Silkroad Online, Free (good looking) MMORPG Options

[Argo]

Hey fellas,

i dont know if you guys know about it already, but ive today got a link to this really intersting looking MMORPG, called "SilkRoad Online"

the download of the game client is around 480MB and its free to play online. its said to be similar to WoW, and the screenshots look great, so i thought i might give it a try ... im still downloading the client, but the server seems to be pretty fast.

find it here: http://www.silkroadonline.net (be aware that the site doesnt like other browsers than IE)

also, the english on the website is kind of funny ... "sing up" ("sign up") LOL !

cheers!

This post has been edited by Argo: Nov 4 2005, 06:13 PM

[Kindred Spirit]

@kindred spirit: sure, ask them. but dont expect a reply

Wasn't expecting an actual chance, but hey, I'm hoping. Won't hurt to ask, right?

Kindred: You got that idea from reading my post?

From a combination of that and seeing their site. And I finally got it to work, and I saw the automatic guide messages, which also have bad grammar.

Hopefully, they will realize that getting help, for no price, usually isn't a bad thing.

If anyone has gotten it to work yet please say so.

I got it to work fairly well. It's a bit laggy from time to time, but it's pretty fun. I had it up and running twice earlier. Got it going for a while, learned how to move and play and stuff, and then my computer crashed. Not from the game, my computer just dissconnected itself from the internet, like it often does. Then I got it up and running for a couple hours, got a character to level three or four.

Oh, I found some item I can't use, it's for female characters only. Nothing great, just some fancy gloves. If someone wants them, tell me here, and we can arrange a place to meet up. I don't see any point in selling them, money isn't that important.

My overall impression of the game is that it is pretty awsome. I tried a few other free MMORPGs, and this one's graphics are better than any of them by a couple of miles. The game is pretty cool so far, no real plot or anything, but cool enough anyways.

I'll detail a couple of the things about it. These are spoilers, only read ahead if you want to know.

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Character Creation System- There are a couple of characters, I believe 13, for each gender. These each have original names and stories for them, including a couple who are undead, demons, and other such things. Each character has a paragraph or so to explain their past, and why they are on the Silk Road. Each character is good at different things. From there, your character can be modified by altering the height, build, starting clothing, and starting weapon.

Fighting system- There is a skill for each type of weapon, although your character might or might not have the skill for a particular weapon, depending on which you pick. The weapon types are sword, dagger, big sword (similar Seung Mina's weapon on Soul Calibur) spear, and axe. (I thik that's it, not completely sure.)

Magic System- Not sure of much about this one. I know there is a different skill for different types of elemental damage, haven't really used magic yet.

Level Up- When you level up, you get a certain ammount of points, which can be used to increase any skills you choose, as long as your character has that skill. One point is automatically added to magic power and health, although more can be added to them instead of increasing your skills.

Battle System- You click on the enemy, it shows how the two of you fight, doing all the dice rolls and such behind the scenes. There are several different attack animations.

Enemies- So far I have encountered two types of enemies. I can't remember what their called. Three types if you count variations of the same kind. There are these little bad guys, big bad guys, and a champion form of the little bad guys. That's all I've run into so far.

Healing System- There is healing magic, you regain health when not in battle, and you can sit down and rest. While sitting, you regain health much faster than normally.