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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Casual Gamers Beware, 25 Feb 2006
Don't be fooled by the hype, this is nothing if not a 24/7 grind, and a deceptively complicated one at that.
Traditional level grinders will shoot themselves in the foot here, because while it's easy to level your character, it's hard to level your skills, and the larger the difference between mob level and skill level the harder it is to boost them.What's this mean? Well basically, it means you can powerlevel pretty easily killing mobs over and over and over, it's not so much of a chore as in other games. But if you do, you will soon find yourself with a level 30 character and a series of level 1 or 2 skills. Which means you are going to be annihilated by the first opposing faction player that comes along. It really requires massive amounts of time to level not only your character but all your skills (and since you can have pretty much every skill in the game from level 1, minus a few class/race skills.....) The game interface is rather clunky and I found it quite hard to adapt to, with several quickslot bars similar to WoW, though you can't put the same skill/item in more than one slot, which kind of sucks when you are used to multiple quickslot bars configured for different situations (and maybe have health pots on each one, or your most used attacks on each one). Movement in the world is a pain in the behind, requiring a left mouse click to move you to whichever spot you clicked on, or manual movement with the cursor keys (though moving diagonally doesn't seem to work), and in the heat of battle its easy to become confused and go wandering off in completely the wrong direction. On the plus side, the graphics are amazing, though I admit I have a high end system and all graphical settings maxed out. Character details is extraordinary, and as previously stated, the armor/weapon visuals are stunning. But as good as you think they are, just wait until you see those MAU's (big giant robots, huzzah!). The music is quite wonderful too, very Final Fantasy-esque (as indeed the visuals are too). Beautiful visuals, beautiful music, awkward interface and above all, NOT for the casual gamer.
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