PlaySega

[ninjabearhug]

Whilst flicking through this months Retro Gamer magazine, I noticed an article on Sega's new venture: PlaySega

PlaySega is an online gaming portal (apparently ;D), you join up and you get to play retro games online. Sounds good. So far it's not very good.

Basically, to get the VIP content you have to be a paying member at a cost of £12.99 for 3 months. One bonus is you get a free Saturn USB pad for signing up to the VIP section but other than that, the only REAL difference is you get to play a few MD games. The same MD games that are always on the Ultimate Mega Drive compilations. The same games that everyone has already played to death. But, the site is still in Beta stage. There is a few nice elements that are being added to the site, like a level creator for Sonic. Apparently there is a lot more games coming to the site in the future too, from SMS all the way to DC, so eventually this could be a great place to be a member of.

So what do you get if you're not a VIP member? A few flash games ;D.

One nice touch is the bonus's you get for playing the games. The site currency is sonic rings . You get rings for scoring well in games, the more you score the more you get. These rings can then be exchanged for either customising your avatar (and it's virtual home) or entering a £50 weekly prize draw. Needless to say, my avatar is still bare and bald but I've entered the draw a few times . They have also added achievements to the games, you get certain awards for reaching certain scores or rounds in the games, as someone who loves high score challenges, etc, I really like this idea. I'm definitely going to tackle SOR later and see if I can rack some trophies up

I haven't decided whether I'm going to sign up for VIP yet, I'm tempted even if it's just for the free pad that'll hopefully come in a nice Sega branded delivery box . I already own all the (proper) games that are on the site though, so I'm not sure if I want to part with my £13.

I'd be interested to hear other peoples opinions on this to help me make my mind up whether to spend my cash or not.

[Chunkchenko]

This sounds like an amazing idea especially with the trophies/achievements option would be even better if they had it as an option to use on xbox live or PSN. Just hope they get most sega titles for each console.

[Transatlantic Foe]

I hope it doesn't take Sega out of putting stuff up on the Wii Virtual Console in favour of this, because with that membership charge they can probably make more money. I'd rather just play the game than pay to get lots of fancy things in a virtual world and have my scores up against other people - most of whom will hack their way to victory anyway.

[ninjabearhug]

I've decided I'm going to sign up for a year. I'm not really that bothered about the site content, but I want one of those pads for my collection .

Plus, the missus has really enjoyed playing all the flash games and stuff. Every time she gets a few thousand rings she enters the prize draw a few more times. Hopefully I'll get my money back ;D.