[h3]Antaria Online was an ambitious effort by a solo dev to create a casual MMO of sorts, with various mobs, a handful of classes, and ample cosmetics. It went through a relaunch late into its life cycle, overhauling the graphics and retooling some systems, but presumably failed to garner enough traction to support its server costs. If you own it, you have about a month left to do whatever you need.[/h3]
[h3]Pros[/h3]
✅ Cute, charming graphics. Lovely animations
✅ Including town, 5 unique locales to explore
✅ 3 classes (with a 4th that was hinted but never released)
✅ Grindable premium currency was optional. Mostly for cosmetics and boosting equipment
✅ Player market available to everyone and didn't limit what could be sold
✅ Crafting, skill trees, customizable stats, and optional gathering systems
[h3]Cons[/h3]
❌ Empty. Light player base, even at its peak
❌ A long, unfulfilling grind. The game has nothing else going for it other than to level cap
❌ Gameplay didn't really vary between classes. It all boiled down to smashing your primary skill and buffing occasionally
❌ Partying split XP, making it more efficient to grind solo. This created competition for limited mobs
❌ Unfinished. As of writing, the 4th map has large, empty spaces. Incomplete lore
❌ Painfully high cap achievements. Likely intended to be attainable with future content, but in its present state, is virtually impossible to finish alone. The developer cut all ties without considering the community
In summary, Antaria was a grinding game for casual players. Like most MMOs, it lacked an endgame beyond fashion, and hoped to earn extra on microtransactions from the impatient. The gameplay loop was to punch mobs to level up, collecting loot and gear along the way. It looked pretty, and the monster designs were excellent, but its world was largely lifeless. There was no real incentive to work together with other players, no massive bosses or instance dungeons, for example. It didn't matter what class you played, as they neither had synergy in parties nor tangible differences in terms of DPS (at least, there were no enemies that last long enough to find out).
Even if the game wasn't slated for shutdown, I still struggle to recommend it. Grinding for grinding's sake has its place for certain audiences, but Antaria fails to make the process fun. You'll be spamming the same skill shortcuts as you tear through tens of thousands of enemies, and for what? There's no challenge, no community, no compelling story to reward players for their efforts.
Owners have about a month left to revisit the game and finish up any loose ends. After that, the game will be unplayable once servers go offline. For this reason, the purchased button has been disabled.
[u]Achievement Hunters[/u]: You're in for a bad time. Besides the 100,000 kills required, with no way around it, the 5 million gold is a number so high, that it's impossible to farm alone at this time. You'll need to find active players willing to pool funds, or a retiring player with the full amount - and don't forget to factor in 5% market tax, which means 250,000 to create a listing for it. That aside, it's a very long, very painful grind.
>200hrs to 100%
