Recommended MMOs in February 2010

Battle of the Immortals
Closed Beta Test Coming February 10th, 2010
Official Site

Despite its logo looking quite a bit like the logo from a famous Blizzard MMORPG, Battle of the Immortals is an all-new MMORPG from Perfect World Entertainment. In Perfect World Entertainment's earlier blog entry by Xarfox, readers were treated to what is a surprisingly attractive game. BOI's character models look nice, and the details of these characters and their equipment (called Soul Gear) are very impressive. Readers also learned that Battle of the Immortals is being developed by an entirely different studio than the majority of PWE games, promising a new and exciting experience for its players.

Battle of the Immortals Closed Beta Key Giveaway Event

The latest entry for Battle of the Immortals details what the game actually plays like and features. Xarfox breaks the game down into bullets for easy reading.

• Battle of the Immortals is a 2.5D Action MMORPG
• The story of BoI incorporates Eastern and Western culture, ranging from Norse Mythology to the Qin Dynasty.
• 5 Classes, each with their own unique skill sets and equipment.
• Zodiac System, empower your character according to their birth date.
• Auto-Navigation Quest System, progress easily without having look up quest information.
• Soul Gear System, unique sets of armor and gear for each class that grow and change as players use them.
• Hardcore PvP. Battle other players within a deep and detailed ranking system.
• Hardcore PvE. Battle against players within dungeons for the right to take down epic bosses.
• PvE Timetrials. Race against other groups and guilds to kill bosses, the group with the fastest time gains access to even greater challenges.
• Pet System. Collect a wide variety of pets ranging from cute animals to devastating monsters.
• Mount System. Ride upon giant beasts in order to shorten your travels, players can even fight while riding!
• Territory War System. Battle other guilds for rare relics, resources, and other treasures within the Territory War System.
  

via Writter club member Gabriel Zamora's PWE Blog Updates: Battle of the Immortals

Mounts and Pets Preview

The mount system in Battle of the Immortals is really quite unique. In a lot of current MMORPGs, players can upgrade their mount in order to increase its speed. In BoI, upgrading your mount not only increases its speed, but changes the way it looks as well as allowing your mount to learn skills!!

Mounts aren't the only form of companion you'll be able to bring along with you during your journeys in BoI. Combat Pets are a key component of BoI.

As you fight the denizens of the world, every now and then you'll have the opportunity to tame a monster that you kill. This means that almost any monster you encounter in BoI can be a potential pet.

As your pet levels up you'll be able to distribute their attribute points any way you choose, allowing you to customize the evolution of your pet. In addition to that, you'll be able to slot skills into your pet as you see fit. Want to make your pet more PvP oriented? Then slot your pet with a movement debuff and snare your enemies. Want to make orient your pet towards PvE? Then slot your pet with an ability that will block the next four attacks.

The mount and pet systems of BoI are incredibly complex, and allow you to fully customize your gaming experience.

Soul Gear

This Berzerker set is themed with iron dragons. The dragons on each shoulder occasionally open and breathe fire, while the rest of the set glows with an eerie red.

This Champion set has an electric theme too it. The shoulders and sword actually have turbines on them that turn and rotate. The sword also is capable of opening up, revealing it's electric core. Pretty snazy I must say.

This Heretic set has a holy paladin look and feel to it. The shield opens up, as do the shoulders. What's really cool about this set is that the staff extends itself via an unknown holy energy.

Thhis Magus set has a frosty feel to it. The shoulders are set low, but occasionally rise up with swirls of cold wind. The visor drops down in order to give you a more menacing look.

This Slayer set is one of my personal favorites. The entire set is surrounded by floating chains that rotate and turn around the player's body. The gigantic daggers flip out like huge switchblades, while the gears at the top of the hilt turn.

These are only a few sets of armor and weapons from the arsenal of BoI. There's plenty more where this came from folks.