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So, the latest mania is Korean MMOs. Basic background: seems as if Koreans love their MMORPGs (SK, of course. NK would be thrilled by basic infrastructure.) And there are a lot that are free. Of course, you get what you pay for. Same basic classes, same basic gameplay, and very few that stand out. There are currently three that have grabbed my attention: Space Cowboy, Cabal Online, and Granado Espada.
SCO is a MMO flight sim. Basic PvE structure is nothing spectacular: get missions, kill x number of enemies, get better items, repeat. Four basic classes, little customization, poor crafting, blah. The thing is, however, that it's fun. Lots of nice, clean dogfighting, and a fair amount of not-so-clean dogfighting in the later areas. When your radar starts constantly flashing from all the missiles flying at you and your screen looks like a clock from all the arrows pointing at things you've aggroed, that's some pant-shitting fun right there.
Cabal I haven't been able to play yet. The Euro version will go P2P in a few weeks and they've put an IP block on NA players until they get a publisher. Game 'n' Game may handle the beta until then. If that's so, once it's up, it'll be free for the forseeable future. Gameplay is a fast-paced arcade-style action RPG with steel, magic, and a bunch of mixes in between. Plus, it's pretty. That never hurts.
Granado Espada technically doesn't count since it's Japanese. The setting is 17th century Europe, and instead of one player, you are given control of a party of three. Gameplay seems to be based around GW-style instances. I've heard the least about this, since it's still Japanese-only, but I know I'm not the only person waiting quietly for the English release.
SCO is a MMO flight sim. Basic PvE structure is nothing spectacular: get missions, kill x number of enemies, get better items, repeat. Four basic classes, little customization, poor crafting, blah. The thing is, however, that it's fun. Lots of nice, clean dogfighting, and a fair amount of not-so-clean dogfighting in the later areas. When your radar starts constantly flashing from all the missiles flying at you and your screen looks like a clock from all the arrows pointing at things you've aggroed, that's some pant-shitting fun right there.
Cabal I haven't been able to play yet. The Euro version will go P2P in a few weeks and they've put an IP block on NA players until they get a publisher. Game 'n' Game may handle the beta until then. If that's so, once it's up, it'll be free for the forseeable future. Gameplay is a fast-paced arcade-style action RPG with steel, magic, and a bunch of mixes in between. Plus, it's pretty. That never hurts.
Granado Espada technically doesn't count since it's Japanese. The setting is 17th century Europe, and instead of one player, you are given control of a party of three. Gameplay seems to be based around GW-style instances. I've heard the least about this, since it's still Japanese-only, but I know I'm not the only person waiting quietly for the English release.