3 Games with Lots of Potential that were Abandoned

3. Cube World

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I had first seen Cube World very recently after it came out. I never got the game but probably would have if it was never abandoned. Cube World cannot even be bought anymore. The last update was in July of 2013. It was very popular for a little while and then the game just died. Very disappointing as it seemed like an interesting and comical RPG. There are rumors another update is being made for this year, but I wouldn't get my hopes up. It was pretty much an RPG version of Minecraft with actual potential. I do not believe there was any building in the game when updates for it ended, but building was planned.

2. The Stomping Land

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I never really got to try this game because I discovered it after it had already been abandoned. It was pretty much the ARK: Survival Evolved before there was an ARK: Survival Evolved. According to the official wiki, the game had a Gallimimus, Stygimoloch, Styracosaurus (one of my favorites!), Ankylosaurus, Carnotaurus (one of my favorites!), and Puertasaurus. There was also a Psittacosaurus, Prestosuchus, Austroraptor, Parahelicoprion (one of my favorites!), Quetzalcoatlus (one of my favorites!), Tyrannosaurus Rex, Therizinosaurus (one of my favorites!), and Titanoboa (one of my favorites!) planned. All of the dinosaurs that made it into the game can be tamed and can be used as a mount, except for Puertasaurus. You can still buy the game if you want to, but I think it's a wiser choice to choose ARK as the developer of The Stomping Land abandoned the game and was only doing it for the money. The same person who made the models for some of these has sold them (before anyone says anything, no, he/she is not breaking the law and he/she is allowed to do this) to the creators of another dinosaur game in development (which has a free tech demo!) called The Isle. The Isle's tech demo currently has the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Gallimimus, Puertasaurus(?), and an Austroraptor which you can all play as (along with playing as humans)

1. Spore

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Of course my favorite game is mentioned. Spore is the ultimate sandbox game in which you can create the universe of your dreams. That moose-alien thing above was made by a player. You can build amazing creations, especially when you use mods. Honestly, it bugs me very much when people talk about how Minecraft is the "best sandbox game ever"; it's just really annoying when most of those people probably have never tried Spore in which you can do more than you ever can in Minecraft. This is coming from a former player of Minecraft who was a big fan for about 2 years. It's not as good as Spore for letting your imagination go wild. Also, Spore hasn't been entirely abandoned. The last Spore-related news was in February of 2011 and then there was nothing until Februay 2015 in which maintenance returned. I still counted it because the last Spore-related new content stuff was a spin-off game titled Darkspore that was released in 2011.

Zeela Vordav Review

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Next is Zeela Vordav, Jercy's love interest. I was originally going to do Holly, but I honestly had trouble thinking of negative and even neutral things about Holly.

Also, Zeela is a mermaid.

GOOD

1. Zeela has a great backstory.

2. She introduced us to an interesting species, the Siranians.

NEUTRAL

1. Her running joke is... okay.

BAD

1. She's a bit... bland.

2. The whole Jercy and Zeela romance feels a bit corny

3. Zeela hasn't really been developed since when we first met her.

MY OVERALL OPINION: Zeela is not a very good character. She had lots of potential to be, but  she isn't.

Kleekoonanoni Review

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First, I will be reviewing williezk's Kleekoonanoni.

They have come a long way. They have gone from a cell to the hairless and green armhead monkeys we know today. They are loved because of our familiarity with them and the nostalgia but they are also hated because of their weird look.

GOOD

1. Humorous species.
2. Classic Revolution Universe species.
3. Important to the Revolution Universe.
4. Their intentions as a species are understandable.
5. Interesting origins.

NEUTRAL

1. Comical look.

BAD

1. Boring culture that isn't unique.
2. Their society has been almost exactly the same for years now (they haven't even elected a new leader since the CIVILIZATION stage)
3. Not very many notable tragedies have happened to the empire, despite having been enemies with many strong empires (like the Garadreads and Paxos)

MY OVERALL OPINION: A very iconic species in the Revolution Universe that helped make the Revolution Universe what it is today. They are a bit of a generic, boring species to me, but they still deserve to be treated with respect.

National FORM A GROUP Day

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http://sporethenextlevel.blogspot.com/2015/07/spore-next-level-4-years-and-counting.html

williezk's Spore series in our Spore universe, which we call the Revolution Universe, has just had it's 4th anniversary, which he likes to call National FORM A GROUP Day (today is also coincidentally the day the first Invader Zim comic book comes out; what a great day)

williezk plans on talking about the fans of his series (starting with me :D), while I plan to talk about some of the characters and species in the series. I'll give him feedback about the different characters and species. By the time it gets to the 5th anniversary, who knows what Spore The Next Level 2 (his series) will be like?

Also random thought I had while writing this... What if williezk decided to kill Jercy and all the Kleekoonanonis on one of STNL's anniversaries? WILLIEZK, IF YOU KILL THEM, KILL THEM ON NATIONAL FORM A GROUP DAY.

My Top 3 Favorite Video Games as of 6/23/15

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Zoo Tycoon 2 would be my third favorite game. I enjoy trying to make a five star zoo in Challenge mode, which is actually fairly difficult to do. Of course, my favorite part is the idea of owning a zoo with such a variety of animals in it... With all the Extinct Animals expansion pack, you can even have prehistoric animals in your zoo! There's also mods that add even more animals! I've always been interested in animals ever since I was just a little kid and this game was perfect for me.

2.

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Impossible Creatures would be my second favorite game. Create an army of hybrid animals with each animal having unique abilities and weaknesses. With your hybrid army, you battle against enemy armies. There is also a campaign mode and a multiplayer mode (the official servers are down for good since the game is old, but there are still some Hamachi servers for IC around).

1.

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Spore is the game that truly lets your imagination go wild. Despite the beta being better than the official version, Spore is still the best sandbox game I've ever seen. There has yet to be any game that gives you this much freedom. This game would be perfect for people of all ages. Young kids would enjoy it, older kids would love it, and even adults would adore it.

The Truth About Spore

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Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Spore. It is my favorite game. You can make a lot of stuff with it. The beta was more realistic and complicated however, which we wanted from the game.

Hopefully we'll get that chemistry kit some day...

Minecraft is simply a terrible game

I used to play Minecraft fairly often and I have come to the conclusion that it sucks. Terraria has a better progression system and is simply more fun of a game than Minecraft.

People will then argue that it is amazing because of what you can build in it, not because of the combat and survival in it. I will admit that Minecraft is better for building than Terraria. However, that still isn't a very valid argument because you can build with even more freedom in Spore.

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or...

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