MMORPG.com Industry Relations Manager recently had the opportunity to sit down to talk with Forsaken World Product Manager Clifton Chu. The discussion meandered from Forsaken World's visual style to the difference between FW and other PWE games to the achievement system. It's a terrific read that you won't want to miss. Check it out!

There's a great emphasis on Forsaken World's art style. How important is it to establish a striking visual style for a new game just starting out?

Forsaken World does have a very distinct art style and we wanted to showcase that this was a western game right out of the gate. Our concept artists took elements from around the world to create Forsaken World and you’ll see a lot of European design elements with the characters as well as in the architecture.

Read more of Garrett Fuller's Forsaken World: Clifton Chu Interview.

I Downloaded Forsaken World last night - not overly impressed at all, graphics r not bad - but Character Movement is WEIRD!  I did not stay to do more than a couple of the quests as it was late, but they were nothing to write home about!  All in all - I do not think I will even bother going back in to play - I will just uninstall.

This is a WESTERN GAME?  ROTFL - I do not think so! The quest Text will tell everyone right away it is not Western!  Unless they have an Eastern Quest writer......lol  Besides that - looking at the game - all in all - It is NOT Western!

 This game has a problem that i see way too often in F2P games and i'm sure many people won't get it but still -- The environment in the game, doesn't seem to blend in with mobs and such, it feels so artificial... I can't really explain it, but it goes hand-to-hand with gameplay. This game's gameplay, as in controls, just seems to thick... I honestly think that WoW's gameplay is one of the best i've ever experienced and to be quite honest i wouldn't mind if they all copied it... But WELL. Just so i don't get tagged as a WoW Fanboy, another example can come from the great RPG -- Which isn't an MMO, but still -- DA:O (Dragon Age: Origins), and consequently DA2 (Great game :)).

 Honestly i still haven't understood the concept of "western game", given the only thing i see different in it from BOI for example, is the fact that you have a 'decent' level cap, and that the game is about dungeons and such, that ain't exactly all about button smashing -- But if that's the concept of "western game" than i guess this game has that... In a way!

 Honestly i am very dissapointed with this game, i was hoping for a really decent F2P, but i ended up with a game to uninstall... Shame :\

I've played the game to 30 so far and I gotta say that it's one of the better F2P games I've ever jumped into.

The movement is a bit strange but the combat mechanics are pretty good.  Additionally, the game has a lot of features you would expect in a subscription game, like dungeon queues, in-depth crafting, and pretty deep guild/social systems.

The people who have jumped in and played for 5 minutes really have no idea what they're talking about.

So far the game has not disappointed me, will update when I get to 40.

I agree with randomuser83.  Definately one of the best F2P games I ever played, right alongside Allods (maybe even better due to there being no forced PVP in FW).  It has so many features that frankly they overwhelm me a bit.  That is a good thing.

I didn't mind that the artstyle, the costumes, are typical skimpy Korean style. But, when I got to the city and the game started dragging, it lost me. How many times should I have to run errands for one quest npc? The game says ten times. And running around looking for the npc's you need, is just not fun.

If you ever get out of the city, perhaps there is some fun. I won't know.

Have to aggree with randomuser83 and MadDemon64

This is one of the best f2p titles out there.

So much to do in this game , so many features , event system is a great addon.

But u have to get past level 20 to even realize that .

Some good features and gameplay, nice graphics. Extremely easy-mode and extremely emo-style (but the latter is a matter of taste).

I was going to log out and uninstall the game at my last play session but fortunately i hit level 15 before doing that and the game changed quite a bit after that. I sincerely recommend at least hit level 15 before making a decision if you want to give this game an honest chance.

Just so you know, i am level 29 in-game. So.... Yea.

this is a good game ignore the people who are complaining about it don't knock it until you hit level 20.

Yes the city quests are quite slow going when you first hit the main city but after that everything flows, many events, easy guild system, great dungeon que system. Its a great f2p game compared to all the other f2p games I've come across. 

It is a fun game, I might download it again. But my main complaint is that the game engine is not optimized very well. But Forsaken World I have issues with the water effects and some other settings. From what I hear on the forums is that it is more CPU intensive and it is not optimized for multi-CPUs. But other than that the game is nice for a F2P, I might try it again since they now have more servers and they have seperate PvE and PvP servers also.

I have been playing this game for a while, its not a game you can decide if you like it or not just because you got to level 10. The game just a bit later on is OOOmazing. I just started getting into dungeons and its so fun. My only complaint with the game is the classes they are not even in the slighest. but its 9/10 material besides that. But personally off the fun factor me personal score is 10/10 maybe more.

OH BTW you need to get to the twentys then the game is under your skin and you will be itching with withdrawls you will love this game so much

"Forsaken World is one of the better F2P games"  I hear that repeated in this thread.

Like lambs to the slaughter, you are too inexperienced to understand how PW funds their games.  To get anywhere with your character expect to shell out far more than you would ever spend in a subscription game.

Early levels are usually fun in their games until you get to the higher levels.  Best thing to do is enjoy it while it is fun and then discard it for another game when it is not.

Well this game have some big problems, i got in to the cb along time ago but there was a problem and i was not abeö to connect to the game. Well its only a cb lets give it some time...3-4 months later its open beta the they have not fixt the problem. This it the 1st game have have this problem on and its not just me just have a look on the forums.

Maybe the will fix it some day..