Lunia does not deserve to be on there...

If you lag heavily and can not experience the enjoyment as some other players. Blame on your own misfortune or the server, but not the game itself. How can you rate it one of the worst mmorpgs when you havent even experienced it well? 

WAAAAGGGH!! 

reiview your ranking again.

forgot to add in this lol

Lunia shouldn't be in a top 10 worst games list...even if its not in top 10 best games list

UNLIKE to other mouse clicking, Level grinding mmos , Lunia offers a totally new type of gameplay that is mostly skill dependent.

100% keyboard based (during the game but you can use mouse too), and its very interesting ( esp how you can manipulate boss monsters to kill other players lol ^^)]

the game always have something new since you are playing with different players all the time.

definitely not juz spamming skills at monsters. No such things as warriors are tankers / mages are ranger atkers.

If you are good, you can play your mage like a warrior.

you mentioned you played the game until you were lvl 40 - 50.

did you play any of the raids in the game? That is if you know what are raids though.

When they were with TFT , they had some lag issues. But when they moved to IJJI, this problem was solved.

Get a feel of the raids (if you hafen played one before and learn some combos if you are just blindly hacking your way to lvl 40 - 50)

I totally respect the freedom of expressing your own opinion.

BUT the fact that there are so many people expressing opposite views should imply that something isn't quite right. No doubt you have played a lot of games since 1990( perhaps even more than myself) but i guess you don't understand the game well.

Perhaps its the quest that you do in the game that makes you feel that it should be in the worst list. The quests are just there to help you level faster so you can enjoy the game in stages,raids or pvps, they are not the game itself. Lunia is not a game just about doing quests, grinding level and getting all the good equipment.

1 month of gameplay isn't quite enough to evaluate Lunia since its not a game known for its graphic or plot. Its the interaction between the players that makes the game interesting.

I would strongly recommend t

I hated atlantica so much. I was in both CBTs I got to 30 both times and then had to start all over. It just ruined OB for me T_T

This is your opinion right? Well i enjoyed grand chase/asda/lunia and by far im sure theres alot of MMO worse than this, well for the game i played the most this year somehow came out to be S4

and the game i hated the most was flyff i was forced to replay.

but the worst of 2008 my opinion is the browser mmos...not much good MMO this year just hope 2009 will make up for it!

i disagree with u puting diferent type game in to one list is not correct way to make a list if u wana make list make it from diferent type of game not mixing 3d and 2d in one huge nonsens

requiem bloodymare is nearly same as rohan no storyline random quests and a lot of grinding but dungeons in bloody mare beats rohan by long shot

Lunia well game idea is to make it as a book u travel from page to page finding something new grinding is only part of it it was made for game fans to begin with and bugs aren't something u have right to judge by unless u know how to fix them

Grand chase is slow paced realy then letstake rohan is it fast paced or warhamer what i call fast paced is gunz and l4league but grand chase ain't that slow graphicks crapy some many ppl cold play new class keeps coming to keep u interested so i see no reson to have in in worst list

Monato espirit is great game just the company that took changed in to bad direction i played the game before and it was realy fun and even not its still far from being finished bcaus it same as alpha version u can put thias game in list of 2009 or 2010 

Asda story yes there a lot of grinding like in other games graphicks are made so more then rich spoiled brats cold play it this is interaction game here u make friends no try to become strongest and pvp ur ass off

Magic worl i agree wery crapy game diablo graphics were 10 times better dame game is build wrong way movements are wery stiff and only thing that makes this game interesting is that u can see other persons face this game belongs in this list

Zhu xia saying it like perfect world have a look around at ur warhamer theyr all copys too they copy and copy and copy till they finaly come with theyr own ideas u just have to w8 and don't label games copys just because they look similar

Hello kity this game is for kids or ur saying that something lik rohan is better games like hello kity are made for young p

I kind of like your best list, I would just take away PW and Rohan, cuz they suck big time.

And there is no way in heaven u like PW better then lotro or AoC! There is no wayy! Its kind of hard to believe you played lotro or AoC and still prefer PW, but thats your opnion like u said...

But I really had to say, PW is the worst game I've ever played. Lotro is the best! Also like RoM.

Other then that I would take atlantica, pw, and rohan, put on the worst list and change the order for the best, lotro would defently be the first one

Aww man, Zhu Xian is one of the worst? I was just getting ready to play it today since it was supposed to go into OB today and I'm installing it now and I was hoping for something good.

I did read the disclaimer. However, just because you have a disclaimer doesn't mean that you are giving an evaluation of them on an equal scale.

For example, take ice cream flavors. I'm sure if you tried the very first artificially flavored strawberry ice cream, there would be quite a bit of a difference from say the strawberry ice cream sold now from Baskin Robins. If you were to have only tried the former, perhaps you would give a really poor rating for strawberry ice cream. However, if you had tried the latter in its prime, perhaps the rating would be different.

Tbh, I am in no way attempting to derail your evaluations. I am merely giving ways (implying) that a really evaluation should be, one where each game is evaluated on an equal scale. Also, I am just defending the game I currently play and enjoy playing (Lunia) as it differs from your evaluation probably due to your playing the game at a time when the game wasn't in its prime.

Random fact: Lunia has gone through two different game hosters and is on its third with Ijji. As of now, Ijji has been doing a better job with servers and updates than the previous two combined.

I have said all I wanted to say (well typed, but you get the point).

For the person wondering why Chaos Online has a girl gm um  you need to check the rest of ingle games. Most all gm's are females. They have worked very hard on their games and yes I know its your opinion. But you should know all the facts befor posting a review on the games.

Man,first i must say u're good dude ;)),the reason listed seem right to me.

Talk 'bout the "best" : I dont really kno wat's up in the game content for AoC,LtR,WoW or WAR(honestly im poor,so .. better stay out those games) but i think there're reason lots of ppl play them - maybe its really good,maybe not.And for the rest,ok,i've played all (except  PW,i played my region's version),i believe rohan & PW is true worth in those spot;for MegaTen n RoM i just began playing it recently (about 1month) n they really impressed me (bad luk,now im addicted in both =,=()).Atlantica deserve its place,cuz that's the best strategy+rpg ever,it would make ur brain work when fight other player.

2nd-the "Worst" :

 -Hello Kitty : man,that's not im scare to be sissy (btw,who claimed that play this game is sissy =)) but in fact i just dont like that kind of gameplay..whom did they make that for???

 -Requiem : "Hey,is this server dead?Can any1 help me wid this?" - "........." =>a sleepy nightmare to tell,good that it didnt make i overslept.

 -PiStory : 2 words "too lag" rather go play maple ... also quite the same with Grand Chase

 -Monato : money talks about everything =))

 -Lunia n ZhuXian : for me i would put i outside cuz it still have lots potential to be a good game but admit that they have things to change,anyhow i still put them aside.

 -Chaos : im still confused y did i spent time playing that .. 0.o!? a shooting animation for character in diablo2 even better than Chaos did xD,no comments.....

Looking for better topic from ya.*Healthy discussion*

Additional:

To XpecialBoi:

If I don't like it, I don't like it. That's how an opinion goes. Going out of your way to disprove an opinion will get you nowhere. If in my opinion, this reason made me dislike something, like those games in the worst list, then that's the reason for me. If you have a different reason or you disagree with my opinion, you can share it with me, but you really can't change what my thoughts are. An opinion is not an opinion if a person does not stand for it. And I do stand up to my opinions, whether i get bashed at it or applauded for it.

If you wish to keep this up, go ahead. I'd love a healthy discussion without the cussing (like others do). 

You say that you played for a month and reached a decent level.

Reaching a decent level when there is no content (CB or OB) may require excessive grinding, but with new content there will be newer, easier and undoubtably more fun ways to level.

My question to you is, are you basing these reviews based off of varied stages of the games' releases? If so, that crushes all credibility anyone could have for this list.

I don't mind that you put certain games so low, but when you do not know enough about the game and start saying that it sucks, there is definitely something wrong with that.

Like what Miseri said, what you say about Lunia is FAR from the actual gameplay of the game. It makes me and tons of other people who actually play the game see you as another of those "I played for 10 minutes and I think this game sucks" type of person. You say that you have played all of these games, but have you played these games enough to give a good review of it?

[quote]Anime-inspired characters, cel-shaded graphics, predictable Lord of the Rings plot, and isometric view makes Lunia unique in a way. It resembles the well-known arcade game Gauntlet Legends, a beat-‘em-up game. Mired with continuous grinding, straightforward and repetitive battles, and heavy server lags, Lunia has gained a spot in this year’s worst.[/quote]

There is NO opinion in there (expect for the very last phrase). If a game requires continuous grinding, that should be obvious and would be a fact. If a game is straightforward and contains repetitive battles, that would be a fact. If there are heavy server lags, that would be a fact.

But what you say about it, is HIGHLY incorrect, all of which is debunked by Miseri. In short, your facts aren't true and you claim that all of this is through your opinion.

To those who reacted "differently" about this article, what I wrote is an opinion of my own. I know some or many wont agree but heck, that's your opinion. Do read the disclaimer.  

oh one more thing. For all you big lunia fans out there. (like me) look at it this way, it's number 9 on the worst list meaning it hardly made it on there. Close to number 10 on the best list XD ^_^;;

are you people having trouble understanding that this isn't an OFFICIAL top 10 best, and worst list?!

It's the writers oppinion, and as such you all should leave it at that. Obviously we wont all agree with the writer, even I don't agree with some of them, but seriously. Don't go around throwing names and what not at the person.

Good job with the article and it took some balls to put it up on mmosite. You had to have known this would happen. Kudos XD.

I dig it!

Dear Andaleon. It comes to me with great pleasure to call you a noob. From all the games you picked most irrelevant and common things seen in so many other MMORPG's and put them into one.

3. Atlantica Online: Awesome game at beggining but as soon as you hit 50 later on you will find yourself Grinding that is nowhere near as frendly as in other games and in the end you will end playing just like the most mostly becouse of a huge Lack Of Content for higher level players.

Runes of Magic: warrior class skills, grind frendlyness vs. amount of quests... enough sayed.

I could end up making a huge post spitting at your top 10. But no point.

I could also end up making a huge post about your worst 10 but again... no point. So ill just say a few words about 2 that most cought my eyes.

Zhu Xian Online: there is 150 levels, you will start grinding on level 15 or so since even quests are grind based. Its nowhere near Perfect World lite, altho graphics are lower quality, gameplay is not. Skills system is so developed over 5 schools you will stay atleast 2 hours if not more , trying to figure out a perfect build for yourself. Also features ingame are very well developed, for an example wedding. The game itself should easily be switched with atleast perfect world on top 10 list.

Chaos Online: As it seems you never accualy played Diablo 1, for that case you havent even played Diablo 2. Since you are talking about graphics that is. Repeatative gameplay that has so much more features and options than 90% of the MMO's on the market, Heavy grind that is much easyer than in many many games , Gender locked classes that are, aswell in great many MMO's, and addition of a legal ingame bot that makes that >heavy grind< so much easyer.

Have you even played MMO's?

i dont want to be rude but if youre reffering to my master duh! you must be gay for even trying the hello kitty online. you just hated the game cause you never became strong in the game.. and wtf is the dull graphics.. it is same as conquer 2.0 and other games from tq.. youre a big sucker! and and maybe the graphics isnt that great at least we have a good comunity and we welcome suckers like you to try it for a week. and duh..

I stopped reading this pathetic list as soon as I saw Age of Conan.

Regarding Lunia at the 8th worst spot ...

Sure, lag is a problem, especially for people far from the server or when the server can't handle however many people playing ... but that's pretty much true of any online game, especially those that require any degree of timing or precision whatsoever. Personally, I've been playing it under 3 different publishers and never had any serious problems despite living ~4000 miles away from the server [aside from during a short period under the 2nd publisher, which was widely regarded as a bunch of idiots who didn't have a clue about managing an MMO].

As for "continuous grinding" and "straightforward battles" ... brb laughing my head off. Seriously, I don't see how anyone who played long enough to write Lunia off as a grind game can possibly think the battles are straightforward. Repetitive, perhaps, to some ... but seriously, more repetitive than some of those other MMOs on the top spots?

are u nuts? WAR has failed miserably - ORVR is non-existent most of the time and scenarios are limited to 1 per tier with horrible balances.

it's fun for the first 2 tiers, late 3rd and 4th tiers are horribly boring with all the crowd control measures.

it's no.1? 

well to each his own ...blog.

lunia is a good game but bringing it 2 ijji made it worse than it should be

they made the game 90% easier than usual

hello kitty online first next tweenies online.though you cant get wors than angels online. and wonerland online (botting system there too). couldn't blame you for grand chase though

I don't mind you thinking GrandChase is one of the worse, but could you atleast take away the "slow pace" part? =x

I like your list, and it is your opinion and you stated the game without saying its the best or it sucked. You gave them intelligent reasons. Thanks Bro.

s4 league?

Dear readers,

If you have your own top ten best and worst MMO games of 2008, I'd love to hear from you!

Post it here as a comment and let me know! I'd love a healthy discussion about this. :D

And please, no flamebaits or violent reactions alright? Discuss this matter in peace. :D

I say this article is bias...because there are alots of people who still play PI story and Zho Xian online looks awesome...i might check it out...who knows...but still take some consideration when writing this article okay....heey i'm ****ing you out but just besure to alot research before u say bad things about games okay....thanks see ya a later

I think every person have theiir own opinion for games. however im surprised I prefer your 'worst games' than the 'best' o.o

Pi-Story was boring... I'm glad this game is on the list.... I took the beta a shot and it was simply boring replaying the dungeons and levels... also it was hard to figure out how you could process in the game. This article said it all... you really had to stand around waiting for other players... what the eff?

I really wanted to play Asda Story to be honested,... however the last thing I knew about was the heavy grinding... that's punishing. I had other MMO games to play, so hopefully I gave that game a pass.

All assentient exept Lunia appears in the worse lst.  -_-

 Requiem isn't bad. Rohan however was horrible. 

 lunia is a great game, i dont really think it should be placed in worst list

I thought 'Hello Kitty Online' would definitely be the worst game of all time... oh well, chaos do suck... o.0