Dawn Of fantasy, what a game it is, it was originally launched in September 6, 2011, with so much excitement and a lot going for it, but was plagued by poor programming and bugs and rushed by the publisher, features promised but never delivered. Still we all had high hopes and knew there was something special there. So the Devs still apart of development that cared about the game and wanted to see it grow, ended up looking for funds elsewhere, so they started a kick starter, and now they released a new version on steam with many new features and updates that fixed a ton of the game making it a lot better than its first official launch. So on to my review- I’m a huge Real-time strategy nut, I’v played nearly everything the genre has to offer. And this game has a lot to offer and more, with some concerns of course. But what game does not, even triple A games have their issues, and this game only cost 15$ with the same features if not more. This game is a combination of Real-time Strategy/MMO, hence why it’s called an MMORTS, which I believe is the first of its kind in a Medieval Fantasy setting compared to every game on steam which is remarkable.
Story- It’s set in a Medieval Fantasy Setting. The story is done by dialog text with Npcs. It’s not bad, but it’s not great either. So I won't go into story much. When the gameplay is the most important.
Gameplay- Definitely a highlight, but there are some problems. So let’s discuss the highlights. There are many many many features, Such as the ability to build Castles/Fortresses and gather resources to build massive armies, which is very addicting and rewarding. It’s set up like any other Rts, but a lot deeper. So how is it deeper? Well, since it is set up in a mmo environment, Buildings have a set timer on them till they finish. Some take as long as 2hrs or low as 10mins. This worried me at first, like why would I want to wait 2hrs for a structure to be built. However there is SECRET WEAPON. Crowns o crowns how I love the, Yes Crowns, it is the currency in game to buy dragons, units, resources or the big one, upgrade buildings or make construction faster , even instant.
So is it pay to win? Well yes and no, but in my personal opinion i don't think so, it is however done brilliantly, which is where pvp/questing comes in. Crowns are more for convenience and priced quite well, they also can be accumulated in pvp between armies or Sieging a castle or even questing. There is many types of quests such as Raiding towns/castles or even escort missions. Also you can buy crowns earned from gold gathered or a great new feature (Corpse looting) the looting of fallen units. You can play the entire game without even spending a penny on crowns, which is awesome. Here’s where things become very interesting, you have 3 races Humans, Orcs, and Elves and soon to have even more races, that play externally different from each other, not in just play style but the way they gather and build structures. There are also light RPG elements to help you progress your hero and units to perform better. There is an over world where u can level up your armies and make allies or enemies between towns which is pretty gorgeous. The game also plays for you while ur offline just at a slower pace which is quite nice.
Graphics/Presentation- The games art style is fantastic and the castles and environments are a pleasure to behold. However there are some bugs and glitches in the environments. Such as Catapults or units getting stuck in walls and having to relog to fix it is slightly annoying, otherwise for most part it’s a bright and lively looking game. They also give you a choice of regions before you start a city which give you passive bonuses that can change our whole game such as plains for better cavalry and mountains for defense, and you also get to choose from 2 traits that can strengthen your army or economy. The best part is seeing massive armies taking on Capitols which is breathtaking to watch, but I wish path finding could be better its kind of all over the place some units not responding or just sitting there and there is some great animations, and some very bad ones as well. And the ui is pre dated, it works, but it no means perfect, but the good news is the Devs are working on it nonstop, and we have great things to come. Such as Dx10 support and even ship sieges. Speaking of the Devs this has to be the most amazing community I’ve ever seen. The Devs and mods are always on to chat giving refunds for lost items or answer questions and even take criticisms and take responsibility for their choices. There has already been 3 patches that have fixed many issues and more to come.
Sound- The music and atmosphere is wonderful. However combat sounds, well sounds like I’m having a war with my kitchen, was amusing at first but now I can't stand it and for some reason its loud even on the lowest volume setting. Possibly it’s just an issue on my side.
In the end, The game is very addicting, I have 4 cities, and massive armies, sure theirs many issues and bugs and sometimes horrible path finding, and pvp doesn’t always work, yes there has been major crashes but only because the game has grown so fast, there was none of these issues before, but the community and gameplay is just so rewarding I can't stop.So glad I’m done with this review, Already 70hrs in and all I want is more! The Review easily could have been pages and pages with everything the game has to offer.
1) hybrid xp-gold systembest of old and new mixed together. also a shared kill experience, if we have return of xp/hold for kills, killers should get xp/gold based on how much dmg they did to the target, not only counting final blows
2) pvp, imho a better level scaling will be a boost to more interestind and dedicate builds, dunno maybe up to lev 38-38 instead 34-35 as now (i am talking about reasonable levels that ppl can accomplish in long term )
3)a classific, like old dark age of camelot, or a duel system where more duel you win more "rating" you get but for get more and more you need to duel and defeat player of similar rate or superior, if you very good you will have no gain to killing player who suck totally, this will bring competition, a gain to duel, you defeat a good player you get xp/gold, and the top player of the month win a loom or whatever.
Classific also give titles such as sir, knights, baron, lord, etc etc
4) permanent strategus, persistent strategus, but no on the website, IN GAME, with a larger map that the normal one, dunno if is possible, where clans have permanent castles, and fight for conquer all in the map, when one alliance or faction win, all get reset, and member of that faction for a month have extra xp/gold gain. Even multiple server that will simulate parts of the map. but this will require a lot of work i dont know the limit of the engine or the netcode for something like that, MASSIVE
5) bonus in game for killing streak, or k/d ratio. maybe at certain % with fixed numbers, 3 kills in a raw+100 xp 5+200 10+ 500 etc etc.
6) Looting system, yeah you heard me LOOTING VICTIMS, even theyr armor, gauntlets etc
7) armor durability/weapon, chance to break even armors, weapons, not becouse you not pay upkeep but becouse you use them, you use repetedly your big fat axe vs a shield and a plate? sure you eat the shield but your axe also risk to be broken, or when you parry with a WOOD WEAPON, you slowly consume it, and need to be repaired or get broken in fight, of course not broken 4 ever you can always repair it, but broken for that round
8) new animations, like dual sword, shield attacks such as bashing that push down ppl, special attacks, for all weapons, crouching
9) new armor-weapons, i see a lot of good new weapons texture armors etc in many new mods. maybe we can ask to use them.
10) bleeding/healing system, you get wounded? you can slowly bleed to death, if is a mortal wound, + relative healing skill for use bandages, that stop bleeding or even heal yourself maybe
11) stamina system, not very invasive that make slow the game, but that matters overall avoiding stupid spammers jumpers etc
12) arrow intercept : ability to block arrow incoming with weapons maybe at low % like 20%
13) Bet system, you can bet on who will win a duel, [/size] a % go to the winner of the duel remainto winners of bet, , example dueller: A vs B, - 2 guys bet 1k on A 3 guys bet 1k at B, A wins, A receive 500, 10% of total money on the bet. remain 4500 is divided between the 3 guys that have bet on A, so 4500/3 = 1500
14) weapon specialization, yes you heard me, specialization = new skill, example specialization in 1h swords, more you use your weapon more your skill grow, and add a small wpf/speed/dmg bonus. such as ultima online system of growing , you swing = you get xp = you get more proficiency in that weapons that system can be expanded to anything also, like shield proficiency, armor, riding etc etc
I watched the rules and there is nothing against selling an entire char, so here i am, i wish to sell a char generation 5 (that include the cd key of the account of course, and the user-password of the char on c-rpg page)
basic offer 2ml.
you can rename it. char have no items is generation 5 currently lev 22 +
Since i cooled down for already 2 week, can i get unbanished now?
Simply my hate for cheaters was bigger than my fear for chadz, i come from clanbase where i was admin in anti cheater section for cs-dod, and i always thinked and many other with me that name and shame is the right things to do about cheaters.
I not brocke any c-rpg in game rules, yes i have gone aginst the will of chadz, not certainly for gain something personal, but becouse i feeled was the right thing to do. and chadz say ppl are always free to say what they want.
never intended to challenge chadz but only to name and shame, since majority of community wanted that, also if i get those names is becouse someone gived me those names, and soon or later if not was me someone else will say that anyway. if you create a list soon or later it will exit. (also i am the only one punished for that )
SO i can apologize for how i have done the things, but not the purpose, (name and shame the cheater in my mind is always the best things to do), i was in first line for fight the cheaters since the autoblock issue showed up, i tryed helping the community by say how to detect it, even try to know more by talking with the cheat dev , why you thinked i have done that? for what personal gain? was all for the sake of the mod, that i loved to play hacker free
With some good player like Tor from searider and Gtx from risen, we tested pole stun-range and shields
And even if i am a shielder, and Tor is a well know Pole user, and Gtx is a 2hander. we all agreed
that Polestun is Op at moment, not as stun itself but combined with long range+dmg and also good speed of pole. We also tested huscarl and steel shield (both masterpiece) and we all agreed that, non crash weapons do too less dmg. my steel shield received over 100 hit from tor with a bec de corbin and remained Perfect. that is retarded. and also is retarded that Tor with a 2h axe can destroy my steel shield in 5-6 hit. and a huscarl in 4. We need a compromise. the main issue here is that non crushing weapon do too less dmg, and crushing do too much. imho my steel shield should be destroyed by 50 max hit of bec de corbin, but also cant be destroyed by only 5 hit of a 2h axe but more like was pre-patch. 15-17 hit.,so we are here for say, and i hope many good player agree. that polestun crush weapons and shield loom, need asap a rebalance.
i am not trolling so take serious this thread, and tor and gtx and i hope other will confirm this. what you wanna more? when top players talk AGAINST theyr own weapons? Tor Pole, and me shielder? and one of top 2handers confirm.
Since i am bored, and i am training current new mercs. i decided to extend this idea to the community, so i make duels/fight lessons. at gold price. (including be in same teamspeak ) to every interested person, expecial for 1handers.
helps will include duels training, fight training, tricks, help with builds, systems for fight particular opponents/class and multiple opponents,
is just an experiment. so if you interested send me a Pm. or reply here.
Personally i not got banished from him, so no 48h rule can save him from this vote, is simply that seams he have learned nothing from what happened last time, he got graced for 2%, and instead be better, he is twice arrogant, he continue ban ppl with very low reasons, and personally he tryed today to caught me in a trap by pm, for try make me admit that i was playng another game while in crpg, so if answered yes he will promptly use that against me (lilith in the same moment was talking bad against me on irc )not properly a mature and fair comportament for an admin, who should be an example of fairness and rettitude.
last time i voted no for remove his role, like many others, but this time i am sure the supporters will be less, sorry Lilith but you called it by yourself.
also your personal anti merc campaign, is childish
you realized that half of the aboze section is 3d against you? that means you are doing something wrong if soo many ppl from different clans open 3d about you
but really i was 1 round afk becouse i alt tabbed and was talking on ts with some friend i was giving them youtube links, but since i am vicious i am always watched. so bam first time i go afk 1 round , i get banished. i totally forgot that i spawned on crpg while i was talking.
i was getting kills every round (is all in log admin can check the map where i was banned and all the previous ) , i was simply distracted by what i was doing on ts, it can happen even to me. but thx to my past a single moment become a motivation for ban me.
i am very accurate to avoid kick and bans, and after wooki bans (ban from forum with no rules and no evidence , and he got also removed as admin just 2 week after.. ) so i play regular, charge yes, but also fighting and getting kills.
just becouse its me not means that if i am afk 1 round i am leeching
and just becouse i am barely 1:1 or in negative that not means i am leeching, every body know that when i play i do 20:5 30:5+ but i cant play all day focused 100%, sometimes i simply dress cheap charge get some kills and die, becouse i wanna xp but i have no more the stamina to play at my top. and i not think is against the rules
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