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Aika to be first free-to-play fantasy RvR MMORPG
Move over Dark Age of Camelot. Step aside Warhammer Online. There's a new realm vs. realm MMORPG on the block, and it's free-to-play! Gala-Net, Inc., a leading free-to-play online game publisher, recently announced their partnership with HanbitSoft to publish Aika Online in the North American market.Having watched some videos and read some reviews, the game appears to share several similarities with both of Mythic's aforementioned RvR innovators. Aika will feature quests, item crafting, gender-locked classes, and yes, large scale RvR including keep sieges. The publishers claim they can handle battles up to 1000 vs. 1000. That will be quite a feat considering the detailed graphics and animations.That's about where the similarities seem to end though. Aika is an MMO of South Korean descent and definitely has the look and sound effects. The MMO will also be free to play (just how free, we don't know yet), boast sophisticated voice-overs, and come packaged in a tiny 300MB download. And then there's the interesting (some might say creepy) "Pran system." Prans are kind of like pets from traditional MMOs, except that they are young girls. According to one review, you can interact with your Pran, dress it up, give it dolls, help it grow, and boost its intimacy/relationship rank.
Spotlight on Corum Online
Free to Play games are rising in popularity as their quality increases and our budgets shrink. It's to the point where most of us just can't keep track of them anymore. This is where sharing experiences and impressions comes in handy. Such is the case with a new F2P game recently reviewed by ign.com's RPG Vault, entitled Corum Online.In this article, we get more than just impressions of the game, but we also get a good bit of solid info from Corum's Associate Producer Elliot Coward, who wrote the piece. What sets it apart from the rest? Is it the dungeon system based on siege attacks that build in strength throughout the week? Is it the PvP survival dungeons, which are possibly just as ominous as they sound? Is it the trainable pet mechanic that allows you to breed your pet to fit your character's particular strengths? It may just be a combination of all of these features, and more. Head on over to this RPG Vault article and see more about what this game has to offer. If you've played this game, let us know your own impressions in the comments below.
