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biggest joke since bush won elections twice
Well I tried the beta and I must say, this is a bad game.
Everything up to the character creation was good, the install music, the story whilst installing, logging in, the loading screens etc.
when you make a character then, lol this is a joke, the characters models are poor, there arent too many options(not so bad cause lots of mmos have this too).
then you start the game, when you select your character to play with they do a weird cheesy spin kick which looks like when you select a n64 character in a dumb game (smash brothers is a good game, doesnt count) and you say to yourself, this is not good.
Next in game, you are seeing blur ,cause they try to make the game look good by adding weird light effects, but you know that this is not good graphics. Anyway you ifnally get into combat after about 30 mins of figuring out, and say, ok its time to uninstall this game.
where did the 10 million go into ? Well maybe 10 million chinese dollars or so, which were spent hiring 9.5 million worth of chinese farmers
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Wasnt a totally bad game , the graphics on full are pretty standard. The missions / quest flowed pretty easily , just PW seems to have no idea how to add help files to thier games. The training on the dummies was pretty nice from grinding , its just very slow pace when compare to anything current , even Korean MMORPGs.
I guess my favorite thing about while playing was the martials that you got a higher lvls , the more you trained the better the animations got. Its not like WOW , Everquest 2 or something when ya have the same basic animations though out the game.
If I was gonna play a Martial Arts MMORPG , I would pick Matrix Online , just 9Dragons seem to be too slow to get into.
Its not the fault of the game that ur too dumb to understand how u play this game!
30 minutes to come into combat? lol, bad joke, or truly a noob!
Ive played all MMORPGS till now, the onlyest ive stayed on playing for a while, were EVE,FLYFF,RAGNAROK,and this one here!
normally I dont even like Korean ones, not only because of the fact, that it gives too much of them, this is a Kroean Game u really can enjoy, lvling isnt too fast but not too slow, and there are many of different attacks, fighting styles, roles and stuff! Play this game a week, get lvl rising light 8(like me) and write again such an nonsense, when u can!
When you want to make such a good game down, get a team of programmers, make ur own, and top it, until uve done this, dont write such an shit, gotit?
well i dont know about you but if you just play for graphics then whats the point of playing a game? u wanna see GOOD graphics go watch a movie or something...cuz graphics isnt EVERYTHING in a game its the game play as well, and i liked the game...(its been a LONG time since i stay up 18+ hours playing any game and i made 35lvls!)
BUT the only thing i hate(well maybe not hate but dislike) about this game is yea you lvl up and stuff...you have SO MANY styles to play and its great but when u learn a new style and have to lvl it all up and do more dmg jsut to lvl up your char and learn a new style jsut to start over again sucks...
one thing that FASCINATES me tho is the land with the buildings etc...only thing they lack is npc's to fill it up...for example wutang HQ all the buildings have only 1 npc or none...it would be kool to have some npc's doing the fighting styles at the courtyard while the head master watches them up at the stairs( instead of him jsut staring at an empty floor by himself)
So what do real martial arts spin kicks look like?? Were you expecting some super jet li style movie scene martial arts?? Also the "Weird looking blur" your talking about is called Bloom shader effects.. Lots of games use it including Silkroad Online, Yulgang Online, Last Chaos, Ico, Oblivion, Rappelz Online, WOW, Counter Strike Source, and countless PS2 and XBOX games... It's a standard effect lots of games use... You would be suprised how many other games would look worse with bloom off... Want to learn more about it go to the link below...
Bloom Effect
Link^^^
THE TRUTH ABOUT 9 DRAGONS !
This game as potential but right now in beta-stage , loads of thing will need to be corrected ! First of all character creation is quite
simple .. too simple ! Theres not enough choice to personalize your character here and you end up with everyone lookin alike ! Of
course as you raise level your equipement change but wu-tang student look alike , shaolin student look alike and so on .. ! Combat
is repetitive and hardcore gamer once again will prevail . As for the skill system , its like the good old stat system of D&D, you gain a level
and you add the point to the stats you want . You also gain a mastery point witch you use to specialize your character in a particualr
weapon , or the good all hand and fist ! As you use your weapons and travel skills they will raise in level unlocking new moves . They
also did a dexterity game to train your basic skill when you get em (witch they could have remove and they would have been no difference ).
The quest system is basic but to the point , xp reward for the quest arent too good and that mean returning to the good old grinding
method ! Combat move are cool (once you get it to higher level , about cheng 5 and up ) but youl do the same combat routine over and
over ! Overall the feel of the game is good and since im a fan of grinding i enjoy it for now since its free but i dont feel its worth my 15 $
right now ! Maybe once the beta test is over will see somethin good outa of it ! il give it a 6.5 / 10.0.
Character creation really just turned me off this game, I hate it where you only have 4 choices in character created or less. Oblivion, SWG, EQII, EvE, and DAoC; those five games have set the standards for ultimate gaming that could be accomplished. Oblivion with fighting, gameplay, character creation, and graphics. SWG with guild structuring, character creation. EQII, the most advanced MMO on the market, with its advanced leveling system, combat system, everything. EvE with the corps and alliances, guild structural basis, and advanced systems in trading and war tactics. DAoC with a great PvP system, Realm vs. realm, old hardcore tactics.
All five combined would make the ultimate mmo, and no mmo should go under those standards. Dark and Light is the only mmo that has tried to impliment all those five and failed horribly. Though if someone else with more money and people would have created the ultimate MMO.
have you even got into the clan? in the game if you got in the clan this game is fun i recommend joining heavly demon but you better get ready for some dam hard quests deos anybody else agrees?
Your opinion and not a fact... Personaly I dont like the character designs of EQ games and never liked FFXI since you have to find parties just to grind at level 14 on or something... For example in FFXI I was a Monk and no one would barely pick me because warrior was better tank and once you get in a party if that party doesnt find a white mage everyone disbands and you wait forever again... Never played SWG but never was a fan on Star wars games but some of my friends loved it. Oblivion and morrowind were boring to me and hate the plain looking character designs (Knights and elves most over used characters ever IMO.. Even more so then asian kung fu characters). If I was gonna spend that amount of time on a game I rather have it be a MMORPG... The fact that people play korean MMORPGs and stick with them means it's not a fact that they suck and dont say because it's "Free".... Even free games fail and lose players and eventually get shut down so being free might make more people play but it's not all about being free...
This game is decent for a grinding game and I enjoy it but thats my opinion... Thing I dont get is people keep in complaing about Korean MMORPGs and there grind but yet these people still download them to try it... You would think after a while they would learn that most korean MMORPGs will have a huge grind and stop downloading them... But nope they just download them and repeat the same things and complaints over and over like a broken record... If you maybe want to check out a korean game to see if it has no grind just goto a forum and look or ask and I'm sure someone will tell you... It would save you time and "disapointment"... In my opinion having a bunch of friends in a MMORPG is one of the most important things for a MMORPG.. I think If you enjoy the community and friends then you will enjoy the MMORPG more even if it is a grind..
Very true they do all seems the same grind type gameplay but you can say that about a lot of game genres...
1. A lot of Japanese RPGs on consoles have the same gameplay with different stories but yet they sell like hotcakes..
2. Countless First person shooters have the same or similar gameplay
3. Grand Theft Auto type sandbox games have the same or similar gameplay
4. A lot of racing games have same or similar gameplay
5. A lot of RTS games have the same or similar gameplay
But each adds a little something different to the mix and 9dragons does seem to add a little something different to the mix than other korean MMORPGs even though it's still a grind at heart... I noticed a lot of gamers complain about similar gameplay alot and it's not just the MMORPG crowd... Go look at a PS3 or XBOX 360 board and you will see people complain about nothing new and games always having the same gameplay... The game industry is really needing more innovative games right now...
10,000,000 US Dollars = 78,193,200 Chinese Yuan Renminbi
or was it
10,000,000 Chinese Yuan Renminbi = 1,278,884 US Dollars
My guess is the latter
O'rly.
American RPGs character designs always bore me... Almost every single one has some type of elf and orcs in it... Cant they come out with some more original designs instead of re usings the same crap over and over..
WOW = Elves and Orcs
Everquest = Elves and Orcs
Vanguard = Elves and Orcs
Oblivion = Elves and Orcs
War Hammer = Elves and Orcs
I dont know I just get sick of seeing, killing or playing as the same race of character in every game... Cant they come up with a orginal design and race no one has seen before... Now im not saying the games arent or wont be fun but the character designs in most american MMORPGs always look plain and bore me... Seriously how many "Lord of The rings" type chracters do we need in MMORPGs...
This is a good example of how some people are never satisfied. Maybe you should start with what you were expecting of this game, because then I would have an idea of where to start disagreeing with you.
I also thought the installing story, music, and graphics were good. Was that the reason you were expecting something else?
Why do people keep saying 10 million dollars were spent on this game? Is that something that is being advertised about the game? Or is it something people have found out and therefore assumed it has to be an outrageous game exceeding all expectations because of it's cost.? I think we all know that throwing money at something doesn't always improve it. Expecting too much will always leave you dissapointed, and you didn't play it long enough to know if there is more to it.
I keep coming back to wondering what you were expecting. Maybe you should design and produce it.
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I agree with all the positive about the game to an extent. I personally enjoy the game. All the negative posts doesn't seem to be about the game but about the background the game comes from. "All Korean games are alike" As stated before, if you know this why do you play? Don't play the games plain and simple stick to the consoles.... As the the creator of the thread, you maybe need to invest in a better graphics card, researching games and then playing. You do all these you might actaully enjoy a game and know what to expect from it. As for the post about all characters look alike ummm what do you expect from the game??? It's based in the Ming Dyansty, I'm pretty sure shaolin monks dressed alike within temples, I could go on, but you can actually changed alot of different things about the characters. If you want to see all characters look alike go to SRO, there are 3 gears (armor, protect and garm), one set of weaps for each degree (Blade, Sword, Spear, Glaive) This game has (daggers, hands/feet, swords, staffs, spears, sabers, gloves, axe...umm let me know if I missed one) and again it's only been in pre-beta for what 2-3 weeks? I am very impressed with the martial arts part of the game, the different bosses, dungeons, different titles of the game that you can recieve with their bonuses. I think it's kool that there is one meeting town where rivial clans can meet and enlist to pvp or sell goods to each other. Some of the bad I've noticed and I know that it's still "PRE-BETA" but the lag is pretty bad, there's I believe 3-4 quests that can not be done cause you get stuck in the quest screens also another and my biggest is the community within the game lacking communication. Sometimes I can go 2-3 hours without hearing a word from a player that is grinding next to me and not realize, but I'll end up speaking cause that's the type of person I am. I guess you need to either be in a guild or party to have a convo to help the time go by. Also, there's a skill for HD (Sun and Moon) sometimes you get stuck in the action of the skill and have to relog. I notice in all these bs threads these dummies always say the same thing but never give any ideas on how to make a game better. The UI, looks beautiful, go stare at SRO's UI for a year and half and let me see you complain about this UI. My character is RL6, I don't consider myself high level nor do I play on him 24/7, I find it very easy to lvl in game, hell you can get in a 9 man party I find myself getting 2-3 lvls a day with 1-2 hours of grinding, I'm not even going to even talk about SRO and the countless hours, days weeks just for 1 lvl. I suggest if you don't have the ideas or anything constructive to say "don't say it" it'll just make you look stupid.
A little advice to you that is interested in the game,
If you are wanting to play this game or other games and are doing your research. You come across threads like these you gotta take them with a grain a salt. Majority of the time they didn't do any research and saw a video on youtube and thought it would be kool, had high expections, didn't look into the game and just downloaded thinking god knows what to be only let down. The best way to know about a game is check all the forums, read from the guys that have played the game longer than 5 mins. Most importantly download and check it out for yourself.
Bottom Line... The game is great, and I look forward to to getting another 2 lvls tonight so I can use my new +5 saber and head to the dungeon.
American RPGs character designs always bore me... Almost every single one has some type of elf and orcs in it... Cant they come out with some more original designs instead of re usings the same crap over and over..
WOW = Elves and Orcs
Everquest = Elves and Orcs
Vanguard = Elves and Orcs
Oblivion = Elves and Orcs
War Hammer = Elves and Orcs
I dont know I just get sick of seeing, killing or playing as the same race of character in every game... Cant they come up with a orginal design and race no one has seen before... Now im not saying the games arent or wont be fun but the character designs in most american MMORPGs always look plain and bore me... Seriously how many "Lord of The rings" type chracters do we need in MMORPGs...
HAHAHA i agree with you to some point, cuz some korean/jap games have elves/orcs as well BUT when u look at the difference korean/jap makes thier elves/orcs look WAY WAY WAY better than the americans do...they jsut have BETTER drawings and designs...dont u all notice it?...This game rivals Matrix in Kung Fu animation , it is so much fun to train up different styles. My Monk is OC 6 , I ve made a Heavely Demon , a Tang guy and deleted a Hood.
OC1 is the animation begins to really kickass , at first I thought it was lame sorta like Carp where you got your armor at 10. But as the slow pace (5 levels a day in 4 hour sittings) , the whole idea that you got to be trained to learn the master moves is so cool.
While games like Vanguard is super bland , reharshing so much crap (Let's do the timewarp) , 9Dragons is so much fresher. There is no uber armor (you can get ones with green but you dont need clothing , your stats determine your armor.)
The European version by PW is far superior to the US version , I dont just like the way Accliam is handing , 2 Moons and 9Dragons.. they havent done very good with thier servers and lag. I play at odd hours , and the PW server seems to love me.
The weapons are beautiful on the game. At OC8 , or 10 dont remember right now , my Deva Monk friend got hand claws. Compare Monk/Hand to Hand weapons in this game with Eq2 they look so much better and the animations as so godly.
Went up against a Black Shadow boss when I was OC1 , I didnt see any clones , and I didnt any animatrion the same as the one I was using. (I ve got like 5 styles to play with and 3 basic weapon styles.)
the character models are good, there are a variety of different clothes to choose from although your choices are quite limited until the higher levels where clothes become drops.
the only reason your character does a cheesy spin kick move is because you're still using no weapons and basic fist attack. go learn some wu tang or demon fists and equip a hand to hand weapon. as a matter of fact, equip any other weapon and your character will do a different animation. no other MMORPG out there does this.
you really should try asking people for help. if youre lucky enough to find some higher level people they will often help you if you ask and if they speak the same language as you. keep in mind that the help menu IS NOT WORKING YET. if you saw that help menu in action, they tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about the game.
i myself have had better luck on the US version than the UK version. in the UK version throughout the entire closed beta, all i found was a lightfoot tome and about 10 or so Revolving Chakra weapons.
in the US version, in about 3 hours, i had found 10 Raising Light weapons, 2 lightfoot tomes, 1 blood essence, and 1 collectible.
If you play ANY !!
I mean ANY !! of the other Koeran MMORPG,
you'll find this game THE BEST game ever!!