Wizardry Online

[Talolan]

Release date is Jan 16.

[Lakasha]

I saw that so decided to install the beta and check it out as I am not sure how the F2P verus P2P options work in this game.

As a huge fan of Wizardry 8 having played it dozens of times all the way through I was disappointed that several of the races and classes I associate with Wizardry were missing but I decided to check it out anyways.

First up... Really.. I can re-roll my bonus point and get a number anywhere from 6 to 70. The median number seems to be 8. While people were saying that it didn't effect things to much obviously having higher stats is better. I know re rolling in many of the old school RPGs was just part of playing the game and I actually appreciated that in those games. In an online RPG it simply doesn't work especially in one with regular PK everywhere rules and Permadeath rules. After spending 40+ minutes trying to get a decent bonus roll I finally went with my highest number roll at 12. Yes I rolled two 12's in that time one 11 and one 10.

I went with an elven mage since I remember some pretty cool spells in the Wizardry games. I am not that big a fan of the looks and customization options of the characters but I want to get started so I simply picked and moved forward.

The game controls are a bit odd in the game but I managed to finish off part of the tutorial before I decided to play some DDO today. I will try to add a bit more about my thoughts on the beta if I play it some more later.

[Talolan]

This launches tomorrow, Wednesday, I'll probably give it a try, because I try them all.

[Roxanne]

This launches tomorrow, Wednesday, I'll probably give it a try, because I try them all.

So, did you try it?

Who all is playing this?

[rallis]

i tried last night, terrible queue's and once i was able to get in I made my character and then got kicked out when trying to get to the main server so i gave up.

Tried this morning, still around a 2 minute wait to get in. Got in walked around and logged out. I will not play this game any farther!!!! It was super cheesy and the character run animation for the human was the worst i have seen in a long time. I could not bare to watch my guy run.

bummer, i have always played the wizardry games back in the day.

[Roxanne]

Ouch! That's not good Sorry you were disappointed, perhaps it will work out as time goes on....well, except for the character run thingie...

i tried last night, terrible queue's and once i was able to get in I made my character and then got kicked out when trying to get to the main server so i gave up.

Tried this morning, still around a 2 minute wait to get in. Got in walked around and logged out. I will not play this game any farther!!!! It was super cheesy and the character run animation for the human was the worst i have seen in a long time. I could not bare to watch my guy run.

bummer, i have always played the wizardry games back in the day.

[Talolan]

Reviews:
GameSpot
Score: 5.5 / 10
The Good

• Combat is varied and interesting
• Permadeath ups the ante
• Group finder makes traveling with others much simpler.

The Bad

• Horrible graphics and textures
• Lore is explained by one cutscene and walls of text
• Clumsy user interface
• Connection issues.

MMORPG.com
Score: 5.6 / 10
Pros

• Free to play
• Permadeath staves off complacency
• The targeting stays put except...

Cons

• Ho-hum plot and dialog
• Pay to
• Unwieldy camera controls

GameSpy
Score: 3.5 / 5
Pros:
Bounties provide a smart balance for permadeath; Dark Souls-esque combat; agreeable free-to-play model.
Cons:
Looks dated; annoyingly cumbersome UI; great ideas, but dull execution.

MMO Reporter
Score: 3 / 4
Wizardry Online gets you addicted to the simple yet chaotic mechanics. Anyone looking for a challenging MMO and hasn’t thrown their mouse at a wall in quite a while should not miss this gem!

[Jalek]

It reminded me that the fun games of the old days sometimes weren't that fun, they were just what was available.

[Lakasha]

Wizardry was that fun!!!

Was very sad to see this game was really nothing like the series. Even the races were wrong