Stark Trek Online: away mission combat

the events of Star Trek Nemesis, with all its associated empires and oddities.You command your own ship, within the United Federation of Planets fleet, or (once you reach a high enough level) the fleet of the Klingon Empire.

Character customization is one of Star Trek Online’s most redeeming characteristics, there’s a large range of races to choose from, and it also lets you create your own alien race, much like Spore.  Unfortunately there isn’t much in the way of ship customization. You’ve got three types to chose from, cruisers (balanced), escorts (high firepower, low hitpoints), and science ships (support). To make up for this though, the vessels are very accurate when compared to Star Trek Canon, and are well modeled and interesting to watch.

Your ship (potentially)

Fortunately you do get to customize the bridge of your ship, for the true Star Trek experience, but it doesn’t have a function role within the game. Your often sent on quests, but they’re not really memorable or all that interesting, which can be blamed mostly on the hasty writing of the games plot. The soundtrack in Star Trek Online is one of the games strengths,  it always seems symphonic and epic in nature, and this adds well to the atmosphere of the game, particularly when navigating in deep space.

The voids of space.

Overall, Stark Trek Online isn’t a great MMORPG, the game is very buggy, and frequent crashes are to be expected, particularly if you own an ATI graphics card. However the space combat, provided it’s filled with human players, can be  a rewarding experience. It would seem though, that Star Trek Online has been rushed to release, and the plot and consequently a large chunk of the missions have suffered for it.

MapleStory is fairly typical of fantasy based MMORPGs. It’s is based around exploring dungeons and battling monsters, while gathering Mesos (money) and experience points as well as items in order to level up. Monsters in MapleStory are never human, which is odd for an MMORPG, instead MapleStory will have you fight the undead, animals, plants, oozes and constructs. The MapleStory world consists of 4 large continents, common to all versions of MapleStory, complete with jungles, planes, mountains, tundra and more. The world is full of towns and cities to explore and interact with other players.  You can play a number of minigames with other players and the chat system is very entertaining considering the amount of expression you can make your character display while talking. MapleStory has a huge number of quests to go on, which centre mainly on overcoming obstacle courses, gathering resources, or defeating monsters and claiming items. When you start MapleStory you customize your character, however you don’t chose a class, instead you are given a beginner job to undertake, while you familiarize yourself with the game. Once you reach level 10 your able to chose your class; Warrior, Pirate, Magician, Thief or Bowman.

Despite having only 2 dimensions, MapleStory has a very engaging graphical style, reminiscent of Saturday morning cartoons. The game world is bright and colorful. MapleStory has an extremely rich 3D backdrop, which changes as you move across the screen. The towns and cities in MapleStory are well defined and memorable. The characters themselves are extremely detailed, and hugely customizable.

MapleStory in game chat.

MapleStory is not without its faults. There is a lot of grind involved in leveling, and at higher levels it can take a good few weeks level up. You should always check the reward for your quest, they can sometimes be pitiful when considering what your tasked to do. The music in MapleStory is good for a while, but it gets repetitive, but luckily there’s a mute button.

Despite its faults, MapleStory is a fun game with charming graphics, you’ll meet decent people, see them talking about the oddest things, and the character you create will really grow on you.

By this I mean; a medieval world? Such as Evony Free Forever. Or perhaps a Dogs of the Sea setting which throws the gamer into a world on the high seas of boats, sword fights and buried treasure.

Or do you go with a modern setting? It’s hard to tell what todays gamers like; and to determine this we need to seek out which are the demographics of our gamers -

* Young, school based gamers?
* Internet cafe crowd, playing free MMORPG online games and MMORTS titles (Maybe teens?)
* Workplace based gamers (Certainly 21 years plus)

Now of those, you would see the majority of gamers would come from the 21 years and under group. While there are plenty of older gamers, slightly more would come from the younger group and they would have more time on their hands.

Do older backgroups such as Knights, Pirates and Cowboys appeal to them? Maybe.

If you take the latest example of Evony; you’ll see they have captured multiple markets – getting kids, older players and even females into their gaming world.

Result – huge success and massive growth.

So which gaming genre and backdrop will you pick for the next online browser game?

RuneScape

So the storyline of the game world is based of the world Gielinor, a fantasy realm divided into different kingdoms, regions and cities.  Players will be visiting all of these kingdoms as they advance in the game, both through leveling and quests.  The game has an expansive and free mechanisms for traveling around since the realm is of vast kingdoms.  The easy way and which doesn’t cost anything is on foot.  While there are spells that can teleport you which cost some items and take time to replenish, there are mechanical means of transportation as well which will count towards premium membership and features.

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As usual in MMORPGs, players can customize their characters in the start at the creation of their account.  The gameplay consists of quests and leveling up.  Leveling up is done by defeating monsters (NPCs) which come in different variation for different places or areas.  Players basically have to complete quests to advance more in the realm.  The quests basically are to gather some resources or to kill certain monsters.  Quests reward players gold the economy of the game along with items depending on the quests. The game doesn’t have an storyline which the players have to follow on, making the game a sandbox of random goals and objectives.  Players can combat as told before monsters and other players.  The PvP (Player Vs Player) is only available in certain parts of cities, players can interact with each other through chatting, trading or cooperating in certain cooperative mini games or quests.

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In depth speaking, there are total 24 skills that a player can have and advance on in Runescape.  Though some skills are limited to paying players only adding frustration as a lot of cool stuff is only for the paying players.  Skills are related to everything, the environment, NPCs and other players.  Players gain experience as they use their skills gaining levels in them which allows better interactions as well better yield or out come of a certain skill while sometimes a certain level of skill is necessary in achieving a certain interaction and gaining of resources.

The combat is free from the dependence of character classes as classes don’t exist, players can

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choose anything they want to do in combat and master it.  For example player can choose both sword mastery or wizard mastery.  It doesn’t depend on the character class. PvP combat can be performed in certain areas or mini games but there is also free style PvP in wilderness area where players can engage any player they want along with NPCs for their items or experience. Quests are basically small story lines since there is no main story to the game.  Generally quests require players to either team up and hunt down a major monster or simply to collect and process certain resources, The game’s main economy is gold coins, which can be used to buy weapons, resources and other items in the game.

For the final words for the game.  The game can run on low and high graphics.  While both are not so good looking, running the game on low setting causes less glitches and lag.  The reason the game has been very popular and successful is that it was the first MMORPG among others that was Free To Play but since their success and all the developers are now cheaping it out, some of the fine quests and skills are with held form the free user accounts.  Over all the game is nice to try out but not for the long run.

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Since the game doesn’t have a storyline, there is no grounding for the players.  Players have 4 types of classes from which to choose from.  Players can have all the class types available able in a single server but can only interact between their characters only in the same server, the 4 types are, Fighters, Archers, Mage and clerics. All classes have their own set of strength and weaknesses.
Fighters are the melee type that can choose between sword and shield for high rate of attacking or two handed sword or an Axe as a weapon with heavier damage.  Archers are ranged units that can choose between bow and cross bow for weapons, they have excellent range and posses skills which can cause DoT (damage over time).  Mages are magical type which can buff other players or team mates, they can do great deal of damage with their spells.  Finally the clerics are the healing class, they posses skills that related to healing themselves and others and are more of

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the defensive type.  Note the Fighters and Clerics class are the humans while Mages and Archers are elves though this doesn’t has an affect on the game play.
There are 4 ranks for each class, ranks can be gained as the players level up.  Each ranks allows the players to advance further in the game as well as allow the usage of certain weapons which have ranks for requirements.  The quest systems is typical of MMORPGs, requiring players to kills a certain number of NPC monsters or a NPC Boss monster.  Quests are gained through various NPCs in the cities.  The world consists of cities which have areas around them like forests, deserts, beaches etc from where players can find Monsters NPCs for leveling or quest requirements. In addition to rank, there are also Titles which are given to the players as achievements of performing some certain actions, the Titles can be both negative or positives according to the players act but over all do not interfere with the game play in anyway.

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There are a total 3 kinds of skills players can have to work on.  One are active skills which are used in combat, the second are passive skills which allow the players to perform certain actions or gain advantages or bonuses, the third are miscellaneous skills that contribute towards item crafting or transportation skills.  Another aspect of active skills is that they can be Empowered, allowing the players to improve their skills in more customizing way.  The economy of the game has 4 units, the least is copper then comes sliver then gold and lastly most valuable gem. 1000 copper make 1 sliver  while 1000 sliver make 1 gold coin and 100 gold make 1 gem.
PvP (Player Versus Player) and social interaction has been greatly polished, speaking so social

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players can get married by special premium features from the games cash shop which allows a lot more features than that.  For PvP, players can fight with each other in Free Battle Zones which are present in all the cities, there are not level restrictions for players in Free Battle Zones, though players can form guilds and wage war against other guilds which doesn’t require players to go in to any battle zone to fight, they can fight anywhere they like as long as they find each other in sight.  Players don’t entirely need to form guilds, players can make parties to perform certain hard quests or gaining experience leveling.
Final thought for the game.  The game is very polished in all the aspects of RPG but lacks storyline, though there is much more to its uniques the game gets a 4 star attraction.

Hello Kitty

Collecting resources is the main game element.  Players will be having adventures in cities that are actually named and themed after real famous cities like Paris, Tokyo, New York etc.  To play the game players are required to register a membership at SanrioTown site, the membership is of course Free and allows the players to play the game totally free.
All players represent themselves in the game using Avatars that are, of course, customizable.  The options of customization includes gender, hairstyle, eyes, skin tone, face and even blood type. The combat, as told above, not being the primary focus still has a role in the game.  Weapons come in forms of flyswatters to broomsticks.   Combat initiates when a players clicks on monster and then the players aviator exchange blows with the monsters.  The monsters don’t basically die but faint

after the player defeats them which makes a good sense on how a player can loot them.  The

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MMORPG standard quest system progresses the story line and NPCs are placed throughout the game to keep the players busy with quests.
Unlike the majority of MMORPGs in which game players receive experience and leveling

Hello Kitty

cooking, weapons and tools crafting, clothing and furniture. The main income and economy of the game is through Farming.  Crops after being grown can be turned in to items or can be traded with other players.  With advancement players can buy bigger and better farms.
The game play houses an other unique system called “Pet System”.  After defeating any monster there is a rare chance it will drop a pet card which allows the players to summon it for services whenever required making it a pet for the player, different pets provide different types of advantages.

Hello Kitty

The Player Versus Player (PvP) in the game has a different look, players can compete with each other by participating in mini games, there is an ‘Item Mall’ system which is present at the site SanrioTown.com allows players to use real money for in game economy and special features.

Over all, This is a great game, For those who don’t like violence and love Hello Kitty would find this game a full 5 star wonder.

City Of Heroes

From the start of any RPG game, players need to create their character for the game. The character creation in this game is as unique as the game itself as there are not many or any game like it. First, players have to choose from five Origins of where or what they were and are. Origins is mostly just story fill-in but they do limit the choices of Enhancements you can use. They also change the Villians you bump into and the types of enemies you face. City of Heroes tries to tie your story line in with your game play.

Then there are five Archetypes to choose from which will be explained further later, Players get to choose a set of primary and secondary powers,they have to make an avatar

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and a costume for their Hero or Villain, lastly and uniquely players will create an individual battle cry and can make a background story for their character for the extras.

The gameplay is made of two things Archetypes and Origins, Origins are the type of enhancements that are limited to each origin to advance on and to be able to use them, Origins can be said to be powers that have different effects for different types of Villains and opposite faction. The five origins are Technology, Natural, Magic, Science and Mutation. Archetypes are classes in the game that effect the powers of the character of the players and the players style of gameplay, there are also five archetypes in which there are Controllers, Defenders, Scrappers and Tankers. In addition to archetypes there are also ‘Epic Archetypes’ which are more challenging and are for advanced players, they can be unlocked after reaching the required level.

Currently there are two Epics for Heroes and two for Villains, The Hero Epic Archetype is know

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as ‘Kheldians’ in which the two main types are ‘Peacebringers’ and ‘Warshades’ who don’t get along so much, ‘Peacebringers’ and ‘Warshades’ are basically enemy to each other but both are actively working for the good but there are a certain faction called “Nictus” who are ‘Warshades’ that don’t want to do good but rather evil, For the Villains the Epics archetypes are known as ‘VEATs’ The two main types are “Blood Widow” and “Wolf Spider”.

Now the game world is basically like all the MMORPGs are about, In this game you can play free style and keep the butt’s of evil villains and NPCs (also evil) that you find or you can make your own small team like those from comics “X-men” or “Justice league” and take down big quests and epic Villains and monsters, The main goal is to protect the city or cause havoc in the city (for Villains), Random phenomenons occur in the game randomly, there are moments when a big Villain based organization is attacking the city or the a giant monster is destroying building wrecking havoc its all up to the heroes to save the city.

The game graphics are not so bad nor so good but they present the elements of imagination those of comic books consistence to bring in the environment from the eyes of Super Hero or

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Villain, the game has a Badge system that allows players to have badges as a sign of performing actions that are not easy to do, Sort of Achievement system that allows players to have a competition between them. Other then goodies inside the game, there are goodies outside of game as well, Players can buy Boosters packs, powers and special limited costumes for a better experience of their enjoyment, Furthermore unlike other games the player’s Character isn’t deleted even after in activity the game grantees a players character would not be deleted even after 4 years of in activity.

The rest left for the players to explorer them selves, The game is unique to its class, it stands a 4 star out of 5.

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The plot is set in the world of fantasy, the world name is Vana’Diel.  Players will have to perform here to  improve and advance in their character’s powers and abilities.  They can complete quests or go free style, but still mainly quests will allow players to advance.  Character Customizations is available like all the other MMORPGs.  There are many and varied types of quests available which even allow players to gain special rewards and the game even has a growing number of Player Versus Player (PvP) competitions.
The story of the game is set on as told before the fantasy world Vana’Diel.  Vana’Diel has two main continent land masses, and there are two smaller islands flanking the main landmasses.  There are four main cities named Bastok, San d’Oria, Windurst, and Jeuno.  The expansion allowed even more cities in the game.  The rest of the world is made up of outdoor environment, dungeons and the whole RPG environment. The events in the game take place after 20 years of crystal war, 20 years after the defeat of the shadow lord and his army.  Now the evil Shadow lord has been resurrected and players must band the nations together against the evil lord.

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There are 5 races to choose your character from which are Elvaan, Hume, Galka, Mithra and Tarutaru.  The Elvaan are strong melee fighters and healers. The Hume are a human like race and are a balanced type.  Galka are a male race which are weak in magic. Mithra are a cat like human race in which only female characters can be chosen, they are dexterous but are weak at charisma.  Lastly Tarutaru are small but human like race that are weak in physical abilities but very strong in magic.

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The gameplay of the game has missions that allow players to advance in the storyline, while there are quests too but they do not allow the players to advance the game in storyline, which players will find favorable.  Each nation has its own type of expansions and abilities meaning the nation the player choose will have an impact on the style of gameplay as well the storyline itself.  The missions and quests are basically like all the MMORPGs that are about, to get a certain item or to kill some NPC monster etc. Furthermore the game has a job system that allows the player to do jobs which are also a kind of quest system but this job system has a leveling leverage, players can choose six types of careers with 20 different job types at each level, as the players will advance completing jobs they will get new career advancements allowing them to reach and do higher level of jobs.

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The PvP is consisted of competing with other players, which does not allow the player to compete with each other in the gameplay but rather in a small mini games.  Which rather ruins the PvP of the game.  Socially the game has a marriage ceremony system which allows extreme users to get married which is touching, but the touching thing would be there are no same sex marriages allowed sorry for the gays and lesbo’s.

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Finally in conclusion of the game.  The game can be said to be a 3.5 star attraction, the game has polished RPG elements but it lacks a uniqueness of its own.

The game is set on the original events from episode IV to episode V, The game was launched having 10 planets: Tatooine, Naboo, Corellia, Talus, Rori, Dantooine, Lok, Yavin IV, Endor, and Dathomir. More planets were added on the releases of the three expansions after its first release. Two of the new planets were Kashyyyk and Mustafar. In addition to planets, 12 space zones are also persent, there is also deep space which is usually a place for high level players and PvP (Player Versus Player) battles. The planets were well designed in respect to the film and were later improved to provide further details of the planets. Deep space is a very big area mostly containing space stations if near a planet and space debris and other anomalies.

The game features almost all the cameos from the film. Some points of interest for players would be R2-D2, C-3PO, their escape pod on Tatooine, the abandoned Rebel bases on Dantooine. Ewoks and Rancors are also present on their places to be battled with. The characters who are present in the game are Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Emperor Palpatine, Admiral Ackbar, Jan Dodonna, Boba Fett, Jabba, Borvo the Hutt, Bib Fortuna, Salacious Crumb, Captain Panaka, Max Rebo, Wedge Antilles, Gavyn Sykes, Watto, HK-47, Boss Nass etc. A mind blowing treat for Star War fans.

The gameplay consists of professions that can be chosen. In other words classes. The classes are Jedi, Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, Commando, Spy, Officer, Medic, Entertainer, Trader making the main classes of total nine but players can choose additional secondary professions from three categories. Before the class choosing, players have to select their species from ten different species which are as follows Human, Twi’lek, Zabrak, Wookiee, Trandoshan, Rodian, Mon Calamari, Bothan, Sullustan and Ithorian. Adding more choices to the game, one of the game expansions allows the players to pilot space ships which allows the players to choose ships from a lot of variety.

Coming to the Game Graphics the Online Game might seem old for its time but it was released five years ago, so at that time the game graphics were at top of the line. The graphics are still not that bad but not overly good either. The game combat system is mostly based to be First Person Shooter. Players can either make things automatic which has a downside to decreased experience gain but players can manually do the combat as well, making the game flexible for both type of players. In addition, players can place buildings of their own like vehicle repair garages, shuttle ports, cloning facilities, hospitals, cantinas etc where they can maintain, decorate and interact with other Online Game Players. Gameplay encourages realistic social behavior such as it’s player based economy and other real-life social phenomena like a complicated division of labor.

Overall the game is very complex with interactions. Those who like to sit hours and hours playing virtual Star Wars lives wouldn’t find any better game then Star War Galaxies. The game is one of the Best MMO’s ever to be created. Its a five star attraction.

Developed by Possibility Space, based in Austin, the MMORPG has gotten quiet a growing community. New features, screen shots and game details are present at the official site (www.warriorepic.com) as it gears up for the game’s spring 2009 launch.

Warrior Epic is action based game, It is a MMORPG, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.  Basically set on the fantasy universe, the player will start in the Warrior Hall where they are to make their character and mange their adventures. The player can chose from wide range of classes, each class has its own strength and weaknesses as well as style of gameplay. You can choose your characters visual details you can also change the details of your hall, the players adventure in multiplayer campaigns, solo quests and PvP (Player Versus Player).

In normal role playing games death would mean a big frustration plaguing the players as they try to cover a certain aspect of the game.  This is were Warrior Epic is unique because in this game death doesn’t mean go and retry, instead it opens up many new strategic ways to the players.  The spirit system in the game allows the player’s fallen warrior to not only be able to revive again but also can be transformed into spirits that can be used to increase a weapons power or give it new abilities and skills to use, or the spirit can also be used in the battle when called upon they would cause massive damage depending on the players level and needs.

Unlike other MMORPGs Warrior epic will satisfy players online experience.  The game is very exciting even for those who have little time and play online games a few hours in their week.  Warrior epic achieves satisfaction in one it ways by having a lot variety and quantity of quests.  These quests and missions normally 20-30 minutes sessions allow players to advance far in the game.  This compliments the player to better leveling, gaining loot and advancing faster in a shorter time frame, which is very less found on other existing online games.