Post by Gilvan Blight on Mar 30, 2007 14:38:11 GMT -5
Okay anyone who says google adds don't work, lied.
I got way too bored the other day when I was the only one here at work so I checked out Adventure Quest.
All I can say is, "Don't"
Adventure Quest is a 'free' online flash based RPG. It's pretty typical, explore the map and fight random monsters kinda thing where you level up and fight more powerful random monsters.
At first it was actually kind of fun. Until the reason for it's existance started. It started to ask for money.
I should have expected it, but it was just so pervasive and so annoying. You would click on an NPC and it would say "Only Guardians can talk to this NPC, click to become a Guardian" A guardian costs $25, a one time fee. Later I look a piece of equipment I want to buy and get "this can only be bought with Z coins, click to find out about Z coins". Well these you get while playing, maybe 4 a day after a few hours play. Or you can buy them 100 for like $1. The stuff you buy with them costs 20,000 though! It continued on like this. Get the Xbonus account for only $5 to get 10000gold and bonus xp. You can't go here unless you upgrade, etc.
It was totally rediculous. Again, what did I expect right? I expected something more like Kingdom of Loathing. A pretty sad, poorly designed game that's kinda fun and a good distraction. Instead you get a game they obviously spent some time on, that is actually fun, but then becomes worse then a Squeegy kid on a Hot dusty day in Toronto.
So yeah, it almost looks fun, you will start playing and want a cool pet. You will want to try one of the quests, and will actually enjoy your first one. But then you will realize that you can't do half the stuff you want to, and the free game you can actually access isn't worth your time.
I got way too bored the other day when I was the only one here at work so I checked out Adventure Quest.
All I can say is, "Don't"
Adventure Quest is a 'free' online flash based RPG. It's pretty typical, explore the map and fight random monsters kinda thing where you level up and fight more powerful random monsters.
At first it was actually kind of fun. Until the reason for it's existance started. It started to ask for money.
I should have expected it, but it was just so pervasive and so annoying. You would click on an NPC and it would say "Only Guardians can talk to this NPC, click to become a Guardian" A guardian costs $25, a one time fee. Later I look a piece of equipment I want to buy and get "this can only be bought with Z coins, click to find out about Z coins". Well these you get while playing, maybe 4 a day after a few hours play. Or you can buy them 100 for like $1. The stuff you buy with them costs 20,000 though! It continued on like this. Get the Xbonus account for only $5 to get 10000gold and bonus xp. You can't go here unless you upgrade, etc.
It was totally rediculous. Again, what did I expect right? I expected something more like Kingdom of Loathing. A pretty sad, poorly designed game that's kinda fun and a good distraction. Instead you get a game they obviously spent some time on, that is actually fun, but then becomes worse then a Squeegy kid on a Hot dusty day in Toronto.
So yeah, it almost looks fun, you will start playing and want a cool pet. You will want to try one of the quests, and will actually enjoy your first one. But then you will realize that you can't do half the stuff you want to, and the free game you can actually access isn't worth your time.