Well I decided it’s time to review a PC game for once. This time I’ve opted for the MMORPG side of PC gaming which is as reported in 2007 something like an 8 Billion dollar industry. That a lot of gamers. But where do you get the best MMORPG experience from. There are many games ranging from Akklaims 9Dragons series all the way to Blizzards hit World Of Warcraft, even Jagex’s Runescape is up there in the ranks. But most of these games are either pay-to-play or pay a one off payment, is there really an MMORPG experience out there that is free yet good enough to thrill us all? Well this is when I turned to Codemasters and NHN games for the answer. A few months back, Codemasters Online Gaming and NHN teamed up to make Archlord. An apperent hit MMORPG, but unfortunately due to a lack interest and a terrible press release (not to mention the numerous problems that appeared in the BETA version) it never took off. But after there failure they may have made a comeback. Just a month or so ago not only were the £9.99 a month fees dropped but also the game was made available to download for FREE. I had to check this out so I quickly booted up Mozilla and using DownThemAll I managed to download the 1.41GB game in around 2hours (I think). But is doesn’t matter that much. Apart from some of the links are confusing to download from, I recommend using AusGamers. But I installed the programme and it worked excellently and here is what I had to say about it:
Archlord has been badly rated in the past so I’m here to make some amends to what was said. Many describe Archlord as “dull” and “repetitive”, But I completely disagree, Once you have played about half an hour you realise the effort but into the game, You see the outstanding mountains, the beautiful villages and the outstandingly rendered characters and then you go back to pwning that annoying Orc in the PK
A Typical Archlord Guild Gathering
arena.The game itself relies on three severs Brumhart, Evengarda and Gaihion(the sever I’m on) unfortunately you lack the ability to communicate with characters on different severs but the in server chat is very good. Yes I will agree that there is a lack in races as it’s only Orc, Human and Moon Elf but the options within’ these characters is truly awesome. There are usually quite a few facial features to choose and again with the hair styles. And then again within these races you can be an Archer, Mage or a Knight. My character is a knight I’m only lvl. 5 but so far I’ve only played around hour. As usual with any game I struggled to think of a name so I called myself LoyalKnight. I started off in the village of Anchorville, as all Humans do. It’s one of those happy medieval market town places. I got the jist of things pretty quick, you can either click to move or use the W,A,S,D buttons. I preferred clicking, anyhow, I walked up to the village chief called ‘Remembrandt’ which is a weird name but still, I was then given my first quest. It did seem a bit, shall we say, pointless to some extent but as I progressed quest’s got more interesting and I began to venture out of the Anchorville area and to, further cities with castles and shops and a heck of a lot of guilds. Every where all preparing for battle. With whom you may ask, well, this is the reason Archlord is like no other MMORPG on the market, because you can control the game. If you and your clan are preparing for battle, it will most likely be against the Archlord. The Archlord is an actual player, someone who just like me started of as a puny, insignificant lvl. 1 character who rose up to take control of the game. He controls everything, even day and night. Not even to mention he gets his own dragon to ride. So battalions of players rise up to attack the Archlord, some on foot, some on horse, some even on tiger’s and rhinos. There is a colossal battle which all ends in a result. The next Archlord. So like the sound of it, I mean that’s not the only aim in the game, you can learn skills of all sorts, carving, ransacking, weapon buffing the lot. You can upgrade weapons and armour with elemental
Moon Elf Riding Tiger
stones or you can just trade items. It’s up to you. Interested? visit www.archlordgame.com and follow the instructions, it all really simple. need any help just e-mail me or leave a comment. Remember Jimmyblog@live.co.uk. Enjoy
