Gamespot score:n/a
my score:5.7
If you're gonna wonder why I am doing this....its because of a request by a certain person whose name I shall not tell.Personally,I dont like the game,its fun at 1st,but later on its just pure grinding all the way.
Okay,maple story, a 2D side scrolling mmorpg that involves characters with heads bigger than thier bodies,im not kidding.This game is all about killing monsters,leveling up,adding stats,skills blah blah blah,just like any other MMO.But unlike other MMOs this one breaks a certain trend,the leveling is tedious.Well the starting 30 levels are still pretty bearable and some sort enjoyable,but above that,its just pure annoying.
In this game you choose as either a warrior,mage,archer or thief(there is another new job pirate,but i already quit the game around that time).And when you reach lvl 30 your job routes split even more,and further more at lvl 70 and 120.Well this game is soooo tedious,you need to fight for 1 hour to get only 10% exp.
Do the math,that takes 10 hours to level up.
Despite the leveling madness maple has A LOT to offer,but most of them are just things that players ignore.There are a huge variety of monsters to train on,but players oni train on 20% of this huge selection as the other 80% give terrible exp or pathetic item drops.
There are MANY maps,the maps scenery dont really change much but at least the mobs do.The mobs are mostly 1 or 2 hit kills if you are around thier average lvl,maybe 3 or 4 hit kills if the mobs are above lvl 55.
Money,or meso in the game is horrendously hard to earn when you 1st start,you know nothing,and when you enter the NPC or a shop set by players,you see the price of the item you wanna buy and your jaws will drop as you stare at your current meso amount,only to find out that you have less than 50% of the offered price.
Unless you have a few backup accounts buying above average items are godly expensive.
Well the game is not all that bad,if you have a few friends you can party up to do party quests. This i gotta say is quite fun,you and your budddies go into a dungeon filled with exclusive monsters to do tasks and objectives until you fight a boss at the last area,which is always seemingly difficult.
Overall maple has more downs than up,or maybe they are around the same,its enjoyable that when you get new skills you feel a sense of accomplishment,cuz you worked so bloody hard for it,there are many maps to offer,many mobs to try killing,its all pretty good.The bad is that training is fked up,the money is hard to earn,and when you change your armor,its hard to know the diff,since your body is so damn small.
Happy gaming.
