Perfect World Review by Sylexus
Posted on 2008-09-27 by admin | Perfect World Review | 123 viewsNo comments | Leave a comment
Ok, Im going to give a full review this time:
Overview: Perfect World is one of those MMORPG”s that if it would”ve come to the US just a few months before guild wars it would be THE TOP free MMORPG. Of course thats nearly impossible with the technology it took to make this. So as far as the game goes it has a Silkroad/9 Dragons look and feel to it. It has some elements from guild wars, dream of mirror, and windslayer (yes windslayer). But instead of mixing together to make an icky brown liquid, you get the most amazing, golden, pure soup broth in the world.
Observe:
Installation – 8/10: Meh, the download can be horrible, my only suggestion is to get it while its small before they mass update it. Installation doesn”t take to long after the download, and once your in, You”ll forget about all the bad things along the way.
Graphics – 10/10: with features like the “best performance rate” I can run every single graphic on the highest it can be and still freely enjoy the gameplay. And believe me, these High graphics throw Rappelz and 2 Moons in the dirt. Even on the lowest settings it”s still amazing.
Character – 10/10: The character customization is better than SW Galaxies, it”s better than WoW”s, heck, it”s even better than Second Life”s. You can make your Human have PURPLE SKIN for pity”s sake! How many MMO”s do you know that let you do that? Plus there are about 30 different hairstyles, so anything can appeal to anyone. Also they encourage you to make your character look like you in real life (which is easily possible unless you”re untamed.) Mine looks like me (except for the purple skin)
Server – 11/10: Only 2 servers, but they are HUGE. Probably 300k players playing right now on International, and if that means 150k each: then theres enough spawn to go around for all of WoW”s population. (PvP server is more reccomended)
Community – 10/10: No matter what MMO you go on (except for Runescape & Maple Story) there are gonna be losers running around (In the case of the above two, everyone is a loser). Compared to other games the community is THE best (except for Fiesta”s in which case people will literally drop free stuff at your feet). The people are kind, and will gladly help you out. Look for anyone who looks like a highish level and ask them for help. Usually they”ll gladly give you it. (If you play on Lost City i”ll gladly assist you.)
Interface – 9/10: I think someone else mentioned that at first it”s a bit confusing, but then it becomes easy, the only thing I don”t like is that you cannot directly see other people”s levels or other people at all (literally) if you have best performance on.
Classes – 9/10: The classes are great, they have 1 class for each role to make a perfect party. Of course don”t think that means that you can”t customize yourself that much. Not true at all. No matter what class you are there are 3 types of armor choices that you can equip, and you can mix and match the 3 for fun or better results. Lots of weapon opportunities. Though im an Archer I can wield swords freely if I want to (and if I have the proper stats.) The cons of the classes are that there are 2 classes per race (and the untamed are gender dependent as well):
Humans – Blademaster & Wizard
Untamed – Barbarian (Male) & Venomancer (Female)
Winged Elf – Archer & Cleric
Gameplay – 11/10: A lot like Silkroad and Wow”s. In my opinion that makes it extremely enjoyable even if the battle pace is a tad bit slow. The community is quite mature and seems o enjoy the game intensely. Also you may allocate your stat points you get every level freely. The quests in the game also aren”t extremely repetitive and som are quite fun, especially in a squad (what the game”s groups/parties are called).
Leveling: Slower than WoW but faster than Silkroad”s (those 2 games are by far the easiest to compare to this). The game has a steady questing system once you hit 10. Prior to that there”s more grinding then questing involved. Thus I highly encourage players to get to 10 before they give up and call the game crap. This leveling system may be the reason why the younger less mature crowd is a minority (due to the patience it takes to level). Getting to 15 only takes a week at the most, and thats when all the guilds will want you and be recruiting. It takes about half a month to get to 30, but thats when all the fun begins, since you can fly and participate in factions and Pk and Wars (im not going to go into this now).
PvP – 11/10: Let me sum it up this way:
Duels: think WoW
Guild Wars: think Flyff
Pk: think runescape with teamups and more mature people
Faction Wars: Think Warhammer
Territorial wars: read above except that guild”s replace factions.
Conclusion: 10/10 Amazing game, after the download is over, you”ll be imersed in gaming heaven. It only came out internationally a month ago, and there”s already more stuff to do than in flyff. I HIGHLY RECCOMMEND THIS GAME!!!!!!






