Nov 1, 2006, 07:41 PM
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I absolutely love playing this game. It's downright addicting the moment I began to grasp how the controls work. Though, sometimes I find them annoying (such as having to use the mouse majorly), but gameplay-wise, very appealing. To me anyway. I've played both WoW and FFXI enough to compare them. Though, FFXI and WoW have their high points in supremecy, they get boring fast. FAST.
With Rappelz, you don't pay a monthly fee and you can make alot of characters without any limitations. Plus, starting your character out with equipment and money isn't such a problem either. It's actually got a good drop system for giving players money per kill, etc.
For a Free 2 Play game, it's quite beautiful in terms of graphics. If it were P2P, I don't think the graphics would of gotten any better. Just recently, they've implemented a update that makes bodies of water more realistic looking. Sure, a minor enhancement, but for free.
Soloing is fairly decent as well. The need to party doesn't happen yet until you engage later dungeons. Some trainee quests say you should get a party for their tasks, but you can solo anything on that trainee island with little worry of death. At least from lv10-11. You eventually rack up a set of some 30 regeneration potions. Pop a potion, run out of range and let it heal you over time. With regained hp, go back and close that gap to finish your monster. And upon leveling up, your HP/MP recharge to full, just like in FFXI.
The HUD. or GUI, is alot like Ragnarok + WoW. Hardly any resemblance to FFXI's. And yeah, the emotions can use some work..... (Especially for Deva females.)
Other than minor irks here and there, what do you expect? It's free. And it's pretty darn fun for a free game.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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