zOMG! It’s……..ok

Gaia Online released their first “casual MMO”, zOMG!, on open beta a couple of weeks ago apparently and I’ve just got round to having a quick tinker.

First I checked out the promo flick and this did whet my appetite.

The In-game screenshots were ok and promised a cute but playable game – it has to be good, it’s called zOMG! for a start!

The background of the game-world is pretty cool: Basically, the inanimate stuff like alarm clocks and boat anchors have started to come to life. The Gaians call these newly-alive creatures “the Animated”. The worst part is that the Animated seem to really dislike the “naturals” in the world and that means that they generally attack Gaians on sight.

I so wanted this to be as good as the trailers looked but, unfortunately the whole thing was let down by laggy game-play and I soon lost interest in the thing.

It’s a shame as it could’ve been a really slick MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online)  game……but I’m left still unsure of it’s purpose to be honest.  Is it mainly an online community with a game or vice-versa?

Ideas?