Dark and Light - Online Game of the Week

Game Description and Comments

Dark and Light is a recently launched fantasy MMORPG that bills itself as "The Largest Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG) you've ever seen!" The reason for this claim is that the game's playing world consists of over 15,000 square-miles of land. In addition, the game has no zones and no loading times so all the players exist in the same world at once. Don't worry about footing it to every location because the game uses a warping system and a interesting transportation system that allows you to fly in many cool ways such as on the back of a dragon! The interesting concepts do not stop with the size of the world or the transportation system as Dark and Light also offers a fairly different pricing model (discussed below), a strong focus on the social aspect of the game, and crafting experience points. In fact, some of the concepts such as having no zones and focusing on social interactivity make this game very different from the MMORPG juggernaut, World or Warcraft. Only time will tell if Dark and Light can deliver on its considerable potential though.

Features

Over 15,000 square-miles of land.
No different zones to eliminate loading times.
Travel the large game world on a glider, parachute, or even a dragon.
Different types of experience points such as craft XP, fight XP, and social XP.
12 races that include Fairies, Gnomes, High-Elves, Dark-Elves, Wood-Elves, Half-Elves, Humans, Lutins, Half-Orcs, Braves, Half-Trolls, and Dwarves.
4 key archetypes (Fighter, Healer, Mage, Hunter) that become a total of 14 classes: Shadow Knight, Warrior, Paladin, Archer, Ranger, Thief, Bard, Cleric, Monk, Druid, Enchanter, Illusionist, Necromancer, and Wizard.
Social-minded players are rewarded.
Can achieve such prestigious titles as count, baron, duke, and king.
Crafting system based on five families of crafting: armorer, blacksmith, tanner, tailor, and jeweler.
Assault and maintain fortresses.
Watch days and seasons change due to one day being 84 minutes and 1 year being 480 days in the game.
Allegiances to factions play a large role.

Select User Reviews (Edited for Presentation)

Author: nevarine
Rating: 10
Comment: Better than most pay-to-play RPGs.

Author: simpelekees
Rating: 8
Comment: I think its great to play in large areas and have the opportunity to discover a big world. Still I hope graphics and gameplay wont be too bad. Graphics for sure, because its difficult to show such a big world in such beauty. I give it an 8.

Author: kylecameron1
Rating: 10
Comment: A transportation system sounds cool.

Review Dark and Light

Pricing Model

Dark and Light has very two different pricing models. The Master Subscription is $14.99 per month and allows unlimited play without any restrictions. The Freedom Card method bypasses the monthly fee for $14.99 but players lose access to some features and are charged credits for a few others.

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