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Post by anjian on Sept 7, 2019 0:39:47 GMT -5
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Post by anjian on Sept 7, 2019 0:42:43 GMT -5
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Post by anjian on Sept 7, 2019 0:53:01 GMT -5
Lots of flying in the game. The area above the clouds is the PvP area, so you only venture there when you are sufficiently high level or with a group.
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Post by rags on Sept 7, 2019 1:50:29 GMT -5
Looks 「really happy」
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Post by anjian on Sept 7, 2019 2:45:44 GMT -5
A good review of the game.
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Post by anjian on Sept 9, 2019 21:48:27 GMT -5
Game really sucks me in. It reminds me of Crusaders of Light, a mobile game I played sometime in the past, but it takes it to the next level. There are many mobile RPGs and MMORPGs, and while a mobile MMORPG may not be everyone's cup of tea, if you are interested in one, this should be on top of the list. Expect a massive download, probably the biggest of a mobile game so far, and a game that pushes the graphical limits of your phone, so it would be good if your device is high end and packs muscle, or you can down tune the graphics on the settings.
In addition to the graphics and the design, the music is so gorgeous, going from epic to downright relaxing.
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Post by anjian on Sept 10, 2019 0:00:11 GMT -5
Monetization is straight out old fashioned. There is no gacha in the game. Its refreshing. Microtransactions are mainly for the purpose of converting to ingame currency that can be used to purchase crystals used for refining and enhancing stats of the equipment. Other than that there are some expensive skins. The skins are priced and sold outright, expensive yes, but its not a gacha, just a straight forward transaction, you pay you get, so you don't spend even more gambling for them. Despite the costs of the skins I see many players with the paid costumes, and despite the free skin costumes look so gorgeous themselves.
Both free and paid costumes are absolutely gorgeous, very detailed and artistic. However, don't expect skimpy bikini armor and stuff, despite how sexy you can design the body of your avatar. That's because of the Chinese government overwatch of these games making sure they are within some guidelines, but the flip side of it, the game doesn't feel like soft ?popcorn?. It is refreshing to see avatars dressed decently for a change but these costumes do tastefully accent their figures.
Advancement and leveling of characters are straight out old fashioned --- you got to grind them for XP, play through the main story and side story missions, which will also grant you new skills and speed you up to enlightenment. For rare items used as equipment, you have to loot them randomly from constant dungeon raiding, the old fashioned way. Crystals that can be used to refined and enhance equipment can be obtained for free, but you can also purchase them via silver through gold conversion, probably the only sliver of potential for pay to win, but everything else is old school. Having said that, some costumes, like for males for instance, are so over the top they would make Liberace blush.
If you enhance your equipment by embedding gemstones, if you are able to acquire a better equivalent, the gemstones will be transferred to the new equipment the moment you equip it. Great convenience. Refinements on the previous item however, won't be carried over.
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Post by Koalabear on Sept 10, 2019 6:52:03 GMT -5
I tried it out after trying 3 times to install it. It was very slow to download as it is huge.
Anyway, I didn't try it for long. It just felt like yet another RPG hack and slash. The cut scenes were beautiful and the character designs are great - even if they look like they're all wearing body paint.
IDK, I still have yet to find a decent mobile RPG that gives me the same gaming experience as Diablo or Dungeons and Dragons Heros, or Baldur's Gate.
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Post by anjian on Sept 14, 2019 3:05:38 GMT -5
So far the coops are great in this game. While the missions have autoplay, the dungeons are not. Members in a team need to affirm before they enter a dungeon, which is going to rule out bots and AFKers. In the dungeons, you can't hack and slash your way through, there are plenty of one shot or heavy damage attacks by the bosses, you need to be constantly evading and moving, constantly mindful of your mana and your heals. I need to warm up my coop raid skills, and skills that deal with resource management, I have not been in a MMO RPG for a while.
I am not sure why there are no southeast Asia, Japan or Korean servers yet. Other than China, it went straight US and Europe first which isn't the norm for many Asian games, rather a complete opposite. It seemed to have picked up a population quite quickly, the US server I am in is always on the red, and more servers have been released.
There are certain issues with the game, that makes me feel the game seems rushed or in an advanced open beta stage.
No autoplay has their place, but autoplay has its place too. Someone borrowed my character for over an hour in a party where I left the character in autoplay mode. He goes around doing his difficult missions with my character and some others on a tow, giving auto combat and auto support during battles. At the end for doing nothing I gain loot and XP, while watching some other things.
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"Kill'em all."
