Name of Topic Being Reviewed: Blade of Destiny

Category: MMORPG (Client Based or Dowload/Install needed)

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Note: I've only played about 2 or 3 MMORPGs with WoW not being part of that tally so this review is more or less an insight from someone not really into the genre.

Blade of Destiny or simply called B.O.D. is about 2 opposing dynasties set during the rise of the Zhou Dynasty in ancient China.  You have a choice of 3 job classes branched into 2 different specialties.  There are different quest to help you level your character and an occasional war to see who's the better dynasty.  That's about sums it all up in my opinion.

BOD, I would say would be your typical MMORPG.  I can say that it's more or less very similar to RO except for the fact that it's in 3D.  It's basically a hack-and-slash game with the occasional quest and dynasty wars.  It's the typical MMORPG you see anywhere at the moment.  There is really nothing new to it.  The game is basically old; probably 3-4 years old already being a re-hash of an old game of a different name.  But there is a following and that's what's keeping the game alive for years.

I would continue to delve on the negative before I move to the positive aspect of the game.

Aside from it being old, the game is buggy.  It was only recently that they have been actively searching for those bugs and little by little taking it all out and making the game really playable.

The maps are cloned.  They only change the entrances and exits and the monsters residing there but the maps have  more or less the same topography.  If you don't read the name properly when you go on a quest, you might find yourself going around and around a map area searching for a particular monster only to find out an hour later that you were in the wrong map.

Now we go on to the positive side.

For a 3D game, this is not heavy in the system.  You can run it with a Celeron 500 CPU, 256 MB RAM and a 16MB video card and it would run smoothly.  The game itself is only 2.4 GB and the game runs smoothly without much lag.  Graphic wise, it's good.   Movement and animation are a bit sketchy but it was done properly enough that you wouldn't complain.  Although, you still can't play it on a Netbook, any decent PC would suffice.

Installing the game is also simple.  If you have the installer, all you have to do is drag the folder to the chosen target folder in your PC.  Find the play icon inside that folder and create a shortcut on your desktop and you're all set (provided that you have the latest installer of course, since they have been fixing the bugs, they have been patching a lot lately).

This version of BOD has a more or less capable GM Team that makes sure you get a good experience playing the game.  When you send a bug report, they make sure that you know they have received it and have maintenance to fix it.  The GMs are approachable in-game. And they give you free buffs if you ask nicely.  Although, there was a bit of an argument a couple of weeks back when the Head GM decided not to give buff to players if they do not speak english in the Dynasty Chat, I think it was resolved in the end.

All in all, the game isn't all bad.  I'm just not an RPG player to really appreciate the game as well as I want.

If you want to check out the game and download the client, visit their website at http://gameyez.com