What a dissapointment!!! No story or depth whatsoever!!!!
Started the game... oh so much diversity in your choices... and this got me... IT WAS LINEAGE 2!!! the interface is exactly the same, just the world and skins etc is dif... So nothing new at all there...
Basically, you just go around fighting whatever the quest log suggests you fight, which involves a lot of running around... but due to the portals, you just appear anywhere you want! Theres no difficulty at all, everything is easily within reach. Wheres the challenege??
What makes it worse, is how you can just buy a few stacks (99) of health and force potions, shortcut them to keys... and fight ANYTHING you want, just keep spamming your hp potion and you live forever! In actual fact, during PvP you can do this too, so the match would end with who runs out of potions first! how lame is that?
The game is a constant grind for xp, worse more than FFXI where you only have to get to 10 before you can do parties etc... in this one, its level 25!!!! so about a week later, your 25 and can do chipwars... which is fun i must admit, but thats bout it... i mean if i played this game for a year... i would run out of intresting new things... you get to level 30, and you realise all your gear looks like everyone elses as theres only 3 variations or so to each level!
But yeah, tho its a grind in xp, and its very very easy and simple... reason i dont like it? There is NO STORY WHAT-SO-EVER!!! its non-progresive! Theres no big mystery at the end...
I got to admit, since i left FFXI, i havent found another game like it :( shame in that its got a xp grind too grrrr!!!
Overall:
Graphics are amazing, so is the spells and stuff you can obtain thru the higher levels, mechs look cool, summons arent bad, the enviroment is pretty good, tho repetative (no fancy shores or anything, water is basic, but suppose that it makes it load faster). One VERY VERY impressive point, was how it doesnt lag, even if 200 people are in front of you!! handles it VERY well, as you realise when you goto the mines.
But, xp grind 1-25 is just stupid, gameplay is simple, no challenges, its just a case of who has enough potions to do things, currency is even easier to obtain, so no real farming at all.
One intresting thing tho, and ive not really seen this before, but the music was very nice! its own theme tune, very anime to be honest, i liked it, reminded me of ff a bit....
Oh and chat.... it seems everyone has come from either WoW or Guild Wars to play RF-Online... so you can gather where im going...
This game was a major dissapointment, nothing new or intresting, just another standard MMORP with a exhausted concept, glad it came with a 30day free trial :)