Geek Syndicate Issue 5 | Page 77

Geek Syndicate
there were some glitches at the start, the trading post not being up and running, problems accessing the server at peak periods, these bugs are long in the past. grinding. Currently the communities are thriving without crowding the servers which means there’s always someone to play with and I’ve not encountered any flaming or poor behaviour. Overall I would say that this is a good MMO which in mine opinion is worth the money as it is just a one off cost for the full game. You only spend extra money if you want to buy extra gems.
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your character. Then there are the special events which happen at various holidays and festivals throughout the year, so far there has been a week long Halloween event and now a two week long Christmas event, each one having new quests, dungeons and achievements. The current event, the Wintersday Festival, has me running around looking for presents to open. There are also jumping puzzles which when completed allow you to access rare weapons and items. Currently there are forty-onw as well as the two seasonal ones. On top of all of this NCsoft has not stopped releasing content. In November launched a new event which opened up a new island, Southsun Cove and are due to release further content in either January or February.

Graphically the game looks wonderful even if you reduce the graphics down and there is a nice mix of environments, from snowy mountains to lush green forests. There is still a lot NCsoft can do with the game and they have made it clear that they intend to do a lot more to the game. I like the way that I can go online and play with a level 1 or level 80 and not be bored as I can one-shot kill everything and the dynamic events means that I don’t notice when I am

Amy-Jayne McGarry-Thickitt
Rating:

GGGGG

Overall
So far, I have thoroughly enjoyed this game, it has lived up to all the hype and though
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