![]() The game also sways away from its MMO brethren in that a player can only have one character. Either that or there were very few new players on the server. (The game’s central hub in Aelion was hopping with activity, though.) This led me to think that questing might be instanced in some way. ![]() Once I had an NPC by my side, but I didn’t see any other players. Notably, upon entering a new area, I found myself alone. Hmm…is that spectre the”bad guy?” Yes, probably. A few of the larger fights were enjoyably dramatic, and I never felt as if I was constantly on the edge of death. While it took me a few missions to get a handle on the controls and understand how to gain different, swappable powers, I had no quibbles with the combat. In doing away with leveling, the game allows players to switch between classes, with three to start and more to open up, at any time.Īfter spending a few hours in Skyforge with a magic-based Cryomancer and completing quests in two different regions, the most complementary thing I can say is that it was fine. ![]() There’s no leveling in the traditional sense, but players must obtain enough “prestige” in order to be able to access further content. Aelion is broken up into different sections, and each section comes with its own set of missions. As immortal beings, they are tasked with protecting the game’s home world, Aelion, from an invading force. In Skyforge, players start out essentially as gods, with “celestial” powers and gear already in tow. In a vast majority of RPGs, players start out with nothing and must build themselves up. My first discovery was that if Skyforge departed from other MMORPGs in one significant way, it was with one’s own character. So, upon actually starting up the game, I didn’t know what to expect. I watched a couple general videos about the game, but, since I wanted to avoid spoilers, I didn’t go to deep into any single one. Granted, I hadn’t gone out to research every MMO ever made, so maybe me being in the dark about this title was to be expected. ![]() ![]() In my ongoing quest to try out various free multiplayer games, I had heard of, even if only slightly, all the games on my list except one. ![]()
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