Archive for October, 2006

Hooked: RF Online

Monday, October 9th, 2006

   i can’t remember how and when it all started; what i can remember back then is that Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) became a hit to old and young ones, specially those of my age. it spread like wildfire and is totally getting epidemic. but I wasn’t really interested to that specially when I learned that you have to pay to play. just think about this, you have to pay both for the game time and internet connection at the same time.. definitely you are being ripped off. to those who fell for such, how pathetic.

  way back then, I was introduced to iRose Online. It was my very first MMORPG, it’s free and I really really enjoyed it. although I really do not like the game play, i was fascinated by the graphics and i really enjoyed the community since I’m not only interacting with pinoys online, but other people from different countries as well. i was pissed off when Rose Online was adapted by Level-up-Games, and certainly they implemented that P2P(pay-to-play) scheme which made me say I’m NEVER gonna play any games that have game time rates.

   although i tried playing the first free hours of p2p games like ragnarok, guildwars, and tantra  - none of them really suites my taste. i also tried flyff, it’s a good game, but not so interesting for me.

   I tried other online games which are for free and I found myself at the halls of the schools of Ran Online, it’s free for life and it was fun. but not long enough I got bored since what I do there is just the same old routine, even the quests aren’t that interesting, the game’s story is not so clear to me, and the graphics aren’t really attractive to me. Thus, I stopped. I got bored.

   Then I came across an internet café and saw a lot of people playin RF Online. Although not really interested I tried playin it at home. And I just dunno why I certainly got hooked and addicted to it. It’s a pretty decent game with a lot of new stuff to the MMORPG world that hasn’t been. It is at least different from most other MMORPGs because the skills are dependent on how much time and usage you put into it and not what your level is. Combining Sci-Fi and Fantasy is excellent and the graphics are really awesome. i love the story, the concept, pvp, chipwars, battle dungeon, the incoming revamped team-play and more updates to come. I love the community, the social interaction, everything! I just can’t get enough of it. Curiosity did kill the cat. It’s Level-Up’s most expensive game, but i don’t mind.

  Yeah right, I ate my words.  =)