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Age of Titans is a fantasy-themed MMORPG developed by China-based IGG which is also behind a series of famous titles like Galaxy Online.
This free-to-play game is rendered in 3D graphics, but clearly, it is criticized for its awful and outdated visuals. Whatever, Age of Titans does boast a well-thought-out background story which asks you to revive your lost memory, regain your sealed deity, defeat all your enemies and take the much-coveted throne. The chaotic world calls for a heroic titan. Hopefully, you are just the right guy!
There are a total of four classes, including Archer, Warrior, Wizard and Elementist, each of which possesses its own strengths and weaknesses. In detail, archers are good at long-range attack with heavy crossbows; warriors are symbol of power and strength and tend to be the leaders during battles; wizards understand the magic of language and like to cast deadly spells on their opponents; elementists have the ability to summon the four basic elements at will, which usually cause enormous destruction to the sufferers. You can choose to fight with or against your friends, and it is always a good idea to build some unbreakable friendships. Age of Titans will also takes you to experience different civilizations, during which you can immerse yourself in beautiful sceneries as well as cutthroat battles.
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Checkmate is the new and exciting, action-packed World War II strategy SLG from Koram Game. Checkmate has been developed with realism and player involvement in mind, which is why you’ll find historical military leaders, over 30 different World War II tanks and artillery units and infantry troops, included in the game. All this is set against a vivid and visually captivating landscape, to add even more realism and to take you as close to the front lines of history as possible.
With the “Campaign System” in Checkmate you can battle all over Europe on a variety of historical battlefields from World War II, including “The Siege of Leningrad”, “The Battle of Stalingrad” and “The Belorussian Offensive”. On these battlefields you can attempt to defeat the NPC whilst gaining valuable combat experience and rewards, moving forwards in your campaign for victory.
Perhaps the most intense feature in Checkmate is the “City War” feature, in which players can battle to take control of the cities in an attempt to conquer and complete their unification of Europe. Once a player has developed their “main city” to a certain level, they can then occupy and control “sub cities” by attacking and conquering the NPC held cities on the map. The other exciting aspect of the “City War” feature is that players can unite in a combined effort to conquer and occupied those cities on the map that are currently occupied by the NPC.
Success in war can often boil down to who your allies are and Checkmate is no different. The “Legion System” in Checkmate allows a player to form alliances by creating legions of which they are the commander or by joining a legion. As the Legion Commander a player can appoint deputy commanders, admit and remove members, change the legion’s badge, send legion invites, send group mails and disband the legion. And with battles based on legions it is crucial to choose your legion wisely, the wrong decision could be the difference between a glorious victory and a devastating defeat.
As well as these exciting game systems, there is also Checkmate’s “General System” that gives the players the opportunity to customize and increase the attributes of their military leaders through the “General Interface”. Then there is the “Equipment System” that can help a player to improve his attributes by gaining equipment. The equipment including; weapons, uniforms, medals and vehicles, can be earned through campaigns and also purchased from the Armory. You can also upgrade your technologies (of which there are 12 in the game) through the “Technology System”. Finally there is the “Mission System” where players can take part in various different missions including; “Growth Mission”, “Alliance Mission”, “Legion Mission”, “Daily Mission” and “Event Mission.
With all these great features to engage the players and the variety of different in-game systems to Checkmate Online is a game that promises great depth and detail, bringing the strategic thrill of the battlefield to your web browser.
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Eternal Blade, to be launched later 2012, is a new action MMORPG with a dungeon crawler twist. The game brings you into a lavishly illustrated storybook world and lets you master six evolving classes, each of which has their own unique strengthens and abilities.
Players can unleash huge and powerful attacks to take down challenging bosses or heaps of monsters by various means like using swing, shot and spell. They can explore up to 35 dungeons where the adjustable difficulty settings could be seen everywhere and allows players to explore solo or jointly. Players also have the chance to be rewarded with the vital resources to tailor their appearance, statistics and even the abilities.
Featuring multiple upgrade paths and an animal card system, Eternal Blade allows players to create and combine animal cards made from the energy of defeated foes to learn new skills.
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Mech fans will surely be treated with a great feast with the upcoming Reign of Thunder which is currently under development by Day 1 Studios. According to GM of Day 1 Studios, Reign of Thunder is a brave blend of MMO, RPG, third-person shooter and other brilliant game features. It won’t be released until 2013, but the specific date has not been announced. Players are allowed to assemble parts or dismantle equipments in order to churn out their heavenly weapons, armors or shields. To stand out from relentless competitors, you should also come up with cunning strategies and tactics in combat.
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Undoubtedly, Japanese anime possesses a dominating status in the arena of cartoon. The world has been continuously thrilled by a series of hit creations, like Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto. So, I guess no one will say no to Anime Trumps, a card game which features a constellation of famous anime characters. In order to cater to different needs, Anime Trumps offers a diversity of game modes, ranging from 1vs1 to team play. You can cooperate with up to three players and overwhelm your opposing team with courage and strategy. All in all, Anime Trumps offers a worthwhile gaming experience and it deserves a try.
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“Guardians” have always been depicted as the righteous heroes and saviors in fantasy gaming world. Without the presence of theses majestic heroes, game are far less than complete. Guardians drive the plot as well as dark factions in such kind of games. Inspired by this, a newest title called Soul of Guardian was just rolled out by China-based WSgame.com. The game boasted exciting adventures, diversified quests, glamorous graphics and challenging instances, which provide a grand total “refreshing gaming experience”. The producer just launched the open beta test on March 16.
Review:
Soul of Guardian features the traditional 2.5D isometric graphics with real-time point-and-click combat, which are overwhelmingly abused by game producers. I have been playing games of this genre for many years while only a minor portion of them were a blast, the majority of them do have become monotonous and end up with failure. So I was a bit skeptical about this game. Sadly, my concerns came true. Soul of Guardian is nothing but another replica of those lousy Chinese-esque games – how would you imagine a game that borrowed tons of mechanism from outdated martial art-themed ones and was re-skinned with fantasy setting to be like? Actually, the game looks almost amazingly identical to Heroic Odyssey and Crystal Saga, which received blunt criticism.
Firstly, the game is nice to the ears with soft melody playing background. From visual aspect only, the complexity in graphics makes this an above average web-browser game. Besides a craftable mount and pet system that changes their look, you also witness variety of character clothing, wildness landscape, or skills and buffs effects when you travel around the game world. However, the interface is a bit bloated, and small icons and buttons scatter around the screen.
Fun as it is, this is the second time that I have seen such kind of “newbie-friendly and considerate” game which directed me soaring to Lv.40 and beyond in no time. You go to where you must after clicking to accept the quest. You won’t get lost, no doubt thanks to the auto-pathfinding system, and the legworks take up the major portion of game before you reach Lv35, alternating with the easiest combats you can imagine- the dumb AI armies just stand in formation until being provoked first. A new monster instantly re-spawns at the same location where the previous was killed. The combats are done automatically by simply clicking on their names displayed in mission description; then your character aims them automatically; after that your character returns to the mission instructor automatically. All these happen just in an eye-blink, and I didn’t even need to click buttons.
There are some other ridiculous things which I’ve witnessed for the first time: on a certain level, my character portrait morphed from a girl to a panda. I thought such a change should be linked to the quest, but I didn’t even bother to read these carelessly translated texts. In this case, I didn’t realize it was me before I was killed by and was sent back to town; it remained the same appearance until I rebooted game…Ah, what an exotic and amazing game. Furthermore, they assigned some GMs serving as “professional newbie guiders” in the game, but it is proved that except spamming annoying sales promotional advertising info in world chat, they appeared far less than competent at handling real-time problems and each time I got robot-like responses, so I sent a web ticket request instead of attempting to finding a resolution myself, but so far I still cannot hear anything back from them.
Overall, Soul of Guardian unfortunately falls under those lame and lousy games originally made by Chinese peddlers, who have thrown tons of crudely made products into market in succession to start making money. Maybe they have achieved huge success in domestic market, but throwing some western fantasy skins into their weak MMO can by no means give players “refreshing gaming experiences”, and it is doomed to failure.
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