Gameloft has been receiving a ton of flak for its highly ambitious upcoming MMORPG called Order and Chaos Online. However, today Gameloft has announced that they are forging ahead and have released the new iOS game, but only in Canada. Moreover, the game comes standard with three free months of play time for 99 cents.
After the free trial period is over the subscription rate will run at 99 cents per month, or $1.99 for three months, or $2.99 for six months. Order and Chaos is a big question mark right now since its business model is so different from anything else that's been released. Very few games have ever attempted the subscription model on iOS. Most tend to opt for the Free to Play style with in-app purchases.
The game has been highly criticized for its striking resemblance to the extremely popular online massively multiplayer PC and Mac game World of Warcraft. Although, at this point the similarities seem to be merely cosmetic. It's hard to imagine an iOS game replicating the gameplay of a game that uses a full QWERTY keyboard. That's not to say one is better than the other, but simply that the two control styles render mimicry borderline impossible.
Plus, there's a lot to love about World of Warcraft. There's a reason so many millions of people play it. It's a very high quality game. So perhaps mimicry is a smart and justified design move.
There's no word yet on when Order and Chaos Online will release in our very own United States App Store, but we'll be sure to update this story if it comes out soon.
