably more of a sentimental thing than logical thought. To be honest I'm just not the type of gamer that stays interested in a game you only play for a few minutes a day. I hate all those Facebook games and I hate it even more when my friends send me invites over and over. If I didn't want to play that game the last 50 times you invited me I probably don't want to play it now! Anyways, I have been playing Torn for about 3 weeks now and it is definitely one of those games.

I did manage to stay interested for longer than I thought I would by joining a faction or a gang and being moderately social, at least for me. Torn has a few ways of talking with other players messaging, faction chat, global chat, beginner chat, and IRC. As far as IRC goes you have two choices you can go with the in game IRC or you can use an external program like mIRC. If you have never heard of IRC then you probably just want to stick with the in game IRC. However, if you already use IRC then you can add the Torn server (Irc.Torn.Com). One good thing about IRC in Torn other than just chatting is the freebie channels. I made $25 million in cash in about a hour or two on #freebies, so if you are a new player and you want to raise some cash quick that is the first place to go.

But back to Factions the down side to factions is also the upside if you like slow playing games and that is respect. Respect for your Faction can be gained in 1 of 2 ways 1) attacking enemy Factions and winning or 2) completing organized crimes successfully. Well both can end you up in the hospital and if you are part of a weaker Faction and you are a lower level get ready to get put in the hospital A LOT, I mean A LOT. The Faction that I am with is at war with 9 other Factions and damn every time I log in I'm in the hospital. So I have even less play time that I would if I were just playing the game without getting attacked several times a day. The end result for me is a pretty boring game.

If you get into all those Facebook games then Torn may very well be a game for you, they actually just released a Torn Lite for Facebook. But I you desire a game that you actually play you will probably get tired of Torn in no time.

8 comments:

  1. Hey, what's your ID?!

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  2. I FLIPPIN DISAGREE MAYXHT XOXOXOXOXOX

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  3. Ah, I don't recognize the name. I'm glad you enjoyed #freebies though :)

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  4. I guess you run one of the freebie channels in Torn? Like I said I just can't stay into it, I have two browser games that I get on every when I can remember, I like to win at games but I just can't stay into it.

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  5. Aye, It's Karty here :P
    Well I hope to see you more active :P!

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  6. I try to get on when I think about it or when my son kicks me off the PS3. I think most of my time will be spent on Battlefield 3 for a while though.

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  7. Don't try to play this game with anyone you live with -- you can't interact with anyone using the same IP because the game developers are too lazy to figure out how to prevent players using multiple accounts.

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