Yearly Archives: 2010

Aloriah

The world of Aloriah sends you back in time where the Gods of ancient mythology rule the world. Here you have to fight your way up with your Viking civilization to take over the World. It all begins with one village in the beginners’ area, where the challenge is easy. From there you will upgrade your village, muster an army to explore the world with and eventually settle new villages in other climate zones. On your travels you will find yourself fighting, looting treasure chests, searching ruins, claiming mines or finding magical items that can be stored in the pockets of your heroes or any of your villages.

The goal of the game is to take on the Mother Dragon slumbering on her own lava island in the middle of the World.

Vindictus Story Starter

Vindictus Story Starter

 

Gamers eager to learn more about Nexon America’s Vindictus will enjoy a sneak peek into the Prologue of the game with the new screenshots. The town of Colhen has long been kept safe through the efforts of Tieve, the town’s oracle. Through her mystical ability to communicate with animals, Colhen dreams under the protection of her familiar, a giant spider. The day came when their trusted guardian seemed to go mad and started attacking the peaceful township of trusting people. The call goes out to a local group of mercenaries to help, a group that contains a young, untested recruit with a very special destiny.

 

Vindictus Prologue 
Vindictus Prologue: head to the rooftop with Tieve

 

Players find themselves thrust into this epic battle scenario upon launching Vindictus for the first time. The Prologue serves as an introduction to both the battle mechanics and the storyline of Vindictus. It’s an action-packed entrance into the game where players will get their first taste of brutal elegance.

 

To find out more about Vindictus and see what’s coming, visit the official website.

 

Vindictus Prologue

Kogamu

Kogamu is a true MMORPG on Facebook! This is nothing like your mom’s casual farming or aquarium games. Kogamu features hardcore fighting action, live multiplayer sessions with thousands of other players, ferocious monsters around every corner, highly customizable skills and attributes and tons of exciting quests to take you through dangerous maps and dungeons.

Soul Master Preview: Genre Bending Action

Soul Master Preview: Genre Bending Action
By Michael Sagoe (mikedot), OnRPG Journalist

 

Coming soon to a PC near you, Game Campus will be publishing a brand new MMO title that blends game genres in fascinating new ways. Soul Master is a Massive Multiplayer Online Real Time Strategy game with skill based action gameplay thrown into the mix. Players will choose one of three different character classes including a Male Knight, a Female Mage, and Bearcat Fighter. Each character class will be able to summon different units for battle and make use of unique skills during combat.

 

During my preview event, I was given pre-created characters all at LV30 which I assume will be current level cap. Before I hopped on one of the pre-created characters, I created my own character (a bearcat) to start up the tutorial. Now I’m not a very good with RTS games, as I’m incredibly terrible at all the speedy micro-management that’s required in multiplayer, so I was mostly going to let my beat ’em up skills guide me. While it took me awhile to get through, the tutorial was able to make things clear enough to show me how to take advantage of all the available gameplay features.

 

There seems to be a fair amount of combat options you can perform when battling with your main character. Your left mouse button is used for basic combo attacks while your spacebar is used for dashing/rolling. You can perform an extra attack by pressing the attack button right after you perform a dash/roll. There are also special skills your character can use in battle. My bearcat had the ability to perform a huge claw slash, turn invisible for a short amount of time, and set land mines on the ground for unsuspecting enemies.

 

The RTS part of the Soul Master is streamlined to work for newcomers and RTS fans alike. Unlike most RTS games where you must have units farm for resources, your character must simply capture a seed orb on the map which will give you a steady amount of resources every few seconds. The keys for selecting units and buildings are all laid out on the bottom of your keyboard from Z to N. Managing your building and unit creation is a fast and easy since you only have to press two keys, one for your selected unit and another for the unit type you wish to create. For example: To have one of the bearcat’s basic battle units created, just press X then Z, or if wanted to have a repair tower created, just press V then C. It’s that simple! The only draw back with unit creation is that all progress stops as soon as you engage in combat, so you’ll have to choice wisely between the two.

 

Soul Master Capturing Seed Orb
Capturing a seed orb

 

The different building types you can create are nothing out of the ordinary and these include guard towers, barracks, research labs, etc. Most building units, however, cannot be built away from the main base area. There are several battle units you can control during combat. During my playthrough, the preview build only allowed access to four of these units. The units I used were a mix between frontline attackers and some ranged attackers. Others units I had my disposal to would include ones that self destruct themselves causing huge damage to enemy units.

 

The action and RTS functions of Soul Master seem to be pretty solid, but what about the MMO part of the game? It turns out that Soul Master is fairly instanced only allowing four players during PvE and eight players during PvP. The only real MMO part of Soul Master comes from the different towns that each character class comes from. There’s Eindrif for the knights to reside in, Forestun which is home to the bearcat race, and Sagerun where all the mages like to stay. These towns function as giant lobbies for players to meet up, gear up, chat, and party up before heading out.

 

Soul Master Eindrif Town
Hanging out in Eindrif town

 

Gearing up in these towns call for shopping consumable items, new equipment, and earning new attack skills from NPCs like with MMORPGs. From each town lobby, there’s a button you can select on the right side of your screen to participate in PvP battles, which is arguably the best part of Soul Master. You can join and create battle rooms with both free-for-all or team battle options, select different maps to play on and more. You can also record or replay matches in PvP.

 

Soul Master PVP Waiting Room
PvP waiting room

 

During my preview event, I participated in both PvE and PvP. Playing co-op with others in PvE was a blast. Having terrible RTS skills didn’t slow me down one bit. During a mission where I and my teammate had to defend a base from getting destroyed by enemy monsters, I was able to keep a respectable platoon of battle units going while having guard towers keep enemy monsters in check. When the harpy boss monster came around, I ended up losing all of my units and had no time to create new ones, so I went at it solo and defeated it with half my HP in tact.

 

Soul Master Harpy Boss PVE
Harpy boss in PvE

 

As confident as I was during that PvE mission, PvP was a whole different ball game. The first PvP match was a free-for-all between five players. I figured that I would try to deal damage to enemy players with my own character and have a small amount of battle units as backup, which was a big mistake. Other players were able to take down my units quite quickly and got taken down a couple of times, so I went back to my own base and spent my time creating a better army of battle units.

 

Soul Master My Battle Units
My battle units

 

By the time my army was ready, other players were defeated and it came down to only me and an enemy bearcat player. Both our battle units clashed with each other and managed to destroy themselves. The battle then turned into a 1-on-1 fight to the finish. Long story short: The enemy bearcat player defeated me. I did my best, but the enemy beatcat player put up a better fight.

 

My preview of Soul Master was definitely a positive one. The mix of game genres is put together so well that any gamer that favors RTS, Action games and MMOs may enjoy what Soul Master has to offer. The visual style of the game is not so bad, either. The use of an anime style with bright colorful graphics makes the game feel almost as if it belongs on a gaming console.

 

Soul Master’s closed beta test is scheduled to begin July 22, 2010. Stay tuned to Game Campus and OnRPG for more details.

Perfect World Entertainment Announces Open Beta Launch Date For Heroes Of Three Kingdoms

Perfect World Entertainment Announces Open Beta Launch Date For Heroes Of Three Kingdoms

 

Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a wholly owned US subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), today unveiled that the Open Beta launch of its free-to-play MMORPG, Heroes of Three Kingdoms, is slated for Tuesday, July 27th. Based on one of the most turbulent era in history, including the famous Battle of Red Cliff, Heroes of Three Kingdoms delivers a high-quality multiplayer experience via various in-game offerings and enables gamers to reshape pivotal moments in Chinese history.

 

“The player response to Heroes of Three Kingdoms has been tremendous,” said AJ Potter, Product Manager for Heroes of Three Kingdoms. “We are always striving to excite our fans with new games that resonate beyond the traditional RPG experience. By continually looking for ways to make improvement, listening to player feedback, we are ensuring that we fulfill our commitment to deliver our players the best game possible, and we look forward to delivering this amazing piece of history to North American gamers.”

 

Heroes of Three Kingdoms Sword 

 

Set during the famous Three Kingdoms period in China, Heroes of Three Kingdoms incorporates various character options, a title system, historical instances and robust community features into its fast-paced gameplay. Its Kingdom War system allows players to choose one of Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu or Wu) and enables players to create guilds, and wage war against one another for territorial gain. The Player versus Player (PvP) system and Battleground features present challenges to users as they hone their polished combat abilities against others to vie for power.

 

With the Open Beta launch, players will have even more ways to customize the game and further distinguish their look on the battlefield. Heroes of Three Kingdoms’ various weaponry options allow players to choose from 18 weapons, and are able to wielding both a primary and secondary weapon, which will help shape and define in-game characters and skill sets. In addition, Heroes of Three Kingdoms’ extensive crafting system enables users to obtain key technological advancements to help aid them on the battlefield such as stronger bows, equipment, and armor.

 

In addition, Heroes of Three Kingdoms’ title system offers hundreds of different titles and occupations for players to acquire-each title coming with different benefits. Players can rapidly move up the ranks within the community and gain access to superior equipment, and stronger skill sets via the game’s reputation system.

 

For more information about Heroes of Three Kingdoms, please visit the official website.

GamesCampus To Publish MMORPG, Legend Of Edda

GamesCampus To Publish MMORPG, Legend Of Edda

 

The Fast-Paced Adventure MMO Will Feature Charming Characters In Intense Battles Set In An Ancient Mythological Fantasy World

 

Leading online game publisher, GamesCampus.com, announced today its upcoming free-to-play, massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), Legend of Edda.  Developed by EYA Soft, this fast-paced MMO will go into beta later this fall and will feature intense PVP battles along with trademark cute characters. 

 

Legend of Edda Character

 

Based on the Greek mythological conflict between the Gods of the Olympus and the Titans, Legend of Edda takes players through a dynamic storyline divided into five unique chapters based on the conflict of two opposing factions.  Players will pledge their allegiance to Olympus or Titan from the beginning — prior to character creation — which will play a large role in upcoming PVP and RVR battles. Fast-paced PVP battles are the cornerstone of the game and will include intense personal battles, guild battles and player-killing (PK) where opposing factions can attack each other at any time. Additional PVP battles will include the Sacred Treasure Battle: a large scale RVR battle between followers of each god to obtain the sacred treasures and, lastly, the game features Guild vs. Guild mode, where players will battle within an enclosed battle ring. 

 

“At first glance, Legend of Edda might look like a “cute” game, but ultimately it is a fast-paced intense battle featuring powerful PVP, and large scale RVR battles,” said David Chang, EVP of Marketing and Business Development for GamesCampus.  “With a deep class system, a unique portal system, a special pet system, various quest varieties and much more, it offers a compelling online gaming experience that will keep players entertained for hours on end.”  

 

Legend of Edda will offer a deep class system including six options: Warrior, Swordsman, Assassin, Archer, Cleric and Wizard.  Players will be able to choose their character’s first class during initial character creation and upgrade to subclasses by completing promotion quests and eventually upgrading to different classes while obtaining greater and more powerful skills.  A unique portal system will make transporting among maps and areas seamless and keeps the gameplay flow intense.  Players can also look forward to instanced dungeons, monsters, a special pet system, and four varieties of quests! 

 

For more information on the game and to follow the latest updates, visit http://LegendofEdda.gamescampus.com

 

Legend of Edda Combat

Special Force

Special Force is a genuine military FPS game using elite tactical teams which are the highlights of modern warfare today. Players experience the thrill of using highly-advanced weapons and equipment as member of the Special Force.