Overview - Metal Assault is a 2d side scrolling shooter with co op and team death match elements. It’s published by Aeria games and just entered its open beta phase.

It favors the old style games like metal slug, worms, and maybe alittle Contra even.  It dares to attract not only old school gamers but with it’s addictive game play it’ll bring in the new school as well.

Character Creation – You start off in Metal Assault by choosing from 4 characters. Two males, Two females. You then get to choose from a hand full of different hair styles and faces. (Not nearly enough if my opinion but hey it’s in open beta) You pick your name then your on your way. Your then tossed into the persistent world which is pretty much the town/meeting area for players where you can trade and buy new equipment. Even have alittle post-war chat with your friends.

Gameplay –  Game play is actually pretty decent. You join the lobby and have a choice between co – op or dm. You don’t have a long waiting time to get into a match because the player base is already pretty built up. That might drop after a few weeks though it did just enter open beta. The co op games are pretty much you and 15 other players shooting the heck out of zombies in a series of ten stages kind of like a survival style match. If you survive the massacre you win! Haven’t noticed any hackers or unbalance in the game yet but again, It’s beta. Oh did i forget to mention you can get in choppers and robot mechs! That says it all folks. Robot mechs ftw

Grind Factor –  It’s really hard to talk about the “Push” in a game like this cause really all your gonna do is kill right. Wrong! You can go around the Town area and pick up quests and missions to complete for gear and money to keep the game feeling “fresh” as it were. Other then that can you honestly say you would get bored of killing zombies in a giant mech robot while your buddy launches rockets up the zombies..ehem cave.

Summary –  All in all Metal assault is a solid casual game to relieve your frustrations on some metal slug style zombies. And if you feel the urge. Your friends.

Graphics 5/10

Gameplay 7/10

Fun Factor - Mech Robots!

Overall- 7/10   Very much worth playing casually

]]> http://www.mmorpgl.com/metal-assault/feed/ 1 http://www.mmorpgl.com/kitsu-saga/ http://www.mmorpgl.com/kitsu-saga/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:42:36 +0000 TwiztidTruthz http://www.mmorpgl.com/?p=388 Overview – Kitsu Saga is a oriental anime inspired mmorpg published by Aeria games. It boasts it’s “Kitsu” as it’s unique feature setting it apart from other mmo’s. The “Kitsu” are basicly pets that buff, Loot, and farm for you while you continue about your daily routine. The best part about the Kitsu in my opinion is the crafting. Kitsu can not only farm for you, but also use the materials they farmed to craft you nice gear and weapons. They cover all the most common trade and foraging skills found in other mmorpgs. U can also upgrade and combine your Kistu into stronger more versatile pets.

 Character Creation – In the character creation portion of Kitsu Saga, you start by selecting
your faction. You can choose one of two options. The order of the iron claw, or the Flamewind society. You then can choose your class and appearance. You can choose from Asura, which is mainly fist weapons and pole arms. Water, which is melee weapons. Astral, which is sabers and swords. And then Heaven blade. Strictly swords. It doesn’t matter what you choose at this point because you later select your class again during the training process. There are several hairstyles tional  sense where you get one skill per book and you have to buy each skill. Instead you have and faces to give you your own personal look. It’s not on par with games lie perfect world but it will do.
 
Skills and level progression – The exp rate at lower levels is pretty high, just keep doing the quests and you’ll be right on your way. This is made much easier with the quest finder and auto mapping. Not only does the game tell you all avail quests, but it takes u to them as well. Along with taking you directly to the quest mob or item. Making the long walks through the world map less tiresome. Skills are learned through skill books, but not in the tradia book for you current fighting style and you learn all your skills from reading that one book and purchasing the skills out of it as you accumulate sp. I actually enjoy that because at later levels you can find secret books and learn different martial arts forms and spells to further set you apart from fellow players.

Graphics and Game Play – As far as graphics goes when it comes to Kitsu Saga all I can say is wow. They really managed to pull off the Anime cell shaded look that I love to see. The scenery, atmosphere, landscaping. I mean everything just blends well in this game. Skill animations mob detail it’s all there. As far as gameplay goes. It’s on par. Not perfect but nobody can get it all right. There is some heavy grinding at some points and the “fedex” quests to tend to get tedious.

The Auto mapping makes it more then bearable. It also take some of the immersion out of the game knowing that whenever you get sick of looking at the world you can alt tab and go to a better place while your character deals with the walking on his own.

 Summary – Graphics – 8/10
           Gameplay – 7/10
           Sound    – 7/10
 Overall – 8/10 A must play for anime lovers!

Anyway, The story of the game goes like this, Eorzea used to be divided into three states and are at war. The three states are composed of Ul’Dah, Limsa Lominsa and lastly the Gridania. Every nation is an an enemy of a certain nation but when a nation from the east came called Ala Mhigo which are known as a strong nation declared war with the three nations, but actually Ala Mhigo never came, so there were a lot of mercenaries and soldiers that became jobless. As a result, they decided to form guilds so that they can use it as a way of living or earning money.

There are actually five races available for playing, first is the Hyur, they have a lot lot lot of similarities compared to the humans therefore to me they’re humans. The Hyur are sub-divided into two races, one are the Highlanders which used to be rulers of Ala Mhigo. The other ones are called Midlanders. They are slowly diminishing in numbers now, so most of them worked as mercenaries, for Highlanders, only the male gender is available for play while for the Midlanders both genders are available.

The Elezens does look alot like the elves, the original people living in Eorzea. They are living in Wildwood and Duskwight Elezen. The Wildwoods are gifted with sight, of course if you’re gifted in sight, they must be archers and yes, they are archers. Duskwights are good in using their sense of hearing therefore they move better during the night.

The Lalafell, looks like small dwarves without the mustaches and long beards. They are known to have great ability and intelligence. They are divided into two groups, the Plainsfolk and the Dunesfolk.

Fourth are the Roegadyn, they look massive and tall, they are also divided into two factions the Sea Wolves and Hellsguard. They Sea Wolves are known to be Navy Mercenaries, while the Hellsguard speaks for itself, they are magicians who uses the powers of hell.

Lastly, Miqo’te they are cat like ladies, they are also divided into two factions the Seekers of the Sun and Keepers of the Moon.

There are numerous jobs available some uniques jobs are the carpenter, armorer, tanner, goldsmith, culinarian, fisher, botanist and of course they warriors like the archers, gladiators, lancers just to name a few.

The graphics of the game is much alike to Final Fantasy:Crisis Core of PSP, or better. They are fixing a lot of balances of the game now. Therefore, updates are really good. So, I can advice that you should try the game if you’re a big fan of Final Fantasy. Happy Holidays!

Alliance of Valiant arms is an online First Person Shooter, I know that it’s not RPG, but it’s still an MMO. Alliance of Valiant arms was developed by REDDUCK and distributed by NEOWIZ. This is free to play to, just buy the game and you’ll be doing just fine. Isn’t that great?

You might ask where the shooting takes place, it’s a modern urban warfare, then the story is from a fictional plot where the European Union and the Neo-Russian Federation had their own conflicts, so you won’t be worrying on carrying those crappy guns during the World War, There are three jobs for this, a Rifle Man which specializes on guns that has superior fire power. Next is the point man, carries light machine guns such as the mp5-navy for example and finally the sniper. There are different missions to choose from and maximum players per game is 16, therefore you could compete in an 8 vs 8 match. Four types of games are the demolition, escort, demolition and annihilation. There is also a game type which is called survival where you get chased and gunned down by convicts in a prison.  So it can be a good game since you just don’t run around and kill people. haha! There are also items being sold to improve your looks and make it look cool, add stats, you can also buy equipments like scopes, silencers, grips and new guns too of course.

So, I should say that this is not just one of those Counter Strike clones that we usually play, because it’s better. It has different missions available. You can play alone or play with your friends. This game has a very good detail and graphics too. Better check it out, I actually had fun playing this game. By the way did I mention that this game is FREE TO PLAY? Yes, you heard me right. It’s free to play. So better Check it out.

Listen up comic book fans, you might get hooked to an MMORPG game this time, DC Universe is about to release their online game. Which consists of so many characters that you could choose from but you can’t choose the famous character you have to create your own hero and create a legend for yourself.  This game is developed by SOE(Sony Online Entertainment). I myself is hyped to play this game, since I grew up together with these cartoons.

The gameplay, first is you have the option to become the villain or the hero. You can fight along side with Batman, Joker, Wonder Woman and Superman, isn’t this cool? I mean, isn’t this cool? lol. The game is just like what the usual DC games on other consoles where you can pick up cars and enemies to throw or use them to smash the enemy. The game is subscription based therefore you have to buy the game to be able to play. Places available for playing are really the famous places that you see on the comics, first is Batman’s famous city, Gotham, as well as the Arkham Assylum where villains in Gotham city are being kept.  You can also stroll the Justice League of America Watchtower and encounter hundreds of different DC comics superheroes and villains, let me name you few people, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Batman, Batwoman, Joker, Catwoman and a whole lot more. You don’t run astray either, like going anywhere and level up. The game is story driven therefore, you get a story for yourself. A story of becoming a legendary super hero.

Target date for the release of the game was November 2, 2010, but beta testing is on going until now. So, better save some cash already. You don’t want to start late on this one. Watch out for more updates.

Check the DC Universe main website since they are giving out free beta keys. Better check it out as soon as your read this sinice this is just a once in a lifetime oppurtunity my friend. I myself applied for it. Though I read comments that they only pick countries that could play the game. Some ranted about “sorry this game is not available in your country, thank your for your interest.” What a bummer.

Happy Playing!

Gameplay? You’ll have to create your own character, and travel the places and look for the Dragon Ball, and compete in the Tenakaichi Budokai and dream to become a legendary fighter. That dream isn’t a dream anymore that would be your goal baby! There are three races available for the game Humans, Namekians and Majins, there are three kinds of jobs avaiable for the humans, the martial artist, just like the Krillin then you’ll get the chance to pick between a Swordmaster or a Polemaster just like Goku. Next is the Spiritualist,  they’re mystics who have spiritual techniques, 2nd job will be a Crane Hermit or Turtle Hermit and lastly, the engineer just like Bulma, then for the 2nd job you can pick between a Gun Maniac or a Mech Maniac. Next race, would be, Ready 1 2 3, GO! This ain’t racing. LOL. Next would be Namekian’s, Piccolo is a Namekian, there are two jobs available for the said clan, 1st is a Dragon Clan, members of the clan are dedicated in supporting their warriors, therefore, they are healers and buffers. 2nd job will have an option to become a Poko Priest or a Denden Priest. While the other job for the Namekian’s what’s to support for the priests if they don’t have warriors? Nameks such as Piccolo are warriors, they have the option to becoma a Dark Warrior or a Shadow Knight  for the 2nd job.  Lastly are the Majins the villains of course, 1st is the Wonder Majin’s they’re spirtualists and has the option to become a Plasma Majin and Karma Majin for the 2nd job. Next are the Mighty Majins they are tanks with incredibly great strength, they are good in close combat. 2nd jobs are Grand Chef Majin and Ultimate Majin. After reaching level 50, if you collected all the Dragon Balls that means Shenron will grant you a special power, Super Saiyan for humans, Great Namek for Naemkians and Majins will become Kid Buu.

Are you ready to become a legendary fighter? Comment on this board if you already tried it or any questions will be happilly entertained. Happy Playing!

It’s very crucial for hardcore online gamers to have their computer protected all the time, actually not just gamers this includes, businessmen and people who are working and doing business online.

So, you might be asking what can we do? By purchasing a high end fire wall will help you a lot, I would like to recommend fire walls from D-link, Linksys and Netgear. They might cost a bit much, it’s ranging at around $70 to $100. Why invest? Since if you have a cheap firewall, malwares and trojans might come in to your system. Actually it only takes 20 minutes once these things start infecting your system. So I believe that you should start investing than losing everything. It could cost you all of your money or items on your online accounts.

Anti-virus is also recommended maybe installing a couple of them won’t hurt, I can recommend Vipre, Kaspersky, BitDefender and Panda. There are a lot more actually, but these are the top Anti-virus software available today.

You should also be careful on giving out usernames and passwords, don’t even give your username as much as possible. Be suspicious on people who are asking for your username, you could be their target you know. You should also be careful on programs going under java, activeX, exe or corrupted softwares. Since there are possibilities that they implant something in there.

Be careful on bots as well, sometimes they’re bogus, I’m an anti-bot person, bots kill online games and I love online games and as you can see I’ve been writing about them. Please don’t kill my source of living will ya?

Opening unkown attachments is a risk, so don’t just open stuff on your email. Most especially if you don’t know the sender. Sometimes they do this through facebook. So you should be careful as well.

Hackers are very wise, so to protect ourselves, this could be some ways. Even if your computer is off they could still get into your computer system. So, what to do? Disconnect your internet when not in use. I’ve been hearing a lot of complaints on WOW that they got their accounts hacked and stuff. Godd thing if they can still recover them but what if they can’t.

Prevention is better than cure. Cheers

Guild Wars 2 is already making some tremors just below our feet lately. I’ve been reading a lot about Guild Wars 2 and there are surely lots of great potentials. It’s not just a remake of Guild Wars, it’s another thing. According to the makers. With those words I’m sure I’ll be holding on.

Guild Wars 2 has a lot in store for us, so I’m just gonna name a few, firstly, Guild Wars 2 is trying to achieve a dynamic content, meaning when you’re playing Guild Wars 2, it’s like you feel every swing of the sword, every arrow that they shoot, you know. We all want it look and feel realistic right? From the screenshots I can see that they’re really up to something great. They are also trying to achieve that you become a star on this game. Wouldn’t that be great?

Guild Wars 2 is also trying to achieve a social atmosphere, since you’re not playing to create enemies right? We’re here playing because we want to have fun, and to have fun we need company. So, Guild Wars will provide us that need. So how? Usually, there only two types to finish a quest, firstly is to this alone and secondly is to do it with parties. Now, Guild Wars 2 decided to add something up, it’s gonna be you and the world. Yes, you’ll be working with your surroundings my friend.

Guild Wars uses the CCG-like skill system and Guild Wars 2 will be using the same thing, difference is they’re going to improve the system some more. Where explaining how a skill works is more visual, I sometimes get tired of thinking on how a skill works. So, this would be great for me.

And there are 5 races in total, the Humans, Charr, Norn, Asura and Sylvari. Where each race has unique abilities and not to mention the professions, each professions is also unique. So, the flexibility of the skills went to a wider concept. We might gonna think of combos and skill to use just before we sleep, while taking a bath, while sipping your coffee or something like that someday. I’m just freakin’ excited on this game.

Though so far, the release date is not yet announced since they wanted to take their time in developing the game as best as they could. So, I guess that’s better, since they’re not just here for the taking. To play the game you just need to purchase the package and there will be no monthly subscriptions. So, it’s gonna be a one-time deal.

There are actually more of these that I want to share, but I got other things to do. This is just actually a tip of the tip of the iceberg. Cheers Guys.

So, what is this all for? For the lucky gamers who won the codes will have a complete all access pass to all of the incoming beta events. For now, you’ll get to experience Guardians of the Vigil event, you’ll level from 1 to 20 for free. If you’ll get luck that is. I can read all the rants from there. LOL

For die hard rift fans this is a great opportunity for you guys to be able to play the game, and at the same time help out the administrators, Trion Worlds. This beta key is VIP therefore, you can participate in all future Beta Testings. I think there will be no better offer than that. Don’t you think so? I think this is the best offer that Rift can give us as of now.

I also applied for the Beta testing and I might just give my key away. So stay tuned on this website from now and then. Though in exchange, I will be needing some words from you. Don’t worry I won’t be asking for any money.

So when will this is going to be? TODAY! So start applying now.   This could be a good Christmas present. Event will start on the 17th and it will end on the 20th of December.

As of December 14, 2010.

The event is now closed, actually I wasn’t able to catch up with the deadline of submissions. I was really planning to give it away, someone who could use it better and to help Trion Worlds make the game better.

Anyway, for sure they’ll be releasing some more keys soon. So, I’ll be watching the website as much as I can so that I could as well help you guys on getting a beta key. So just visit my site as much as you can so that you could be as well be updated.

Tip: The next time you apply for beta testing always keep in mind that they’re looking for player that could help them find bugs or something like that. Let them know that you could help them, let them know that it’s not just about playing but to make the game better. Happy Holidays.

Tera Online is an Massive Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) developed by En Masse Entertainment and Bluehole Studio, they are proud that they are going to release the game in a dynamic battle system gameplay, where players are allowed to fully control their characters, where gaming controllers are actually allowed in the game. Unfortunately this game will only be released on the PC.

There are six races that you could choose from Arami, Baraka, Castanics, High Elves, Humans and Poporis. Together they are trying to team up to protect their kingdoms. Therefore, the game is trying to build relationships between kingdoms to battle and go on missions together with other races. Unlike other games where the environment is just a venue for leveling.

Each races has unique personalities on the story and as well as culture including the architecture of their sturctures. There are eight classes that you could choose from, you have to choose from being an archer, berserker, lancer, mystic, priest, slayer, sorcerer and warrior. I think not all races has these certain classes. Therefore, this what makes each races unique. In fact, this could also be a reason why you need each races in forming a group in the future.

You might ask when will this game be released? The team is hoping that they can release this game next year, but unfortunately this game is not even open in a beta version yet. Currently, the game is in a pre-beta version, therefore they are only allowing very limited chosen players to check the game out. What a bummer. You can actually apply as a beta player if you want.

By the way the game is available for Koreans in a closed beta version and according to the administrators that they are now developing the game in an English language. Where a huge difference will occur compared to the Korean version. The game will also be released in a German and French language. Since they’re targeting the North America and Europe first.

For game specs they will require an Intel Core Duo 2 Processor, a 2 GB RAM and a NVidia GeForce 7600 or ATI Radeon X1800 GTO. Well it’s not too much for the specs I gue