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Lunia - Does This Arcade-Style MMORPG Prevail?

It’s time for a review of a fairly popular MMORPG, Lunia Gold. Lunia Gold is a 3-D, isometric, arcade-style MMORPG developed by a Korean company known as Allm. It’s published by gameNgame and Nexon, known as the publisher of MapleStory. The game is based off of “Stages’ rather than a free-roam RPG. The Lunia Gold player is faced with certain challenges in each stage, followed by a monster boss at the end. Eventually, when a player completes every stage, you have the option of repeating each stage that has increased difficulty. Currently, Lunia Gold open beta features only three distinct character classes: the Knight (Sieg), the Healer (Eir), and the Wizard (Dainn). Each of these classes offer a distinctly different play style for each person, and builds can be customized through the use of skill points that the Lunia Gold  player earns when attaining a new level. Sieg Helmont (Knight) is the main tanker of the game and offers a variety of sword skills that inflict tons of damage to the enemy. Eir Peltrow is the main healer of the game, consisting of various healing and buffing skills which makes this class a definite must in harder stages of the game. Dainn Crowley is the wizard class of the game offering deadly magic skills which inflict the most damage. Having a party of one of each class, or two wizards and a healer is a party I recommend. However (from articles I have read from mmosite), there are talks of a new character coming in the newest patch, followed by a “lite” version of Lunia Gold, which is mainly a version of Lunia Gold with no violence, which is safe for all ages to play. More information about the newest character will be revealed Dec. 20th. The game offers controls which anyone can become used to - even on the first level! The basic Lunia Gold keys are: a, s, and the spacebar. There are also hotkeys which can be used to use potions and skills faster, which is a definite must. (Just like every other RPG!) Now, it’s time for my ratings.
Gameplay: 7.5/10

The stages are great! However, once you complete them all, you can do them all over again, but harder. So if you don’t like to play the same stage again, I wouldn’t recommend trying this.

Graphics: 8.5/10

The graphics are very cartoonish, but still pack a big punch when it comes to graphics. If you can handle them on max, it’s pretty good for this type of MMO. The camera angles are also stunning and perfect when you are in combat. The camera Lunia Gold also tends to zoom-in when you do a combo which adds to the intensity and action.

Sound: 8.5/10

The sound is very decent, ranging from the voices of each character, to the music playing in the background. This game have very appropriate and well sounding music in this game.

Community: 6.5/10

Now, this is where the game strikes-out. The community has lots of people who tend to be cruel to new players, often referring to them as “noobs.” Remember, kids younger than you probably play Lunia Gold, and are still becoming men, so they might still act a little crazy now and again.

Overall, Lunia Gold is a pretty decent MMORPG. It’s one of the most unique of the year, and I would say that this is worth the download. I recommend this game to people who love games in which that parties are a must, and who love violence, without the blood and gore. I hope you enjoyed this review! Until the next blog!