AdventureQuest is a single-player Western RPG that has been referred to as a Massively Singleplayer Online Roleplaying Game. The game is singleplayer almost entirely, but events known as wars feature a meter that all players contribute to by fighting monsters in order to complete. The other multiplayer aspect comes from the forums, which are pretty much neccesary to use to fully enjoy the game. The forums add a new level of strategy to the game that you wouldn't normally know about and, especially during wars, create a strong sense of community.
The plot itself is superbly great and complicated. By this point (the game updates weekly), the plot's evolved into something really special and unique. It has also, sadly, become almost impossible to fully understand. This is made especially bad due to some of the early quests no longer being available in game. However, it isn't too hard to grasp events as they happen if you use the forums. The original main plot took quite a few years to finish, and no noticable Plot Holes can be found. The plot is still going strong now, with the Hall of Memories being particularly good. The game's plot also has some humour in it, though this is mostly toned down for the main plot and kept in sidequests. There is an odd relation in characters. The most iconic of AdventureQuest's are actually some of the most least plot important in the grand scheme, being intergrated into DragonFable. However, when they show up they can often be fun, and all serious character present a good plot. Zorbak is a favourite character of mine, and one of the more iconic "side" characters.
The gameplay is not for everyone. It's turnbased and features the same sort of animation each time you attack. In early levels, the best strategy is simply to buy the most powerful stuff and hit monsters with them. It gets better as the game goes on, but it remains turnbased and that might turn off a few people. The graphics are unique. Some of the earlier monsters may be a bit of an eyesore, but all of them are undergoing revamps. However, some revamps do more hard than good, and can upset people with nostalgia. There are some things I don't like about the revamps, for instance the Frogzard Hunter looked a lot better originally in my opinion.
Great Plot, Polarizing Gameplay
AdventureQuest is a single-player Western RPG that has been referred to as a Massively Singleplayer Online Roleplaying Game. The game is singleplayer almost entirely, but events known as wars feature a meter that all players contribute to by fighting monsters in order to complete. The other multiplayer aspect comes from the forums
, which are pretty much neccesary to use to fully enjoy the game. The forums add a new level of strategy to the game that you wouldn't normally know about and, especially during wars, create a strong sense of community.
The plot itself is superbly great and complicated. By this point (the game updates weekly), the plot's evolved into something really special and unique. It has also, sadly, become almost impossible to fully understand. This is made especially bad due to some of the early quests no longer being available in game. However, it isn't too hard to grasp events as they happen if you use the forums. The original main plot took quite a few years to finish, and no noticable Plot Holes can be found. The plot is still going strong now, with the Hall of Memories being particularly good. The game's plot also has some humour in it, though this is mostly toned down for the main plot and kept in sidequests. There is an odd relation in characters. The most iconic of AdventureQuest's are actually some of the most least plot important in the grand scheme, being intergrated into DragonFable. However, when they show up they can often be fun, and all serious character present a good plot. Zorbak is a favourite character of mine, and one of the more iconic "side" characters.
The gameplay is not for everyone. It's turnbased and features the same sort of animation each time you attack. In early levels, the best strategy is simply to buy the most powerful stuff and hit monsters with them. It gets better as the game goes on, but it remains turnbased and that might turn off a few people. The graphics are unique. Some of the earlier monsters may be a bit of an eyesore, but all of them are undergoing revamps. However, some revamps do more hard than good, and can upset people with nostalgia. There are some things I don't like about the revamps, for instance the Frogzard Hunter looked a lot better originally in my opinion.