Game Vortex?s Review Gives Atlantica a Perfect Score
CommentJanuary 7th, 2010 02:39
Atlantica Online |
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Score: 100%
ESRB: Teen Publisher: NDOORS Developer: NDOORS Media: Download/1 Players: 1 – Many Genre: MMORPG/ Strategy/ Turn-Based Strategy |
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Graphics & Sound:
It’s amazing what you can get these days for free. I have played and reviewed browser-based MMORPG games such as Domain of Heroes, and I have played full-fledged downloadable (or disc-based) games, but never has something you can get (and play) for free looked so much like something you have to pay for. Atlantica Online is a full-fledged game that requires that you download and run a game client, complete with a patching system that checks for the latest updates and installs them when you go to log in. The world is presented as a sprawling 3D world that allows you to roam about, finding your own adventure. The graphics aren’t of the same caliber as the latest and greatest hardware-melting AAA PC titles out there, but they are nicely detailed.
If you want to be impressed, however, you merely need to listen to the sounds of Atlantica Online. The voice acting is rare, but offers some flavor, the sound effects are pretty good and the music… the music is amazing. Most games suffer from having too little music, and having music that is too repetitive. The music in Atlantica Online is varied in different areas, and is a variety of epic adventurous ballads and ethnic ambiance. In-game fights are accented with blood-pumping, fast-tempo songs that help to affect a feeling of urgency and importance in the player.
If you want to be impressed, however, you merely need to listen to the sounds of Atlantica Online. The voice acting is rare, but offers some flavor, the sound effects are pretty good and the music… the music is amazing. Most games suffer from having too little music, and having music that is too repetitive. The music in Atlantica Online is varied in different areas, and is a variety of epic adventurous ballads and ethnic ambiance. In-game fights are accented with blood-pumping, fast-tempo songs that help to affect a feeling of urgency and importance in the player.
Gameplay:
What to say about Atlantica Online? I was going to say that Atlantica Online is the perfect MMORPG for people who don’t like MMORPGs. But, truly, there’s a lot there for people who do like MMORPGs, so it’s really not that. What I meant by that was that Atlantica Online offers a lot of things to do aside from the typical MMORPG things I’ve seen in other games. For one, they have a Quiz game type thing built into Atlantica Online that allows a player to host his own trivia game and award monetary prizes to other players. Another thing that is contrary to the MMORPGs I’ve played is that you don’t control a single character, but a whole party. This affects the gameplay, making it more of a strategy game, or a “tactics” style game. You can still join up with other players to form a party, but now you have two or more groups, instead of two or more individuals. It’s truly a different dynamic. Something fresh and interesting. There are also a lot of the common things you have come to expect from a MMORPG, such as crafting and leveling up and, of course, grinding for resources.One aspect that has a unique twist on it in Atlantica Online is the concept of “Parties.” I’m not talking about celebrations involving cake, here, I’m talking about the ability to form an adventuring group with a friend. In a lot of MMORPGs, players can form adventuring parties. Usually, however, this really only is a benefit if they stick together and work on the same quests. Atlantica Online allows friends to form together as a party as long as they are on the same server, regardless of location. Once formed into a party, you can teleport to the other player’s location, if desired or you can do what the player community refers to as “LDP” or “Long-Distance Party.” While you are fighting battles alone, experience and even items can be shared across the members of a party, regardless of how far apart the players are. This leads to more people playing in parties and, ultimately, being more social than they would have if long-distance partying wasn’t an option. I find it’s a good way to work together in small groups with certain members of your guild, although you don’t have to be in the same guild to form a party.
These difference seem to work for Atlantica Online, making it a fun and interesting game that is unlike other MMORPGs, free or paid.
very Nice theme !!
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