Tuesday Timesink: Elsword

[News Portal]

Every second Tuesday, James Pinnell lets the moths in his wallet guide him to another F2P game, which he proceeds to rip to shreds in a furious attempt to discover if it holds any value for you, our readers. Today, he sinks his teeth into [app=8217]Elsword[/app].

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[Jeza104]

Of course the grind is boring. The Whole Point of Dungeons in Elsword is to prepare you for PVP, which is where many players play. Its Kinda like smash bros.

[James Pinnell]

Of course the grind is boring. The Whole Point of Dungeons in Elsword is to prepare you for PVP, which is where many players play. Its Kinda like smash bros.

That explains a lot. But jesus, that's a pretty enormous amount of grind prep, especially since the PVP wasn't anywhere near as exciting as I imagined.

[Drakand]

The second was amusement, in the fact that I managed to attract and annoy the three people who actually suffered through enough of the game to generate some kind of awkward enjoyment out of it. Like an MMO style Stockholm syndrome, except your kidnapper isn’t actually even attractive nor charming

love it

interesting article, really enjoying this series!

[yoryka]

oh great a zone locked game, now all i have to do is move to America

[Cas Bitton]

oh great a zone locked game, now all i have to do is move to America

?

James is right here in Australia.

[James Pinnell]

oh great a zone locked game, now all i have to do is move to America

From the Elsword sign up page:

Note: To register for Elsword, you must live in the United States, Canada, and Oceania. The service is restricted to these territories only.

We are part of Oceania. You should have no problems playing or signing up.

[PinothyJ]

Of course the grind is boring. The Whole Point of Dungeons in Elsword is to prepare you for PVP, which is where many players play. Its Kinda like smash bros.

That explains a lot. But jesus, that's a pretty enormous amount of grind prep, especially since the PVP wasn't anywhere near as exciting as I imagined.

Mr Pinnell! Buddy! Pal! I keep telling you: if you want to check out an 'action MMO' than go hit up Lost Saga; you may be pleasantly surprised with what you find.


In other news, I have started playing RoM thanks to you…

[Drakand]

oh great a zone locked game, now all i have to do is move to America

From the Elsword sign up page:

Note: To register for Elsword, you must live in the United States, Canada, and Oceania. The service is restricted to these territories only.

We are part of Oceania. You should have no problems playing or signing up.

for some reason I just don't see James reviewing a game only available outside Australia

[XViper]

Anyone who likes this may also like Dragon Nest.
http://dragonnest.nexon.net/

Some of the videos are really cool and give you a pretty good idea of what its like.

[PinothyJ]

for some reason I just don't see James reviewing a game only available outside Australia

It has happened before …

[James Pinnell]

Mr Pinnell! Buddy! Pal! I keep telling you: if you want to check out an 'action MMO' than go hit up Lost Saga; you may be pleasantly surprised with what you find.

In other news, I have started playing RoM thanks to you…

Lost Saga eh. Might have to take a look when I dig some some spare time!

Also, nice one. RoM is a solid experience made awesome by the amazing latency.

for some reason I just don't see James reviewing a game only available outside Australia

It has happened before …

Low blow! It's not my fault that they did a terrible job at blocking IP ranges! ;p

[PinothyJ]

Mr Pinnell! Buddy! Pal! I keep telling you: if you want to check out an 'action MMO' than go hit up Lost Saga; you may be pleasantly surprised with what you find.

In other news, I have started playing RoM thanks to you…

Lost Saga eh. Might have to take a look when I dig some some spare time!

Also, nice one. RoM is a solid experience made awesome by the amazing latency.

for some reason I just don't see James reviewing a game only available outside Australia

It has happened before …

Low blow! It's not my fault that they did a terrible job at blocking IP ranges! ;p

Hahahaha, you know it to be true!


Oh well, give me a bell if you Saga Losting it up and we will kick some arse together…