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CAT China Review Part 1:
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2010-05 ... ne,1.shtml
He also mentions Allods' combat system on page 3
Part 2:
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2010-05 ... wo,1.shtml
The quests seem to be pretty awesome, like in one quest you have to be in a party with a female ingame character (which again is most likely a male in the real world >.>)



Playable Demo @E3 and great feature list:
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2010-06 ... e3,1.shtml

Here's the features:

1.5 Distinct Races – Choose between Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Stonemen, or the Kindred
2.8 Unique Classes – Decide your path as a Warrior, Protector, Mage, Priest, Assassin, Marksman, Vampire, or Bard; each offering a customized play style
3.Laissez-faire Economy – Choose from the over 10 occupations including Socialite, Adventurer, Merchant, Collector, Arcanist, Botanist, Astrologist, Armorsmith, Bladesmith, Tamer, or Alchemist
4.Guild Command Centers – Gain access to guild quests, housing, businesses and guild versus guild warfare
5.Unique Server Progression – Players control the fate of the world, progress through the ages as well as open up new and exciting content
6.Become a God – Break the shackles of human limitations by ascending beyond the mortal coil
7.Devotion System – Pray to the gods and receive special blessings
8.Zodiac System – Let the stars align to give you powerful and mysterious abilities; celestial phenomenons will have various impacts on how the world operates
9.Dynamic Dungeons – Raid dungeons with difficulty that scales according to the level of players in the group
10.Crush Your Enemies’ Souls – Capture the souls dropped by your enemies to recover HP, MP or cast special skills during the heat of battle
11.Stunning Equipment – Thousands of weapons and gear available that will level as your character progresses as well as gain new physical appearances
12.Versatile Pets – No longer just a status symbol, pets will be serve multiple purposes and will be indispensible during battle; the ability to capture pets will yield you great power
13.Auto-Navigation Quest System – Progress through quests easily with auto-navigation
14.Visually Stunning Graphics – First game to run on Perfect World Entertainment’s updated proprietary 3-D graphics engine, Angelica
15. Internationally Developed– First internationally developed game from Perfect World Entertainment built from the ground up and tailored toward a Western audience

A lot of "firsts" in there, especially the new graphics engine Angelica (lol) and that it's the first game developed for the western market

Moar cookiez plis!

Spoiler!

curvekiller wrote:Oh, and can you add this site to the original post? http://forsakenworldfans.blogspot.com
It has frequent updates and a lot of screens from the chinese version.

And a FAQ from the forums:

Spoiler!

General

Q: When will closed beta be?
A: Apart from the information that the closed beta will most likely be in 2010, there is no exact date yet.

Q: When will Forsaken World release?
A: No date given at the moment.

Q: Where can I download the client?
A: There is no download yet.

Q: What will the system requirements be?
A: No system requirements were announced yet.

Q: Where can I sign up for the beta/get a key?
You have to have an account first. Head to the official site: http://fw.perfectworld.com/intro
Hover over register/sign up for beta,
Head to http://www.perfectworld.com/
Go to my account,
Input the number code you got after signing up for beta.
You will get a confirmation that you signed up.
(https://register.perfectworld.com/fw)

Attention: This way only works for two weeks. If you are interested in Forsaken World, make sure to get your key right now.

Q: Will there be an IP block?

Originally Posted by qforq View Post
I wanted to update on this topic (though this should be in a separate thread...)

Forsaken World as it is launched by PWE North America will be able to be accessed by North America and Europe.

If you have any other questions about this topic, please start another thread

Thanks!

Q: Where can I get information from about Forsaken World?
The official Perfect World blog is a good way to get information: http://www.perfectworld.com/blog/
I would also suggest visiting this thread where you can find fan blogs, there is a lot of information there.
Also, the Perfect World Podcast is worth listening to for information.

Q: Are classes locked to certain races?
The classes are available to the following:
Warrior: Human/Elves
Protector: Stoneman
Priest: Human/Elves
Vampire: Kindred
Assassin: Human/Kindred
Bard: Elves
Marksman: Dwarves
Mage: Human/Kindred

Where can I find information about skills?
Cinderboy translated the skills. They are in no way official, but may give you a good idea on
what to expect. Again, they are not the final and official skills.

Q: Wasd or key movement?
Both.

Q: How many characters will we be able to have per account?
Not known yet.

Q: Will Forsaken World use programs like X-trap or Gameguard?
No information about that yet.

Q: What is the level cap?
A level cap will be announced for closed beta later on.

Q: How many people can be in a party?
Judging from screenshots, a party can have 6 members.

Q: How does the two-currency system work?
From Cinderboy's blog:
Economy or currency inflation is one of the most problematic issues plaguing most games. In order to counter currency farming and prevent massive inflation, a new economy system is implemented in Forsaken World. This is known as the "Soul Currency" system.

After much discussions, the developers found 2 ways to counter currency farming. First, ingame currency can be limited to certain uses and not used as the main form of currency. This way, gold farmers will not be encouraged to farm and store too much gold. However, this will lower the entertainment and play value of the game for the players. Second, ingame currency was to be separated into 2 types. The first type will be normal gold, while the 2nd type will be soulbound to players for learning skills. However, there are bound to be more disadvantages than advantages as players will be put off by all the restrictions.

After so much thought and brainstorming, what will be the best system to implement in the game? In the end, the developers went ahead with 2 kinds of currency - a normal one which is tradeable, the other known as "Soul Currency" which is not tradeable.

Soul Currency will be used to learn skills, buy potions, equipments... Other than trading with other players, Soul Currency can be used to purchase almost any items. Rewards from quests, mob drops and selling of equipments will only give players Soul Currency. This will definitely hit potential gold farmers hard. The tradeable, normal currency can only be gotten from instances and various ingame activities and events.

Q: How big is my inventory?
There will be three sub-inventories (for normal, quest, special or trading items). The space for normal items is, according to screenshots, 24 spaces (with what seems like space for an inventory expansion).

Q: Can you fly?
There is no indication that there will be flying or flying mounts like in Perfect World.

Q: Can you jump?
Yes.

Q: How does the Horoscope system work?
You are able to input a birthdate at the beginning, while making your character. Your birthdate will belong to a star constellation. If that star constellation dominates the sky, you can receive great rewards, like buffs, items and much more. What you get also depends on your Faith (which can be increased by praying). An astronomer (occupation) can make more accurate Horoscopes.

Q: Will there be instances?
Head here to find more information on instances.

Q: What are the XP skills?
XP skills are special racial skills. Every race possesses different one. Everytime you kill mobs, a third bar, the "rage" bar fills. When it is filled, you will be able to unleash powerful AoE skills on the mobs surrounding them, which most of the time means instant kill. XP skills cannot be used in pvp. They grow stronger with quests/levels.

For more information, visit this thread: http://fw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1831


Q: Can we swim in Forsaken World?
Yes.

Q: Will there be rankings?
Yes, it is rumored the ranking system will have to do a lot with the God system.

Q: Is there a quest tracker?
Yes. You can automatically run to quest givers. Your quests can be tracked and will show up on the right side of your screen.

Q: Will there be starter areas?
Yes, each race will have their own starter area. Cinderboy found this great picture for us:


Q: Will races have different attributes and racial skills?
Each race will have 1 special racial skill of their own.

Human - Skill name will be called "Prayer". Dispels Sleep, Silent, Bind and Stun status, recovers some MP.

Dwarf - Skill name will be called "Energy". Dispels Sleep, Silent, Bind and Stun status, increases movement speed according to character level.

Elf - Skill name will be called "Natural Leech". Binds target to the ground and leeches target's mana point.

Stoneman - Skill name will be called "Earth's Fury". Long distance Stun skill, Last 3+0.5 * caster's level. Deals a fixed 100 damage.

Kindred - Skill name will be called "Way of the Vampire". Leeches target's health point according to caster's health point and inflict Silent status on target. (Cinderboy, MMO Culture, Features part six)

Link: http://fw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=301

[Orphen] wrote:Based on the size of her tits, the gameplay must be terrible.

destructionmama wrote:Looks like a "meh" mmo,

imo PW makes too many similar mmos, they should put all their efforts together and make a really good one.

asusi wrote:Are those nowdays mmorpgs all about graphics and super uber cool looking armors?

what about the game play?

HejsaN wrote:the gameplay is reeeeally good compared to other PWE games.

poehalcho wrote:these people...seriously need a new engine D:
each of their games looks EXACTLY the same D:

dom wrote:

HejsaN wrote:the gameplay is reeeeally good compared to other PWE games.

That's not saying much.

This game is going to suck.

How do I know? Look at every other F2P MMO.

ExSoldier wrote:Why did my mind scream "Bleach" when I read "Grand Mundo"

Kind of depressing to see every single PWE MMOs use the exact same graphics engine.

curvekiller wrote:Been following this for quite a while, too, and it's going to be awesome
Where can i get a beta key hejsan?
Met a guy on the allods forums that has friends that are professional game testers and they're testing for PWE. They say it's awesome, too
I like the graphics, dunno what your problem is

Wello27 wrote:I notice with these recent mmos posted on this forum, the screenshots for these new games look great. But once you go in game, it's a massive disappointment.

[Orphen] wrote:Based on the size of her tits, the gameplay must be terrible.

[Orphen] wrote:Based on the size of her tits, the gameplay must be terrible.

perfectworld entertainment wrote:

Congratulations. You have been signed up for the beta.

Please check your email for updates.

Wello27 wrote:Estimated date for Beta?

TheKnight wrote:

Wello27 wrote:Estimated date for Beta?

Was it MMO site who said it would 30th June?

http://feature.mmosite.com/upcoming_onl ... june.shtml