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Realm Of The Mad God escapes Flash shutdown with a Unity portdeus hex

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I was delighted to learn that not only isRealm Of The Mad Godstill a thing, but it’s still full of players and it’s as moreish as ever.

The perfect hybrid of action-RPG and bullet hell shooter is now being remade in Unity, to escape the curse of Flash and ensure future generations will know its terrible brilliance. You can play it for free right now.

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It plays much the same way, although it’s currently still in open development while things are tidied up. The open beta launchedlast Thursday, but due to a bug I wasn’t able to play it until today. I am happy to report that it remains excellent. In fact, it wasone of the best games of 2011, and itutterly consumedAlec Meer (RPS in peace) for a while.

“It’s Diablo as a twin-stick shooter, able to creep towards bullet-hell while being absolutely, resolutely shackled to loot’n’xp hunger. I could probably play it forever. I really do not need this right now” he said in hisRealm Of The Mad God review.

It’s every bit as immediate and rewarding now. It’s perfect for people like me, who like to play MMOs solo but also wordlessly teaming up with randoms for a short while before parting ways. It’s also surprisingly cute and positive for such a ravenous time-glutton. It might be exactly what some of us need right now.

You can download and play the Realm Of The Mad God Exalt open beta from its ownwebsite, for free.