Updated on April 17, 2008

Game Title: Magic World Online

Genre: MMORPG

Status: Closed Beta

Developer: Goldcool Games

Publisher: Ingle Games Ltd.

Official Website:http://mwo.enjoymmo.com/

Client size: 4GB

Client Download:http://mwo.enjoymmo.com/

System Requirements:

CPU：Pentium 3 1GMHz

RAM：256M

Hard Drive：> 5G

Video card：> 16M Video Ram

System：Windows98 and above,Vista Compatible

DirectX 8.0 and above

Network: 56K Modem

Comparison:

It looks similar to Eudemons, Conquer Online, Diablo 2, and Justice Xwar 2.

First impression:

When you login for the first time you don't get any kind of introduction to the game, I got directly from the login screen to character creation menu, there are four classes, two factions and you can choose a male or female character. I was hesitant to choose either of the factions, because I had no information to determine the difference between them. However, I chose Dynasty mostly because I liked the sound of it.

I started in the forest, the in-game tutorial is very clear ,it has pictures and the font is readable. Exploring is a bit tricky, because you can't see much ahead, the map is your best friend, and as for me the primary navigation mode.

Graphics [

How many people buy things they think they need and they don’t read the label? My guess is plenty, and I see it more and more in the MMO genre. MMOs are not a trend, or should be considered as something that will fade out anytime soon. Games like Ultima, World of Warcraft, and Everquest have popularized the genre by having a large amount of players. But that doesn't mean it's for everybody.

Experience vs Content

"I hate grinding", "This quests are boring", "There is nothing to do after level 70" do any of these phrases sound familiar?  I bet they do. As consumers we get more picky when we have many choices. We raise our standards rapidly, and we demand lower cost for our entertainment. We indulge in complaining to the game developers the game publishers and anybody else behind the game.

From the point of view of a game developer/designer designing a perfect five star game is a nightmare. We are like little children, we are mean, and nothing ever pleases us. Sometimes we cry for an expensive luxurious toy, and when we get it we prefer to play with the empty box where it came in.

So, how do you please  one million customers? first

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I have waited so long to give Mabinogi a try. I watched all of the trailers and read all of Hyuk's guides. I've tried to distract myself with other MMOs but mehh, who am I kidding?I want to play it soo badly.

   So after being very patient today I downloaded the client, I had already registered my account and I a proceeded to the routine struggle with gameguard to make the game work. I think gameguard is a device that guards you from running the game in your first attempt. But oh well, I'll save my bullets for gameguard, because they need a post of their own.

   Long story short, FilePlanet made a deal with Nexon and got the first 24 hours of the game exclusively for "North American" members of their Free MMO Club in their words: "Free-To-Play Online Games with Bonus content for Suscribers". It doesn't even sound good…Anyway, I was just desperate to try this game, so I signed up for an account with my "Spam me,I don't check it anyway"-email and click through the activations like fire to get my open beta key.

That was when the ordeal begun, this is what I got:

   In case you haven't read my About Page, I am from Mexico and we are a part of N

You have read it in the forums, you have read it in the reviews. There are jokes written about it, and there is even a South Park episodewith it in there. For a player new to online role playing games it is just too easy to be confused. Whatis it?The Game of course, remember that song that says "I started a joke...which started the whole world crying,But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no." That is in a nutshell what happens to the new MMO gamers.

Game Theory

When you play in single player role playing games, there is a structure that the game follows. It is a simple "pearl structure"for example:

You start in town HappyVille, then you get a message from the Arganon kingdom requesting you to save the princess Linda. Then you have the option to cruise around town, and do some quests and get some supplies until you actually step out of HappyVille.

When you step out of HappyVille then you enter a second "pearl"where the same, you will have several side quests to do before having some other cue for the next change in the plot which would progress the game story.

There are some variations to this, but this is the basic structure everyone

1Psychologist NPC

Areall those hours of intense grinding are causing your character to perform poorly?.Maybe your avatar is experiencing a mid-level crisis. It's time to visit your local shrink, and maybe he can give your avatar's mind a little tune up.

Some known illnesses:

Battlefield-phobia

Cause when your avatar's corpse was camped for over 2 hours.

MMOAlsheimer

You are positive that the item you want to sell to your buddy was on your inventory, then you check the warehouse and now it's gone!wait?where are you?who are all of these people calling you "guild mate"aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Rogue-o-phobia

Severe trauma caused by being constantly killed by invisible rogues. Symptoms are severe paranoia and fear of logging in.

2Creative Writing For Spammers

I don't like them, you don't like them. If we can't get rid of them, can't we at least put a little lipstick on them?

Is "CHEAP GOLD VISIT ________.com" like the gold selling industry standard or what the heck? If they are going to bore us to death with their darn bots, can't they at least program them with some nice catchy phrases?. I mean if your TV programming is as good as in my area, then you will soon realize that som

Last week was a long one for me, I worked very hard, and a lot of things went wrong. During the week I became very excited because I learned about Infinity Online because of Platy's post. I went to the website, and the classes were very eye catching to me. Even though I don't get very hyped about games very often I did for Infinity Online.

I got a CB key and I registered my account, I was very happy and waited patiently for my client to download. Soon I will find out I couldn't play because there is anIP ban on American countries. I was very annoyed and decided I wouldn't have any of it. So I got on an airplane and arrived in France, bought an apartment and enrolled in the Ecole Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancée. Then I turned on my computer and played while watching the Eiffel Tower through my window.....Well that pretty much happened when I was planning on how to play... but I found another solution that didn't involve leaving home.

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Welcome To Infinity Online

The first thing that got me from Infinity is the music, most games' music are not very in connection with the game theme itself, but with Infinity this is not a problem.

One of

I came to this world without a mother or a father to raise me, or anyone to teach me how to hold my sword. I learned my way into the land by exploring and making mistakes. I am nobody's property, I go where my heart desires.

I sit on a log outside the alchemy store waiting for my clan mates, my brothers and sisters in arms. I sharpen my sword and look up to the leaves up on the trees. Years have passed since my first footprints sunk on the sand in the wide spread desert. My skin is not young and clear anymore, the battles have now drawn roads and symbols from where I once bled. Yet, there are no traces from my previous lives before my current, no holes from the bullets that entered my body and came out burning pieces of skin. Those times are long gone now, but will stay with me forever.

"Are you ready?" the clan master asks me. "Lead the way" I say while I stand. Hopefully this won't be a fatal battle for me, but I will rather die trying that running away.

The things on my backpack are only what I need, everything else I give to people that shows me good intentions. "But this is too expensive!!" they tell me sometimes when I give them items. I can'