The Endless Forest

While most MMOs are quest-based and involve some sort of conflict and grind, The Endless Forest [official site] simply isn't. Instead, The Endless Forest is about playing as a carefree magical deer spending time doing deer things with other deer. Each deer is another player, and this antithesis of modern MMO design has attracted 170,000 registered players in its 10-year existence. Now developers Tale of Tales want…

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Pip once speculated that Might & Delight's upcoming Meadow [official site] might be a game in which you play as a mommy meadow nurturing a litter of baby meadows, keeping in line with Shelter's tradition. While that is a game I would certainly be interested in, it seems Might & Delight has a different vision for their latest project. Unlike Shelter 1 and 2, Meadow…

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The work of arty developer types Tale Of Tales tends to divide people. I would argue that The Endless Forest is probably their best work - an ambient forest MMO in which players take the role of man-faced deer. There is minimal interaction, and just a few odd puzzle things to do, but that's hardly the point: it's simply a strange, shared internet space, and…

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