Play Warlords Online, the Puzzle Quest creators' MMO
by Justin McElroy 
{ Mar 14th 2008 at 8:05AM }
Basically, you'll be completing simple puzzles to earn gold, using that money to buy an army, exert your might and claim the world for your own. It's a little bare bones at the moment (not to mention the fact that the servers are getting slammed) but it reeks of promise. Seriously, there are stink lines of potential emanating from the monitor. Check it out for yourself and see if you don't agree.
[Via Massively]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dubk @ Mar 14th 2008 8:23AM
Site is down.
Tom Cochrane @ Mar 14th 2008 8:40AM
Now that it's been featured here, it's going to be down all day...
MSM @ Mar 14th 2008 9:15AM
Puzzling MMO? Sounds like Puzzle Pirates may not have a monopoly on the genre for long...
Laggy @ Mar 14th 2008 9:20AM
I got Puzzle Quest on DS after seeing rave reviews everywhere only to get stuck on the 2nd bloody mission. I'm not a huge fan of bejeweled but the game is impossible. For the first time in history I wished I was playing a WW2 shooter.
Justin McElroy @ Mar 14th 2008 9:32AM
It is tough in the beginning. But you have to power through to reap the delicious puzzley rewards.
krazyman @ Mar 14th 2008 9:55AM
I had the same problem, I kept on dying. Until I became more powerful, it felt the outcome was wholly based on luck.
Syn @ Mar 14th 2008 11:18AM
Puzzle Quest on PC wasn't hard at all. When I stopped playing, I had a few mounts, a handful of cities and was farely high level.
I actually enjoyed the game on PC and PS2.
Farseer (GDI) @ Mar 14th 2008 11:25AM
I agree with Justin and Syn. At first, you must concentrate on getting skulls in battle. Get as many as you can and keep your opponent from getting them if possible. When you level up and get some gold, you can concentrate more on spells and items. The game then gets easier - you can take some damage while saving magic to unleash some tide-turning attacks.
God I love PQ.
Yakko @ Mar 14th 2008 10:17AM
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Brilliam @ Mar 14th 2008 10:38AM
This is not what I wanted Warlords Online to be. I was hoping it'd be the old turn-based strategy title Warlords from the Amiga. THAT game? Awesome.
t_m @ Mar 14th 2008 10:45AM
I miss the original warlords... warlords 3 rocked...
Puzzle MMO = work of satan. I'm so glad its down right now. Now i just need to ensure its wiped from my memory before it comes back up...
Farseer (GDI) @ Mar 14th 2008 10:46AM
LOL, they're getting slammed right now!
ALLoGISTIC1 @ Mar 14th 2008 2:30PM
This sounds brilliant! Sign me up. Gah!! 4 hours later and the site is still a mess, I really want to check this out. Big fan of puzzlequest and this sounds like another fantastic blend of genres. Thanks for pointing it out.
driven2sin @ Mar 15th 2008 3:29AM
still slammed and many errors.. i was able to pick my race - Swarm !! bring it on
AmishPhysicist @ Mar 18th 2008 2:11PM
Why not just go play puzzle pirates? Same MMO deal, free, stable, and awesome.
HiveTyrant @ Mar 30th 2008 4:57AM
I am a big fan of the Warlords and Warlords Battlecry series(the latter more). I haven't played this game, so I can't give it a fair review, but I say stick with it, things will get better(there's supposed to be multiple minigames, eventualy).
And if you don't like this? Go get Warlords Battlecries 1, 2, and 3. 1 has a great, well thought out storyline with multiple endings, Warlords Battlecry 2 is great for mass on mass carnage, and Warlords Battlecry 3 is the best one, I think, thus far, with many balanced or re-balanced races, very customizable character creation and leveling,and a storyline that you have complete control over.
It's such a shame to hear the last game in th trilogy has started off so poorly.