Vindictus

anyone who's read my blog over the last while knows I have been obsessing over this game and just recently I got into the Early Access portion of what will eventually be open beta so I thought I'd post some impressions of the game along with some screen shots.



first off the graphics are quite decent, the texture details on both the models and levels can be a bit low res but they are pretty detailed and the models themselves are motion captured and some of the best I've seen, performance on my machine is a bit low in heavy battles but otherwise it runs mostly max, will be better when my new hardware is ready and i'll update on this then.



the gameplay is very different from other mmos (even most korean mmos for which Nexon is known for) in that its very action based, in fact the combat plays out more like a 3d fighter such as Street Fighter 4 or etc and I enjoy this interesting change of pace from the slower pace of games such as World of Warcraft and with out being overly cumbersome like Age of Conan was.

The progression is very korean, which means lots of grinding the same bosses and not many changes in your surroundings but we're told there will be more locations in full open beta and release versions of the game.

as for equipment you craft almost everything and what YOU dont craft some one else usually has, there is a few quest rewards early on but most everything is crafted its not a bad idea although some times it can be a bit rough to get the materials needed and some of the better armor sets require locations we cant yet goto.

also the some of the armor sets themselves are a bit meh, one of the best sets in the game looks like the hide of a red gnoll (seen in the screenshot above)

I'll try to post more about the game as time goes on.