Sometimes you can’t help but take a screenshot of what is otherwise nightmare fuel, because perhaps in freezing a scene in its tracks, you eventually rob it of its fear factor. Or you just take the picture so you can freak others out.
Reader Erin is trying to exorcise her own demons with this Final Fantasy XIV submission: “In my aimless travels around Eorzea I decided to start taking profile shots of random critters and enemies. The most memorable though is the creepy undead creature (that I forget the name of name). It might have been the moment, the lighting… or maybe it’s the visual of it’s eyes lighting up when you got too close that haunted me for a while afterwards.”
Have fun sleeping tonight! Let’s see how it looks in full color, shall we?
“This shot is from the anniversary event in The Secret World, showing my main and some fellow bees strutting our stuff alongside the Gatekeeper as he goes to summon a golem in Blue Mountain,” reader Tyler sent in . “I love doing the call-outs for these event bosses. Summoning an entire army of players just feels epic, and it fosters a great sense of community.”
I didn’t get a call, Tyler. And I sat by my phone all day.
Sniff.
There’s nothing quite like giving your computer’s graphic card a major upgrade and then seeing how your MMOs look. Reader Ellen enjoyed this experience lately and had to share the love.
“In a thread yesterday someone commented on how they were surprised at how good RIFT can look now,” she wrote. “Back when I originally played chocolate RIFT, I only had an 8800GT. It was playable with the graphics turned down, but it didn’t look exceptional. When I came back, between a new card allowing me turn up all the options and all of the improvements Trion has made, I discovered that RIFT can be a beautiful indeed. Here’s my Kelari mage Ritaav just hanging (in midair!) in Goboro Reef.​”
Sometimes with scenes in science-fiction MMOs, I play a game where I imagine if they’d fit in just fine with a fantasy MMO. And I do the same in reverse with fantasy titles. I think this following Star Wars: The Old Republic room (sent in by Cosmic Cleric) could serve as a great sword-and-sorcery boss fight platform, don’t you?
Hey, if you get a good ride, you don’t keep it in the garage. You take that baby out for a stroll and show it off to the neighbors. So for this week’s It Came from the Comments! winner, I’m going to give props to reader Skoryy’s gorgeous Akira-class ship in Star Trek Online.
I know what you’re all waiting for — the best part of your day, no doubt! The time when I give you your new screenshot assignment! Oh rapturous joy, that moment is here! So let’s keep the theme of this week’s headliner going and ask you to send in screenshots you’ve taken of disturbing or otherwise creepy sights in your MMOs.
Every week, One Shots shines a spotlight on the best community screenshots from your MMO adventures. If you have a great pic to share, email it to justin@massivelyop.com with the subject “One Shots.” Make sure that the picture is over 880px wide and comes with a description or story!
