Despite all of the great things about Club Penguin, it does have one fatal flaw and that is the membership. Club Penguin was chaotic as well and meeting new people and going to other igloos for parties and roleplaying as a robber at the penguin mall was another benefit of the game’s chat box which made it feel exciting and interactive. When I revisited the game, it seemed relatively the same as I remember, minus a few revisions to the map and location, and minus the number of players that were in one location at once, but it was just as explorable and entertaining as I remember. The overall design of the map and locations were very charming with hand-drawn backgrounds and buildings. I probably talked to others players the most while on Club Penguin. I remember being obsessed and spending hours exploring the map, going to the penguin mall, playing the countless mini-games and trying to tip the iceberg, and making friends (and enemies) at the plaza and pizza parlor. Despite its repetitiveness and boring playability, Webkinz is still a super fun and nostalgic game, and I have to commend it for its creativity and the ability to buy a stuffed animal in real life and use it as your virtual pet in-game.Ĭlub Penguin is an incredible game. Overall Webkinz is a much more laid-back and relaxing virtual world game that has very little drama around it due to the inability to talk to other players. Luckily, you could still have a lot of fun at Webkinz without a membership. Like so many other games, Webkinz did have a membership that offered more mini-games and more things to do on the map. It was also quite easy to get coins while playing, and Webkinz was very generous with giving you free stuff you could use to expand your Webkinz world. Despite Webkinz being the least exciting and the most repetitive compared to the other games, it still elicits an incredible amount of charm and has such fun gameplay regarding the decorating processes, styling your pets, making the food, and hoping your pet has the best life you could offer. It is ranked last due to its more boring gameplay, especially on revisit. Though Webkinz did give the option to explore open-world servers with other players, Webkinz was a much more individual game. You could be friends with other players, but the chat was restricted to pre-determined sentences and many of the daily activities such as hunting for gems and going to the wishing well were primarily played individually. Compared to the other famous virtual world kids’ games, Webkinz is the one that was primarily targeted toward younger audiences. Webkinz also features a clothing shop, where I would spend hours picking out the coolest outfit for my pet. I remember spending hours decorating my pet’s house, going to Arte’s curio shop, taking my Webkinz to school, and going to the game section. I distinctly remember going to Target, picking out a Webkinz stuffed animal toy, and instantly hopping on my mom’s computer to go on Webkinz and plug in the code into the website and witnessing my stuffed animal appear on my screen. I decided to revisit and rank a few of the most popular childhood games based on a series of categories including their open world, backstory, communication with other players, ability to have fun without paying for a membership, and my overall enjoyment, both as a child and on revisit. Unfortunately, many of these games had to shut down due to the discontinuation of Adobe flash player, but luckily some are still available to download. These types of games were incredibly popular, and, at their height, the servers had millions of players. These games involved creating a customizable character, exploring the many activities these games had to offer, and befriending other players who also had invested way too much time creating a cool-looking virtual avatar. Instead, my time was spent on my Mom’s computer, which was the gateway to an obscene amount of internet games, my favorite being the open world and chat room games such as “Club Penguin” or Animal Jam. During my younger childhood years, I did not spend any time on social media apps or a cell phone.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |