Magic World Online 2 – A brief preview 1

Magic World Online 2, a MMO developed by China MMO powerhouse, Shanda Games (through Goldcool Studios), has just gone Open Beta last Friday. The game’s North American and European publishing rights has also been confirmed. As you imagined, any games which are marketed heavily will no doubt have full servers in China. Within hours, server queues are at a 1000+ waiting list (and the awesome lag!). Well, I only managed to play for a few levels, where most of the features like PvP and guild wars are not up yet. So here are some screenshots during my short time (I will continue playing).

The login screen. And yes, had a short server wait list of 70+ players.

Warrior. As usual, players are shown one of the high level armors. Players can also choose 1 of the 5 virtues, including honesty, pride etc. Players with different virtue combinations will gain different stat bonuses in parties. Players will get to choose between 2 warring kingdoms too.

Archer. The class I chose to play.

Summoner. Yeah he is hidden behind the werewolf. Should be one of his summons.

Sorcerer. Not a very impressive looking armor I must say.

Martial artist. Unique to the Panda race, players can only create this when they have a level 60 main.

Different channels. Only 1 channel will allow PK and Nation PK, while some are storyline only etc.

Players get to choose 3 modes: 2.5D, 2.8D and 3D. I can’t seem to change this option after this.

One of the newbie areas. Attacking and leveling is fast with many quests. As you can see at the top left corner, there is a gift for new players after a certain time. It will stop once players hit… I think it was level 10.