Every single player to whom I sent a message responded, and each of them made me feel welcome. I didn't run across too many players, but I did start up chats with several longtime game veterans. I also had a chance to dip my toes into the community. I'm used to a simple "ding," so that was a pretty epic moment for me! It was fun explaining plant domestication to my daughter after she asked me why I was weeding some flax beds and not others.Įventually I did finish up the tasks for citizenship and was caught a bit off guard that completing it led to my character getting lifted up into the sky and hit repeatedly by lightning. I don't care for laundry lists as gameplay, but I actually didn't mind doing the long lists of tasks here, probably because there was a sense of purpose to each one, and they all made sense. Ironically, I held off on doing a walkabout until I could complete my citizenship. A Tale in the Desert's open-endedness is a nice change, and I was extremely tempted to hike right out of Midland Valley and see the sights. Usually, when I begin to play an MMO, I lose patience with things like tutorials and starter quests and immediately go off running and exploring, eventually finding places I have no business seeing yet, which forces me to go back and "do it the right way" or just walk away from the game completely. I did have a little problem with becoming overburdened, but after dropping the 600 pounds of sand I had been scooping up (hey, I was told it was a sandbox!), I was all set to run off and make my bricks and twine. The running list of items I acquire makes it easier for me to enjoy the process of crafting. I usually don't care for crafting because it involves rummaging through bags (MMOs need to do away with bags in general, but that's a whole column in itself).
What I love so far about the UI is how easy it is to keep track of my inventory. After that, I used the wiki quite a bit to help me answer questions about my surroundings. It was only after consulting the wiki that I learned I had to click on my avatar to get the plant option.
I ran around with my flax seeds for what seemed like forever, trying to figure out whether I should be looking for an icon indicating the proper place to plant or clicking the ground to start my seedlings. The tutorial gets you started but often leaves you a little short on the details. The other bit I had to get used to was leaning heavily on the wiki. It took some getting used to, but after a while it felt natural and even made sense because my character is actually the one performing all of these actions. Much of what I did during the first play session, from planting and building to repairing broken blades, involved selecting actions by clicking my character rather than a button on a UI frame. One was the fact that my avatar is actually part of the UI.
There were two things I had to really adjust to when I first started out. Did I make it through, or did flax farming get the better of me? Help me plan my course! I created my character over the weekend and began my path to citizenship. In the end, the winner by five votes was A Tale in the Desert, and I'm thrilled to be able to write about this game for my turn at CMA.Īs much as I like elves and orcs, I'm ready for obelisks, pyramids, and plenty of sand. Last week's Choose My Adventure poll was a real nail-biter! There were four games that were all within a few votes of each other. Choose My Adventure My tale in the desert begins
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