Dragon Nest

Dragon Nest
Genre: MMORPG / Fantasy
Platform: PC
Overall Rating 3.5/5
Graphics: 7/10
Gamplay: 6.5/10
Story: 8/10 (Note this score is relative to most MMORPGs and should not be used to compare with other games like the Witcher or Mass Effect)
Soundtrack: 6/10

Dragon Nest is the new MMORPG by Nexon America, who are known mostly for their games Maplestory, Combat Arms and Vindictus (not available in Oceania). Dragon Nest is a branch from your normal RPG, for instead of using your mouse to do everything, Dragon Nest makes full use of both keyboard and most with an FPS/Fallout style keyboard layout. The gameplay is both fast-paced and action packed in a way which is rather surprising for an MMORPG.

The combat system is easily the main selling point of this game, the very natural controls make combat almost instinctive and adds more depth than most games of this class. Each class plays quite differently. The Warrior class is all about the combos, your attacks are both fast and quite destructive, allowing you to rack up high combos and the skills are an extension of this style most allowing skillful players high combos in their 50s. The Archers are all about damage from a distance. They are both fast and agile allowing players to demolish enemies from and quickly disappear before the aggression is returned. The Sorceress is a master of wreaking elemental destruction on the battlefield, she uses her powers to inflict elemental attacks for massive damage. The Priest is both a healer and a fighter. Being able to cast healing spells, buffs, and has the highest pool of health. The Priest is able to take a kicking and keep on ticking.

The graphics are extremely good for an MMORPG. Though don't let this phase you, for on the low-medium settings this game could probably be played on your average dual core with a 500MB graphics card. Though turning this game up to max will require you to have a decent computer. The art style is similar to borderlands with the cell shading on some character models.

Though, unfortunately, this is still is in an open beta phase so there is a level cap at 24 and there is a lot of content to come. Still for a game in Beta, I'm pretty impressed