Aside from the interesting graphical style, what makes this game stand out and be different from a game like 9 Dragons?  Honest question here.

From my cursory glance, it seems to recycle the same tired game mechanics of levels, hp, mp, etc... repeated ad nauseum in Asian games ultimately concealing some sort of level grind. 

So enlighten me.  What's so special?  Convince me that I want to play this.

Well first of all we dont need to convince you of anything but your post clearly is a publicity thing if you are a true gamer you would have entered the game site or some other info. source to get a idea. Its nice when people just talk shit about something they have no clue about :)).Second,the hole "ohh its a aisan game grind etc.etc.etc"its starting to get old,i mean there are a lot of great games out there and you dont realy have to look that hard the fact that they made so many web sites for this particular genre of game says it all;).In conclusion to all the noise makers out there hired by other company's to make stupid statement's like this and ask retarded questions on forums my advice to you is play fair and may the best win if you don't cut it you dont belong here pal sorry.Fair play it was games are all about. You go guys i mean the true gamers out there. Zu Online will rock.

You could not be more wrong if you tried fanboy.  It was precisely after looking at the game website that I found nothing special and decided to ask here to see if I was missing something.  If this is the kind of people this clone game attracts then it deserves to fail.  Congratulations on answering my question and earning your game some negative publicity.  Neither me nor my guild will be playing this game and I will be sure to tell anyone I meet not to bother with it.

Originally posted by cybernex

Well first of all we dont need to convince you of anything but your post clearly is a publicity thing if you are a true gamer you would have entered the game site or some other info. source to get a idea. Its nice when people just talk shit about something they have no clue about :)).Second,the hole "ohh its a aisan game grind etc.etc.etc"its starting to get old,i mean there are a lot of great games out there and you dont realy have to look that hard the fact that they made so many web sites for this particular genre of game says it all;).In conclusion to all the noise makers out there hired by other company's to make stupid statement's like this and ask retarded questions on forums my advice to you is play fair and may the best win if you don't cut it you dont belong here pal sorry.Fair play it was games are all about. You go guys i mean the true gamers out there. Zu Online will rock.

What the hell?He just asked what sets this game apart from other mmo's, a valid question which I would like to know too, you unfortanutly probably just read the title and continued to simply bash the poor guy for no particular reason at all. 

i think its funny that he replied saying he nor his guild would be playin and he will tell everyone not to play, lmao like that matters lmao....oh no a guild wont be playin this game omg thats gonna kill it...lmao both of you grow up and learn not to bash a game nor people just because they have an opinon

WTF the OP was not bashing the game it just looks when you read Zu's FAQ that this is the same as a lot of other games so he was wondering what they were going to do or doing to make this stand out.

Ppl, it's time for us all to understand that the only thing that makes a game great is its community - no matther how good the game is, it will flop if the community is populated by larget than life egos. This being said, I tend to agree on the fact the the official Zu website is offering very few info on the game's highlights. Yeah, I know the devs don't want to reveal everything since the game has not reached the OB phase yet, but still...

Ya know what i love about forums, everyone complains and attacks each other, but noone ever actually addresses the topic until at least page 2.  I would, but i was looking for the answer as well :/.

 Look in the officail forums rather than on the game site. try this thread http://zu.igg.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=688&extra=page%3D1  i have gathered up most of the info on the game and posted it there.

Originally posted by toxicmango

Aside from the interesting graphical style, what makes this game stand out and be different from a game like 9 Dragons?  Honest question here.

From my cursory glance, it seems to recycle the same tired game mechanics of levels, hp, mp, etc... repeated ad nauseum in Asian games ultimately concealing some sort of level grind. 

So enlighten me.  What's so special?  Convince me that I want to play this.

Honestly there is none, played until level 20 and I got bored at level 10, and I played 10 more level just to be sure. After that I uninstalled the game.

Lol considering the game has only been in Closed Alpha testing untill now The majority of the games content was not implemented you could only play 80 lvls out of the 300 and the skill cap was set to 30,  you didnt get to see vertually none of the game there is no way you can draw any conclusions from that, this game is completely different.

That depends on how many games you played and how many alpha and beta tests you been in. You can see quite alot by playing to level 20 and then draw some sort of conclusion about it.

I have tested hundreds of games from in all phazes of testing from the very beginning of Closed Alpha where the game is nothing more than an empty map with a chat channel up to release. And i went right through this Closed Alpha test,

in the ammount of time it would have taken you to reach lvl 20 you will have seen vertually none of the game  or any of its features or anything, this game is unlike any other game out there, and since Open Beta is starting on the 14th thankfully people will be able to see for themselves what this game is like rather thean listen to people like you who have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.

Originally posted by trollbasher

I have tested hundreds of games from in all phazes of testing from the very beginning of Closed Alpha where the game is nothing more than an empty map with a chat channel up to release. And i went right through this Closed Alpha test,

in the ammount of time it would have taken you to reach lvl 20 you will have seen vertually none of the game  or any of its features or anything, this game is unlike any other game out there, and since Open Beta is starting on the 14th thankfully people will be able to see for themselves what this game is like rather thean listen to people like you who have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.

If you say so , have fun in the game which is like no other. 

"fanboy":D That a first ,but anyway like i said anyone who dont want to play this game please fell free not to but don to go around yeaping about what you think the game is. First play then say. :) Huh it even rimes so enough with the debate because you realy cant say anything relevant now can you?:) except for the alpha testers ;) This is so not a Flame just a good advice.

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Originally posted by dragulea

time for us all to understand that the only thing that makes a game great is its community

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Hear hear!

Originally posted by DarkStar723

Ya know what i love about forums, everyone complains and attacks each other, but noone ever actually addresses the topic.

Yeah you gotta love it. :P I should point out though, I too have no intention of addressing this topic even on page 2! You wanna know what the games like? Play it tomorrow and decide for yourself.

Originally posted by trollbasher

I have tested hundreds of games from in all phazes of testing from the very beginning of Closed Alpha where the game is nothing more than an empty map with a chat channel up to release. And i went right through this Closed Alpha test,

in the ammount of time it would have taken you to reach lvl 20 you will have seen vertually none of the game  or any of its features or anything, this game is unlike any other game out there, and since Open Beta is starting on the 14th thankfully people will be able to see for themselves what this game is like rather thean listen to people like you who have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.

"I have tested Hundreds of games.."... uhm, yeah, ok.

Anyhoo, I love these pre-launch arguments.  Man, wait.. no I don't.  I go to different forums of games I want to get info on (like the OP), and all I see are mindless arguments like this.

This games sucks.

No it doesn't.

Yes it does.

Like watching ping pong.  If I had to pick a side, I guess I'd go with the haters than the fanboi's.  At least they make a decent argument using real facts about the game once in a while.  I think...

I'm just gonna give it a fair test myself (hopefully in a few mins) and see for myself.  I have to say though, after as many Asian grinders as I've played, my expectations are very, very low.

Hi, sorry but about what you said that you reach lvl 20 and stopped the game, i think you were abit impatient to give the game more chance.

More game mechanics actually starts around after lvl 30, at lvl 30 u get pets and pets transform to mount at lvl 40. Pets get skills when you feed them equipments too. After lvl 30 u get points for skills talents tree sort of the World of Warcraft or Diablo type. Lvl 50 you get to upgrade your gears too.

In a way this game is different due to the max lvl capping at 300 so you gain lvl easily for at least the first 60 lvls. Almost completing every 1 or 2 quest gains a lvl. Just imagine killing a monster only gives 30~40~50 exp? one quest..... whaa la..... 10k..20k ++ exp. So its quite a quest based game.

So you stopping at lvl 20 and quiting is like playing a game where lvl 99 is the max lvl and your lvl was 20/300 = lvl 6.6 and you have seen everything....??

There is open pvp system too, 3 countries to select where you can infiltrate others and kill low lvl newbies or other countries npc which happened to me a few times...

Btw not a fanboi or hater of this game or trolling or bashing or flaming anyone, just wanted to give my opinions regarding reading these posts. Sorry for any bad english too.

Thanks

Originally posted by zzx81

Hi, sorry but about what you said that you reach lvl 20 and stopped the game, i think you were abit impatient to give the game more chance.

More game mechanics actually starts around after lvl 30, at lvl 30 u get pets and pets transform to mount at lvl 40. Pets get skills when you feed them equipments too. After lvl 30 u get points for skills talents tree sort of the World of Warcraft or Diablo type. Lvl 50 you get to upgrade your gears too.

In a way this game is different due to the max lvl capping at 300 so you gain lvl easily for at least the first 60 lvls. Almost completing every 1 or 2 quest gains a lvl. Just imagine killing a monster only gives 30~40~50 exp? one quest..... whaa la..... 10k..20k ++ exp. So its quite a quest based game.

So you stopping at lvl 20 and quiting is like playing a game where lvl 99 is the max lvl and your lvl was 20/300 = lvl 6.6 and you have seen everything....??

There is open pvp system too, 3 countries to select where you can infiltrate others and kill low lvl newbies or other countries npc which happened to me a few times...

Btw not a fanboi or hater of this game or trolling or bashing or flaming anyone, just wanted to give my opinions regarding reading these posts. Sorry for any bad english too.

Thanks

 

Well, by your own admission, the first 60 levels are the the same ping pong questing that I think is ridiculous.  No thanks.

Also, I hate open pking, (that's not pvp in my book), as I think it's beyond mindless, and then you even said ganking (killing low level players) is totally allowed.  That's my most hated "feature" (or design flaw to me) in ANY MMO.  Ganking should NEVER be allowed, in any game.

I'm very done with this "mmo", and have no interest in "playing" it again.  Nothing else you mentioned sounds interesting enough to outweigh the flaws I've mentioned, and those that you just mentioned (as pluses to the game).