Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Free to Download and Free to Play MMORPGs have a new King!

Silkroad Online is a very fun game, it's fresh, fun and just a great game to play. It's a very neat premise that throws you in the middle of the time in history that revolved trade on the Silkroad. So you don't pick any races, you choose a nationality Chinese or European. Both nationalities are virtually the same, they both can use the same classes, gear, etc. Thats one of the games downsides, the character customization is not very good. You don't choose a hair style, or a face, just a template, while most of the templates look good, it's easy to see the same one a lot. That aside, the gameplay and combat are both very good, the quests are only uninspired, but that isn't really a problem since most of them involve combat, which is the games best aspect. The creatures also look fairly unique and you fight some exotic looking ones at level 1. But the main reason why this game gets an 9 as opposed to a 10, is probably the controls. This game involves you clicking your way from place to place which isn't bad, but it also isn't great. The only other option would be using the arrow keys, which is not a good choice. But the bottom line is that Silkroad Online is a very fun game, and it's hard to be picky when this game is so much fun, and deep since it's totally free. So by all means, Silkroad is totally worth your time to at least look at, and if you don't like it, it didn't cost you any money.

Pros:
  • Very Fun
  • Graphics looks great
  • Character Animations are clean
  • You get more than your monies worth, even though its free!

Cons:
  • Can get a little laggy
  • Uninspired quests
  • Controls could have been a little better
  • The Character customization is not good

Final Score: 9 out of 10



Oh and 800 Team Fortress kills!

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