Mir4 is a bizarre crypto-mine masquerading as a dated MMORPG

So, there’s this South Korean MMORPG called Mir4 that’s been out on mobile and PC for about six months now. It’s free-to-play, so it started off with decent numbers, but from October to November the monthly average player count jumped up by 32k. It’s tailing off now, but still averaging 60,000 Steam users over the last three months, a surge you’d think would be worth celebrating, right? I investigated and discovered that Mir4 is one bizarre game, with one soul-crushing USP: NFTs.

That’s right folks. The game lets you mint your character as an NFT, and even mine cryptocurrency if you so choose. If this is the future, then it seems cold and strange and sad. Also, Mir4 is a terrible game.

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