Crystal Saga
Crystal Saga Crystal Saga is one great 2.5D MMORPG developed by R2Games. This flash based MMO can be played either on the official site’s servers or Kongregate servers. The game requirements are good internet connection, latest Adobe Flash version and ingame user account.
First of all you get to choose one of the five classes given – Knight, Rogue, Priest, Ranger and Mage. Each of these classes has unique and distinctive looks and most importantly have two talent trees. Which one will be used, or even hybrid, depends on the player. The game begins in Tyria village, where the player finds NPC questgiver, which in turn, the first quest is in fact the on that will lead the player throughout the whole game. The main questline is also spiced with variety of optional quests and various daily events.
The graphics have wide range of colors and effects. It is serious game, so the anime/manga cartoon like graphics shouldn’t be an obstacle for players to have fun. On the contrary it is supposed to provide the player with amounts of fun along with the nicely composed soundtrack.
The UI, as complex as it may seem on the first look, has distinctive tabs for everything a player needs to cope within the game:
- Character – This tab opens the character window, which provides the player with the information about the character, stats, titles, soul, achievements and equipment slots.
- Pet – Every character can have a pet. The main and some optional quests lead to the islands where pets can be tamed. Different pets have different skills. Also on this window you can see the pet’s stats, skills and of course how many pets can one character have plus summon and delete buttons.
- Mount – As same as with the pets, the character gains mounts while doing the main questline. Here the player can find the mount’s stats, feeding and upgrading the mount buttons.
- Wings – Via the questline, the character also obtains pair of wings which improve the character stats. Also they can be upgraded by using materials that can be obtained by killing dungeon bosses or by purchasing those materials in the general shop/
- Inventory – Classic inventory bag. Here the players can find surprise gifts, depending on the level, and gather the drops from killing enemies. Also the player may notice the currency tab and the private shop tab.
- Skills – The two skill trees. After every two levels, a player is given a skill point to be spent at his choosing. Active skills can be placed on the hotbar slots in the lower middle of the screen
- AFK Mode – This may be one of the best features in the game. Daily a player gains one hour of AFK time which can be used for leveling. Just set up the parameters for potions usage, the loot and the character is ready to do the job on its own.
- Quest – Here the player can have a look at the current and available quests along with their description.
- Friends – Get to know the other players and make your friend list in here.
- Party – A player can create or join party for variety of the events which require more than one character to be completed.
- Guild – Of course the best social place is the Guild. Join or create a guild. This will allow the player to enjoy the benefit of guild perks gained by guild contribution aka. guild quests.
Also on the UI, there are the character avatar with health and mana plus pet’s health and mana, some room for party avatars, the minimap with daily dragon hunt, events, rankings, daily rewards, world and current map buttons. Besides, there is room for anyone to spend real money in purchasing items which would make the gameplay slightly easier.
AI is simple to understand. Mobs are not aggressive in the early levels, but as progression goes, most become in the higher levels. The navigation is easy by clicking the quest links, or the links given on the map tab. It is up to every player to decide his role in the game, either PvE or PvP.
As for the PVP, the game has many PvP events for the players to test their skills or simple world PvP or PK.
Overall Crystal Saga will provide any player with countless hours of PvE and PvP gameplay. One must take a good look at the dungeons and arenas and of course have a great time with their guild.
Crystal Saga is a refined 2.5D browser MMORPG. Not only does it offer a vast virtual world, but also features a captivating and detailed storyline. Players may choose from five available classes: Mage, Paladin, Priest, Ranger and Rogue. Explore and discover the wide variety of attainable mounts, weapons and items. Find a group and take down wild beasts and barbarians, gaining glory and equipment to aid your progress. Tame a slew of available pets, aiding you and your group in battle. Participate in one of the many daily contests, events and dungeons that Crystal Saga has to offer. Hunt for valuable items, slay creatures and communicate with your buddies in the world of Vidalia. The game proves a remarkable success in China as it closely follows the Chinese culture and background story while some client game elements have been implemented into the game.
