I have tried alot (I mean alot) of MMOs and yeah most of them are pretty much the same. There's only been those select few that I have enjoyed greatly; being low lvl WoW, Guild Wars till the story ended, PSO-my fav. What makes RF Online enjoyable for me is that it kinda resembled PSO, there's more to it then just that. The back story for it wonderful, the blend between scifi and fantasy always peeks my interest. The combat system you get a choice between auto and manual, the manual setting gives you interactivity in how you fight, not at the scale of PSO but enough that you flow with it. In this game you can decently make money unlike FFO. There's always a constant supply of missions for you to do and job classes for you to choice from. One reason that made me buy this game was the fact you could drive a mech called a MAU. The enemies unlike some MMOs spawn in groups at a constant rate so you'll always find what you need to kill. The PvP battles or aka Chip Wars you can say is pretty much the same as other games that feature PvP battles but instead of small ha ha battles these are full blown war battles. If win or lose will effect the Race that participated. You can affect the economy of the Race how often you win or lose. Too many losses will increase tax making items expensive. Win more often items will become cheap. Once in awhile it is kinda hard to find your mission objective, but then again the reason that comes up is that few actually look at the manual and actually look at the options. Another thing, you gain fame points for attending chip wars. Which will increase your standing in the race till you get high enough fame points that you can run for race leader. Now playing by yourself after a certain point gets boring, even that the monsters are harder to kill. hmpf, I wouldn't be surprise if the people who are giving this game a low score are the people who keep dying when trying to full fill a mission, or got bored with the game. To really enjoy the game definetly want to party, the game even pushes you to party for the fact how stuff the higher lvl monsters are especially the pit boss, you heard me, there are bosses in this game. Partying you have some options, but one I do enjoy is going Acretian/Cora Hunting. Going hunting for players of the other races just brings so much joy to me (yeah, I'm a Bellato). I'm always finding something new to do in this game. I know that eventually CCR is coming out with a patch or Expansion pack that will allow players to take over cities of the other races, giving more of a feel of a war. I have enjoyed this game, and I believe that you should try it. I'm always finding something new to do. Once I'm done with my Bellato I'll create another character but of a different race. The graphics could have been better for this day age (they look like they could run on PS2 or Xbox), but the sounds and music and monster designs compensate for all of it. Don't bother with those people who are giving it a low score cause I'm pretty sure they're just stuck on WoW, it's pretty much they're life, they wont accept any other game. Also I know there might be others that the only reason they're giving this game a low score is because they're expecting Age of Conan to be great. Folks it'll be the same as every other MMO that has come out before it, just with better graphics.
RF Online is a game that doesn't lie. You are playing this game for PvP or because of the SciFi/Fantasy element. Otherwise, go somewhere else. That may be a rather blunt thing to say but it's the truth. RF is a bare ... Read Full Review
RF Online is an epic mix of traditional fantasy MMOG mixed with unique futuristic sci-fi action to bring an entirely new and original take on the existing MMORPG genre. Set in a deep space galaxy known as Novus, take you... Read Full Review
