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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

FFVII... Second Life Style

With a couple of clicks (see: A horrendously large amount of work) a group of imaginative Second Lifers have gotten together and rebuilt Midgar from Final Fantasy VII in its entirety within the game.

That's pretty crazy if I do say myself, and actually damn impressive. The game plays out like an FFVII simulator, where players choose a side (either Avalanche rebels or Shinra Soldiers) a class (including swordsmen and gunners), buy materia to socket their gear, and then RP in the rather grim city.

The creators of the sim run it as a GM would run an RP session, making sure there are plot events taking place and controlling the quality of the gamer playing.

While I don't condone anyone playing Second Life as I think it's scary as hell (ignoring that fact that I desperately want to build The Black Sun), this could be a rather fantastic bridge between table top RP and virtual play.

Click here to travel directly to it if you have Second Life

\\drew

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