Dungeon Runners. MMO

Just started playing this game. its in beta supposedly, although if i want to use member items. i have to become a paying member. so maybe its open beta / semi published.

The game overall seems enjoyable. I found that soloing is rather easy as a warrior. there are three classes. Warrior, Magician and Ranger. Don't know why they choose 3, there is no healing class, no crowed control, just pure killing, have not partied with anyone yet, as have not seen the need to.

Here is a basic description of the game compared to others. Diablo 1 style game play / maps, World of Warcraft style graphics and it is made by NCSOFT and uses the Guild wars game engine the control are quite similar to Diablo and Guild Wars. WASD movement, mouse for attacking. 1-7 skill keys. and as far as i know there are only the 1-7 use able. just like Guild Wars. there are no other skill bars although can probably change the skills out when in an instance.

Oh yeah apart from town areas, all dungeons are instanced. It does fix the problem with traditional MMO's but makes the huge problem making it almost a single player game. which it would probably do well at. it is an ok game. although has its major flaws just like Guild Wars has. Unlike Guild Wars. from what i can tell. it is made for casual MMO gamers. which is ok i guess.

One major drawback. Non(paying) members can not stack health or mana potions, also non(paying) members can only use the crap items and have limited bank space. so if you pick up an item that is really good for your toon level, you probably can't use it because its for paying members only, so far have not used the trade system. One thing i noted that is useful is that with items being soul bound there is a 10min grace period before they become so.

which is good because maybe you want to sell that item before then. have not seen and auction house or a shop that resells player goods like Guild wars does. although i do prefer an auction house or the other method which is player run shops. which would be nice to have

I would rate this game 5/10 just on the Instancing alone. other factors would be NCSOFT and their lax ways of building a game, I'm no developer but you can tell when some things are not done right. to me it is really a Diablo 1 clone that is online only. graphic are not too bad. although judging that on my aging computer that really need replaced. sounds are average. and animations are pretty good. apart from the non paying members being limited its ok for a while i guess.

Not the best review i know but meh, what ya gonna do about it.