ArchMMO 2

A tutorial would be nice.

At this current moment, ArchMMO 2 is unfortunately nothing more than just a pretty walking simulation with a few places that you can walk to and explore. The game is really, really bare bones, and I'm quite surprised that the game is not tagged with the "early access" label. Granted that there are a few quests (the standard "kill x monsters" or the "kill monsters to collect x number of quest items" type), they aren't at all inspiring. The quest text is just basically "Here, go do this". Plus, I was immediately stuck at the second quest where I was asked to find and kill the undead to collect their cleavers. Why? Well, because I couldn't find any within the vicinity or even at the cemetery I happened to discover. The dev really needs to add in some form of quest indicator that'll show up on the mini-map or at least give the players a hint as to where they can find the undead the quest is asking for. Combat is also rather dull, plus for some reason, the enemy regenerates its health (by a bit) as you are hitting it. You don't have any AoE skills either, making it rather hard for you to take on 2 enemies at the same time as well - better run if you accidentally aggro-ed more than one mob and you don't want to die. There are plenty of other gameplay-related issues as well, such as skills that aren't working despite pressing on the hotkey it was assigned to or even clicking on the button; no health regeneration outside of combat (maybe this is intentional though), etc. In addition to the lack of a backstory, the game doesn't even have a tutorial so you may not know, for instance, that you can attack simply by left clicking on an enemy and that you'll need to double-click on the loot icon in order to "loot" the item. Also, for some reason, the music disappeared once you get into the game, and there's no "settings" in the game so I can't turn it back on again. [h1]Watch me play![/h1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Idk48wt7k8 [h1]Overall[/h1] Honestly, I really like how the game looks, but looks aren't everything in a game. From what I can see from this very early stage of the game's development, ArchMMO 2 just doesn't have that MMO spark (yet) that will attract players and retain them. The game definitely needs a lot more work before it can even be playable on a level that's at all enjoyable. Wishlist the game if you like how the game looks, but I would not recommend buying the game. [h1]Side Note[/h1] [quote]If you like this review and would like to follow me for more, please feel free to drop by my curator page: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33780629-The-Midcore-Gamer/[/quote]