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Wow.. this isn't so much as an update, as it is a nostalgia trip... This is an old review I wrote for a game called Silk raod Online... I really surprised myself when I noticed this, because the review is fairly in depth and even though I quit the game shortly there after... I still have some fond memories of it... Anyway, here is the review... Post Date: 22:45 26-11-2006 Rating: 9 Author: CosmicKirby Comment: The game is fairly user friendly, with great graphics and cool skills, you raise skill points and exp differently, if you have a skill equal to your current level. you will recive the maximum exp you could recive for a moster, if you have your skills spread out or not spent at all, you will recive monster loads of skill points, yet small amounts of exp..
yet, even with maximum exp being gained, around the time of around level 12 you will be gaining about .80% per kill, so it will take a good 30-40 min per level of just grinding(which the cartoon guide even refers to it as)
In order to counter act this, cash items(like the ones in maple story) can give you 60-100% exp boosts per kill for 3 hours each, and on each character you start with one of each(and my above comment i am using the 60% boost, so i can't imagine training without it...-_-) which does help for a while.
PVP can be done at any time you are not in a town, yet you are penalized for killing without reason(dropping items at your death) you may also buy capes for a small amount of money, for pvp that has no downsides whether you live or die(yet many people will kill you if you even have these on which is annoying).
There is also the triangular conflict, a player may be a merchant, hunter, or thief(starting at level 20) and do job activities. Merchants buy quest items to load on to a transport to sell in another town for job exp. Thieves try to attack the merchants and steal their goods for money and job exp. Hunters protect the merchants or hunt down theives that have to many penalty points (for excessive stealing in a small amount of time)
Now for downsides...
Even with the abundence of servers, this game ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE FULL. This means you will have to try a few times to get in. The reason for this is the fact that many people will put up a stall, go play on another character, and leave the stall open for days(which takes up server space) or they will just be bots. HOWEVER, the designers have made bot hunting easy for players, by paying 100 gold, you can buy a "destroyer" monster. You simply target a player, and if they attack it, they will be instantly destroyed. Sadly, the bot will stay on the server, thus making server size an issue still..
Graphics: 10/10
Gameplay: 9/10
Replay Value: 8/10(bow,sword,spear abilities, and fire ice and lightning add to this)
Fun Factor: 8/10 (ALL MMORPGS are mostly fun in the higher levels with pvp events or party activities.)
Grinding Factors: 6/10 (how long you kill the same thing)
overall: 9/10
A great game, and the free factor is just too good to pass up THIS IS A MUST TRY
Cosmic Kirby · Sat Aug 04, 2007 @ 07:04am · 0 Comments |
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