Ragna....I mean Water Margin
I sat down with a new Malaysian game called "Water Margin". It's an interesting martial arts based game set in a 16-bit color pallate. It looks and feels quite a bit like Ragnarok Online, except really, really dumbed down. That's not a bad thing though as some people don't like how complicated/involved RO gets.
When starting out, you choose a profession as well as an element. Your physical attacks are based on your element I believe, and your elemental defense is based on your element choice as well. There's a decent class selection, but not as much as one would hope. Most of the classes are quite similar to each other, or have very little differences. The only real unique ones were the toaist priest (magic user) and some class that's a healer and attacks with a pen (the name quite honestly eludes me as I write this).
The newbie experience is pretty good though, as the starting city has nothing but the guides who teach you how to play the game and send you on simple quests. From there, you'll get tossed into the main city, and there's where most of the game goes from. Most people were pretty helpful when you take the time to ask them questions as well. It's a large city, and always full of people, so take your time to learn it, or you'll be confused later.
The leveling is pretty basic and revolves around either pressing 1-3 hotkeys or just clicking your mouse; very boring if you ask me. The ideas behind the game aren't new either, and it almost feels like they WERE trying to rip off Ragnarok Online if you ask me. If you are REALLY a fan of 16 bit artwork, or like RO, give it it a shot. It's free!. Otherwise, stay away for now, until the game does something to make itself stand out.
When starting out, you choose a profession as well as an element. Your physical attacks are based on your element I believe, and your elemental defense is based on your element choice as well. There's a decent class selection, but not as much as one would hope. Most of the classes are quite similar to each other, or have very little differences. The only real unique ones were the toaist priest (magic user) and some class that's a healer and attacks with a pen (the name quite honestly eludes me as I write this).
The newbie experience is pretty good though, as the starting city has nothing but the guides who teach you how to play the game and send you on simple quests. From there, you'll get tossed into the main city, and there's where most of the game goes from. Most people were pretty helpful when you take the time to ask them questions as well. It's a large city, and always full of people, so take your time to learn it, or you'll be confused later.
The leveling is pretty basic and revolves around either pressing 1-3 hotkeys or just clicking your mouse; very boring if you ask me. The ideas behind the game aren't new either, and it almost feels like they WERE trying to rip off Ragnarok Online if you ask me. If you are REALLY a fan of 16 bit artwork, or like RO, give it it a shot. It's free!. Otherwise, stay away for now, until the game does something to make itself stand out.
posted by trindras at 11:22 PM
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