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Bound By Honor · 01-20-2008, 10:55 PM

If people blame it on the graphics, shame on them. The visuals are actually more than good, and the game mainly focuses on the role playing aspect.

Syetactic · 01-20-2008, 10:57 PM

It's a good game, good PVP... The grind isn't even bad... Problem is that most players are Spanish... you need to find a English clan to have fun.

Bound By Honor · 01-20-2008, 11:03 PM

Ah, yes. That's an issue for most english-speaking players. However, finding an english clan isn't really hard. In Ignis, I got invited the other to join Death or Glory. In Syrtis, for example, there is Inquisition, Evergreen, Gods of Power, and much more. Even though people speak different languages, the community remains tight.

Here's a funny comic based on the game: http://regnumcba.tk/

First page:

Try it before judging it is all I ask.

whocarezzz · 01-20-2008, 11:19 PM

community was of one the things people disliked about the game
and some other issues...i cant remember thats so long ago

and actually i tried it too but i had problems with isntalling or something...i unstalled it before i got to create my char
anyway okay then i might try it again later knowing the game is not hopeless

Syetactic · 01-20-2008, 11:35 PM

The character creations was bugged... I remember invisable buttons... and you never knew if it was loading or not after you pressed create character.

Bound By Honor · 01-20-2008, 11:49 PM

Well, the game is now in Gold. Small details as those have been fixed, and now the developers are working on listening to the members (that's one of the remarkable things they do; they act upon the members' voice. The other is the amazing job they can pull off with such a low budget and small team), balancing out the classes more and trying to eliminate the ever-existing lag.

If the community appears to be a problem, introducing (again) OnRPG to Regnum Online and making a clan for the site could be a solution (since everyone does this for every single game that's released). Even I could volunteer to such a task, when the time to do so is available, of course.

endofdays · 01-20-2008, 11:59 PM

mabinogi b out 10days it free game dream of mirror online good and you look in Holic and Pirates of the Caribbean Online and i call ship guilds 30 players run guns and weps butt free 7days

Jae · 01-21-2008, 01:35 AM

Regnum looks like a Runescape 3, though I shouldn't really judge it by its looks

Mind telling us what's so special about this game?

Leafninja · 01-21-2008, 02:28 AM

hmm.. I might try Regnum.

Bound By Honor · 01-21-2008, 03:27 PM

I don't have much time, but I could shed some light on the situation.

The "plot" of the game is about the war between three co-existing realms: Syrtis, Ignis and Alsius. When you create a character in one of these three realms, you are not allowed to create another character in one of the other realms (for obvious reasons). No realm is better, just as no class is better. It's only a matter of preference.

That's all I can say for now, but I leave you with this review:

Quote:

Regnum Online isn’t a new kid on the block. The game has been under development for several years now by an Argentinian company called NGD Studios. Recently. they announced that it has left the beta stage and has gone live. I decided I needed to check it out.

There are several reasons why I tried this game. My main motivation was that my migration from Windows to Linux at my home computer has severely limited my choices for MMORPG’s. Sure I can run WoW or Guild Wars through Wine, but I wanted to try something different, I wanted to play Linux games and explore the Linux gaming world. Above it all, the game was free, so I had nothing to lose.

Downloading and installing the game went without a hitch for me using the installation guide from the Regnum Online forums. Unfortunately, like most Linux games, Regnum’s Linux client has problems with some ATI graphic cards. Ishida for example was able to install the game, but couldn’t play it since the game kept crashing on startup due to his ATI card.

At first, I found the game to be a bit slow. Sure leveling-up is not that hard, but the absence of health and mana potions in the game forced me to rest more often than I would want to.

Eventually, I realized that fighting in a party with a healer makes it a lot easier, and makes leveling a lot faster even though the experience points from kills are distributed among the party members. The system has grown on me, and I like how it promotes team work and makes full use of each character’s abilities.

Regnum Online features three realms at war. At the start of the game, you need to pick a realm to fight for, and as you get to the higher levels, you will need to defend it against players from the other realms. I haven’t gotten to a level where I could fight for my realm yet, but from what I have read, each battle involves defending or assaulting various castles or forts. The Regnum Online site keeps tabs on which realms are winning and losing wars, as well as clan and player statistics.

The graphics of the game was surprisingly good! The terrain, vegetation and weather effects are at par with most MMORPG’s out there. If I were to nitpick, and I will, the water needs a little work. The water effects on Silkroad Online was way more to my liking. I wish it looked a little more like that. The lakes and oceans of Regnum looked a little artificial for me. However, on particular lighting angles, the water does look good. The spells and other attacks of the players and monsters would also look better with a little more flash.

You can purchase some premium items using real money if you want to enhance your game experience. You can buy mounts, experience helpers and potions that will accelerate your healing in between battles. These premium items are designed not to give you an advantage over players who do not buy them, however, I am sure there is some advantage to them or you wouldn’t be buying them anyway.

Although the game is now officially live, it still seems like a beta game. There are several bugs that sometimes cause the game to crash, some quests are impossible to complete due to missing NPC’s or monsters. The game was originally in Spanish, and the translations have not been completed yet. Because of that, some of the menus have missing text. Even the in-game help file is empty!

There are some things I wish it has and I wish it doesn’t have. For example, I wish it had a proper map of towns and the surrounding areas. It was a PITA to find quest related NPC’s, or find places you need to go to. There is no buddy system so I don’t know if my buddies are online so I can chat with them, and finding them or your party mates is difficult since you need to use a cumbersome coordinate-based system. I also wish you could move using mouse clicks instead of the w,a,s and d keys. Since you could move the camera view, I wish it stayed where you leave it, instead of trying to constantly return to the character’s rear.

Overall, I like this game. Sure it needs work here and there, but it’s a work in progress. If you decide to play the game, look me up at Syrtis, I have a conjurer there named Galynn.

Source

If you need more reviews, just search online. I might write one myself in the future, though.

EDIT: I just realized, this review was posted on June 8th, 2007. A lot of the things the writer addresses in the review are fixed already.

01-20-2008, 10:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
Bound By Honor Bongo Crazy Kong Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 231 Reputation: 10	If people blame it on the graphics, shame on them. The visuals are actually more than good, and the game mainly focuses on the role playing aspect. __________________ My dA My Portfolio

01-20-2008, 11:03 PM	#13 (permalink)
Bound By Honor Bongo Crazy Kong Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 231 Reputation: 10	Ah, yes. That's an issue for most english-speaking players. However, finding an english clan isn't really hard. In Ignis, I got invited the other to join Death or Glory. In Syrtis, for example, there is Inquisition, Evergreen, Gods of Power, and much more. Even though people speak different languages, the community remains tight. Here's a funny comic based on the game: http://regnumcba.tk/ First page: Try it before judging it is all I ask. __________________ My dA My Portfolio

01-20-2008, 11:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
whocarezzz Manic's Maniacal Machine Join Date: May 2006 Location: C:\, and proud of it. Posts: 1,905 Reputation: 22	community was of one the things people disliked about the game and some other issues...i cant remember thats so long ago and actually i tried it too but i had problems with isntalling or something...i unstalled it before i got to create my char anyway okay then i might try it again later knowing the game is not hopeless __________________

01-20-2008, 11:49 PM	#16 (permalink)
Bound By Honor Bongo Crazy Kong Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 231 Reputation: 10	Well, the game is now in Gold. Small details as those have been fixed, and now the developers are working on listening to the members (that's one of the remarkable things they do; they act upon the members' voice. The other is the amazing job they can pull off with such a low budget and small team), balancing out the classes more and trying to eliminate the ever-existing lag. If the community appears to be a problem, introducing (again) OnRPG to Regnum Online and making a clan for the site could be a solution (since everyone does this for every single game that's released). Even I could volunteer to such a task, when the time to do so is available, of course. __________________ My dA My Portfolio

01-21-2008, 01:35 AM	#18 (permalink)
Jae Sonic’s Milkshake Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 310 Reputation: 10	Regnum looks like a Runescape 3, though I shouldn't really judge it by its looks Mind telling us what's so special about this game? __________________

01-20-2008, 10:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
Syetactic Banned Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada :O Posts: 2,584 Reputation: 12	It's a good game, good PVP... The grind isn't even bad... Problem is that most players are Spanish... you need to find a English clan to have fun.

01-20-2008, 11:35 PM	#15 (permalink)
Syetactic Banned Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada :O Posts: 2,584 Reputation: 12	The character creations was bugged... I remember invisable buttons... and you never knew if it was loading or not after you pressed create character.

01-20-2008, 11:59 PM	#17 (permalink)
endofdays Snakes Big Toe Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: sl name loan1wolf turbo Posts: 434 Reputation: 11	mabinogi b out 10days it free game dream of mirror online good and you look in Holic and Pirates of the Caribbean Online and i call ship guilds 30 players run guns and weps butt free 7days

01-21-2008, 02:28 AM	#19 (permalink)
Leafninja `Doll's Dishwasher Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,468 Reputation: 22	hmm.. I might try Regnum.

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