First Impressions
Today Duggy and I signed up for the closed beta of the game Ether Saga. Well although we have not been playing this game more than 3 hours, my first impressions are still guarded. I’ll add more information here as I get closer to the mid levels in the hopes that there will be more to the storylines and more content. Not saying that the starting is lacking at all, there are many features of this game I like and will list them below in a moment. As a first impression, I find the game itself very colorful and not hard on the eyes. The contrast they have set up for the interface I find easy to navigate as they have a mouse-over effect. Which is a good thing because with the amount of buttons on the interface it could get the new MMO’ers lost and confused without it. It’s very easy to pick up on. The print on the screen is not overbearing or hard on the eyes. The chat interface has a nice feature that allows you to change color. This feature is a definite bonus in my books along with allowing the user to adjust the size of the font to their desired size.
Ether Saga has a good concept as well with allowing players to play for free but having an item mall. I do find the characters in this game very cartoony and that’s not something I like that much; but as for the environment graphics, they are stunning. I am very pleased with the shadow and water animation and water reflections. I am also pleased with the range of emotes the characters have and the development that was put into the facial expressions. I am particularly impressed with one added feature: the fact they took quest tracking one step further with a feature that allows you to click on the name of a monster or NPC in the quest log (as long as it’s green) and the game will auto track you there and take you to the location of this NPC hands-free. I love this feature because many a hours were spent and lost in MMO’s looking for NPC’s and getting lost in huge maps and wasting time looking for walkthroughs online. Not any more. Just click and watch your character go to the right spot. My hat is off to the developers of this feature.
That is my first impression of the game Ether Saga I will continue playing this game and add more to this as I get deeper in. So stay tuned or join up. But keep in mind, you better move fast as it’s in closed beta right now and there will be a wipe on the 17th of March.
http://eso.perfectworld.com/
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