Pros
• very interesting concept
• plenty of extras like housing, jet
packs, and vehicles
• nice arena concept
• housing
• fairly easy to get started without
a manual
Cons
• annoying
bug that keeps a file open after you exit the game
• graphics look good but flawed
• clumsy interface
• music is repetitive and feels out
of place
• lacks a solid community
The Bottom
Line - Overly ambitious MMORPG with
features galore.
Link: Official
Site
Review
Endless Ages not
only combines a MMORPG with a FPS, but it also
offers a plethora of extras that are normally
highly sought after in massively multiplayer games
such as a wide mixture of ranged and melee
weapons, jet packs, hover bikes, hydro crafts,
extensive housing, and PvP tournaments. Why look
for these features in different games when you can
have them all in one? A game like this certainly
provides you with a lot of bang for your buck.
Let's break a few
of these features down and see what makes them so
fun to play. First off, the most fun aspect for me
of the entire game was the use of jet packs. In
fact, I never had so much fun moving around in a
game as I did in Endless Ages. The ability to
go air-born any time you want also blends well
with the game's sci-fi atmosphere. The ranged
weapons also work well with the game's theme,
since they are definitely on the high-tech side.
Nothing works as well as a high-powered laser
while shooting one of the tougher monsters from a
high place like a bridge or a mountain. The ranged
weapons spice up PvP combat in tournaments as
well. Actually, it is quite a nice touch to be
able to get your death match on while inside a
MMORPG. Finally, housing is a great feature for
any persistent game.
On the downside,
Endless Ages has a few minor quality issues that
keep this game from being a homerun-type gaming
experience. Let's start with the first thing you
see in the game, the graphics. While this game
sports some of the wildest colors blended together
that I have ever seen in a MMORPG, the real
problem is that you can see obvious flaws in the
graphics as you play. In addition, I found the
interface to perform very clumsily in some areas.
For example, you have to hit f8 to interact with
NPCs and F1 for things like inventory,
accessing a store, and exiting the game. Why
couldn't they have one button that interacts with
all NPCs including NPCs that operate a store?
Instead, I hit F8 several times when wanting to
talk to a NPC only to be told to hit F1 and then
"Store".
Nevertheless, the
most annoying quality bug comes when you are not
in the game! Every single time that I play Endless
Ages, my system hangs up when I go to shut down
for the night. I have to manually close down a
file from the game using Windows Task Manager in
order to shut down my PC. Thankfully, this problem
is being worked on as I write this review.
While all the
extra features may make Endless Ages an enticing
purchase for avid MMORPGers, you get the feeling
that the game could have been better had a much
larger development team spent more time on it.
Don't get me wrong, the development team did an
excellent job with the resources available to
them, but it appears their ambition somewhat
hampers the quality of the game.
Game Ogre's
Rating (out of 10):
8.00

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