MapleStory

     Wow i have seen this game explode on to the seen like no other. everyone that i know seems to be talking about this game non stop. So I had to see what all the hype was about.
     MapleStory is a free social adventure MMORPG. I personally do not see what the attraction of this game is. the graphics suck, its a 2D side scroller, and I couldn't understand how to move on to a task.
     The graphics in this game or horrible, even for free game standers. The best way I can describe it is it looks like the makers of Pokemon regressed to ten year olds, were put on five different illegal drugs, and told to draw the backgrounds to this game. I dont even think i could call the graphics a base for something good there just that bad.
     This is a 2D side scroller, like all those game boy games we all loved to hate. Yes everyone for some reason the 80's game developers that couldn't get a job anywhere all hooked up and developed this game. there is not much i can say on this part of the review, it all seems self explanatory. 2D - flat....very, very flat. Side scroller - limited movement up and down very long horizontal.
     For what story there was, it was very confusing on how to move to the next level. So when I started out I had to fight some monster. After I cleared the tutorial it sent me to a town. From there I was to get some sort of Cristal ball looking thing and i could move on to the next place. That sounded simple enough so i went to the market seller and bought a cristal ball like thing and opened it, but instead of moveing to a new place i was back in the tutorial. Just what the hell happened? so i cleared the level went back to the person and learned that the next place was only available when you hit level 5. That meant that you had to keep buying the tutorial ball over and over until you were so sick of the computer telling you how to fight that you wonted to slam your computer against a wall and shoot it with an auto shotgun 52 times. Well at least that's how I felt.
     As for the good aspects of the game, the social interaction. this was what it was designed to be, a giant chat room for anyone that liked role playing. and i guess if your into that kind of thing this is your game. Go out, download it, create your character from a wide selection, and chat the endless night you used to spend dressing like a wiser in the basement away. I know that sounds a little harsh and all but out of the five friends i asked to play this only the two that played D&D with there 100 sided dice, were the ones that continued to play. the rest of us doped that game like a fat chick on a diet.
     As for a rating i wont to give it a -1/5 but i can see where it gets its population from so im going to break this up a little.
Rating one: -1/5 if you like and FPS, action/adventure, or strategy type of game you will hate this game with a passion and wont to kill the person who showed it to you right after you destroy the computer that it was on.
Rating two: 2/5 if your the type that likes MMORPG's and dont mind that there is no point to a game as long as you can role play as the character you made, and hang with, or make new friends this may be a game for you but i would suggest you look at some others before you try this.
Rating three: 4/5 if you are the type that loves chatrooms, being alone, and small little characters that you make to resemble yourself, or like anime chat rooms, or  just generally hate any other game this is your game. dont even bother looking at others this one fits your every need and you will be on here for hours on end. 
     I fall under rating one but over all its up to you if you dont mind that it has crap graphics and no point the go ahead and try it. Who knows you might like it and play every now and then just to talk to everyone.

links: Nexon games, MapleStory