What do you think when you hear browser based? You probably think 8-bit rpgs and those RTS games that are such ridiculous rip offs of Age of Empires that I dare not soil my blog with their tainted presence. Well apparently a new style of MMO has recently joined the no download group. The game I'm looking at today is Ruined Online: a Browser-Based Third Person Shooter MMO.
Ruined takes place in a post-apocalyptic world were for some reason only the big bad villains of the world have survived, now the only thing they have left is to duke it out with each other in battle scared and in some cases horrific lands until only one of them is left and that one person can commit Seppuku; except not really – HaHa.
(Almost looks like something out of Tron)
Ruined probably requires more skill than any MMO Shooter I’ve ever played. Your only source of in game money is kills so if you suck at killing, you’re left to the dogs. Lucky for you less than good players you start out with a pistol with unlimited uses and enough premium money to get one unlimited use item right off the bat. So you don’t need to worry if you were the punching bag of your games because hey the guys running this game still love you. (cause after all whats a shooter without pin cousins right?)
The biggest problem with Ruined Online is how good the graphics are. It’s a browser based game with graphics, characters, and game play all almost flawlessly resembling Borderlands so lag is an ever present issue, however turn all the graphics to their minimal and play it on a desktop with a good graphics card and you just might be fast enough to actually get a decent shot in. The only other problem with this game is that any cover lower than 3/4ths of your body is completely useless as there is no crouch option and any pro player is going to aim at your head anyway.
Anyway to wrap things up Ruined Online scores 6 out of 10;
It’s definitely something any shooter fan should look into whether you’re looking for a time killer you don’t have to download or you’re a die-hard Borderlands fan who wants to watch a psycho and a bruiser duke it out with lazars.
