Interestingly though, it has one of the best Pokemon-esque features I’ve come across in an MMO outside of Dragomon Hunter – which is shut down, and Bless Online – which is shutting down. See, while graphically Riders of Icarus looks pretty damn good, especially considering when it was released, the game is – at least pertaining to its gameplay, very. I mean not overall, but the main selling-point of the game, anyway.
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Plus you can have them occupy the position of monster punching bag in your stead.ĭo you wanna be the very bes- Wait, I already used that joke.īut for real, that’s probably one of the closest games I could say Riders of Icarus resembles. absent.Īnd having a little Pawn that I get to make follow me around everywhere and customize was a nice addition as well. This is the kind of innovation I wish was made in the genre but is disappointingly. This is the kind of gameplay I feel like MMOs are missing. There was nothing quite as exhilerating as scaling that giant ogre, stabbing him in the head and smacking him with my shield, then making a getaway by grappling onto the nearby building. If you go through older footage we recorded you’ll see us engaging with our surroundings, and even the enemies themselves! I think? Loosely adapted from? Or something, not entirely certain of its history.ĭragon’s Dogma Online provided me with something that I hadn’t experienced in an MMO before: Interactible environments. until I came across Dragon’s Dogma Online, an MMORPG based off of the Dragon’s Dogma game. Unfortunately that dream never came to fruition. Or, heck, even a multiplayer RPG with some co-op involved. However while playing it one thing became very apparent to me: This would work so much better as an MMO.
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I dunno if you’ve ever had the opportunity to play through Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen on the PS3 or PS4 but I have and I spent hundreds of hours in it. you got yourself an almost one-of-a-kind game.Īgain though, I want to make it clear that Void Elsword is the better choice if you’re looking to try Elsword out. Add on to that the outdoor content and instanced dungeons. Each of those classes have a second, third and fourth class advancement associated with them, totaling 12 subclasses. He begins as a Knight.Īfter hitting level 15 he can become a Sword Knight, Magic Knight or Sheath Knight. As an example, take Elsword, the character the game is named after. The amount of customization of your character in Elsword is possibly the most extensive I’ve seen outside of… Ragnarok Online.Įvery Hero has several classes they can become – and have several stages of advancement. AKA, the private server alternative to the official Elsword MMO.Įlsword is probably one of the only successful Anime-themed side-scrolling brawler type MMOs out there, with MapleStory and Dungeon Fighter being the only two real contenders. There’s a certain nostalgia to it that I’ve never really felt anywhere else. It’s something I believe is worth testing out purely if you’re a fan of older JRPGs. However, unlike the aforementioned games, Atlantica has you deploy your characters in a 3 by 3 grid with the battle cycling through enemy and ally turns respectively. If you ever played JRPGs like Suikoden, Star Ocean, the Tales of games or, I guess even Final Fantasy, then you’ll recognize the turn-based system right away. You can level them, gear them up like you would yourself and then deploy them in an interesting turn-based combat system. Throughout your journey you come across various NPCs to recruit into your party.
Where most MMO’s have you create your character, play through the game with that character, leveling and ultimately gearing yourself to become the OP hero of your story, Atlantica has you level, gear and customize a whole party of them. Graphically, the game looks pretty subpar. It’s your traditional mid-to-late 2000’s carbon copy Asian MMO. Atlantica doesn’t “look unique” in any capacity. What better way to start this list off with than perhaps one of the most unique, innovative MMOs pretty much ever released? Yup.