Lost Saga Hero

Sol Badguy Hero

Realizing that having a blood experimental body of the Gear Project made him become further and futher from being human, Sol Badguy stole Fireseal sword and escaped. Now living as Bounty Hunter. Grand Viper, jumps in the air continued by quick 3 hit combo. Riot Stamp, powerful dash kick that will knock your foe. Dragon Install, grants strength to guard-break your enemy. Wild Pitch, grab and throw your opponent over your head. Sol Badguy's agility and powerful air combo attacks will make you think twice before you jump.

Chaos Dahlia Hero

Straight from Chaos Online comes windy Elven archer Chaos Dahlia. Chaos Dahlia specializes in group combat where he’s able to assist teammates in combos and prevent combos. Chaos Dahlia has the ability to shoot players on the ground and -- if need be -- get up and close, deliver a few hits, and make a quick escape.

Special Force Hero

Straigh from Special Force the game, the Special Force hero is a cunning, trigger happy hero ready for action. He is great for group combat as his stun grenade can break open player bunkered down. He's weapon attack can pierce through foes and make them fall to the ground. He's a very nimble hero for he's able to quickly roll on the ground to avoid being hit. He's very strategic too. Never proceeding without thinking that's why he's always handy with a brick of C4.

Xiao Long Hero

Straight from Merchant Onlines comes Xiao Long, the youthful scamp trying to survive. He's deadly in close quater combat as he is able to strike quickly to confuse his enemies. He's able to use kung fu to devastate his opponents and juggle them. He's even got a coin to toss that makes greedy travellers follow.

Jin Kisaragi Hero

Straight from BlazBlue comes Jin Kisaragi the Ice fanatic. Specializing in ice attacks Jin Kisaragi is a chilling opponent. Beware his Arctic Blade, Fenrir, Ice Fang, and Moon Song attack as they can keep your character frozen in place. Jin Kisaragi is able to quickly dispatch his opponents and run circles around them. Don't let the cold steel of his blade be the last thing you see.

           

Hazama Hero

Making his debut into Lost Saga comes BlazBlue’s Hazama the serpent chain wielding menace. Hazama specializes in mobility. He is able to grapple across the map with his chains that can confuse opponents. Watch out as you don’t want to get pummeled into submission by this guy. He just might enjoy it (just a little).

Ragna Hero

Lost Saga welcomes Ragna. Ragna brings to the table a multitude of combos at his disposal. He’s able to effectively keep an opponent in the air by stringing together his skill combos or using his basic, dash, and air attacks. Ragna’s coming for glory and he doesn’t feel like leaving without getting it.

Exorcist Hero

Enter the Exorcist. He’s a very versatile melee hero who specializes in combos. He is able to mix together his normal D attack and minor Hold D attack for a devastating outcome. He wields Wolhyang, a spectral blade that flies around him. Beware as when he sets his eyes on you it’s almost impossible to survive

Priest Hero

Born to hunt, Evan comes to Lost Saga to bring his own brand of justice to the other heroes. Equipped with a blade and shotgun, Evan hopes to take down evil where ever it may hide. From aerial attacks to shotgun blasts, Priest is a versatile foe that will make quick work of you if you’re not careful.

Grand Chase Review

Grand Chase Review

Grand Chase was developed by the Korean company ‘KOG Studios’ and originally released back in 2003. Only in the beginning of 2008 was the game localized and brought to the North American market by Ntreev, the publishers of another 2D MMORPG with cute graphics — Trickster Online. The graphics of Grand Chase were not very impressive even back in 2003 but fancy visuals were never the goal. Instead, Grand Chase is a casual friendly game with simple controls and a mainly cooperative gameplay style. Side scrollers are hard to come by these days so it’s always good to see imaginative games like this being brought over from overseas.

Three For One

Grand Chase doesn’t have a character creation process, instead new players have access to three female characters: a melee fighter, archer, and mage. Each of these can be selected at any time before starting a game. Each levels up and has their own equipment and missions. There are an additional five characters that can be unlocked, 4 of which are male but the fact that none of the starting characters are male can be frustrating. For a detailed explanation of what each character does and their job progression, take a look at the overview tab. Overall, I feel Grand Chase has a good concept going here. Why bother forcing players to make multiple characters or accounts? Since each character must be leveled up independently, this feature also adds a lot to the game’s play time. Unlocking and leveling up all 8 characters is not something most players will commit to, but there are always completionists out there.

Left to Right

Unlike traditional MMORPGs, Grand Chase has no persistent world and works more in a lobby fashion where players host rooms and others join. There are currently two servers which never get more than mildly populated, so finding a full group of adventurers is not always easy. A short, optional tutorial is available to teach the game’s controls but it’s really not very helpful otherwise. The tutorial pits you against a motionless foe that acts as a training dummy for you to try out all of the game’s attacks. Gameplay is handled exclusively with the keyboard while interface navigation is done through the mouse. Since Grand Chase is a 2D side scrolling game, players can only move left or right, the up arrow causes you to jump and the down arrow descends players to the previous level. ‘Z’ performs your basic attack while holding Z activates special skills. Which skill your character performs is based on how long you hold the ‘z’ key before releasing. The longer you hold, the more powerful the spell. Players can also dash by double tapping either left or right and perform aerial attacks by hitting ‘z’ while jumping. By spamming the attack key, your character pulls off some impressive combos. This, along with occasionally moving away and waiting for the AI controlled monsters to do their predictable attacks, is usually enough to get past most stages.

Into the Forest

There are currently three continents in the Grand Chase world but players start with access to only the first. Each continent has roughly a dozen stages but it won’t take long to get sick of them. Players will find themselves playing through each stage many, many times since various quest requirements cannot be met with a single run-through. To make matters worse, each stage has three difficult settings and certain quests are tied to specific difficulty settings. If you’re looking to work up more than one character at a time, expect to run through some of the stages dozens of times. The fact that you have to repeat stages so often may be frustrating but don’t let that bother you too much, the gameplay in Grand Chase is fast paced and the early stages can be cleared within minutes with a group of four players. Each level has a boss at the end which makes for an exciting finish. Items collected throughout the stage are randomly distributed at the end and the game encourages cooperation by rewarding bonus experience based on the size of the party. This makes grinding through easy stages alone unproductive, but finding other players to group with is not always easy.

Side Scrolling Battles

Players looking for an alternative way to earn experience and prefer a more competitive playstyle can turn to the PvP mode. Players can actually earn more experience from PvPing than they can from playing story stages. The experience earned is proportional to how well you perform, so players can’t take advantage of this experience method until later levels when they stand a chance in PvP. A tab at the top of the screen puts players in a simple lobby where they can see matches hosted by other players. There is both a team and free for all game mode with up to 6 players per round participating. Other options include ‘Tag Match’ where each player can use two characters and swap between them during the battle. A special item mode can be selected which makes power ups appear around the map. These range from temporary invisibility, invulnerability, damage increases and more. It’s usually much easier to find a PvP game than it is to find a decent group for the PvE missions, but the level ranges are usually staggering.

Accessorize!

Players earn GP by completing missions, quests, and by performing well in PvP. With this GP, they can head to the in-game store and buy new equipment. There are many pages of clothes, weapons, and accessories available for purchase with either GP or real money. The sheer number of items a player can have equipped at one time is hard to believe.  I’ve seen people with a slime pet following them, necklaces, helmets, glowing lights around them and even a gopher over their heads all at once. Most of these items serve a functional use by providing stat boosts but almost every item is temporary, meaning they will disappear after a set time. Even equipment received as quest rewards are timed which can leave you naked until you start playing again and earn new gear. I’ve heard people complain that too many items require real cash to purchase but from my experience, the store had plenty options for free players. Currently, the max level is 60 but the early levels go by very fast which lets you experiment with all three of the starting characters and decide which play style you prefer. Overall, the story missions are relatively easy provided you have a somewhat competent team – the PvP, on the other hand, is much more complex. Since combat is done in real time, getting a feel for how attacks work and timing your dashes, dodges, and jumps is very important. With that said, Grand Chase has a little for everyone who can get past the simplistic graphics.

Final Verdict: Good

Grand Chase is beginning to show its age and while not the most complicated game, it has simple yet satisfying gameplay to keep players entertained. With a unique style, three continents to explore, eight characters to develop and a skill based PvP mode, Grand Chase has plenty of content to keep fans interested.

Grand Chase Pets

Pet Abilities and Characteristics

1 Pets become stronger as they grow

if you carry a pet with you on a journey, you will see your pet grow stronger and stronger as it gains experience in battle.

2 pets add stat points to their owners

a pets stat points are added to its owners points. this stat bonus is reduced if the owners level is lower than his pets

3 Growth

pets level up when their acumulated experience points reach the level up requirement. when pets level up, they receive bonus points for their status such as attack strength.

4.Pets assist their owners in battle with awesome skills

each pet possesses unique skills which it uses to support its owner in battle or to attact enemies

5.Pets become stronger as they grow

most pets can undergo one evolution stage. pets grow stronger, gain access to more powerful skills, and change in appearance when they evolve.

Evolution System

Pets become stronger as they grow!

If you carry a pet with you on a journey, you will see your pet grow stronger and stronger as it gains experience in battle.

- Evolving a pet requires a Pet Evolution Manual in accordance with the target pet’s level.

- There are 3 types of 1st grade Pet Evolution Manuals for pet levels 0, 20, and 40.

- When a pet evolves, its level will be reset to 0.

SKILL SYSTEM

Debuff: Decrease Attack Strength, Defense Strength, and Vitality for a set duration.

Physical Attack:A skill which enables a pet to inflict physical damage to a target.

Magic Attack:A skill which enables a pet to inflict magic damage to a target from a distance.

Abnormal Status:Decrease Movement Speed, and continuously reduce HP and MP.

Heal:Increase HP for itself and its friendly target

Repelation System

Pet’s EXP acquisition is greatly affected by its feed repletion status: pets gain more EXP when are they fed well, and acquire less EXP if they are fed poorly. You can check your pet’s repletion rate and the remaining repletion time in the Pet Equipment window. When a pet is fed, its repletion rate will be restored for a set duration, and if the repletion rate is reduced to 0, the pet cannot gain any EXP. The type of feed used will affect the amount of repletion rate restored.

Grand Chase Online Game

Grand Chase Character Recognition

Elesis is Kanavan royal knight and the daughter of a knight Grand Chase who never returned since his departure in tracing Kaze'aze. Elesis grown into a superb swordsman thanks to training from his father. In search of her father's presence, Elesis heard that was in the kingdom Kaze'aze Serdin. By hiding his true identity, he joined the elite Grand Chase in an attempt to find out about his father.

Age: 15 years

Hobby: Battle of Fun

unfavorite characteristic: Easy to Give Up

Ryan is a Forest Elf who is always cheerful and kind and happy to help others. He will do whatever he could to the universe and will menjahili anyone threatening nature. Ever since he saw the cruelty of the sea destroyed Kaze'aze Partusay, Ryan has become very angry at the actions Kaze'aze.

Age: 15 years

Hobby: Watching Nature (tall trees, fresh air and clear water)

Unfavorite characteristic: Everything that seeks the destruction of Nature

Elf comes from the famous island Eryuell with their combat capabilities, but naturally they love peace and try to not get involved in Human conflicts of interest. However, the past few years, Human importance of war extends to the whole continent, and after a series of bizarre incidents, elves decided to get out of their isolation and agreed to work together with Human. With this partnership, elf and human managed to find the fact that Kaze'aze was the mastermind behind the evil that disrupt their continent.

To restore the island kedamaikan Bermesiah Eryuell and continents, the elders decided to continue the hunt elves Kaze'aze with an army of Elves (The Elven Corps) to fight the evil clutches. Lire is a member of the Elven Corps that has joined the Grand Chase and bring the big names from the island Eryuell Elf.

Age: 15 years

Hobby: Dealing With Spirits

Unfavorite characteristic: Monster (Especially the Ugly)

Ronan Erudon magic came from the legendary knight, Erudon. The family is well known in society Kanavan, because it has dozens of generations to protect the nobility Kanavan. Ronan worked hard to forge a sword fight as well as its ability to hone his mystical abilities, because of this tenacity Ronan holds a Royal Guard Master of the Queen of Kanavan.

Age: 19 Years

Hobby: Defending truth and help the weak

Unfavorite characteristic: Crime

Arme is a cheerful Mage from the witches kingdom, Serdin. At the age of fairly early, he has incorporated a member of the Violet Magic guild, guild greatest empire ever formed in Serdin. Arme is also mastered the with either science of black nor science of white, although are so his curiosity about the world of magic not yet also Reservation is. After learning the magic of the famous Kaze'aze cruel, Arme decided to join the elite Grand Chase, hoping to try permissibility magic collide with the queen of darkness, Kaze'aze.

Age: 15 years

Hobby: Researching Magic

Unfavorite characteristic: Interference in the study magic

Once upon a time in mainland Xenia, in a garden of a simple village where the children - children are always playing Silver Land there is always a red-haired kid who leads the children - other children during play as the commander. Her talent was later seen by Knight and his troops Silveer accepted as a pupil.

Without any definite cause then separated from the Silver Land bermesiah. When the knights of Grand Chase chase Kaze'aze get to the place occupied by the Silver Knights, they finally saw the courage of the Silver Knights and Jin.

Age: 17 Years

Hobbies: Martial Arts, Amy

Unfavorite characteristic: Beans, cloves and Thanatos

Mind and body are freed from the influence Kaze'aze Lass after troops Kaze'aze Grand Chase defeated the evil of this world. Although he could not control any actions, but Lass feel guilty when he realized that his body was possessed by Kaze'aze and used to destroy the continent and kill so many innocent people. Members of the Grand Chase Lass understand correctly the desire to atone for - his sins and allow him to join in their adventure to bring peace to the world of Grand Chase.

Age: Unknown

Hobby: Unknown

Unfavorite characteristic: his past

Sieghart is a Master Gladiator of kanavan in antiquity. His name was legendary, and stories about the ferocity of each battle has entered into a historic book. At one time been told he is able to withstand the attacks of 100 goblins alone, always tell a story to each child - the child and the village - a small village. Sighart reject any position and the gift and leave it all to pursue his own ends.

Hundreds of years have passed now and rumors - rumors about a new knight appeared in the Kingdom Bermesiah has been widespread across the continent. The man claimed to be the hero who had lost Sieghart and appeared in the capital Kanavan.

While adventuring in the ancient place of an empire that had become extinct, he was attacked by a cruel and Devil in a critical condition. Looking at the situation God of Highlanders brought him back and train with the fighters that ultimately makes Sieghart be Eternal.

He has now joined the Grand Chase as an incarnation of god and Bermesiah loyal followers. His commitment is stronger than ever!

Age: Approximately 600 years

Hobby: Relax and be pampered by his followers

An Unpopular: Exercise, walking and running

Grand Chase Game

Grand Chase Game

Grand Chase Tour - Season 3

Back in spring 2010, SG Interactive (formerly known as Ntreev USA) released season 3 updates for Grand Chase, a multiplayer online brawler with cute anime flavored boys and girls that love beating the crap out of monsters, evil villains and each other. Season 3 featured numerous updates including a complete overhaul for missions, items and user Interfaces,  plus brand new dungeons , land and tons more.

I used to play this game way back before it was even in English, and I was pretty damn good at it, so I was more than ready to give the new Grand Chase a go.

Tour Start

The tour started off kind of slow, as the first stop on the tour was a trip to the game's tutorial mode. Training with the tutorial mode has been incredibly revamped, allowing you to try out every character available with tons of possible tweaks and combinations. Back in the day, there was only Elesis, Lire and Arme. But now, eight new characters have joined the fight, such as Jin the martial arts expert and Amy the divine dancer. As much as I wanted to give everyone a try, I decided to get re-acquainted with Elesis.

Grand Chase MMORPG 16 Combo

With the time I spent fooling around with the tutorial mode, I re-learned some of Elesis' bread n' butter combos. During this, I noticed the "Type 1" icon hovering over the MP bar. The GM explains that some characters have the ability to switch between two different skills sets with a quick press of the spacebar. Skill switching opened up a whole new set of possibilities for me, so I was pretty eager to try them in action when I had the chance.

After I finished warming up in the tutorial, I was asked to hop on the Gorgos server and from there; we took to the equipment screen so the GM could explain, in fine detail, all the nice features that shows how much Grand Chase has evolved. In the previous versions of Grand Chase, stat properties that went with your equipment were very bare bones, but now there are tons of new stats properties to take into consideration, such as Critical hit rate, Counterattack resistance, HP recovery rate and more.

But it doesn't end there: Some of your equipment can be stat tweaked even further with the properties menu (on some equipment) that will let you select several options to fit your fighting tactics.

Grand Chase Item Properties

But wait... there's even more tweaking you can do! Grand Chase also has a card system that allows you to socket your equipment with cards of monsters you've slain in combat. Each card holds small effects that can be combined with other cards to create wicked combinations.

Grand Chase Monster Card

They've also added a crafting system that is familiar to those found in MMORPGs. Simply put: You can use this system to create equipment that can be found in the shop or equipment that can only be created by crafting.

So many customization options, so little time! Even though I didn't care much for any of the customization available, it was neat to know that every detail of your character could be tweaked 'til you heart's content.

But enough talk of customization... It was time to take some action! I joined up with GM_Bawkzie to check out some of the dungeons. We started off slow: Over at the Trial Forest, we beat up a couple of mushroom dudes before heading off to defeating a giant tree monster. Of course, these monsters weren't a challenge for us, so we jumped over to the Wyrm's Maw dungeon to take on some more adequate enemies.

Lots of Number Free to play MMORPG

The place was crawling with fire breathing baddies and I was itching to take them all out. Despite my confidence, I ended up dying twice before deciding not to play like a maniac, all while GM_Bawkzie hanged back and tore the place up without getting a scratch.

Grand Chase 1552 Combo MMORPG

After we finished our dungeon run, it was time for the main event: PvP! But before we got started, GM_Bawkzie wanted to explain a little bit about the skill tree system: Adopted from many other MMORPGs out there, making use of skill trees in Grand Chase allows you to gain new skills after mastering a few prerequisites. Skill trees are broken up into active and passive skills.

Grand Chase Skill set MMORPG

I was also asked to try out Dio, one of the recent additions to Grand Chase's playable characters. Dio apparently doesn't play out quite the same as everyone else, as he relies on AP instead of MP to perform skills. Also unlike the other Grand Chase characters: he can create each attack links from his basic skills and specials, making him very easy to play, but difficult to master.

Grand Chase Christmas Time

But there was one more thing I decided to ask before the tour ended. I wanted to know what was up with the little gray dragon that GM_Bawkzie had. Then I was told that Grand Chase featured a neat little pet system: While most MMOs included pets that simply boosted your stats and showed off how rich you were, pets in Grand Chase actually fight alongside you. Pets need to be taken care off with feeding and battle experience so they can evolve and gain new attacks.

We hopped back into another PvP battle to show off what some of the pets could do. I had a little penguin pet by my side that shot weak balls of fire, while GM_Bawkzie had some kind of robo maid that shot a crapton of lasers that could stun enemies. Needless to say, it was obvious which one would be more useful in a fight.

Grand Chase Game Master MMORPG

There were a lot of other features that were mentioned during the tour, such as guild functions, a couples function and even a park for players to run around and just chat.

Grand Chase Party

Overall, I had lots of fun playing Grand Chase after being away from it for such a long time. A lot of features gave the game some much needed depth while keeping the core gameplay simple enough for gamers of all skill ranges to enjoy.

I had such a good time that I might even start playing again! I may not be a total pro since I haven't been at it for a while, but I should be good enough to beat newbs at the least, so watch out!

By Michael Sagoe (mikedot), OnRPG Journalist

Eden Eternal Review

Eden Eternal Quick Review

 












Audio - 9/10

The music in the game is very well done and suits the game... although I haven't listened to it much since my daughter insists the wiggles should be on 24/7, from what I have heard of the music it seems to blend well. The only music I haven't had the time to really listen to is the dungeon music.. as with most rpg's I am hoping its not cheese and actually flows with the dungeon atmosphere.

Graphics - 9/10

The game is cell-shaded but unlike other cell-shaded games it is really well done. One glitch I did notice that I thought was kinda funny, was when you have a shield on your back, zoom in on your character and do a side view.. the shield is floating in mid-air.. that is the only flaw I can see at the moment.

Gameplay - 9/10

As for the direction of the game.. its exactly like any MMORPG.. you do quests, level up.. rinse and repeat. What makes Eden Eternal stand out is the fact that besides the servers crashing in closed beta because of the over-flow of players wanting to play and they had to put up a whole new server in open beta to even balance the demand,, the game has a unique leveling-class aspect about it. You have to level up your character PLUS the class you are currently playing.. as you progress the game and level, new classes open up to you.

You start out as either a Warrior or Magician. When your class level reaches lvl 5, you unlock the cleric class.. it seems as though every 5 levels you open up a new class. I did notice when my class level was at lvl 10 for my warrior and magician, they got new costumes. So I am assuming for every 10 levels you level your class level to, you are rewarded with a new costume.

One part I noticed and I didn't like is that when you equip a piece of armor.. say I put a chest-piece on my warrior..I can't see what it looks like, I can only see the costume. I would have preferred to have the option of not viewing the costumes so that I could see what the armor looks like as well. You do get the option to re-color parts of your costumes separately and that seems like an interesting concept. I have tried it several times to make all of the costumes I had a blinding bright pink.. but when you read the description for the color change items, they say its random. I do not know if there are permanent ones further on in the game, I would assume so... but they should also be offered to the lower levels as well because that randomness in the color change item.. it drove me NUTS!!!

Pets, yeah Eden has them.. your first pet is a pug.. I think its completely adorable and the fact you can get it to sit pretty, chase its tail and sit almost makes me all gushy inside. I have seen other pets in the game, but I have not bothered to find out how to get them or even where because more then one pet to me gets in the way.

Overall

I can foresee a great outcome with Eden Eternal. Its high demand at such an early stage may come as a surprise to some but also shows that the interest in this game is there.. its just up to the team behind the scenes, to improve and make it better so that it lasts and keeps us all wanting more.