This first video is how the game starts. If you have never tried to play a MMORPG the first few levels of the game is more like an introduction to the game and the story line. Here you can see that my character can only go down a certain path and only specific objects are "clickable" and only certain NPC (no player characters) interact with your character. Some NPC's are one time use, in other words you see them once and they tell you what ever it is they need to tell you then they no longer interact with you. When you are in the introduction stage of the game you will run into a lot of these types of characters. Once you get into an urban area where there are vendors, teachers and story tellers there you will find other players and people to interact with. In this game you will see a "chat window" on the left hand side of the screen. In most games this is used to pass information, request help, or just say hi to others in the local area. The chat area is used only by players and in some (very rare) instances GM's (game moderators) will use these to announce different things.
Here in Drakensang Online the NPC's you can interact with will have a light blue/purple colored icon above their heads and if you open your map while in town you can see where they are located by the symbol they have over their heads are also on the map. Each town has a basic set of NPC's which will be the trainer for each profession, blacksmith, herbalist and several others. Get familiar with them because some of these you will use a lot. The blacksmith for example can repair your damaged equipment, so see him after every death and if you haven't died in a while then you may want to check the durability of your equipment. Open your backpack/inventory by either using the button at the top of your screen that looks like a backpack or by pressing the I key.
There are so many aspects to this game to cover and if you have ever played a MMORPG or even an RPG game then a lot of this will be old news for you. In the event you have never played this style game, then this would be a good game for you to learn on. The only down side to learning on this game is that you don't get a lot of help from other players. If you like to learn things on your own this is your game, if you sometimes need help, then avoid this game like the plague because during my first 12 levels of game play I had only spoken to one person and they spoke Spanish. I know I should have spent some time reading the FAQ on the game, or even the community forums on the homepage but I'm the kind of person that likes to jump into things head first. One thing I noticed about this game that I do not like is there is no trading system and as far as I have been able to tell, no locker system. In a MMORPG world lockers and a trading system is essential to players. Just like in the real world these games have an economy and when you can only make money by hunting there gets to be a point in time when you want something for your level character that won't be dropped and if you haven't saved up enough in game money to pay for it, then you would trade or sell things to afford the item you desire.
So far (again this is just the trail period for my testing) Drakensang Online has not tested well for long term play. MMORPG's are meant to be games you can play for years and to do that you can't just have a high level cap, there needs to be a society within the game to keep people playing. There needs to be an economy, lockers/warehouse, crafting, and other areas players can work on other than just running quest after quest. Once you max out your characters level and complete all the quests then what is your goal? In Drakensang you game will be over, you can try PVP (player vs. player combat) but even that gets old and when you play a game that doesn't have a players economy then everyone potentially could have the same items as anyone of the same level. If you have the money and don't mind spending a certain amount of REAL money on your hobby then you might have more than the casual player that is playing for free but there are tons of kids that have their parents endless pockets and will max out their character for each level and that can frustrate anyone just relaxing playing a fun game online. (lol)
So after further review I would give Drakensang a try if you haven't played many MMORPG's but I wouldn't put this on the list of "must play" games for the year. Visually this game is cool, and honestly one of my favorite monsters in any game is the elk archers you see in the screenshot above. You also see them in action (killing me) in one of the clips. It just made me laugh seeing an elk on it's hind legs shooting arrows at me. This is a fun game, easy to play, and it's big enough to keep a person busy for long periods of time. The down side of this game can only be in the overall total length of time you can play this game before you get bored or "defeat" it. Anyone wanting to start a game for the first time. Please go check out Drakensang Online. For more fun games to play while at work, when your bored, or when ever go visit our free flash game website at LoL Fun Games
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