Recommended MMOs in February 2010

A chorus of shouts for Aion 2.0 broke out last week. Though there was no exciting confirmation message from NCsoft, people who was anticipated to some updated service and balance was a little down but the whole Aion fans community erupted into a loud buzz. No matter what the end is, we're still waiting to see Aion 2.0 update.(Follow them)

Unlike Aion, Mortal Online released a brand-new graphic update version and launched Open Beta Test immediately after this. Personally I missed its new water effects, and you won't miss this. We'll show you Mortal Online's screenshots on next pages. If you're curious about the comparison of water effects among MMOs, check out our reports about water effects in Cataclysm, Aion and others.

"WTH, Blade and Soul will start test in the first half year?!" My colleague Michelle interrupted me when I was writing this article. So have you prepared to upgrade hardwares of your PC? The following MMORPGs are almost hardware killer, LOL. Be careful for what you wish for, gentlemen.

-Vina

What's Your Pick in This February?

Aika

Aion

Allods Online

Battle of Immmortals

Craft of Gods

Dragon Ball Online

Dungeon Bandits

Iris Online

N.E.O Online

Mortal Online

Kung Foo!

Zodiac Online

Others, I'll show you it in my replies.

Dragon Oath: Age of Destiny

N.E.O Online
CBT Phase: February 8th ~ February 23rd (PST) 2010
Play for free
Official Site

Closed beta test for N.E.O Online will start on February 8th (PST). CBT will continue for two weeks so that players can have abundant time to fully experience all the exciting game contents. Tantalizing items and test points await you in CBT events as well. Be ready to begin your fantastic adventure in N.E.O Online!

Things You Have to Know Before Closed Beta

To celebrate N.E.O closed beta, the coming weeks bring many exciting events and there will be prizes awarded to those who attend! These event series include four seeds for you to collect and enjoy. Players who attend all the events will be qualified to get a special prize, which will be redeemed as the game releases. Now check out these closed beta events and be sure to register as a PlayOMG member before downloading the client.

• First Seed – Free 20,000 Test Points Giveaway
• Second Seed – N.E.O Power Kit
• Third Seed – Screenshot Contest
• Fourth Seed – Join the Poll & Get Bonus Points
• CB Special Prize – Official release gift for players who participate in all CBT events!

Full details of this CB

N.E.O Online is developed by SONOV, the developer behind Shaiya Online, via its game portal. N.E.O Online is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG that gives gamers the most control over the journey.

In NEO Online, you don’t have to stick with ONE occupation while playing, unlike all other existing online games. While most games force players to stay within the same occupation throughout the game, NEO Online lets you continue to earn skills through upgrading your level without sticking to ONE Occupation. Players can acquire and utilize items and skills without any restriction upon their occupations. A player can become a warrior with a sword, a wizard or a wizard-warrior using both sword and magic.

Level doesn’t necessarily represent the strength of each character. The freedom to develop your character enables everyone to create their own unique character according to personal preferences. Based on how player distribute capacity points to raise attributes, skills that have been learn, grade of fair stones, and how fair stones are reinforced and appraised, each character will be able to develop its own advantages and irreplaceable value.

N.E.O Online is designed to bring new gaming experience to gamers. In addition to battling monsters, gamers are able to enjoy the game through various living skills including collecting, mining, weaving, fishing, cooking and much more. Those skills are necessary for certain quests that can give reward of skill points. The dyeing technique brings numerous possibilities to style your hero. Exclusive color palette is offered for creating unique costume. The manufacturing skill even provides an alternative way to acquire splendid items. Players can produce items such as food, weapon and fair stone. For those gamers willing to live a ranch life, N.E.O Online offers more than just beautiful scenery; it is also a great place to enjoy many recreational interests.

Crafting unique items has always been a lot of fun in MMO games and N.E.O Online is no exception. Fair stones can be found throughout the mysterious world and those are essentials for reinforcing weapons or armors. A successful reinforcement would increase the power of item depending on type of fair stone, which can generate thousands of combination of add-on attributes. Moreover, when obtaining high-grade items or fair stones, players can make an appraisal to release additional values.

Monsters in N.E.O Online have THREE types of battle tendencies; peaceful, non-aggressive and aggressive.

• Peaceful Type:Peaceful monsters are labeled in green color. They don’t attack or retaliate; instead, they simply run away.
• Non-aggressive Type: Non-aggressive monsters are labeled in yellow color. They do not attack first, but will retaliate when under attack.
• Aggressive Type: Aggressive monsters are labeled in red color. They will attack FIRST.

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