It's a fun game, but it's still missing many things, MANY things...
User Rating: 6 | Maple Story PC
This game is very addicting when you’re playing it for your first few times, but you’ll only be blinded from the bad details. Sure, it's a cool (rather cute) looking anime' styled game, but that's just a cover-up to me now. The game was based on these things, its cuteness, and the fact that it was free (sorta). First of all, for a game that they only allowed 13 or older to play it's more of a kiddy game. They try to make the monsters the least scary as they can without going too far, so you’ll find yourself fighting things like colored snails, and jumping mushrooms and such. They are also very serious about cursing. For example, let’s say you type in "See that button? Go push it." They detect the word "pu(sh it)" so they block the whole sentence. I once typed in a whole paragraph in an in-game messenger, but they blocked it since it coincidentally spelled out **** or something. Second, is the pain of leveling up your character. It takes SOOO long to level up your character even if you are only fighting monsters around your own level. Fighting stronger monsters just gets you owned. You can also level up your character by doing quests, but they usually give little EXP for great effort. Every quest is almost the same; collect these items by killing (usually hundreds of) these certain monsters, then they give you cheap junk as a reward, usually consisting of weak potions and spare change. Another thing I hate is the sound effects. When you kill most monsters, you hear sounds like broken squeaky toys. When a monster drops an item, you hear a liquidy/squishy sound. The jumping sounds are like bubbles popping, the same sound you hear when you highlight a button with your mouse in the game. You even hear weird sounds when you consume items (especially lemons). Another weird thing is that when you see a monster like a snail die, they melt, and I can’t tell if it’s supposed to be cute, or if it’s just plain sick. Also, remember what I said about this game being “sorta” free? You have to pay real money for special items. You can’t even get 3 to 4 items with only $10. The special items include casual clothes, virtual pets, and more cool stuff, but they still cost money. The game is still worth playing, but it just gets so dumb. Once the game gets another gigantic patch, the game will be lots better, hopefully one day all of those flaws will be fixed. 
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