Originally posted by Wizardry

Be honest to the readers?its the same ol same ol asian type game right?swinging weapons at unrealistic speeds?killing is unrealistic in that its non stop never needing a rest?Does it use heal pots?

I know asian games like to use bright colours,wich i agree give a game a nice look feel,however this game is playable on a 32mb video card,wow that is old school graphics.The polycount must be super low for a 32mb vieo card to play this game.I am sure its the usual a couple trees spotted around the extremly plain terrain with mainly just mobs?H ave you played ILKROAD? its along the same lines as all the asian free to play games,looks decent for cheap graphics and is fun to play for a couple months but then it gets boring real fast.

Weapons upgraded glowing thats nothing new to asian games they ALL follow the same idea.Most i should say no doubt ALL these free to play games are infested with mega bot farmers that sell in game currency and items,because all the players want those fancy dancy glowing weapons lmao.

I tried to find a video of the gameplay  but i couldn't.I really wanted to see if they have broken out of the very linear gameplay,that so many asians seem to like .I want more from a game than just 5000 mph sword swinging and endless killing /heal pot using battles.The double experience again is nothing new,and please tell people if this is using a RMT virtual market,because i am sure it does and that is a dead giveaway the game isn't worth playing .The more you people support these vurtual world trading games,the more we are going to see,as this is a very big money maker for games,more so than a mnthly subscription.These f2p games are infested with millions of accounts,but the games really are not free to play,someone is fitting the bill,and the RMT invaders have no probs loading thousands of accounts because it costs nothing.I bet when you hit level 30+ the grind is so insane ,because they design it that way.They try to hook you with ease of gameplay ,then after you feel like you have invested too much time to quit,the game gets bad/slow real fast.BAm they hooked you.Unless your like me and have no prob leaving a game when it gets bad.

Originally posted by Torak

Well here is one more I enjoyed watching....it looks like it gives a sample of each race / class in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rLalTYjJPM&NR

Hey vanillatea, usually people are moaning about Asian games not having enough customization (which is usually true)

I guess time will tell if the gameplay is any good. Looks pretty standard to me from what I can tell. It looks pretty nice visually from what I can tell.

Yep gameplay is very standard... you can play with WASD or with point and click. Control feels similar to WoW, you dont feel any lag while moving (only when sing skills - due to my high ping to china)! Jumping and walking is also possible which looks very good. The interface is not as cold as Lineage 2 but als not as colorful as WoW... I would say its inbetween. Everything is quick accessible via hotkeys - there is some modification possible too (colors, windows rearrangment, adjustable hotbars etc.).

This game is all about that not everyone looks the same (so not like most other eastern mmorpgs). From the characer customisation to the "social clothes" ! This game has the option to switch between your normal cloth to the social clothing (same as the different sets in vanguard). Also you can create your very special social clothings with crafting etc. ! I just began with crafting but its too difficult without knowing all the items names... for now I am only harvesting some different kind of materials for some nice money

Oh and in the movie which Tarok posted you hear some of the ingame music scores. Very beatiful and relaxing music during gameplay, at least it absolutely fits my taste . I also like the PW theme song very much.

Kind regards,
LD

Hey to all, just browsing in MMORPG.com and saw this post... and I do play this game (the "international ver." which is Simplified Chinese version of it, and waiting for my brother to buy the Traditional version, which is for Taiwan & HK). 

It's not that bad when compare to all the Asian MMO out there.  The character creation system, the look of things, the combat system, the questing system, are all pretty well done.  Of course, if you are into Asian mythology, and you understand the language, it'll be easier to play, but even if translating it into English, my guess is that if you are not into the lore and mythology, you won't get that deep into it.  So far this is one of the better-made Asian mythology based game... it's a bit different than martial art games, but the premises are almost the same.  So if you are into Asian, especially Chinese culture, this is a fun game to play.  One of the fun aspect in this game is that you can hug and kiss other players (only male char and female char... the same-sex characters are not allowed... )  That is one of the attraction for this game, that it shows emotional expression pretty good.

Of course, there are good and there are bad, after a while the combat feels like all other Asian MMO (the use of pot), and that the Item Shop system isn't the best (I know many of you guys don't like it, but this is normal for Asian MMO to do if they are f2p, or would you rather pay monthly fee for this game?)

Anyways, if you guys want to ask more stuff, let me know...

Oh, almost forgot, THIS IS NOT A RUMOR!!!

There will be a game that's coming out to the Asian MMO market.  Soft-World, a Taiwanese game company, partner up with a Singaporian 3D design team, is developing a game called Xenjo Journeys (this is the english name for it, at least it is on the screen shots)  This game is based on a online novel, and the story is similar to that of the Perfect World, but different.  It's Chinese Mythology in Space... kinda funny, but you have to read the novel to understand...

This game will be pushed for PC and Xbox 360 sometimes this year...   Unlike FFXI, this game will let players from PC and Xbox 360 to play on same server(s).   Meaning if you own both copy, you cna play on either your PC or Xbox 360... 

Supposely Soft-World is still in negotiation with Microsoft over the Xbox LIVE stuff.  And that it is said that this game might be out in March, but so far I checked many Asian game sites, and have not gotten more information out of it...

Just thought you guys would want to know if you are thinking of playing Perfect World.

Like I promised in an earlier post... I have good answers for you regarding the RMT wihtin this game. I just asked a friend in PW... he told me that the RMT is really only for items which are luxury but dont influence the gameplay. There are NO weapons or Armors to buy etc. ! Mostly Fashion Items, flying things, pets and other nice to have things, like Scamm protector items etc. (whatever those do )! But nothing which makes you really better or so! I guess that was one thing that concerned some of you... just wanted to clear this up now :)

Regarding the farming and botters situation, he told me that he heard of them but never found one. I have also watched out for them in the starter areas and so, but except 1-2 strangly named characters (fgdfgdfg - I guess those were farmers, but well at least no bots as they reacted to me) nothing suspcious found...! Also they say that they ban regulary.

And regarding the previous poster... you cannot only kiss the others gender person you can also carry them. And you can carry them even while mounted etc. So a man can carry a woman in his arms, while riding, flying etc. ! This is a very nice and easy feature but very well implemented (looks nice). Who never wanted to save your beloved in a fight and try to bring her out of the battlefield 

Kind regards,
LD

They expect this game to be out in english for the philippines in April (cant wait!)! The america/england version should be out late summer/fall.

Kind regards,
LD

i would have to agree, but leave the casual, easy lvl crap out. You can put in all the good those games have into one and you wold have a good game

Indeed, this is the first big MMORPG from chinese which got very successful! My chinese friend told me that in china most just played the other eastern and western MMORPGs like WoW, DDO, Cabal, Lineage 2 etc. before, because chinese did not have any great MMORPGs themselves. But PW changed that and so got very successful in china. And due to the success they also began to localise it and make it available international.

Also he explained me that this game stays totally true to this traditional chinese Myth "Pangu" and everything seems to be involved deeply into that. Thats why he told me that I won't see much of this game right now, especially if I dont understand the quests and lore...

Kind regards,
LD

Just for your info, I am launching a wiki like website soon regarding Perfect World! At the moment we are collecting all the infos we can get about this game (we also try to work closely with some chinese people together so we can get even more informations). In the end me and my wife want to build up the first english community regarding this game. As soon as its done I will post you the link here.

Kind regards,
LD

Originally posted by LordDevil

 

Originally posted by Wizardry

Be honest to the readers?its the same ol same ol asian type game right?swinging weapons at unrealistic speeds?killing is unrealistic in that its non stop never needing a rest?Does it use heal pots?

I know asian games like to use bright colours,wich i agree give a game a nice look feel,however this game is playable on a 32mb video card,wow that is old school graphics.The polycount must be super low for a 32mb vieo card to play this game.I am sure its the usual a couple trees spotted around the extremly plain terrain with mainly just mobs?H ave you played ILKROAD? its along the same lines as all the asian free to play games,looks decent for cheap graphics and is fun to play for a couple months but then it gets boring real fast.

Weapons upgraded glowing thats nothing new to asian games they ALL follow the same idea.Most i should say no doubt ALL these free to play games are infested with mega bot farmers that sell in game currency and items,because all the players want those fancy dancy glowing weapons lmao.

I tried to find a video of the gameplay  but i couldn't.I really wanted to see if they have broken out of the very linear gameplay,that so many asians seem to like .I want more from a game than just 5000 mph sword swinging and endless killing /heal pot using battles.The double experience again is nothing new,and please tell people if this is using a RMT virtual market,because i am sure it does and that is a dead giveaway the game isn't worth playing .The more you people support these vurtual world trading games,the more we are going to see,as this is a very big money maker for games,more so than a mnthly subscription.These f2p games are infested with millions of accounts,but the games really are not free to play,someone is fitting the bill,and the RMT invaders have no probs loading thousands of accounts because it costs nothing.I bet when you hit level 30+ the grind is so insane ,because they design it that way.They try to hook you with ease of gameplay ,then after you feel like you have invested too much time to quit,the game gets bad/slow real fast.BAm they hooked you.Unless your like me and have no prob leaving a game when it gets bad.

Wow, you must be really mad on all those asian mmorpgs :) ! Really hard words for someone who dont knows much about this game.

Well, but at least I can feel with you and some points are definately valid, especially if we are talking about the most common asian type of MMORPGs...! However, I can assure you , that I played many different Eastern games myselve too, from Silkroad, RF Online  to Archload etc. ! No this game is really absolut different. Also this game is made by chinese and not as most others MMORPG from japan or korea (till this chinese "Wow" , china never had their own big mmorpg!). So there is really no similarity between them - it feels more like WoW and like those chinese films "Tiger & Dragons". There is also no insane kill speed, just fast paced (its not cabal etc.) and there is no korean like grind (every mmorpg will have some kind of grind - otherwise it wouldnt be a mmorpg :) ) ! 
I already talked to one of the chinese players and he also told me that wow is wide spread in china but he told me that most of chinese like PW more because WoW needs too much time. I was curious what he meaned and so I asked further... he then told me that he and his friends dont have the time to do 25-40 instances for good equip and in PW all instaces are for a max of 6 people and you get awesome loot there. So I think the leveling and items are very similar to WoW and no typically you need to play the inflated market system! I can also confirm that as I got most of my equip now at level 9 from quests and loot.

And regarding the RMT I have to say I absolutely agree with you... and as far as I found out in PW its only to get the glowing items or more beatiful things to fly with (but they need some kind of income if its F2P). Even if I am absolutely against the RMT, this way we are at least mostly safe from botters and farmers. I also didnt see any game breaking important items in this store... but that is something I have to ask them again (as I can only judge from icons, not from item description :D) ... but I am sure they can give me a bit more insight on this.

However I hope I could address your concerns, kind regards,
LD

I am too leary of asian mouse&click grinders but perfect world but this is a great post. never played a chinese MMO this sounds like an MMO ive been looking for and dreaming about. character custimization, flying, underwater cities, 'crouching tiger' action (thats like my favorite movie I bought it its here in my collection hehe). Ive been reading up on this mmo cant wait to see it hit

Hello!

Like promised, we just finished the first english Perfect World information site. We gathered all the rare english informations and guides from the internet about this game together in one place. From Screenshots and Movies... to the complete chinese playing guide etc., all can be found on our Wiki pages.

We have even contact to a chinese player, so we will be able to assist in specific questions about this game.

For more informations just visit http://www.perfectworld.cc ! We will try to keep this site as accurate and up to date as possible.

Kind regards,
LD

Originally posted by DrSmaSh
Nah, I'll pass. You can't change brest size 

But okay. Game looks nice... Combat is bit gay... I mean bit eastern...  They are also graphic effect whores

Will give it a try.

Nah, I guess you didn't look hard enough :) Even if it doesnt matter but you can change the breast size... there is really not much what you CANT change in this character creation interface ^^.

BTW, I think the combat feels very nice, not too eastern and also not too much western, its inbetween (its chinese? :D). But most important are the animations and the feeling you get if you hit a mob etc., and those are very good. But I guess, tastes are different :)

Kind regards,
LD

You can change brest size? I'm soled!

WTF looks like a Lineage 2 clone, like so many asian games out there.  Nothing original I saw in that game trailer.

First, before I try any Chinese game, they need to demonstrate that they can follow copyright laws.  STOP ripping other people's ideas and calling it theirs and then MAYBE I'll give it a try.